STEP
1. Email us a 1 minute commercial
demo in a MP3 file. Include 7-8 second samples of a variety of different
samples of your voice doing commercials from magazines, radio, or web. Slate
your name (first and last) and Stars Talent Studio (agency name). Also End
Slate saying, “Again thank you, first name/last name, Stars Talent Studio.
*Note: Unlike auditioning for TV/Film
while doing your voice over demo, you don’t wait 3 seconds in between your name
and agency.
STEP
2. If you are experienced; create up
to 9 more “1 minute demos”. Review the categories listed below. Showcase only
your strong points! If you don’t do narration well, don’t include it in your
demo. You need 7 different samples (each
8 seconds long) per demo. Keep your demo only 1 minute long.
STEP
3. Make sure before emailing us that
you SAVE EACH V.O. DEMO in the following format (MP3) and email them to
info@starstalentstudio.com for review. Save in this format: Jane_Doe Stars Commercial. (Replace
commercial with whatever category selected)
V.O. Categories for
FEMALES include:
·
Commercial
Demo
·
Audio
Books
·
Character
·
Conversational
(2 person scripts)
·
Friendly
·
Hip
& Young
·
Narration
(I.e. Corporate)
·
Real
·
Retail
·
Sultry
·
Jingles
(singing)
·
Foreign
Languages or accents
V.O. Categories for MALES
include:
·
Commercial
Demo
·
Audio
Books
·
Character
·
Conversational
(2 person scripts)
·
Deep
·
Folksy
(Mid-western sounding/ folk style for men 45+)
·
Friendly
·
Hip
& Young
·
Narration
(I.e. Corporate)
·
Real
·
Retail
·
Trailer
(Movie trailer voices)
·
Jingles
(45-60 seconds)
·
Foreign
Languages or accents
*NOTE: Other categories are acceptable like
children’s and teen voices, animation, infomercials, telephones voice services,
announcer style voices, dialects, foreign languages, impersonators, etc.!
STEP 4. Call Stars if you want options for training or recording a professional demo.
Here are a few options:
Eric
Openshaw at EOS Studios (801) 801-205-8080 located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Paper
Plane Productions (801) 946-0522 ask for Dan or Lindsay, located in Sandy
across from Stars.
Do
it yourself…by purchasing a Portable USB Microphone called “Go Mic by Samson” that connects to your computer and records automatically. This can be purchased at Best Buy for $60.
You can do your own recordings and have a mini studio for your voice-over demo.
STEP 5. Drop off your voice demo personally to the
following locations:
Metcom Studios, OC
Tanner, Xango, USANA, Tahiti Noni, Nuskin, New Ways, Love Communiation, Richter
7, and Thomas Arts (Get in their voice bank for Morgan Jewelry, Gus Paulos, Ken
Garff).
Name: (State your full professional name)
Experience: (Copy from resume,
list experience in broadcasting, theatre, etc.)
Dialects: (i.e. Southern, Standard British, Cockney,
Brooklyn, etc.)
Description of your voice: (Low, Medium High, Male or Female, Deep, Thin, Nasal, Raspy, Youthful,
etc.)
Voice Age Range: (list
age range you can speak in comfortably: old to young)
Language's you speak: (fluent only)
Native country:
List if you have a home studio & list
equipment:
(This doesn’t have to mean a fancy
booth; they want to know if you have a quality microphone and software to put
together your own voice demos.)
