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| Foreword | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Wealth of Additional Voice Acting Resources | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Business of Voice-over: Part 1 | |
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| What Is Voice Acting? | |
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| The Many Roles of the Voice Actor | |
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| Types of Voice-over Work | |
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| The Difference between "Voice-over" and "Voice Acting" | |
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| Breaking into the Business of Voice-over | |
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| The Best-Kept Secret | |
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| The Realities of Voice Acting | |
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| Full-Time versus Part-Time | |
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| 7 Things You Must Know About Voice-over Work | |
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| Where to Start: Voice-over Basics | |
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| The Voice-over Performer as Actor and Salesperson | |
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| "Slip and Fall Accidents" (CD/8) | |
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| Getting the Skills You Need | |
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| The Business of Voice-over: Getting Paid to Play | |
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| It's Show-biz, Folks | |
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| Making Money Doing Voice-over Work | |
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| Talent Agencies, Casting Agencies, Personal Managers, and Advertising Agencies | |
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| Acting for Voice-over | |
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| Using Your Instrument | |
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| All About Breathing | |
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| 20 Facts About Your Voice (CD/2) | |
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| "Come in Today" Script for Breath Control (CD/10) | |
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| Be Easy on Yourself | |
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| Exercising Your Voice | |
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| Correcting Speech Problems and Habits | |
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| Voice and Body Exercises (CD/3, CD/4) | |
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| Tips and Suggestions for Maintaining Your Voice | |
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| The Seven Core Elements of an Effective Performance (CD/5) | |
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| It Starts with Pretending | |
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| Audience: Core Element #1 | |
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| Back Story: Core Element #2 | |
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| Character: Core Element #3 | |
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| Desires: Core Element #4 | |
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| Energy: Core Element #5 | |
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| Forget Who You Are and Focus: Core Element #6 | |
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| Gamble: Core Element #7 | |
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| Developing Technique | |
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| Style | |
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| The Road to Proficiency | |
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| Three Steps to Creating an Effective Performance | |
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| The Elements of a Voice-Acting Performance | |
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| Shortcuts that Trick Your Brain (CD/6) | |
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| Microphone Technique | |
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| Acting Classes | |
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| Voice Acting 101 | |
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| It's Not About Your Voice | |
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| Commit to Your Choices...and Adjust | |
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| Physical Attitudes to Help Delivery | |
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| Your Clothes Make a Difference | |
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| The Magic of Your Mind: If You Believe It, They Will! | |
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| Trends | |
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| Woodshedding and Script Analysis | |
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| The Director in the Front Row of Your Mind | |
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| "Woodshed" Your Copy | |
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| Creating a Performance Road Map | |
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| Woodshed Your Script to Be More Believable | |
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| Henry and His Friends: A Cold Reading Exercise | |
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| Tips for Woodshedding | |
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| The Character in the Copy | |
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| How Will You Play the Role? | |
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| Your Best Tool Is Your Own Personality | |
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| Sociocultural Awareness | |
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| The Ten Cultural Territories | |
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| Personal Growth, Socially Involved, Connected | |
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| Community, Spirituality, Social Responsibility | |
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| Independent, Experimental, Interest in New | |
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| Rituals, Loyalty, Duty, Conventional | |
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| Rules, Principles, Need for Recognition | |
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| Achievement, Exhibition, Trend Setters, Self-Indulgent | |
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| Materialism, Seek Pleasure, Need for Recognition | |
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| Need for Structure, Control, Respect for Authority | |
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| Personal Style, Spontaneous, Concern about Future | |
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| Need for Security, Worriers, Suspicious of Change | |
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| Theater of the Mind | |
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| An Exercise for Creating Real Characters (CD/7) | |
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| Making Your Characters Believable | |
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| Tips for Performing All Types of Copy | |
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| Single-Voice Copy | |
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| Tips for Performing Single-Voice Copy | |
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| Single-Voice Scripts | |
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| "No Fish Today" (CD/10) | |
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| "Auction Cities" (CD/11) | |
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| "Hallmark Galleries" (CD/12) | |
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| "Lloyds Plumbing, Heating and Air" (CD/13) | |
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| Dialogue Copy: Doubles and Multiples | |
