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If you are wondering what it takes to start a voice-over career because it seems to be an exciting job, with big bucks and tons of fame to come, you are in the right place,
as I will walk you through the most common questions every voice-over artist has at the beginning of their career.
At what age you can start working as a voice-over artist?
You can start your voice over career from as young as 5 years old, being your parents responsible for the contracts the child obtains; on your own at 14 years old and has no maximum age limit, as the variety of voices and styles are what makes this particular industry so unique.
Does voice-over need special training?
No formal education is required to start as a voice-over artist but it is a highly competitive industry, you should focus on attending to workshops, voice training schools, join institutes and recording studios that will teach you how to be a successful voice-over artist. With perseverance, you will master your skill and earn enough experience to push your career to the top.
Is voice-over like reading from a paper?
No, a voice-over artist develops a deeper bond with the message through their voice. Take notice that exists a different type of content that evokes emotions from us, such feelings need to be heard by your audience to truly connect with the information, which is the principal job of the voice-over artist, read the script while using the voice to call those emotional states.
A voice-over artist brings depth and connection by helping communicate precisely and clear as listeners can understand and hear the intentions of the message, building intimacy with the audience.
Can you work as a voice-over artist as a full-time job?
In reality, the world
… Read moreHow to work as a full time voice over artist in India
Within the past few years, the voice over industry has changed a lot. As the technologies are evolving, the role of voice-over talents in the world is also becoming more important. These professionals can now find many job opportunities in numbers of business sectors. Even many big companies in India are also searching for talented voice-over artists to complete their projects.
The demands these days are rising for different languages, dialects, and accents; however, Not only English is still the most preferred choice for most of the voice-over projects but regional languages like Tamil ,Telugu, Malyalam,Punjabi are also in huge demand. If you are interested in joining voice over business sector in India, it is first important to collect few interesting details about this work.
Prefer to go through the article below to collect detailed knowledge of this field.
How much voice talent gets paid Minimum?
Well, the amount that voice talent may get paid for their work basically depends upon the size of the project, type of work, experience of the artist and few other factors. In general, the earnings may vary as Rs. 1000 to 1500 per episode in cartoon films or TV serials, A major radio commercial project may offer payment somewhere between Rs 8000 to 10000. Whereas, you may earn Rs 15000 to 20000 for an audiobook. The experienced voice artists can make Rs 25000 to 50000 per script for a big documentary film project.
At an average, the beginner in this field can earn 15000 to 25000 per month; the mediocre voice over talents can earn almost 30000, and the experienced ones can demand Rs 75000 to 1 Lakh per month. There are plenty of dubbing institutes in India that are always in search of beginners as well as well-established voice over artists.
How
… Read moreWant voice over work ? Try your luck with audiobooks recording
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Purpose
You cannot undermine the importance of powerful narration in a book, and when it especially concern audiobooks, the sole purpose that it aims at fulfilling is to paint the exact picture depicted in its every scene only through the caricature and earnest voice of the artist; the tones, the passions, the joys, the sorrows must all contribute to enhancing its appeal and the mark that it leaves in our mind. Similarly, striving to provide the listeners with the best experience, the voice-over artists in India entitles everyone to choose from a wide array of contrasting voices for audiobooks in every local and foreign language from all over the world and deliver supreme quality audio files that are tinged with the finesse and clarity of studio-finish.
Required Lots of Potential
If we say recording a 30 second tv commercial is a T-20 match of voice over industry then recording a book referred as a Test Cricket Match .Yes, its a long format of recording that tests the potential of a every voice talent , it requires lots of physical strength to record each chapter of the novel with modulation and correct pronunciation ,also artist must hold the patience throughout the recording session .
When we say that in India, numerous artists have signed up to lend their voices for the audiobooks recording in diverse languages, we mean that they are upholding and uniting the intra-cultural and inter-cultural inspirations through the harmonious mixture of miscellany and granting it with a soul of its own. Some of the Indian languages that are used for the voice-over include Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Dogri and every other local language that you can think of.
