I was just wondering if that is a thing devs on this site are looking for? o.o
Im by no means professional or experienced, but I wouldn’t mind reading scripts for the fun of it. (no money involved)
I also don’t have a resume or catalogue of example pieces to show off, but if you leave an example of something you would want voiced over and the context of how it should be read, i’d be more than happy to post a video response after work. ^.^
*I also wanted to point out that I don’t care if it’s a small are big project. Im just putting this out there for the fun of it.
(and also to see if I have any talent in voice acting since it’s kind of a dream of mine)
That said, your post makes it sound like you have never done ANY voicework before, which doesn’t make it sound like it actually IS a dream of yours. Have you tried doing any acting?
It’s embarrassing to say, but the only acting i’ve done is while watching subtitled anime. If I think I can do a voice that will fit the character, i’ll read the subtitles in that voice or try to improv my own lines, since most of the time the subtitles don’t fit the characters mouth movements. I did make a fandubbing of a class release for a game called dragon nest, and got complimented by many of the forum goers there, but i deleted the video when I quit the game a few months back.
Yeah I figured that would have been a better place to post, but I didn’t want to mislead anyone. Like, for the time being, im looking for a “random soldier C” type of part, if you catch my drift. I don’t want to even try going for supporting or lead characters until I get something under my belt.
Anyway, I should at least put something out to show what I got. I’ll do a video demonstration of some of the voices I can do, when I get a chance.
That is pretty decent, though it needs some work in order for it to feel less like an act. I think you have some pretty good potential in VA if you keep working on it.
Well you do need to work on emotion, you kind of sounded like just guy who can’t speak up, very dull. Also I agree with frank, and while this may sound slightly odd but you should voice act in front of a mirror once in awhile to see the expressions you’re making and work on your emotion. Voice act in front of your friends, and most of all find where your voice works. There was a “voice actor” in the job forums awhile back and her voice absolutely did not work and she was bland like she was bored with the dialogue when it came to commercials, games, and so on but worked super well with a children’s cartoon voice of a squirrel (weird I know). Voice acting requires you to become the character like you would a movie except you’re not standing on stand you could say.
I’m not sure that video choice is helping you here. In the video Link is showing no emotion through either his movement or facial expressions, which makes the VA’s job monumentally harder. Try a more expressive cutscene from a recent game perhaps? The voice must sound natural and not like it’s being read from a script (difficult). Lastly, enunciate! Every crack in your voice, change of pitch or mispronunciation will be picked up by a good mic.
I would first break up large dialogues into shorter ones and join them up paying particular attention to continuity. Then when your voice adjusts to this kind of stress, take a stab at the lengthier dialogues.
Oh, drama class and choir will be great for you to do if you want to improve but choir yes I get it you are singing but you are learning to control your voice and tone. Drama would help you learn to in general learn how to act or be someone else even though you are on stage its befitting because you using voice work as well.
