VO2GoGo May 2015 Class in Irvine
May 23 2015 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The award-winning VO2GoGo voiceover classes continue.
The VO2GoGo curriculum is an amazing series of over 30 live classes, building your skills in voiceover categories and the technology you need to master, giving you the tools to manage a thriving, digital-friendly voiceover career.
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VO2GoGo live classes have won backstage’s Readers’ Choice Award as Best VO Classes and Teacher for the last four years in a row. And every month, a new set of skills is explored and mastered, in a total of 4 classes, all in one day-long intensive.
Here’s the schedule of classes for the day.
• Mastering Cold Reading Of VO Scripts • Voicing News And Info VO • Voicing IVR And Phone Prompts • BONUS: VO Workout Class
1 Mastering Cold Reading of VO Scripts
You don’t get days or even hours to work with VO scripts – you’re expected to turn around auditions, and head into the studio to perform, almost instantly. In this class, we’ll look at how to instantly size up a script, make character choices, and balance speed with excellence. The skills you’ll get: - how to quickly size up a script and its parts - what key elements to look for in the copy - how to avoid two key mistakes when marking your copy - three ways to instantly become better at cold reading - and more
2 Voicing News and Info VO
Like commercials, narration and IVR, the category of news and information products have a certain style and performance technique unique to the category. Traditional radio and television outlets have been joined by podcasts, satellite, cable, email blasts and other new connections, giving you an even greater opportunity to audition and land these lucrative jobs. The skills you’ll get: - how the target audience affects your performance - classic and new styles of news and information performance - learning from the giants of newscasting - pricing and client management in the news and information workspace - and more
Between Class 2 and Class 3, attendees will relax, take a break and enjoy a one-hour walkaway lunch. There are plenty of restaurants nearby to choose from.
3 Voicing IVR and Phone Prompts
There are over 10 billion phones in the world – one and one-half for every man, woman and child on the planet. 70% are business phones, and all phones have some sort of voice mail or outbound messaging associated with them. Learn how, in the most profitable category of voicework in many portfolios, and the most plentiful of work categories, you’ll find a largely hidden market of work. The skills you’ll get: - why this skill is the most lucrative in the 21st century - the type of voice needed for phone prompt work – it’s not what you think! - how the marketplace for IVR work has shifted, and how you can take advantage - why this union-covered work is so lucrative - and more
4 BONUS: VO Workout Class
Each day-long class will conclude, time permitting, with Participants adding another moment in front of the microphone, with direction and adjustment from the instructor. The Auditors will watch and make note of the adjustments given, and each Participant will receive the MP3 file of this (and the other) recordings made during the day. The skills you’ll get: - work with alternative copy from the day’s content - bring their own audition or workout copy - be directed and adjusted, and recorded on mic - deepen their knowledge of self-direction and iterative improvement - and more
Information and materials provided? You bet.
In this intensive, all students, Auditors and Participants alike, will be provided with lecture notes and VO copy. Participants will be directed and recorded three times throughout the day; Auditors will observe that process. The recordings will be given to each Participant to use as mini-starter demos (in advance of completed professional demos), showing their mastery of the particular category of voicework performed. See the explanations below for the differences between Participant and Auditor tickets.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and are open to VO2GoGo Pros for 72 hours prior to general availability. Reserve your seat now!
Thanks so much and I hope to see you there! :)