International Approach
Coming to foreign languages, there is a combination of both the popular
… Read moreHow To Find Professional Voice Talent?
We are a part of a highly advanced and technology-rich generation. The marketing professionals at present scenario make use of amazing tactics and proven strategies to lead their brand ahead of the competitors. One of the most successful idea to prove your edge in the market is to launch interesting video marketing campaigns for any of your project like Recording Audio Books, television Commercials, Radio ads dubbing, narration etc . But the key criteria for success with video marketing trends is that your content must be engaging.
While spreading brand awareness through video marketing, you must understand that you have just a few seconds to impress the world. If you fail to leave the desired impression in this duration, your customers may lose interest in you. In such situations, it becomes necessary to hire a reliable and professional voice-over artist.
Studies reveal that the speaker’s voice quality plays an essential role in any video marketing campaign. Even if people are multi-tasking while enjoying your promotional videos, your content must deliver them best info in lesser time. Hence, it is important to search for an experienced voice-over artist that can help you achieve desired results in minimal time.
If you are working on video marketing campaigns for the very first time, it is important to follow expert recommendations to find the most suitable voice talent. Below we have highlighted a few tips to help you achieve your goal:
TIP # 1: First of all, it is important to define the style and type of marketing video that you are planning to create online. The content idea for your video marketing campaign will help you choose suitable talent to meet your requirements.
TIP # 2: Before you hire anyone randomly from the local market or anywhere in the world, it
… Read moreHow Can I Become Voice Over Artist Without Formal Training?
Voice over artist is the art of giving voices for people to hear and to perform speech-like activities to give the information or entertainment to the audience. Voice actors can be hired by various companies to make sounds for them and in many cases these people work alone with a laptop to record the voices . If you want to become a voice over artist, here are some tips to help you make it big.
– To begin your career, you should have an interest in voice talent. This interest may not be that hard to find, as there are lots of different voice talents to choose from, like singing, speaking, etc. If you know what you want to do, then you will find it easy to decide on the kind of voice you want to pursue. There are voice talent agencies from there you can hire a voice talent for you, but there are also some self-taught voice artists who can also give you good performances if you are willing to practice.
– Learn how to read music and learn how to play the instruments you need to make your voice more powerful. This may not seem important for some artists, but it is very important for voice over talent, because they do not have much time to dedicate to other things, and if you have good skills in voice modulation , you can get hired faster.
– Learn how to create a good understanding of the language you use and also the dialect of the people you are performing. Most of the time, you will have to perform in a language which is different from your own and so you need to be able to perform in a language that you have to master. Many voice talent agencies
… Read moreWhy Do We Need Quality Voice Overs?
We are living in the 21st century, and here people are highly influenced by digital media. Not just for entertainment, the latest technologies are also playing a vital role in education and business promotion as well. One such example is a voice over video productions. Such videos are often utilized to explain various concepts to the listeners around the world. Some recording professionals use computerized voices to discuss things; however, studies reveal that human voice-overs are a more valuable option. When a real human voice is used in explainer videos, they appear more effective and impressive. But in order to achieve the audience attention, it is always important to use high-quality voice over.
Explainer videos are usually created by business professionals to educate their audience with some interesting facts about their brands. But when your videos don’t have good sound, they can appear boring to the audience. If you want to achieve real success with your marketing campaigns,it is important to hire an experienced voice over artist. Below we have highlighted a few points to discuss the importance of high-quality voice-overs for producing explainer videos:
Versatile voice over:
The skilled and experienced Indian voice artists can help you meet the standards of explainer videos. They follow your directions and suggestions more accurately to make sure that your videos are more useful for the listeners. You can also take help from developing content demos in multiple languages with their versatile delivery. voices can be delivered to any part of the world. Infact many indian voice artists are working for the american customers for global brand promotion.
