Monday, November 10, 2014

Using Female Voice Over Talents

By Christa Jarvis


The acting world is much more faceted than most people ever realize. Aside from television and movies, actors are require for positions in infomercials, traditional commercials, as theme characters, stage performers, puppeteers, animation vocals, narrators and many others. Female voice over talents are used to fill a good many of these roles.

This niche of the field of acting is often overlooked because the faces of the actors are rarely ever known, except in circumstance like where a well known star is lending their vocals to the project. In this genre, it is totally all about the way the individual sounds and how well they can use their range of skills. Jobs of this sort are available in many markets and styles.

A lot of actors start out working this field on the local level, which encompasses projects that will be aired or performed only within a small area like a few counties. The next step up are the regional jobs that enjoy a wider broadcasting range that may be spread over several states or territories. The largest, and generally most coveted market is known as national, and as indicated, these are seen throughout the country and possibly beyond those borders.

The types of jobs available are ample and varied, though most people rarely realize that they require actual acting skills. Actors of all vocal ranges and styles are needed to fill the roles of so many different characters, each with a unique personality. This is a field suited for all different speech sounds including pleasant, gruff, high, low, musical, odd and everything in between.

Vocal skills are required in several different types of advertising campaigns, most familiarly, television commercials and those infomercials that come on late at night. Audio internet ads have recently become quite popular and use this particular talent to catch the attention of people surfing the web. Even announcements made in theaters and theatrical trailers belong to this genre.

Giving speech personality to animated characters is yet another example of the type of work available in this field. There are also many times when these skills are needed in television shows or feature films. One very easily overlooked venue that would not even be possible without actors of this sort is the narrator of audiobooks.

Rarely is getting a job of this type as simple as showing up at a production office and impressing everyone with a wonderful vocal display. Preparations such as getting coaching to improve one's acting and vocal skills and having a professional sample recording done are necessary. The audio file and a quality resume' should be presented to every possible agency.

Women and girls who want to use their vocal skills to procure acting positions have a lot of options available to them. The primary requirement are that one be able to speak clearly, have a sound that fits the need of the project, and be talented enough to properly convey emotions and set a mood by voicing the words of a written script. Anyone who is serious needs to be prepared to submit many recordings and go to as many castings as possible in whichever area and level they choose to perform.




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