V.O for Cartoons?

[_joe]

Out of curiosity, have any of you done Voice Over work for Cartoons or Video Games? I'm thinking about taking a workshop or two to try Voice Over in general, but would like to know if those particular areas of work are unique/harder to break into/need me to relocate to NYC, LA, etc...

Would it help if I started to make my own cartoons with my voice to get on the right track?

in any case, here's a short vid I made for two of my voices. I swear, it was funny the first time I wrote it, but now after the 100th time, I'm not so sure o.0

http://www.vimeo.com/2839165

[Justin Kuhn]

Funny cartoon. Dunno about where to go for auditions and whatnot though.

[Michele Seidman]

joe

i have done a few animiego dubs including Rupin (Lupin) III the Fuma consipracy. let me know if i can help with some advice. i think it is best to learn how to dub with something another person made first because it is so much harder.

with major cartoon features they do the voices first and build the 'mouths' around that but with dubs for stuff already made there is a real challenge translating and trying to make it fit.

when i did the english dubs for japanese animation the words did not always fit the mouths and we had to stretch or speed up the lines. now and then they allowed us to add a word or two just to make it fit. that can be really hard to do without changing the context. but if you can master that...the rest gets easier!

[_joe]

joe

i have done a few animiego dubs including Rupin (Lupin) III the Fuma consipracy. let me know if i can help with some advice. i think it is best to learn how to dub with something another person made first because it is so much harder.

with major cartoon features they do the voices first and build the 'mouths' around that but with dubs for stuff already made there is a real challenge translating and trying to make it fit.

when i did the english dubs for japanese animation the words did not always fit the mouths and we had to stretch or speed up the lines. now and then they allowed us to add a word or two just to make it fit. that can be really hard to do without changing the context. but if you can master that...the rest gets easier!

That must have been a blast! Out of curiosity, how did you land that job?

also, I could definitely use any advice you could give; the gameplan now is to look into acting/voice acting classes around Boston to build chops and then build up some of an acting reel, but as to landing paying jobs or finding an agent/manager...

[Michele Seidman]

That must have been a blast! Out of curiosity, how did you land that job?

also, I could definitely use any advice you could give; the gameplan now is to look into acting/voice acting classes around Boston to build chops and then build up some of an acting reel, but as to landing paying jobs or finding an agent/manager...

I got the job by auditioning for it.

I don't know Boston well enough to give any major guidance. I always suggest looking at the teachers resume. It is not the type of thing that can be taught from a book. Like with acting...you need someone who has done the work. Look up the teachers and make sure they have real credits doing voices for animation or run a legit studio recording actors for voice over and animation.

You will get the best information that way.

Once you do that you should also start hearing names of agents in that area who work with that type of booking. Plus, if you are good...teachers often put your name out there or offer to give you a few leads. If you are really top notch at it...they will often make a call or two for you to help you get your foot in the right doors from agents to auditions.

Hope that helps some.

[dnachtrab]

Hi Joe,

A great person to contact in your area is DB Cooper: http://www.db-cooper.com/Teaching.html

She is fantastic talent and coach. She also runs the Voice Over Bulletin Board: http://www.vo-bb.com

She will be able to give you the answers you need.

[_joe]

@ Michele & dnachtrab: THANK YOU!!!!!

guess it's time to do some phonecalls...

[Hardcore]

I enjoyed the cartoon. Voice acting was good. You did all the voices on this?

[_joe]

Thanks! And yes, I did all the voices for the characters.

So if you ever need any VO or cartoon stuff, you know where to find me :-P

[Kess]

It's much like auditioning for any part. In LA most have an agent and get called for auditions. It is a very select group here in LA. I used to do some background voice work with an improv group...they had the "in" and would call me for certain voices to come in.