Highly authenticate service:
The talented voice over professionals can help you in recording radio and tv commercials in a more effective manner. They know how to act in front of the camera and can … Read more
Three Useful Microphone Placement Tips To Record VoiceOvers
#1 Talking Off-Axis to the Microphone
we are talking about ways to use your microphone to achieve different sounds and different things and sometimes it’s not just about using your mic, it’s about you, it’s about using your body and you in relation to your microphone.
let’s discuss the first thing I want to tell you is something really common that you hear people talk about all the time but kind of hard to really understand what they’re saying unless you see it.
it is talking off-axis why do we do this? well, it’s really simple, it’s to avoid something called a plosive or ‘p’, pop, for you know slang I guess so here’s the thing when we say words that start with a P or a B like the word poor!
we can pop the P and this is what that sounds like poor what’s happening is I’m recording directly into the microphone and there’s this big rush of air that’s hitting the Mic’s diaphragm all at one time and that’s what creates that pop,
Off-axis means- I’m tilting, I’m moving my body and my mouth to just kind of graze the microphone at a different angle so that when I say the word ‘pool’ it doesn’t pop anymore also you get yourself a pop filter that is a pretty essential tool for reducing or eliminating plosives (P sounds) but it doesn’t do all of the work for you. You’ve got to do your part which means recording off access
#2 Control your audio levels
We talk about ways that you can create an environment with your microphone probably the easiest the simplest and the most in demand for today’s voice-over project is something intimate. It’s creating an environment where you really up-close and personal with the audience and it sounds … Read more
Voice Over rates and budget around the globe
I’ve been getting a lot of questions from people about rates and what fair rates of pay and voiceover are especially for beginners you guys have heard me talk about not taking on low budget jobs not giving it away for free and making sure that you are working for fair market value and voiceovers which is very very important. however, some of you made some really great points which is, I didn’t really explain what those fair market rates are
so we’re going to talk just a little bit about that today something really important to understand is that most professional voiceover actors don’t work for less than 10000 Indian rupees there might be the occasional exception there might be times where you decide to take a non-union job for less than a 5000 bucks maybe it’s a really really small market commercial for INR4000 or INR9000 maybe it’s a really quick message on hold for INR3000 to INR7000 but for the most part that’s about it.
we really don’t honor those rates people who’ve been doing it a long time certainly you can’t even get them out of bed for less than INR12000 and even that’s kind of pushing at most days but it’s important for beginners to understand that have a basic standard a basic platform INR2500 no absolutely not INR3500 no ,same thing ,so I mean INR5500.
I feel like should be your bare minimum of payment for just about anything most non-union voice over work for professionals starts in the range INR5000 to INR9000 ,neighborhood ,the majority of voice over actors that you’re gonna meet who are professionals, who are making a living doing this every day their job minimum is gonna be somewhere in between those numbers and I mean it might vary a bit based on their experience or
… Read moreMarketing tips to get the voice over jobs in any part of the world.
Today we will discuss various steps on how to market yourself avoiding common mistakes along the way that often result in frustration and a lack of voice-over job opportunities therefore voice over training and demo production is always required. let’s take a look at how most people try to get into the business , now if this has been you, don’t worry ! you’re not alone in fact most people try to get into the voice-over industry this way without realizing that it’s ineffective week one with great enthusiasm you record and post your newly produced demos online ,
week 1 your audition is one of 100 other voice talents many of whom have more experience and reputation.
week 3 you continue to audition in the same way plus you send your demos to the top talent agencies in India and USA ,
week 4 after weeks of trying you still have yet to receive any calls from the top agents in Delhi and Mumbai also you have had very little response to all the time and effort .
you’ve put in to auditioning online , skip to week 10 ,frustration is really starting to set in and despite your persistent effort you have yet to get a voiceover job,
skip to week 30 you finally booked a voiceover job unfortunately it doesn’t pay very well.