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| Types of Dialogue Copy | |
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| Tips for Performing Dialogue Copy | |
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| Dialogue and Multiple-Voice Scripts | |
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| "Coastal Condo Living" (CD/14) | |
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| "Grand Prix Car Wash" (CD/15) | |
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| "Towne Center Plaza" (CD/16) | |
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| Character Copy | |
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| Vocalizing Characters | |
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| Pat Fraley's Six Critical Elements of a Character Voice | |
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| Finding Your Voice | |
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| The Character, Voice Worksheet | |
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| Exercises for Creating Character Voices (CD/17) | |
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| Tips for Character and Animation Copy | |
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| Character and Animation Scripts | |
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| Industrials: Long-Form and Narrative Copy | |
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| Tips for Performing Corporate and Narrative Copy | |
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| Corporate and Narrative Scripts | |
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| "Oasis Mouthwash and Dry Mouth Spray" (CD/18) | |
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| "The Power of Your Thoughts" (CD/19) | |
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| Other Types of Voice-over Work | |
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| Audio Books | |
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| A Bit about Audio Books | |
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| Video Games | |
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| You Must Be Versatile | |
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| Telephony | |
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| Concatenation (CD/20) | |
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| ADR/Looping | |
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| What Makes a Good Looper? | |
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| Promo/Trailer | |
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| The Essence of Promo and Trailer Work | |
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| Radio Imaging, Branding, Signature Voice | |
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| Radio Imaging and Promo (CD/26) | |
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| Anime | |
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| Inside Anime (CD/24) | |
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| The Business of Voice-over: Part 2 | |
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| Your Voice-over Demo | |
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| Your Professional Calling Card | |
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| Don't Produce Your Demo Until You Are Ready | |
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| Your Demo Must Accurately Represent Your Abilities | |
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| Versatility Is Your Selling Tool | |
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| Demo Basics | |
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| Demo Tips | |
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| Types of Voice-over Demos | |
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| Producing Your Demo | |
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| Your Demo Recording Session | |
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| Your Demo Is Done, Now What? | |
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| Present Yourself as a Professional | |
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| Print Materials | |
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| Getting Your Demo Out There: Duplication and Distribution | |
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| Your Home Studio | |
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| Your Website | |
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| How to Work in the Business of Voice-over | |
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| Promoting and Marketing Your Voice-over Talent | |
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| Finding and Working with an Agent | |
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| A Business Plan for Voice Actor You, Inc. | |
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| Setting and Managing Your Fees | |
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| Setting Your Talent Fee | |
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| Negotiating and Getting Paid | |
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| Auditions | |
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| The Audition Process | |
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| Auditioning From Your Home Studio | |
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| Preparing for Your Live Audition | |
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| What to Expect at a Live Audition | |
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| After the Audition | |
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| Demos | |
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| Audition Dos, Don'ts, and Common Courtesies | |
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| The Voice-Acting Survival Kit | |
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| You're Hired! The Session | |
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| A Journey Through the Creative Process | |
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| Types of Sessions, Setups, and Script Formats | |
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| The Session: Step-by-Step | |
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| Common Direction Terms | |
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| Wrap It Up | |
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| Tips, Tricks, and Studio Stories | |
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| "The" Talent | |
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| Being Yourself...or not! | |
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| Find Your Niche | |
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| There's Music in Copy | |
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| The Ing's | |
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| Finding Your Niche: Promo and Trailers | |
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| Succeeding in Voice-over | |
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| Voice-over Demos | |
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| Celebrity Voices, Producers, and Impersonations | |
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| Training the "Guy's Guy" | |
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| How to Dig Yourself Out of a Rut | |
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| In the Studio with Audio Books | |
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| "Residuals" | |
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| Getting Paid | |
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| Making the Move from Radio to Voice-over | |
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| Pick-ups and Gibberish | |
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| Those Who Dance | |
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| Index | |
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| Audio CD Track Index | |