Why Is Your Hard Work Not Paying Off?
You’re a smart, proactive actor. You’ve been diligently and consistently doing all of the “right” things for months (maybe even years.) So why aren’t you getting the results you want?! Well, here’s the deal…
Where do you stand?
Where do you stand in your voice over career? This will determine your next move… Folks always ask me if they should take a group class or study privately with a coach. The answer is always, “It depends,” because everyone is at a different place in their career.
And the award goes to…
Grabbed from Cynopsis: On Friday evening, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards at an event held in Los Angeles. Christian LeBlanc of CBS’ The Young & the Restless hosted and was joined by presenters running the gamut of daytime television. […]
Do Actors Need Attorneys?
Since this is my first blog for TAN, I want to start generally as an introduction to contracts in the acting profession. As a general rule, it’s best not to sign ANY contract unless you have an attorney reviewing the contract and/or you understand EVERY word in the contract and the risks and consequences of […]
How did you get in to this performance capture thing?
Once upon a time in a casting office far, far, away…let’s face it, with LA traffic they’re all far away…an eager, young actor (we’ll call him Woody) arrived for what he thought would be an ordinary audition. Granted, it was for a film to be directed by one of his favorites, Robert Zemeckis, but the […]
Make it your own!
Do you hate it when you go to an audition and the casting person says, “Feel free to make it your own” … as if they hadn’t hired a completely competent writer to slave over every work in the script! It’s not as if you’re getting paid to rewrite their bloody copy, right? WRONG! As […]
Patience….
A favorite movie quote of mine is from an old movie, “colors”. Now I say in advance I apologize for the dirty words, but here we go….
WHY do a one-person show?
As I said, doing a one-person show is a lot of fun, and it’s available to everyone. Why do it? What can you expect to get out of it? Based on my experiences from years of performing mine, here are some benefits and results you can expect from doing a one-person show (and in my […]
Let’s Start At Very Beginning…A Very Good Place To Start
Getting started in voice over can be daunting. When I first started, I had no idea where to begin. Since you may be in that same position, allow me to share some links and tips with you to get you pointed in the right direction. First, research until you can’t help but make a decision […]
What is a Webisode?
First of all, what is this new word? A somewhat clever combination of “web” and “episode”, defined on Wikipedia as “a short episode, which airs initially as Internet television”. It did not get inducted into Merriam Webster’s Dictionary until 2009 and my computer still spell checks the damn thing every time I write it. Okay, […]