you’ve had enough you decide to throw in the towel you’re frustrated with your lack of success. Don’t let this be you one simple yet powerful piece of advice that has worked for voice-over talent, all over the country, is this market yourself as a voice-over artist from a large market and then target companies from a smaller market, if you market yourself the right way you can skip the pain of trying and
… Read moreBest tips for the rising voice over artistes
Voice Over Arist in India
Thought of setting up a home studio and having to learn technical software skills is painfull but don’t worry if you can understand basic cut and pasting then you can edit audio , yes you really can, if you’ve got a good set of ears to know what a good recording of a voice should sound like out of a decent set of loudspeakers or headphones . you can be your own studio engineer why would you want to visit to a studio and pay them money? with your own studio you will be fully in control and be able to respond very fast to auditions, retakes and all your general projects, so your clients will be really impressed,impressed clients will tell their colleagues and contacts and suddenly you’ll get referrals and your income will be grown, having a home studio facility is a win-win situation for voice over artistes.
if a client needs to direct you ,unless they insist on say ISDN which is a system for directing and they record at their end you can still do this in your own facility by being directed by Skype you recording everything at your end here and after the session you edit everything and send the master files over as usua,l as well as an essential home studio the business model takes advantage of the fact that every country on the planet needs the English language recordings of some sort ,whether it’s for an English version of a native language corporate video films aimed at tourists or company videos creating fundraising videos or investor relations communications aimed at the english-speaking world .
English is an international language, there are thousands and thousands of media production companies throughout the world and even more freelancers who regularly
… Read moreTips Before Recording a voice over script
Breaking down the Script into bits
There is a huge difference and understanding the technique of every area of voice business ,I cannot stress it enough how important it is, every script should be broken down in a particula way, on a general note ,television is one mood ,let’s take the example Raymond’s commercial , you must have heard the one bold voice says it enough ” Raymond’s the complete man ,since 1924 , this is just a 7 words but look at the mood , therefore, you must sketch a mood with your voice and test it with few takes before going to the recording studio.
Understand the Character or theme
on a different note, animation ,it’s very much in demand now a days there’s a lot of shows on television which are very character based ,you have to understand in cartoons and video games how to break down, not only finding the character which is the vocal quality of the character based on specifications and mood which is also by coaching and understanding so you can come up with a cute voice .
Follow the Script
one has to understand that the emotion changes but it’s based on the adjectives or the specification that’s written on the script what you’ve got to understand is on a television commercial even though you’re seeing the script ,it’s obviously got the beats in it ,you have to play the beats ,we’re seeing the mom walk in with the groceries and then we’re seeing the voiceover that says ” every day millions of moms……” and you have to match that to what’s going on on the scratch in animation ,whats running as visuals.
Not Just A Reading
when you do a lot of animated TV shows guess what most of the time
… Read moreExcercises to improve your voice over skills
# Face Warm up
How to start with the vocal exercises , the warm-up is warming up our voice. And there are actually several
different components to warming up the voice and I want to briefly cover them.
First we have to work on the muscles of the face, and the throat, and the tongue. So you’re going
to want to do exercises, maybe you’re scrunching, you scrunch up your face, you release your
face, scrunch release. You’re moving your tongue around, yawning is a wonderful way to release the tension in your face. That’s the first part of actually warming up the voice.
# Warming up your lips
When you’re doing that you want to make sure that you include the lips, and like I mentioned before, the tongue. So you want to move your tongue all around, in and out, in and out of your mouth, up and down, and the same thing with your lips.
So, you want to blow air through your lips. Maybe you chew, maybe you puff, whatever it is to warm up your lips. Then we’re going to actually add in some sounds to warm up our voice. You want to work primarily with consonants, and perhaps you take an S sound or a Z sound and you hold it and release like (Demo making sounds). You hold and release the consonants. And then you want to take the consonants and repeat them quickly and you can go through all of the consonants that way. That’s really good, that’s a really good way to warm up your mouth.
