How do you create brand new character voices? Ones you can come back to again and again for… whatever you need voices for… improv, acting, voiceover, D&D… whatever you like!
In this classically “unhinged” video I talk about 11+ techniques for finding new voices, that you can then apply to the other stages of character voice creation.
I also share some clips of me using these techniques to create new characters quickly for self-tapes and voiceovers.
I talk about things like:
* Yeah, we all know about “doing accents”… but what about all the other ways to create voices!
* How to build voices from starting points like elements, animals, qualities, and a bunch more
* The value of building a reliable Character Voice Toolbox for those moments your mind goes blank with a new character brief
* And I go off on a few crazed tangents… as usual… in which I demonstrate these techniques “hot in the moment.”
Interested in building your own Character Voice Toolbox? Add yourself to the Character Voice Lab waitlist: https://sendfox.com/alexowenhill
00:00 Where Character Voices come from
01:20 The Character Voice process…
01:56 The obvious one: accents
03:08 Stealing & failing on purpsoe
04:37 A trick for surprising voices
06:15 Go sit in a zoo!
07:46 The Recipe Method
10:08 The real secret of any character voice work
11:53 How to shift up and down
14:01 A workout of the articulators
15:21 Why not your own voice
17:18 Be ridiculous
18:36 Building your own Vocal Toolbox
19:44 Bringing it all together
References:
The podcast interview I mentioned with the “voice of Winnie the Pooh” (aka Jim Cummings) is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNJZAQKvYQ
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