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What jobs/opportunities are parallel to VOICEOVER?
I enjoy doing voiceover work AND the idea of marketing mainly the ( story telling) of marketing . What are some jobs and opportunities are there that is parallel to voiceover work? Such as voiceover assistant is the only thing I can think of at the moment but I just know there are more out there its hard for me to form the idea and exact questions to ask.
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Colleen’s Answer
We are expanding our use of AI in telemarketing and lead generation. If you work in marketing for big companies, you can develop demo scripts. Advanced AI voice agents can then use text-to-speech technology to produce natural-sounding conversations and even mimic a specific person's voice with their permission. This technology analyzes voice recordings to create a consistent and recognizable voice for your brand, making your company stand out.
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Paul’s Answer
My advice would be to think about the impact of AI potentially on voiceovers, my perspective is it would be best to invest your time in building your presentation skills and story telling- why? Because humans will always crave person connection and being able to tell a story in terms of presentation in front of people will always be valued, with voiceovers I feel AI will be able to completely replace the need as AI improves.
Invest more in building your presentation skills and story telling capabilities
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Hassan’s Answer
The only things that comes to mind is voice actor for animated movies and voice overs for foreign films. However, I'd expect that AI will be used for most of that work in the future except for famous actors with known voices. They may not even have to actually work but just collect fees for allowing AI to mimic their voices.
So maybe look into sports announcer or radio host type of work where humans will likely still be used due to the real-time nature of the work.
So maybe look into sports announcer or radio host type of work where humans will likely still be used due to the real-time nature of the work.
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James Constantine’s Answer
Hello Jodecie!
I find that presenting videos on YouTube Studio can be very helpful. Another method is to procure your own website, telling people what your talent is. You answer the question - 'How Can I Help?' Just remember, some people do not desire remuneration!
Here are some jobs and opportunities parallel to VOICEOVER:
Commercial Voice Overs: Narrate advertisements and commercials for radio, TV, and online platforms.
Animation Voice Acting: Provide voices for animated characters in films, TV shows, and video games.
Audiobook Narration: Read and narrate audiobooks, providing voiceovers for various stories.
Podcast Narration: Record voiceovers for podcasts, helping to set the tone and engage listeners.
Corporate Voice Work: Narrate training videos, presentations, and other corporate communications.
These roles highlight the diverse opportunities available in the voice-over industry, allowing individuals to leverage their vocal talents across various media platforms.
Some people are put here to make life easier for others! JFK was a case in point. So was MLK.
GOD BLESS!
I find that presenting videos on YouTube Studio can be very helpful. Another method is to procure your own website, telling people what your talent is. You answer the question - 'How Can I Help?' Just remember, some people do not desire remuneration!
Here are some jobs and opportunities parallel to VOICEOVER:
Commercial Voice Overs: Narrate advertisements and commercials for radio, TV, and online platforms.
Animation Voice Acting: Provide voices for animated characters in films, TV shows, and video games.
Audiobook Narration: Read and narrate audiobooks, providing voiceovers for various stories.
Podcast Narration: Record voiceovers for podcasts, helping to set the tone and engage listeners.
Corporate Voice Work: Narrate training videos, presentations, and other corporate communications.
These roles highlight the diverse opportunities available in the voice-over industry, allowing individuals to leverage their vocal talents across various media platforms.
Some people are put here to make life easier for others! JFK was a case in point. So was MLK.
GOD BLESS!
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Kelly’s Answer
Voice director, audio engineer, screenwriter, and marketing strategist are the first things that came to my mind.
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Adam’s Answer
I worked for 20 years at advertising agencies. I was the person who wrote the scripts for radio, video, promos, really any type of broadcast. What it taught me was the ability to understand certain voices and styles. After a while, I started recording scratch tracks because I knew how to express the voices I wrote in scripts. Then I actually did the VO work for many projects. It wasn't the same as being a VO person full time, especially because AI is making it cheaper vs hiring talent. But as a sideways career, being the writer is a realistic option. I would go work at an advertising agency that does a bunch of radio. That's an excellent way to build your craft.
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Michelle’s Answer
Hello again, Jodecie !
I know that you have been asking this same question a few times but I am not sure as to what you do not understand as many advisors have given you quite a bit of information and advice already. I am happy to go over this again with you, however.
Let's begin by observing that you have previously stated that you are a professional Voice Over artist already getting work as one which appears in one of your previous questions. If this is the case, there should be absolutely no confusion about the Voice Over segment of acting. That being said, there is no similar or assistant role for voice over work. There is no parallel or work around voice overs, you either do voice overs or not. You do them from home in a home studio or are hired by a production company and work in their studio recording the voice over. It's performance, so you either do voice overs or not. The only other thing would be stage, film and television acting where you appear on screen as a character, but it's not voice over work.