# Warming up your Tongue
Then, you might want to try tongue twisters. Tongue
twisters are very good.” Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”. Whatever the tongue
twisters are that you
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voice over opportunities: How do you work on different types of voice-overs?
Table of Contents
Voice Over Opportunities
There are many voice artists in the world and they work on different projects.
In this topic, we have discussed the various types of voice-over categories on which talents have been worked.
We are explaining what kind of instructions should be followed before recording voice-over auditions that can help you win the specific voice-over job,
as many times you won’t get the recording instructions from the client However voice talent should always ask for the recording instructions this makes a clear understanding of the client’s requirement.
#1 E-Learning
#2 Instructional Video VoiceOvers
#3 Dubbing for films
#4 T V & Radio Commercials
#5 IVR Voice Overs
Now let’s discuss all the voice-over opportunities in detail,
what are the basic things, instructions and tips required to work on every script according to the type of the voice-over project?
E-Learning Voice Over Opportunities
It’s one thing to create a course online and another thing to sell it effectively, when you give eLearning voice-over, you will discover an array of benefits that it attracts.
Such benefits include knowledge retention and a boost in user engagement.
But you can only enjoy these benefits when your voiceover is well developed in terms of pronunciation, modulation,
and pace and it offers real value to the user as well as improving the overall eLearning experience.
Direction: Generally Flat, normal pace, no excitement, less enthusiasm
e-Learning voice sample :
Instructional Video VoiceOvers
Explainer videos are meant to tell your audience exactly what you are offering, how you are providing the … Read more
How Do I get a deeper baritone voice
One question that comes up again and again is how does one improve one’s voice, now the word “Improve” is what does that mean, usually when people say how do I improve my voice? they want to sound more like an announcer with lots of resonance or depth in voice is a very good aspirational thing to get,
Basically resonant deep voice gives assured authority, gives you the sound of someone that you want to listen to, it makes it easier to listen to as well so resonance is a good thing for men and for women by the way and people who have maybe thin voice want to know how to make a little bit deeper,
well! we will give you some general tips, but you really need to work hard on it by observing experienced voice talents, especially dry voice-over samples, not mixed ones i.e. without background music.
# Tips to get Baritone Voice
Usually larger the body the larger the sound the more depth you get more resonance you get, if you notice when you wake up in the morning your voice is always deeper; for some reason, it is because you are relaxed.
Here are the useful Tips
Get Relaxed
Take a deep breath IN and Out for 10 Minutes, Dont put over stressed on your vocal chords , go easy and try to speak out with your cavity above your stomach ,thats the source or root that gives you resonance or baritone texture . we are trying to add some strength on the muscles.
Humming
Start with HoneyBee sound ie zeeee,zoooo,zeee zoo, zoo ,zeeee,zooo..
It’s a daily vocal exercise you should practice dedicatedly, you may start enchanting “AUM” when you enchant “AUM” it directly comes out from your Diaphragm. You will notice your stomach goes in … Read more
How to earn and learn voice over from home
Learn voice over from home
If you’re thinking about making a career as a freelance voice artist then you should ask this question yourself, Do you want to have a home recording studio or want to visit a professional one? voice talents working in the USA and Canada reveal that a surprising amount of people used to record voiceovers from their homes only. But why should voice talents get home record setups? That’s because of the benefits they are getting almost every day. It saves their time, enhances confidence and no fear of multiple revisions, they can do a fair amount of practice as well.
There’s no Commute
Why would you work from home if you aren’t literally working from home? One of the key benefits is that you don’t have to commute anywhere. At the very least you’ll not be leaving your house. Maybe you’ll have to take a few steps into another room but that’s it.
Flexibility
A home studio gives you complete flexibility over when you work. If something comes up with the family then you’re free to stop working. If you fall ill then, again, you’re free to stop working. With a studio, you are confined to the hours that they are open and if you have to leave the studio early you’ve wasted money on hiring it out.
