Directing Voice Over Talent
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 7:51AM | Ana 
Directing a voice over project implies you are familiar with the basic acting principles that the talent has studied and she or he is ready to apply to the project about to be recorded.
Directing with some familiarity of the artistic intricacies involved in the creative process of acting can make all the difference in the outcome of the project. Conversely, taking the text apart, not allowing talent to give a few uninterrupted read-throughs with natural flow and micro-managing to the point of taking a word apart too often can make the talent lose sight of the entirety and purpose of the text at hand and become a mechanical tool that is being used in a non-creative way.
It is magic when the dance happens because no one is stepping on the other person’s toes. The voice talent becomes nothing but an instrument when direction is approached from a mechanical standpoint and creative freedom is stifled. A successful voice over project will no doubt opt to dance.