VO Casting and Directing Insights to Get the Performance You Want | Eric Weiss
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The document provides insights into effective voice-over casting and direction from Eric Weiss, who has extensive experience in the field. It includes specific voice descriptions for characters, examples of voice samples, key directing strategies using the 'golden triangle' concept, and tips for empowering actors during sessions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of context and communication in voice direction to enhance performance.
VO Casting and Directing Insights to Get the Performance You Want | Eric Weiss
- 1. Practical Insights for Effective VO Eric Weiss Casting and VO Director
- 2. Perspective Over 15 Years in the VO business Directed VO dept. AAA Games Company for over 5 years Trained as an actor Talent Agent Now currently casting and directing
- 3. Casting Document King’s Quest Include character art In this example both actual model and tone art to convey style
- 4. Casting Doc. cont. • Voice Description • Old Graham’s voice should be warm and slightly grizzled with a hint of youthfulness piercing through. After all these years the old man has still hung on to his humor and charm. Graham’s voice is a voice that you would love to hear narrate your favorite fairytale. He speaks with a twinkle in his eye and with a great sense of adventure • Prototype • Samples Tones (American) • Old Graham: Jeff Bridges • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54P0JsLH5Ks • or • Old Graham: Donald Sutherland • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoE6gV87HgM
- 5. Casting Doc. cont. Sample Dialogue - 10 lines or 30 to 60 seconds of material. - Choose lines showing the emotional and physically range - Provide context to help ground the actor and see how the actor will handle direction.
- 6. Directing talent The Golden Triangle of Directing VO. Action Relationship Context
- 7. Action Foundation of Behavior: The Verb. The basic question: What are you doing (what to do to get what you want) Example: “You are unbelievable.” To prize, to seduce, to demean
- 8. Relationship If Actions are about verbs, than Relationships are about - ADVERBS How you are going to do what you want to do. Who are you talking to? Be as specific as possible Example: Your dog, your romantic partner, your boss. Use of “pre-life” or lead-ins Helps to both direct from and as an aid for the actor
- 9. Context The Environment What is going on around the character Where, What, When, How much noise is in the environment Most importantly and often forgotten: How close is the person you are talking to Terry Gross Cowherd Example Talking to someone 2 ft away, 10 ft away, at a Nascar race, A secret - you don’t want to be overheard
- 10. Tips Talk less, listen more (especially when setting the character voice) Let the actor initiate Empowers the actor Many times their ideas are better than yours Gives you a baseline to work from which is easier and quicker to direct from. Find the Flow more important then precision (especially with long sessions) Rhythm is the language of emotion - Promotes spontaneity and intuition
- 11. Thanks for coming. Any questions, drop me a line. Eric Weiss Eric.weiss108@gmail.com 323.605.7393