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You probably want to jump right into your voiceover career, but you’re going to waste a lot of time and money if you don’t get the proper training first. You might not be aware, but narration covers many different categories, and you’ll need to make a choice about which category you’d like to pursue professionally. Trainers in narration will typically offer classes that are specific to your genre, so find voiceover classes that are appropriate for your type of narration. Voiceover classes can be expensive, so you’ll want to make sure you make the right choice of voiceover teachers by asking around for a referral. You’ll need to be a versatile performer to succeed in voiceover, so voiceover classes provide a lot of opportunity to read varying copy. Voiceover lessons will give you a great idea where you are strong and weak in voiceover so that you can make the best career decisions. Most voiceover trainers will record you practicing your narration, which you can then use to solicit feedback from industry professionals. Once you finish your voiceover training, ask the teacher if they think you are ready to move forward with a demo reel. Make sure you always get the right training and professional feedback on your work before spending money on a voice demo.

Acting School and acting classes NYC- Right in the heart of New York City is an acting school that claims to offer a unique approach to teaching. While most acting schools in New York concentrate on the various methods and approaches to acting, this school boasts of combining it with expert training in the business side of acting. A quick glance at the school’s website however reveals that founder Jason Bennett does not seem to have that much credentials when compared to other acting teachers like the now deceased Milton Katselas of the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles or even Ed Hooks of the Ed Hooks Acting Classes in San Francisco and Chicago. In fact, a cursory glance online reveals a few negative feedbacks from people who claimed to have attended his acting classes. Still interested? You don’t have to leave the comforts of your own home to attend his classes as Jason Bennett offers to teaching acting online via webcam.

The Viola Spolin technique is now used in acting schools around the world.

Viola Spolin was born in November 1906 in Chicago. She became a director, theatre educator and actress throughout her lifeline and became a well-known name in the acting business. While she was a director, she came up with “theatre games”. These “games” were based around individual preferences, such as the creativity and imagination of separate actors and actresses. In her own words though, these “games” weren’t made up, she didn’t sit at home and think them up, she made them out of “necessity”. Whenever a problem arose while she was directing, she thought of what to do on the spot and essentially let it take it’s own way according to how the student responded. Basically, these simple “games” transform complicated theatre structures into games that are easily understandable from a student’s point of view learning something new. Viola Spolin unfortunately died in November 1994 in Los Angeles, aged 98.