Voice Over Herald
In the previous article, we have covered the reasons why pop filters are necessary in doing your voice overs. Herein is a continuation focusing on the types and what to look for in a pop filter to tailor what’s best for your voice and your microphone.
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To most voice actors, pop filters are one of the most essential tool in their studio arsenal that they would nearly never work without one. It pretty much speaks about why most photographs of a voice over talent at a mic in a studio session has that big black circle that stands between the mic and the talent.
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In voice over career, investments are not just about the recording equipments and studio. The real name of the game here is taking care of your ultimate investment asset — your voice.
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The advent of online marketplace has been continually reshaping every business worldwide. According to Google Local Search Statistics 2019, 97% search online to find a local business. From those numbers, it’s easy to assume that nearly every business has gone online to hop on the internet bandwagon and catch up with the consumers who stepped out of the traditional face of business.
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But ugly truth to be told — doing voice over auditions is actually your real job here. Working on the actual paid voiceover project serves some sense of relief because mostly you just have to continue reading the entire script from your sample read. This is especially appropriate to starters because it’s you who chase the jobs, so you have to work your butt off in sending out voice over auditions.
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Many journals would tell you, “Just because you have a unique voice or you talk everyday doesn’t mean you are destined to be a voice actor.” Let alone state the obvious; of course you are not, not just yet.
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Each element in a video is equally important. As a matter of fact, audio is more important than the video images if it talks about the purpose and impact of each element. Therefore, a videographer shall not overlook any of these video elements and must anticipate the challenges in producing the sound.
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You have been offered to work on a TV Commercial project with a rate of 30 seconds for 75 USD to be aired in a small town in your country. Being fully aware of how much voice actors make, you are if not hesitant, more likely to decline regardless of your career stage.
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The advent of video games happened a couple of decades ago and now gone are the boring pixelated text boxes, flat graphics, and robotic sound effects. The vast evolution of video games includes the rise of MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games), MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) and other adventure games. These video games have a highly-interactive user interface, quality animation, and complex storylines that opened a whole new job market for voice actors to provide voices to a legion of characters.
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Have you ever tried watching your favorite film muted even when the subtitles are on? The question per se is a rhetorical one and is downright ludicrous because who on earth would choose to watch something without hearing what’s going on? For films, even if the subtitles are there, it’s literally going to be nothing but a lifeless motion images if without the audio.
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As a parent, you surely have spotted your child imitating character voices of his/her favorite cartoon show. When you realize there is a potential in your child to engage in the exciting world of voice acting, you may be chomping at the bit to grab the chance and give it a try because for one, voice acting is such a rewarding career especially now that a kid’s voice is rapidly becoming in demand since the world of animation, video games, cartoons, commercials, TV series and audiobooks is continuously growing. Two, it can be pretty awe-inspiring to get your child reap many bucks at a very young age and see him incredibly grow a real career as he grows too.
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