SPEECH & DICTION

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

A clear speaking voice improves your ability to communicate with and influence others. By strengthening your tone and enhancing your speech, you'll convey confidence and increase your believability behind the mic. Andy will perfect your vowel placement, strengthen your articulation, and deepen your resonance.

SCRIPT ANALYSIS

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

In this “thinking” workshop, you’ll define choices based on content and meaning. Analyze a wide swath of copy to figure out structure, who buys, who sells, and marketing/branding messages. WARNING! When you do this consistently, you’ll be in danger of booking work. Prerequisite: Completion of all three Commercial Core classes or upon Sally's recommendation.

VO FUNDAMENTALS

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

In this complement to the Core Curriculum, you will gain an overview of voice over basics, as well as practice techniques of commercial, narration, and character voice over. As a Voice One student, most of your studies deal with a specific set of skills. VO Fundamentals expands your range by immersing you in foundational skills […]

BREAKING IT DOWN IN PERSON CLASSES

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Assess commercial copy at a glance by breaking down the script into common copywriting themes, rules you should recognize, and writing hints that reveal the unique message every commercial script contains. Once you develop the technical muscularity required by commercial copy, you'll feel confident enough to tackle any VO script.

CHARACTER PLAYBOOK

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Build your book of character voices through the use of creative exercises, acting basics, and impulse. Your unique playbook might include real and exaggerated voices, heroes and villains, celebrity mash-ups, and archetypes from various genres.

NARRATION NUTS & BOLTS

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Master three performance components to create the world of a narrative script. Find the tone to captivate the listener, harness your pace to reveal the message, and maintain consistency to keep them engaged.

PLAY OF THE GAME

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

AAA video game developers are known for sending out huge casting nets for their characters. Increase your dexterity and energize your reads by hearing what the 2K Games Casting Director is listening for in your auditions. This class will prepare you to stand out and make it to the final round. Prerequisite: Completion of all three […]

SINGING IN CHARACTER

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Do you have a Disney song, pop hit, or show tune you just have to do in your own way? Now's your chance to sing as the characters you love with the master of character singing, Desiree Goyette! She'll cover singing and warm up techniques, breath support, and maintaining a consistent character voice while singing […]

ACTING FOR VO

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Acting is doing, and making the voice active is key to great voice over. In this class, you’ll work on text in an action-based approach, discover what your motivation is, break scenes down into beats, find conflict, and imbue your copy with meaning and subtext.

NARRATION STYLES

Voice One 414 Jackson Suite 202, San Francisco

Expand your repertoire by classifying different narration styles. Determine ways to adjust the read to specific audiences, raise your status, remain truthful, and breathe life through to the end of the script.