SPECIAL CLASS FROM OUR GO GUIDE SERIES!
How to Find Your Spot in Voicing Interactive Toys, Talking Stuffed Animals, Interactive Board Games, and much more!
$49
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Imagine being the voice of Peppa Pig, Mr. Potato Head, or Winnie the Pooh!
Sounds exciting, right! But I bet you have questions.
- How do I get started?
- How do I get connected with the right people in the industry?
- How are toys different from video games or animation?
- Are there different skill sets for voicing toys?
We think it is time you get answers. Hence, we invited Chuck Wedge, a Sr. Producer, and Writer at Leapfrog, to join the V.O. Dojo's Tish Hicks for an introduction to voiceover for the many different areas of toys and how to prepare for this type of voiceover!
What You Will Learn
During this class, we will talk about...
HOW IS V.O. FOR TOYS DIFFERENT?
There are similarities and many differences. For example, toys actually talk to an audience.
HOW TO EASILY RECOGNIZE A TOY SCRIPT!
There are quick distinctions that will help you recognize these scripts even when your agent doesn't give you the heads up!
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ONCE YOU GOT THE GIG!
There are many things you must take into effect to create the product that will have them call you back over and over!
THE GOOD & BAD NEWS ABOUT VOICING TOYS!
We will talk through the pros and cons. Like the fact that it can be a ton of work which can be a plus and a minus!
July 20, 2022 - 10am PT to Noon PT
You will have lifetime access to the recordings and materials
Meet Chuck Wedge
Chuck Wedge is a senior producer and writer at LeapFrog who's worked on over 100 interactive children's toys, including Tag Reading System Device, Tag Junior Reading System Device, LeapReader Device, LeapStart Device, Toy Story 4 - interactive game book, Frozen - interactive game book, Learn to Write and Draw with Mr. Pencil, DreamWorks' Penguins of Madagascar - Penguin Puzzle Time, Ozzie and Mack, Panda Bear, Disney/Pixar's Brave book adaptation of the movie, Disney's Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Disney's Sofia the First, DreamWork's Trolls, and Nickelodeon's Paw Patrol.
Meet Tish Hicks
Tish Hicks is an accomplished, successful LA voiceover artist and the creator, CEO, and Master Sensei of the V.O. Dojo, a holistic, full-training program that guides, supports, connects, and accelerates voiceover artists every step of the way from "I don’t know" to "Working Pro!"
She has been telling stories in all genres of voiceover (commercials, animation, video games, tv narration, promo, audiobooks et al) for 25+ years including being the voice of many high-profile and long-running campaigns like Subaru and Citibank.
Tish is a 2021 Stevie Award Winner for Female Entrepreneur of the Year and the Dojo for Company of the Year. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Theatre Department where bringing stories to life was instilled as a way of life.
A Career in Voiceover For Toys Can be Very Lucrative!
In this live Go Guide Series event, Chuck Wedge shares a few insights as to how the biz works… and best practices…
An action plan for getting started on the journey…
Ways that you can make money doing toys….
Skills you will need…
-Character voices
-Concatenation
-Understanding Childhood development
How to start building relationships and your business in the toy world & so much more!
What are V.O. Dojo Go Guides?
This class is part of our Go Guide Series.
Go Guides are short online training programs that are hyper-focused on specific voiceover genres.
At The V. O. Dojo, our goal is to prepare our clients for all voiceover opportunities.
As a result, our clients have had huge successes, which led to the idea of inviting them to share their tips for the specific genres they are finding success in.
In this series of genre-specific mini-trainings we asked them to share with us:
- How they got started in each genre.
- What they wish they knew when they were starting out.
- What they learned along the way.
Plus so much more!
About The V.O. Dojo:
Inspired by the discipline of martial arts and the fun and playfulness of improv, at the V.O. Dojo we encourage voiceover artists to approach their craft fearlessly and with the wisdom of a warrior.
Unlike many other training programs, the Dojo takes a wonderfully unique and holistic approach to the business of voiceover.
We concentrate not only on formal skills and techniques but also on the mind/body/spirit connection necessary to communicate your truth and connect with your audience.
The V.O. Dojo is celebrating its 10th year of aligning people around the world with the power and possibility of their voice through the vehicle of voiceover.
What Others Are Saying About Us...
Easily the most extensive and self-developing work I've done for voiceover!
"Training at the Dojo was easily the most extensive and self-developing work I've done for voiceover. You can learn good techniques at just about any Voiceover studio across LA.
The Dojo makes it darn near an obligation to make sure you also come out the other end understanding how you can market yourself, how you can use your voice, and what it's worth, how many different ways there are to work in voiceover and having a nice healthy network between working professionals already in the field as well as your fellow students."
- Anthony Topsfield
I had all the tools I needed to succeed.
"I've taken two other courses in voiceover and neither of them left me with the feeling that I had all the tools I needed to succeed.
I know it's possible to learn a lot on your own, but I'm getting insights and exposure to the real day-to-day work of a VO artist that would have otherwise taken me years to learn or figure out.
It greatly helps the confidence of the VO student to be in an environment where they can accelerate to a high level of performance."
- Bill LaValley