The 10 Commandments of Being a Quarantined Actor
Boy, this sucks. Nothing like spending years and plenty of money training to do a job (or pursue a dream) only to have that job (dream) disappear on you in a matter of days. I try not to make blanket statements but I feel ok making this one: every actor is wondering just what the…
Confirmed: Using Fiverr for VO Is Not A Good Idea
If you’re new to the voice over world, you’re probably looking to get any experience and make any amount of money to recoup the cost of equipment and training. You might have even posted your services on Fiverr, the site where anyone can get almost any task done for the paltry sum of $5. Well,…
What It Means When Your Commercial Isn’t Airing
Recently I was chatting with a former student and she asked an interesting question. She shot a commercial, was paid for the session and a little usage, and then…nothing but holding fees. This happens quite a bit, but what does it mean? Here’s my explanation, but this answer only applies to union commercials shot under…
Self Taping: Where Casting Is Headed
Not long ago, if you had a voice over audition, chances are you’d head to your agent’s office or a recording studio. Maybe you’d head to an ad agency. Someone would sit it a room and record your takes, cut them together and send them to the client. That was when the barriers to having…
VO Analysis: DriveTime.com “Mathematician”
Last week I analyzed the voiceover of the Wells Fargo apology spot, so I thought I’d analyze the latest TV spot from DriveTime.com, and tell you what makes it so interesting to me, so maybe you can learn something from it too. This will be much easier for you to watch instead of read, but…
Analyzing the Voice Over in the Wells Fargo Apology Ad
I was doing some research for a new eBook, and came across this TV spot for Wells Fargo. You can watch the video of this post here: I was fascinated by the spot’s VO. It’s amazingly well done. The spot is a 60 second long admission of guilt for defrauding consumers out of a lot…
