Profession voice-over artist
Voice-over artists perform the dialogues of animated television or movie characters. They empathise with their characters and make them come alive with their voice.
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Skills
- Follow work schedule
Manage the sequence of activities in order to deliver completed work on agreed deadlines by following a work schedule.
- Analyse a script
Break down a script by analysing the dramaturgy, form, themes and structure of a script. Conduct relevant research if necessary.
- Rehearse role
Study lines and actions. Practise them before recording or shooting to find the best way to perform them.
- Study roles from scripts
Study and rehearse roles from scripts; interpret, learn and memorise lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
- Study relationships between characters
Study characters in scripts and their relationships to each other.
- Follow directions of the artistic director
Follow the instructions of the director while understanding his creative vision.
- Memorise lines
Memorise your role in a performance or broadcast, whether it is text, movement, or music.
- Perform scripted dialogue
Perform the lines, as written in the script, with animation. Make the character come to life.
- Perform for multiple takes
Perform the same scene several times in a row independently from the plot until the shot is deemed satisfactory.
- Work with an artistic team
Work closely with directors, fellow actors and playwrights to find the ideal interpretation to a role.
- Adapt to different roles
Adapt to different roles in a play, regarding the styles, ways of acting and aesthetics.
- Analyse the original actor's way of speaking
Analyse the intonation, modulation, timbre, and other features of the original actor's way of speaking in a specific scene.
- Study media sources
Study various media sources such as broadcasts, print media, and online media in order to gather inspiration for the development of creative concepts.
- Adapt to type of media
Adapt to different types of media such as television, movies, commercials, and others. Adapt work to type of media, scale of production, budget, genres within type of media, and others.
- Synchronise with mouth movements
Synchronise sound recording with the mouth movements of the original actor.
Optional knowledge and skills
pronunciation techniques attend read-through film production process sing breathing techniques perform improvisation vocal techniques use dialect acting techniques work with a voice coach participate in music studio recordings rehearse with fellow actors promote yourself practise singing interact with fellow actorsSource: Sisyphus ODB