David Ciccarelli, Stephanie Ciccarelli

Voice Acting For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Make a career out of your voice? Easy. Voice acting is like acting, but just using your voice! It's a unique career where the actor's voice can be heard worldwide-in commercials, on audiobooks, in animated movies, documentaries, online videos, telephone systems and much, much more. The point is to bring the written word to life with the human voice. With step-by-step explanations and an abundance of examples, Voice Acting For Dummies is the ultimate reference for budding voice actors on auditioning, recording, producing voice-overs, and promoting themselves as a voice actor. * Creating a voice acting demo * Finding your signature voice * Interpreting scripts * Using audio editing software * Promoting your voice acting talents If you're an aspiring voice actor or an actor or singer considering a career transition, Voice Acting For Dummies has everything you need to let your voice talents soar.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118414224
• Artikelnr.: 37790117

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Ciccarelli and David Ciccarelli are the founders of Voices.com, the largest global web hub for voice actors. For approximately the past eight years, Stephanie, David, and their team have grown Voices.com from the ground up to become the leader in the industry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Part I: Exploring Voice Acting Basics 7 Chapter 1: An Overview of Voice Acting: Just the Basics 9 Chapter 2: Finding Your Voice: How You Fit into Voice Acting 17 Chapter 3: Training Your Voice 29 Chapter 4: Understanding Your Role 53 Chapter 5: Interpreting a Script and Finding Your Character 69 Part II: Creating Your Audio Résumé 85 Chapter 6: Deciding What Demos Are Essential 87 Chapter 7: Getting Your Script Ready for Your Demo 99 Chapter 8: Recording Your Demo 113 Part III: Auditioning and Finding Work 127 Chapter 9: Marketing Yourself and Promoting Your Work 129 Chapter 10: Uncovering Voice Acting Jobs 159 Chapter 11: Auditioning 101: Just the Basics 171 Chapter 12: Auditioning in the Virtual World 185 Chapter 13: Auditioning in the Real World 199 Part IV: Setting Up Your Voice Acting Business 217 Chapter 14: Working after You've Booked a Voice-Over Job 219 Chapter 15: Getting Paid For Your Work 233 Chapter 16: Nurturing Your Business 247 Part V: Establishing Your Home Recording Studio 263 Chapter 17: Creating Your Own In-Home Recording Studio 265 Chapter 18: Understanding the Recording Process a Little Better 279 Chapter 19: Editing and Mixing: Getting More Advanced 293 Chapter 20: Recording the Finished Product 311 Chapter 21: Delivering the Final Product 321 Part VI: The Part of Tens 333 Chapter 22: Ten Reasons You Should Regularly Audition 335 Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Tips to Prepare for Voice Acting Jobs 339 Index 345

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Introduction 1 Part I: Appreciating the Marriage of Food and Wine: The Nose
Knows 7 Chapter 1: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts 9 Chapter
2: How People Smell, Taste, and Touch Food and Wine 19 Chapter 3:
Introducing Food and Wine: A Classic Couple with Ups and Downs 37 Part II:
The Nuts and Bolts: Developing Strategies for Food and Wine Pairing 47
Chapter 4: Food and Wine Pairing 101: Getting It Right (Most of the Time)
49 Chapter 5: Focusing on the Food: Flavor, Aroma, and Taste Harmony 67
Chapter 6: Considering Regional and Historical Angles for Pairing Food and
Wine 85 Chapter 7: Age Isn't Just a Number: Age and Pairing Rules 93
Chapter 8: Serving Wine: Essential Strategies to Follow 103 Part III:
Sorting Out the World of Wine 119 Chapter 9: Going with Dry Whites and
Rosés 121 Chapter 10: Turning toward Dry Reds 131 Chapter 11: Scoping Out
the Sparkling with Bubbles 141 Chapter 12: Perusing Off-Dry, Sweet, and
Fortifi ed Wines 151 Part IV: Uncovering the Best Wine Bets with World
Cuisine (and Cheese) 163 Chapter 13: Heading to the Mediterranean: Land of
Olive Oil 165 Chapter 14: Staying Close to Home: North America Food 189
Chapter 15: Warming Up To Northern Europe: Land of Butter and Animal Fat
211 Chapter 16: Venturing to Eastern Europe: Those Lovely Light Dishes 235
Chapter 17: Bringing On the Spice: Asia 245 Chapter 18: Visiting the Land
of Chiles: Mexico and South America 281 Chapter 19: Sampling the Flavors of
the Middle East and North Africa 297 Chapter 20: The Classic Pairing: Wine
and Cheese 309 Part V: Party Time! Pairing with Friends . . . and
Professionals 317 Chapter 21: Dining Out: Finding Places That Appreciate
Wine 319 Chapter 22: Dining In: Becoming the Perfect Host 333 Chapter 23:
So You Want to bBe a Sommelier 341 Part VI: The part of Tens 351 Chapter
24: Ten Food-Firendly Wines 353 Chapter 25: Ten Foods That Flatter Wine 357
Index 361