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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This video features Charlie Bodin giving his audition advice for aspiring voice actors. His tip: take risks. He stresses the importance of reach above and beyond your comfort zones and not going with the most obvious choice.

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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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“Can we hear winning auditions and see how much they got paid?”

We’ve been asked that question more times than I can count! The answer is always the same, though. At Voices.com we do not provide talent with access to the voice sample or winning talent’s quote.

While that’s our answer, I interviewed a number of casting directors, agents and clients to ask what their thoughts were on the matter to give you a more well rounded view of this topic.

Read perspectives from people who hire in today’s VOX Daily.

Talent using our site often want to know what the winning audition sounded like and how much that talent quoted to get the job. While we don’t share this information out of respect for our customers and their privacy, I thought I’d ask around and see if other people run into this and how they respond.

I invited a number of people from different areas within the business to share their thoughts including a New York City talent agent, an LA casting director, a talent who also casts when need be and an LA voice over coach with an agency and casting background.

What about the talent and giving feedback?

Todd went on to say, “I will reveal to the talent where they were in the running and why I didn’t choose them. I’m very honest about this. I know it’s crucial for an artist to know the nuances of how I make decisions and why these decisions are crucial to my process. I’m very very close to a lot of voice actors. I love my relationships and I will do just about anything that I can to make sure that they’re inspired to keep on trying. At the end of the day, I work for publishers, developers and networks. They are my client, not the talent.”

If a voice talent wants to share what their winning audition sounded like and has permission from the client or casting director to do so, I think that would make for an interesting discourse. The bid itself, even if it was quite high, is likely not to be discussed for any number of reasons as money is a sensitive topic for most people.

Nancy offered, “I don’t ever discuss rates that the agents have negotiated for the talent for several reasons – the talent’s income feels like a private matter. Do I share the audition MP3 that won the job? Yes, at times I do share that with students who also auditioned for that same project. Also, I evaluate which of my coursework chapters are present in the winning audition and, with the winning talent’s permission, I play for new students the choices the winning Braintracksaudio graduate made in performance. Hearing that winning audition really augments the coursework concepts for the students and validates that the concepts they are learning book work since the talent’s use of the concept led to a booking. Lots of students have commented – particularly after having listened to my MP3, Acting for Advertising #10, that hearing the winning audition really locks and loads their understanding of Audition Theory.”

Expecting to hear what someone was paid or what their audition sounded like is somewhat unreasonable if you did not book the job. That being said, some people don’t need to ask because the answer is right in front of them. This is particularly true of on-camera actors or those who perform in theatre as they can clearly see who booked by watching a performance or Googling a cast list. Voice actors who’ve auditioned for roles in tight knit acting communities within a given market can also find out who booked the job because the finished product is on display and running on radio or television.

He writes, “Well, in my world, the strongest relationships exist between casting director and agent. If I’m working on a job, and have actors come down to the wire and get released because someone from another agency booked it, I can ask the casting director who booked it, and they will almost always divulge that information. Most often, the talent will not ask that same question, but just wait for the commercial to air, and hear who got it. In NYC, it’s a relatively small group who dominate the industry, and those actors who travel in the same circle know each other’s voices quite well, and can determine who won the job without having to ask anyone on the Ad agency level.”

Billy went on to say, “I think for actors, the best way to not make yourself crazy with finding out who or what kind of voice books every job you audition for, is to go through the process with blinders on, moving on to the next audition without focusing on what transpired yesterday.”

Do you have anything to add to this conversation? What do you think?

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