Ira Glass of “This American Life” talks about the building blocks of a great story “[One thing] nobody tells people who are beginners–and I really wish somebody had told this to me–is that, if you’re watching this video you’re somebody who wants to make videos, right? And all of us […]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
1 I wrote too soon about the cheat sheet mentioned in my last post. Last night during my private voice over session with Elaine Clark at Voice One, I realized I’ve hardly been using my cheat sheet to the extent that I should. Who cares if you can markup a script? […]
Session Lessons
3 Today on its Facebook page, Voices.com re-published voice over instructor and actor Marc Cashman‘s April 2010 podcast about the 12 skills you should hone as a voiceover talent, specifically detailing what he believes is necessary for the survival of VO’s fittest: Clarity Cleanliness Consistency Connected Conversational Cold Reading Chop-chop Coordination […]
The 12 C’s of Voice Over…And Then Some
3 Yesterday was our first rehearsal for The Vagina Monologues – East Bay 2011. It was also my first rehearsal for anything beyond musicals in grammar school. Prior to, I was insanely nervous, pacing around the house–monologue sputtering from my lips. And then I got to our space and met a […]
My First Rehearsal for The Vagina Monologues
5 Beyoncé Knowles’s alter ego Sasha Fierce was born with 2003’s “Crazy in Love,” but Sasha wasn’t formally introduced until the pop/R&B sensation’s 2008 studio album, “I Am… Sasha Fierce.” That said, it wasn’t until yesterday, January 6, 2011, that I had ever heard anything about the likes of Sasha Fierce. […]