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VOICE ACTING Practice Won't Make You Perfect. But This Way To Practice Will Help  By Tom DheereVoice Actor & Coach Practice does NOT make perfect. Hear me out. Many new voice actors think that having talent alone is enough to succeed in this career. False. Many new voice actors think that talent + practice is enough to succeed. Also false.
It's false for many reasons, but the reason we'll focus on today is
that most voice actors don't know how to practice effectively. Here's
why. IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS I'm learning from Geoff Colvin's amazing book Talent Is Overrated. Here's a great quote:
So: Talent + Process (or lack of) = your effectiveness as a narrator. If
you don't have an effective process to develop your skills as a narrator
- and are just repeating lines in the mirror until you think they sound
good (whatever the hell that means), you will not get far. ADJUST YOUR PRACTICE
Adjust your mentality of practice. Focus on being engaged in the story, seeking the author's truth, and being open to direction. Don't practice. Experiment! Don't get married to one interpretation
of a read that you think makes you sound good, or that you believe is
the "perfect" take. There is no such thing. Here's one way to put on the lab coat: Think about informing, engaging or entertaining your listeners.
STRONG OR WEAK Remember: there is no such thing as "good" or "bad" choices when
narrating. There are only strong and weak choices. Make strong choices,
but don't get married to them. The producer/director has the final say
in what they regard as the best take, so you need to be able to present
them with strong choices. That is a huge part of your value as an
effective voice over business! ------------------ ABOUT TOM Over more than two decades, Tom Dheere - AKA 'The VO Strategist' - has narrated thousands of projects for clients in over a dozen countries and voiced more than 40 audiobooks. He is also a voice over business consultant, a coach at Edge Studio, was the marketing consultant for the Voice Over Virtual online conference, and is also writer/producer of the sci-fi action comic book Agent 1.22. Email: tom@tomdheere.com Web: www.tomdheere.com |
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