Privacy
Voice-over training and work can be somewhat embarrassing, particularly for people that make a lot of gestures while they talk. These habits carry over to voice acting. You can make all the funny faces and gestures you want from the privacy of a home studio without having to worry about someone walking past and looking in.
It’s Always Open
You’re out of luck if the weather gets too bad for travel or the studio you work … Read more
How to Laugh Like Shahrukh khan
Do you want to learn how shahrukh khan laughs in his style ?, If yes, here we have tried to train all of you, how you can laugh in shahrukh khan’s voice, We have explained in a very simple way in Hindi. Basically, you have to put a little concentration on what we are talking about in this voice-over training module,
Arcana of Online Voice Over Industry
What are the top secrets of voice over industry ? Let’s Implement them in 2018
Secret No # 1
Generally ,people used to ask initial deposit of 50% payment in any business that’s how we all fix a deal , right ? the very simple logic is pay half of the amount advance and rest of the payment after final delivery of the files. In this way both buyer and voice over artist are safe but at times we get the first amount to start the voice over job and it takes months to recover the balance amount from the buyer, not always but it happens many times so let’s have a serious thought on it.
why we are wasting our time in collection ? now its a time to disclose the secret that will save your time and help you out in concentrating other jobs coming on your way.
Simple 😉 Go for 100 % upfront payment , and this is the Great secret to survive positively in the industry.While practicing this habit, don’t get afraid of loosing the job , if they like your voice then they will pay you for sure.
Payment Done !, Files Delivered ! , Go for the Next Job !
However, Be polite ,humble and Get ready to the amendments.
Secret No # 2
If you have a normal voice, nothing special , you can still enter into the voice over industry .Generally, We have a perception that only bold,powerfull,deep bass voices are preffered in the market and they are gettting regular voice over jobs, thats true ! but partially . Voice-Over Market is huge and there is regular requirement of every kind of voices But still you have a question ?
Can someone still get into the voice over industry ? Yes,
… Read moreTips to Learn Irrfan Khan’s Voice
Following are the tips that will help you out to understand how you can make your voice similar to irrfan khan’s voice, its a very simple video that will train you right from beginning .
Tip #1
Use your lower Jaw line by contracting your lower jaw and with half mouth opened.
Tip # 2
Relaxed your upper jaw as we are actually using lower jaw line’s muscle to make out the speech similar to irrfan khan’s voice.
Tip #3
Try to follow Irrfan khan’s typical UP accent , “arre bhaiya” , “kat lo”, “likh lo ” etc.
for more details you may watch this video for detailed instructions.… Read more
Secrets to the Excellent Voice Over career
The voiceover industry is today an industry that we cannot do without; audio recording play predominant roles in advertising, radio, stage presentation, etc.
Before this time, people rarely pay attention to voice acting and those who labor and keep at it, often get peanuts as compensation for their efforts. Not anymore. Currently, the audio industry has grown to be a serious endeavour; the sector is one of the few professions where people earn reasonable sums from using their skills. This article will reveal some important secrets to excellent voiceover acting and will correct some wrong notions associated with the entertainment industry.
What does voice-over entail? Many people who have an interest in acting jobs ask this question often. voiceover acting involves communicating a message with words in a way that the words sound true and they connect with the listeners. It goes beyond having a good voice, but being able to pass a message.
Interestingly, being an excellent voice talent is not a product of voicing skills, but a product of deliberate and concerted efforts.
This is what I mean. The first requirement necessary to master the art of voice acting is not skills. Anyone can train himself or herself to become an excellent talent and can easily grab the voice-over job, however as much as your skills and the efforts you put into them determine how much your vocal chord craft turns out, there are several loopholes that you need to watch carefully.
If you ask any prominent voice actor, what is the secret to their success; they will all say different things. However, what you will find quite astounding is the fact that the different things they would tell you have thin lines connecting them. If you are an aspiring artist or you have interests in dubbing, … Read more