Teaching/Coaching
The Psychology of Narration
Setting the Dials for More Intuitive Reads You’re walking down the street and you’re thinking ‘Bend knee, move leg forward, straighten leg, set down heel, lean forward, lift the other leg…’ Of course not. You would fall over (and possibly be stopped by a beat cop and given a sobriety test). Walking, for the most…
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There seems to be a trend amongst some voiceover coaches towards ‘tough love’ and ‘brutal honesty’. Lately I’ve heard many accounts of students’ encounters with coaches which have left them feeling incapable, unconfident and sometimes downright discouraged. I have even experienced this myself recently as I was reaching out for career guidance. What is going on here?…
Read MoreMonkey Fear, Monkey Don’t
I’m a student of human nature. Luckily, there are oodles of humans around to provide a very diverse learning environment. I’m grateful for the times when I’m awake enough to learn something. This week’s class took place on the overground train to London. What I’ve observed has to do with empty seats (the brass ring on…
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The following blog was written by Lisa Rost-Welling for The VoiceOver Network after she attended ‘Character Development for Animation and Beyond’ in July. The intensive, 2 day workshop was designed especially for The VoiceOver Network and was held at Casual Films in North London. It is reproduced here with kind permission. POP! GOES THE FILTER:…
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