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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Personality Type

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 actors

Source: Sisyphus ODB