In this first installment, Kate Higgins and Laura Gerow share their experiences. Kate likes the fast pace of the work and that she is able to keep her energy and focus. Then we meet with Laura who credits the whole team for being so friendly and making her feel comfortable through the whole process. Check out the videos and let us know what you think!

How simple can voice acting be? North compares it to a childhood game. “It’s really not as complicated as a lot of actors want to make it out to be. It’s pretty much the same thing that any 4 or 5-year-old child does. It’s just playing make believe. “ Nolan has gone above and beyond a childhood game and turned playing make believe into a living.

North is no stranger to both the voice over and on camera acting world. Most notably known for his portrayal of Drake in the recently released Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Nolan has an extensive resume to his name. Having worked on Batman: Arkham and Assassin’s Creed, to his on camera work for Pretty Little Liars & General Hospital, Nolan’s range of characters and abilities continue to take the acting world by storm.

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His most recent venture, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, blurs the lines between games and film with quotable dialogue and an epic narrative carried by a cast of some of the most talented voice actors in the industry. With the rising demand for more fluid video game animation, North now finds himself blending his voice and acting skills to make a character truly come to life.

Next in our series of videos we will talk to Nolan about other elements in voice over production including how voice over for games differs from other projects and the drawback of voice over acting.

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In this installment Paula Rhodes and Haviland Stillwell share how they first got into voice acting. First, Paula shares how a local voice acting class lead to connections and auditions for voice acting gigs. Haviland then shares how her traditional acting led her to voice over acting when she was heard by an agent.

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These two videos feature actors we have had in the studio, giving their audition advice for aspiring voice actors. Katie Crown shares that you must always know the tone of the project you are working on and how that can lead to success in the booth! Kate Higgins then lets us know the importance of really taking the time to listen to the director and not get stuck in your own head. Check them out!

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Grab a handkerchief and follow along to learn how to perform “Baby in a Hanky.” Brought to you by the Resnick Interactive Group, your voice over production company.

And most of the stuff I learned — although I went to school, and I got an MFA in Acting — I learned at recess. Or I picked up from other people. And one of the tricks that I love is, I call “Baby in a Hanky.” And I was doing a show with Mel Blanc — Captain Caveman, at Hanna-Barbera — and they said “Mel, we need your baby,” and he reached in his pocket and he took out his handkerchief, and this is what I heard: .

And it was like, oh my goodness. The whole room stilled. And the way you do it, is you go, in a high pitch: , and then you go a little like the baby’s lungs are being fulled. And then we he gets real fussy, you jump an octave . Right? But when you muffle it , you get that baby sound.

And I’ve done pilots, and I’ve done all sorts of covering babies in case, you know, they have to cry on cue, I’m backstage at a microphone with my hanky. And you get calls on the phone for auditions for those, you know, you’ll just literally call the producers and go, “Okay, give me a baby.” And I go, “What baby? What do you want? You want an Italian baby? Oh, oh, Jewish baby?” Who knew.

Pat truly loves teaching and sharing his tips and advice with other voice actors, so we were excited to sit down with him and hear some of his advice for aspiring voice actors. Here is his response:

If you’re confident, if you can just be confident and committed to your choices, you can’t be bad. I mean, think about Paul Lynde as Hamlet, right? He wouldn’t be bad. He’d be wrong, but hey, you know, “To be or not to be, that’s the question .” Or, uh, who else was I thinking I’d love to see? Oh, well, you know, Jack Nicholson: “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I.” Not bad, just wrong. But the confidence, if you’re wrong for the part, they call you back. They’ll call you back, because they’ll be interested in what you do, and eventually they’ll land on a role for you.

Check out Richard Epcar’s work in the Doc Savage audiobook White Eyes. This video and transcript is brought to you by Resnick Interactive, a voice over casting company in Los Angeles.

I actually had to play some women, I had to play some guys, I had to play, you know, all these crazy characters. Bad guys, good guys, cops. And you know, there were scenes where there was 10, 15 cops and I had to come up with all different voices for all those guys, so, you know…It was pretty crazy to try to keep all that straight.

Laura Bailey has performed lead roles in popular anime titles including Shin Chan, Fruits Basket, and Fullmetal Alchemist.  Gamers may recognize her as the voice of Chun Li in Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs Capcom 3, as well as Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.