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Book details
  • Genre:PERFORMING ARTS
  • SubGenre:Acting & Auditioning
  • Language:English
  • Pages:44
  • eBook ISBN:9781483512792

How To Break Into Voice-over and Acting for Kids & Young Adults

by Kate McClanaghan

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Overview
What do you need to know to break your child or young adult into voice over and acting? You need to know how your child can land voice over jobs and acting jobs, as well as talent agents. NO talent agent wants to hear what doesn’t work or how difficult all of this is for you. They need to hear solutions from YOU, the parent, and whether they can count on you and your young talent for auditions. Talent agents, like the producers who hire your kid, want to know your child is confident and stable, allowing them to consistently deliver their best performance, whether on an audition or a booking. You’ll learn the basics of how to run your child’s career in How To Break Into Voice Over and Acting For Kids & Young Adults and the industry standards expected of every talent hoping to work. You’ll discover trade secrets to secure voice acting jobs and on-camera (film, commercial, and television) acting jobs. Successful business owners will tell you that it generally takes three to five years to establish any small business. The same is true for the voiceover and acting business provided you utilize the tools necessary to running your voiceover and acting career. This dynamic industry is dependent on multiple media, promotions, communications, and the technologies that drive them. In order for art to meet commerce, you need to know How To Break Into Voice Over and Acting For Kids & Young Adults to establish and further your young actor’s potential career as a professional talent. Learn the essentials required to offer the greatest opportunities in promoting them and maintaining their acting and voice acting career in order to land voice overs and on-camera jobs. Discover what no voice acting classes will teach you from the author of The SOUND ADVICE Encyclopedia of Voice-over & the Business of Being a Working Talent and expert in the voice acting and entertainment field to allow you the best chance to secure voice acting jobs as well as on-camera work.
Description
What do you need to know to break your child or young adult into voice over and acting? You need to know how your child can land voice over jobs and acting jobs, as well as how to land talent agents. NO talent agent needs or wants to hear what doesn’t work or how difficult all of this is for you. They need to hear solutions from YOU, the parent, and whether they can count on you and your young talent for auditions. They require quick online confirmations. Talent agents, like potential producers who will hire your kid, will want to know your child is confident and stable, allowing them to consistently deliver their best performance, whether they are on an audition or a booking. You need to learn the basics of how to run child’s career in How To Break Into Voice Over and Acting For Kids & Young Adults and the industry standards expected of every talent if they hope to work. You’ll discover trade secrets to securing voice acting jobs and on-camera (for film, commercial, and television) acting jobs. Most seasoned, successful business owners will tell you that it generally takes three to five years to establish any small business. The same is true for the voiceover and acting business provided you are utilizing the tools necessary to running your voiceover and acting career. This remarkably dynamic industry is dependent on multiple media, promotions, communications, and the technologies that drive them. However, in order for art to meet commerce, you need to know How To Break Into Voice Over and Acting For Kids & Young Adults to establish and further your young actor’s potential career as a professional talent. Learn the essentials required to offer you the greatest opportunities in promoting them and maintaining their acting career and voice acting career in order to land voice overs and on-camera jobs. Discover what no voice acting classes will teach you from the author of The SOUND ADVICE Encyclopedia of Voice-over & the Business of Being a Working Talent and one of the most astute experts in the voice acting and entertainment field to allow you the best chance to secure voice acting jobs as well as on-camera work alike. You’ll learn: - How auditions are run - How to go about securing representation from talent agents - Why your child MUST continually train - Online casting sources for both on-camera acting jobs and voice acting jobs from across the country - Which web sites offer you the most work for your young actor and/or voice over - How to land voice acting jobs from producers in regions on the opposite side of the country with the use of a simple FREE online tool - How to practice recording and editing your auditions from home with out destroying your professional reputation - Plus a great deal more! The wealth of information you’ll find in these pages doesn’t simply come from what we think or based solely on our own (albeit vast experience) and unparalleled expertise, but from extensive survey of more than 12,000 casting and production professionals nationwide to offer you the benefit of this collective wisdom.
About the author
Kate McClanaghan has cast, produced, and trained literally thousands upon thousands of voice-over actors. As a seasoned casting director and producer, she has produced scores of national commericals, corporate narrrations, web and new media for hundreds of national brands. And as a professional working talent and voice-over, she has maintained a thriving career for herself behind the mic as well. She established SOUND ADVICE, the most complete voice-over demo service; to fill the industry’s need for an honest, professional approach to effective, individual career coaching and demo production for every experience level. With studios in both Chicago and Los Angeles, Kate and her seasoned team of producers have trained well over 10,000 talent and produced more than 5,000 cutting edge, industry-changing voice-over demos with the intent mission to assist you as you establish, relaunch, and/or further your career in this remarkable field. - Kate’s blogs and podcasts are available on the SOUND ADVICE web site: www.voiceoverinfo.com. She is available for seminars nationwide via email: kate@soundadviceclients.com “There has never been as much of a demand for voice-over talent than there is today with the thousands of channels available with basic cable consistently increasing every year, the constant need for Internet content, the massive expansion of games, animation, film, and commercial work. It’s never been a better time to pursue voice-over…provided you know what that involves. That’s why I wrote the book.” -Kate McClanaghan