I am wondering if you are still in high school or in college or not in school yet. I am glad that you've come here for a bit of orientation, but I advise that you review the advice given to your previous questions from our advisors and come to terms with either doing the actual voice over work or not. There is no substitute. Each performance career is separate unto itself.
If you are able and serious about selling your voice pattern to an agency or individual to be used at random for Artificial Intelligence voice over projects, there is some very important information that you need to know about this and it will not have the same satisfaction as doing the voice overs yourself. SAG/AFTRA has recently set guidelines for individuals/independent producers and companies as to what they need to do and how to pay the voice actor when using a person's voice pattern. Go to the SAG/AFTRA website and read the guidelines and if you can't find them there, do a search online. The production company is supposed to ask you permission to use your voice pattern every and any time they use it for anything. They are supposed to give you 48 hours to say yes or no to it. If you say yes, they create any dialogue they want, content can be true, false, misleading or anything, and the company is supposed to pay you for the time it took to create the dialogue.
This being said, it's not really happening as I have heard of three lawsuits already by stars whose images and voice patterns were used without theirs's or their estate's permission. The AI venture is a slippery slope for this and I would stay far away from it and seek actual in-time voice over work that you speak, knowing the script beforehand as usual. Once you grant permission, sell your voice pattern or okay it for use, it can wind up appearing on anything anywhere. It's not really an option to consider for the optimum voice acting career.
There are a good amount of studios in Atlanta. You will need to visit some in person to have your question answered person to person since you may not understand the information in written form and continue to wonder about it. The professionals who work at the studios and even some radio stations would know the information and can clearly define what voice overs are and explain that voice overs are what they are and nothing is similar. Being an actor or doing voice overs requires knowing how the business is run and until you understand the technicalities and the actual work, you may still be asking the same question, so start exploring this in person.
Wishing you all the best !
I know that you have been asking this same question a few times but I am not sure as to what you do not understand as many advisors have given you quite a bit of information and advice already. I am happy to go over this again with you, however.
Let's begin by observing that you have previously stated that you are a professional Voice Over artist already getting work as one which appears in one of your previous questions. If this is the case, there should be absolutely no confusion about the Voice Over segment of acting. That being said, there is no similar or assistant role for voice over work. There is no parallel or work around voice overs, you either do voice overs or not. You do them from home in a home studio or are hired by a production company and work in their studio recording the voice over. It's performance, so you either do voice overs or not. The only other thing would be stage, film and television acting where you appear on screen as a character, but it's not voice over work.
I am wondering if you are still in high school or in college or not in school yet. I am glad that you've come here for a bit of orientation, but I advise that you review the advice given to your previous questions from our advisors and come to terms with either doing the actual voice over work or not. There is no substitute. Each performance career is separate unto itself.
If you are able and serious about selling your voice pattern to an agency or individual to be used at random for Artificial Intelligence voice over projects, there is some very important information that you need to know about this and it will not have the same satisfaction as doing the voice overs yourself. SAG/AFTRA has recently set guidelines for individuals/independent producers and companies as to what they need to do and how to pay the voice actor when using a person's voice pattern. Go to the SAG/AFTRA website and read the guidelines and if you can't find them there, do a search online. The production company is supposed to ask you permission to use your voice pattern every and any time they use it for anything. They are supposed to give you 48 hours to say yes or no to it. If you say yes, they create any dialogue they want, content can be true, false, misleading or anything, and the company is supposed to pay you for the time it took to create the dialogue.
This being said, it's not really happening as I have heard of three lawsuits already by stars whose images and voice patterns were used without theirs's or their estate's permission. The AI venture is a slippery slope for this and I would stay far away from it and seek actual in-time voice over work that you speak, knowing the script beforehand as usual. Once you grant permission, sell your voice pattern or okay it for use, it can wind up appearing on anything anywhere. It's not really an option to consider for the optimum voice acting career.
There are a good amount of studios in Atlanta. You will need to visit some in person to have your question answered person to person since you may not understand the information in written form and continue to wonder about it. The professionals who work at the studios and even some radio stations would know the information and can clearly define what voice overs are and explain that voice overs are what they are and nothing is similar. Being an actor or doing voice overs requires knowing how the business is run and until you understand the technicalities and the actual work, you may still be asking the same question, so start exploring this in person.
Wishing you all the best !
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Michelle’s Answer
What a great passion.
I would highly recommend building out a portfolio, doing voiceover videos on YouTube/TikTok/Instagram etc. Once you have that, you can go to marketing agencies, ad agencies, or chat to your local radio station or sports channel to see if you can get some experience working on radio/commentating.
Sounds like such a fun passion to pursue. All the best.
I would highly recommend building out a portfolio, doing voiceover videos on YouTube/TikTok/Instagram etc. Once you have that, you can go to marketing agencies, ad agencies, or chat to your local radio station or sports channel to see if you can get some experience working on radio/commentating.
Sounds like such a fun passion to pursue. All the best.