I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
I started off in the field of animation. It wasn't until recently that I found my love for voice over. On only my second audition, I landed the lead role in my first cartoon series. It became my crash course in voice acting and I've been learning more and more ever since.
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
Voice of Jimi, in "Shanmao and Jimi", 2009 release.
Voices of Bridget & Ashley, in "Junkyard Radio", pilot scheduled for 2009.
Voices of Lexi, Mark, Mom and announcer for "Two Lips for Valentine's Day"
Voices of Eli, Ezi, and Dina, for "What If?"
Voice of Alien for "The Adventures of Alien & Bunny"
Space Commander Voice for upcoming video game.
Computer game sound alike for Bo, in "Bo on the Go"
Book trailer for Carrie Jones, "Need"
Promo recording for Rogers Plus.
Television Commercial for Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Cancer Care Center.
Television Commercial for Life Skills.
Television Commercial for Winnwear Designs.
Narrator of trailer for upcoming series, "Rogue".
Various voice mail and on hold messages.
VOICE DESCRIPTION
Young, energetic, sweet, charming.
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
English North American, New Yorker, Long Islander, Southern, Scottish, French
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Senior Female, Middle Age Female, Young Adult Female, Teenage Boy, Teenage Girl, Child Male, Child Female, Baby
Union Affiliation
Non-affiliated
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
RODE NT1-A with pop filter. Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro. M-Audio Fasttrack and Sony Professional DJ headphones. Adobe Audition 3.0. HP Pavilion dv6t.
Comments
After I replied to you I asked one of the big wigs here about my demo. Here is what he wrote:
Your animation track should sound like a montage of real
>> animation clips cut together into a minute and a half demo.
>> Stay away from telling a story!! Also, never repeat a voice.
>> Once you've established a character move on to the next.
>> Try to have each character DOING something, not just SAYING
>> something, in each byte. Give them some kind of action to be
>> doing. This will show off not just your vocal range, but
>> also your acting range. In cartoons they are looking for
>> actors first, and funny voice people second. Which means if
>> you are a great actor who can only do a few voices, you have
>> a better chance of booking a job over someone who does
>> dozens of voices, but can't act. Your animation track
>> should consist of characters with distinct personalities.
>> Everyone can do a witch. What makes your witch different??
>> How are your kid voices different from the Rugrats?? Nancy
>> Cartwright, who does Bart Simpson, had been doing kid voices
>> for years before booking The Simpsons. What makes her Bart
>> stand out is her acting. His personality is as memorable as
>> his voice. That's because Nancy is a brilliant actress.
>> She makes the words on the script come to life. Think of the
>> script as a skeleton, and you, the actor have to give it a
>> body. When all of this sounds easy, then and ONLY then are
>> you ready for an animation track for your demo.
Based upon this I re-did my demo. Please take a listen and et me know what you think!
Shelley Chester
sarah
Thanks for the listen...
If you are interested of a tour -- preferably if you are in town on a weekend, I'd be happy to oblige.
Have fun and the audience will too! You have some great demos. Put your new animation up on this site under the demo forum and see what others think. Thanks again for the nice review!
hi from London! Nice to see you and congrats on your success so far... here's to the future!!
Take care.
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