Character voice acting is a business.
It’s more than doing funny voices. Your character needs to be specific to each genre, style, audience appeal, and technical performance requirement. Auditions and jobs leave little or no time to develop a character. To prep your character demo, you need time to build a stable of 5-10 characters that you can quickly draw from and build upon.
The goal of this six week Masterclass is to give you an in depth overview into the types of characters you will need to master for a demo, audition, and job. Each week we’ll explore a range of character styles along with techniques, genres, overviews and industry expectations.
This is a fast paced workshop with homework assignments. So, be prepared to play!
Masterclass Overview:
Class 1: Techniques, Genres, Overview, and Expectations
Posture, Stance, Layering Multiple Personality Traits, Letter Focus, Location, and Movement. Assign Cartoon homework.
Class 2: Cartoons for Kids, Youth, and Adults
Animation discussion and homework review. Refine situation, voice, and action for the 3 different age groups. Assign Anime and Toy homework.
Class 3: Anime and Toys
Perform and adjust Anime Character homework. Perform with direction and adjustments on the Toy voice character homework. Assign Video Game homework.
Class 4: Video Games
Review the game genres. Discuss the 1-5 intensity levels. Create situations and build out the stories. Rehearse and refine the scripts. Assign Age-Range and Accents homework.
Class 5: Perform an Age and Accent other than your Own
Perform homework and make adjustments for the various character styles. Homework Final: Make a list of the characters you performed in class and the short 1-3 line script. Practice at home and be prepared to perform all the characters back-to-back in the final class.
Class 6: Character Styles for Demo
Each actor performs their characters, demonstrating the unique style, tempo, voice, voice placement, attitude, audience, and genre that is specific to each character.
Starts 3rd April 2025, online, 6 weeks. Class size is limited to 12 max so reserve and book your place below.
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