Introduction to Voice Acting
Live and online from Vancouver
Voice work has the potential to be a highly lucrative and extremely satisfying part of an actors life. Yet, getting the skills and know-how to start working as a voice actor can feel daunting and off-putting.
Rhona Rees is a SOVAS and Leo Award nominated voice actor with more than 24 years experience behind the mic and in front of the camera. In this class, she will teach you the essentials of entering the world of voice acting and give you the fundamental skills required to build success.
The primary focus of this four-session, comprehensive course will be upon commercial and animation. However, the course also covers vocal care and warm ups, demo building, working with an agent and other means to making a career with your voice, including audio book narration, walla (loop group), dubbing and video games. Participants will also gain an understanding of the landscape of the voice acting world and the specifics of establishing a home studio set-up.
Students will gain practical experience and feedback as they explore techniques to exhibit range and bring copy to life in commercial work before then diving head-first into the wild, wacky world of animation. Finally, students will gain an understanding of how to build character voices and make their mp3 stand out in the sea of auditions.
If you’re serious about making a living as an actor this course is not to be missed.
CONTACT HOURS AND DATES
Saturdays, 1 May - 22 May (10am-12pm)*
*All class times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
CLASS FEE
$320
HOW TO ATTEND
This class will be hosted on Zoom. As some of our classes are hosted in LA and some in Australia, you may not receive your Zoom link until a few hours before the class begins. Typically Zoom links are sent 10-24 hours before a class begins. You do not need to have a Zoom account to participate. You will however need a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone to attend.
WHAT TO PREPARE
TBC
CLASS TUTOR
Rhona Rees is a SOVAS and Leo Award nominated voice actor with more than 24 years experience behind the mic and in front of the camera.
Rhona voices ‘Vapor Trail’, 'Torque Wrench' and 'Rolling Thunder' in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Rolling Thunder is the first pony in all of Equestria to have an Aussie accent!). She also voices ‘Bev’ in Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own, 'Nyx' in The Dragon Prince and 'Jet Jack' on Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. Her long list of voice over credits also includes video games like Rainbow Six Siege, dubbing and commercials for brands like Hyundai, Huggies and Manulife.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Rhona teaches commercials and animation at On The Mic Training and is a dialect coach for Tony Alcantar. Rhona is currently developing an original animated series with WildBrain and is passionate about bringing unexpected female characters to life. When she's not on set or in a studio, Rhona likes to escape to the mountains of beautiful British Columbia for hiking and skiing, or back to Australia for cuddles with her nieces.