October 2021 Office Hours

TIMESTAMPS

  • 00:01:30
    How do we deal with uncomfortable situations in our lives? In voice acting?
  • 00:10:00 How much email outreach did you do in the beginning of your career? 
  • 00:14:00 How can we learn dubbing? Is there a dubbing coach/teacher? How do I deal with clients that might have mistranslated from their first language in communicating with me about a job offer?
  • 00:19:00 What does trailer work entail? What is that part of the industry like? What is the gender demographic? Are people with accents accepted? 
  • 00:22:25 When you first started out, did you try out different genres to see what you liked? 
  • 00:25:00 Why is there a different style of doing promos for different stations?
  • 00:25:50 How do I persevere when I keep getting rejected in auditions?
  • 00:31:00 How many people see auditions when you’re on your own vs when you’re under an agency? 
  • 00:37:45 How do you get the courage to do your first audition? 
  • 00:46:35 Would a directed session be helpful in getting over fears?
  • 00:56:15 Any suggested voiceover exercises?
  • 00:58:10 Tips on hydration, sleep and emotional preparation before a recording. 
  • 01:08:10 Instinctive interpretation vs what the writer wants. 
  • 01:18:15 What does a membership in P2P look like? Which one is the best one to start with? (Long conversation about different sites.) 
  • 01:36:10 Is it easier to win jobs at smaller sites because there’s less competition?
  • 01:47:30 Do you have to have an official business to look for a job and get paid for it or can I just do it as a sole proprietor?
  • 01:53:50 What considerations should I have before shifting to voice acting? 
  • 02:03:00 What does “in perpetuity” mean in the context of the voiceover business?
  • 02:04:45 The benefits of having an agent. 
  • 02:10:35 If you can do a good kid voice, can you book kid roles?  
  • 02:19:50 When it’s your first time doing voiceover and they ask you about what you’ve done in relation to voiceover, what should and shouldn’t you be saying?
  • 02:31:30 What does an NDA entail for voiceover roles02:43:45 How do we describe voiceover acting creatively to the people around us? 
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Carrie Olsen Voiceover