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Registration is open for the Jan/Feb 2025 Animmersion: An Animation Voice Acting Workshop For Actors

Dec 19, 2023 | generic, Uncategorized, Workshops

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Animmersion:

An Animation Voice Acting Workshop For Actors 

An Online Zoom Workshop with Catherine Cavadini

*No special equipment is required in order to take the class other than the ability to connect to Zoom online.

6 Sundays: January 12th-February 16th, 2025 from 10:00 am-1 p.m.

Class size is limited.

*Included is a one hour remote private session to be scheduled with Catherine.

Acceptance is upon teacher approval.

About the Animmersion Voice Acting Class:

This is an intensive course covering what an actor needs to know to dive into a career of animation and interactive game voice acting. This class is specifically designed to assist experienced and professional actors in building a vocal repertoire of characters. The goal of the class is for each actor to develop at least 10-12 distinct voices by the end of the workshop. During the course, actors will expand their stable of characters. They will acquire the material, tools, and knowledge they will need to create a successful animation demo and propel their voice over career forward.

The voice over industry is still going strong! We are back to work in the studios again. Since the pandemic, remote sessions will forever be a part of a voice actor’s future. This class will teach you how to put a professional home studio together according to your needs/budgets and you’ll find out what to expect in a number of different remote record session scenarios.

Prior voice acting experience is not required but prior acting experience is a prerequisite due to the amount of information that is covered and the accelerated pace of the class.

Voice Acting Subjects Covered:

• How to create, sustain, and retain animation character voices.
• How to stand out in an audition, execute all of the important beats in a scene, and make viable character choices based on the character description and the script.
• What to expect on the job in a studio. Recording studio etiquette and mic technique.
• What to expect in a remote live record session.
• How to set up your home studio to record auditions and remote sessions at home.
• The growing importance of social media and self publicity.
• The skills required for Interactive and Video Game voice acting.
• What makes a good animation demo.
• How to write your own scripts and choose characters within your castability in preparation for making your animation demo.
• By the end of the class you will be prepared for a general agent/casting director audition.
• A one hour remote or in person private session (to be scheduled with Catherine.)
• Audio files will be emailed to participants after each class.

Learn the How-tos of Home Studio Recording:

For many years now, voice actors have been required to self direct and record MP3 auditions in their home studios. Since Covid 19, voice actors are also now required to have the ability to record sessions on professional quality microphones, in professional recording software, on up to date computers, with good internet speed, while connecting to clients remotely. There is an expectation for a home studio to be at a high enough level to compete with professional studios. Home studio specs will be shared with producers even before the audition.

Each production studio has their own preferred remote recording formats such as Zoom, Skype, Source Connect, IPDTL, ISDN, and Cleanfeed. The voice over talent is expected to be familiar with each of these formats. No longer is talent alone a factor for casting. Instead of remaining overwhelmed, dive in and gain the knowledge you will need to record yourself at a professional level. Master basic engineering skills that are imperative to know if you want get hired and work as a voice actor.

Get One on One Voice Acting Coaching From a Pro:

Since Covid-19, I have worked more than ever before in my home studio doing remote Animation sessions, Interactive Game sessions, Commercial sessions, ADR sessions, and Dubbing sessions. I will share with you first hand knowledge of what you will encounter in these types of sessions. In addition, I will give you tips on how to set up your home record studio and share resources if you should need additional professional help.

Many live remote recording sessions are recording using a Zoom format either alone or in conjunction with other recording programs. Most people are now familiar with Zoom but if not I will guide you through the basics. I will also teach you how to use Cleanfeed in conjunction with Zoom. Each student will get practice learning to remotely record themselves during our Zoom sessions.

Master Voice Acting by Doing it!:

In my classes, rather than giving long lectures, I believe in an experiential approach to learning voice acting. In other words, you need to actually do it and experience it in your body, in order to learn it. My top priority is that my students get as much coached recorded mic time as possible. For this reason, I implement a flipped classroom style where essential material regarding V.O. Acting and the V.O. Business is emailed ahead of time and read by the student prior to class. Discussion and answering of questions will be included but the main emphasis of the class is one on one coaching.

Each day of the workshop will focus on a particular aspect of the animation voice over business. The course culminates with a simulated general audition where the actor will perform 10-12 characters back to back in front of the class. Most students will be prepared after this experience to perform a general audition in front of an agent or casting director. After the class is over, some students choose to take the workshop again or continue studying privately with me to finish preparing for and to make their animation demos. To hear demos that I have produced for former students and professional actors click here.

Homework:

Homework will be assigned each week. Students who want to gain the most out of the workshop should plan on taking the class at a time when their schedules allow time for extra work outside of class. During the class, I work individually with each student and carefully select scripts that will show off their strengths and develop their talent. I strive to create a fun, supportive atmosphere in my workshops. It truly brings me joy when my students begin to “get it” and I love hearing about their successes after the class is over.

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Questions:

If you have any questions, have any problems with the registration form or haven’t received a response within a day or two, please fill out a contact form on this website.