Post a JobBernard Shaw : Where To Start in Voiceovers
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Bernard Shaw
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Your Instructor this week:
Voice Over Expert Bernard Shaw
Bernard Shaw has been working with Voiceover artists since 1980 and has produce over 1,600 'Demo tapes' making him one of the most experienced voice directors in the world. He is also a freelance audio producer with credits as diverse as 'Tweenies', 'An Evening With Peter Ustinov' and 'The Nations Favourite children’s Poems'. His book 'Voiceovers a Practical Guide’ published by Routledge has become a standard work on both sides of the Atlantic. He runs Voiceover and Radio acting classes at the Actors Centres in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Newcastle.
Website: http://www.bernardshaw.co.uk
About Creative Edge Audio
Launched in England in 2006 by two actors and a producer, Creative Edge Audio is the world’s first monthly audio magazine for Professional Actors. This unique series contains exclusive interviews and mini master classes with established industry experts and key decision makers of the British acting profession including: ‘Lord of the Rings’ casting director John Hubbard, Actor Sir Derek Jacobi and former artistic director of the National Theatre Sir Richard Eyre. They all speak openly and honestly about careers, casting, marketing, the craft of acting and voice over.
Creative Edge Audio was designed to help established and aspiring Professionals gain the Creative Edge. Its reputation in England quickly grew and was soon dubbed by the British Press as:
“The missing link in the Acting Industry.” creative week 2006
Until recently Creative Edge Audio was only available to subscribers on a month-to-month basis. However the series was so successful as a monthly subscription that it was decided to reprint the entire 12 episodes.
Series one of Creative edge audio is now available to buy as a complete set of 12 CDs.
Free previews of the entire series can be heard at:
Website: http://www.creativeedgeaudio.com
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Comments
I really enjoyed this podcast. It reconfirms that branding and target marketing leave a better impression with employers and increases chances of booking jobs.
Thanks for sharing!
lili
Posted by: Lili | October 15, 2007 9:21 PM
This straight-talking podcast has a unique, useful perspective. I look forward to receiving the Practical Guide.
Posted by: Sloan | October 23, 2007 7:28 PM
Thanks Bernard - solid practical information and lots of it!
Not over selling one's abilities is a critical lesson for a beginner - from the acting side and the technical side.
Develop a true understanding of what you have to sell (your "sound" primarily - but these days it is also your ability to deliver clean professional tracks), where you might fit in the business and who wants to buy it.
Posted by: Connie Terwilliger | October 25, 2007 6:28 PM
Thank you for your comments on my remarks. These recordings - there are more to come - were not made for the American Market so I am pleased that you find them useful. They were made about 2 years ago on a very hot day in a basement studio in the centre of London and I was feeling really ill at the time! I am delighted that they have found a place on your excellent site and I am flattered to be rubbing shoulders with such illustrious company. I have now had a chance to listen to some of the other 'experts' and am interested to realise that we all 'sing from the same hymn sheet'! I often produce demos for people looking for work in the American market and the only difference between 'yours' and 'ours' seems to be length. We favour 2 minutes whereas your agents seem to have lost interest once the clock passes 1 minute!
I agree with Connie - 5 seconds is enough but it takes a brave, confident, and well self-evaluated voice artist to send a demo this short.
I recently, wearing my employers hat, received a demo that contained 54 tracks and ran to well over 1 hour!!!!
Best wishes to you all,
Bernard
Posted by: Bernard Shaw | November 2, 2007 2:32 PM