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Above and BeVOND 2019

September 30, 2019 by

On the 28th & 29th of September 2019 The VoiceOver Network held it’s 5th Above and BeVOND 2 day voiceover conference in London. It was one to remember as we discussed some very important topics that included mental health, rates, contracts and more. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made it a very special 2 days. Thank you to our amazing Sponsor Focusrite and to Mark Lowes. A special shout-out to our incredible guest speakers; Lori Alan, Jennifer Trujillo, Jonathan Tilley, Natalie Hill, Fiona Maguire, Antonio Fornaris, Roger Woods, Liz Drury, Tim Odofin, Gabriel Porras and Dr Jane Oakland. And our amazing panel guests; Simone Nylander, Peter Morris, Camilla Laxton, Katy Maw, Dian Perry for talking about what’s happening in the industry and addressing the future technology as well. Attendees experienced an amazing up-lifting and insightful 2 days. There was some incredible content to help grow your voiceover business, industry insights for both the UK and Globally, inspirational and motivational talks, character workshops, agents critiques as well and much more. A simply magical weekend for all.

‘A Whole new World of Voice Acting’ with Jennifer Trujillo Interview by Alan Shires

September 28, 2019 by Alan Shires

at The VoiceOver Network – Above and BeVOND

AS: What is your favourite part about your job?

JT: My favourite part of my job is working with new talent, that is an exciting thing to do, giving someone their first job in animation or in Disney, these are really cool things.

AS: It sounds so rewarding! How does a voice over artist find their way into the casting room with you?

JT: We rely heavily on talent agents – usually LA based – so that is one of the early steps to getting in front of us, so you want to have a relationship with someone in LA who can put you up for roles to get in front of us. We wouldn’t usually need you to come to Los Angeles which is nice.

AS: Well that’s good news as I am in the UK and don’t want to hop on an aeroplane right now!

JT: Yeah, it’s a long flight.

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AS: So, what is your top tip for a voice over to book the job when they make it in front of you?

JT: The most important thing to all of our shows is comedy, so it is up to you as an actor to make sure your performance is funny in some way which sometimes isn’t always super obvious on the page of slides you get. It is your job to figure out where you can insert something to make the read a bit funnier, you can use improv to add bits and pieces or you can add sounds and things like that to elevate your performance to the funniest it can possibly be.

AS: Amazing! So in your role what is your biggest challenge and how do you overcome it?

JT: My biggest challenge working at a big company like Disney, we are very large and it is very corporate, so there is a lot of meetings and a lot of people needing to weigh in on every decision for the most part, so it can be pretty frustrating like any other corporate job needing approval and stuff like that.

AS: Sounds good! What has been your favourite show to make so far and why?

JT: I am very proud of Elena Of Avalor, we were very successful with the show and it is something I have felt like I have had a lot of creative input on as we have a great executive producer and he is super collaborative, and he really trusts me as a casting director which is amazing! So I am super super proud of it.

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‘Commercial & Promos’ VOND in LA 30th May 2019

May 30, 2019 by

On Thursday 30th May The VoiceOver Network held it’s 2nd VOND event in LA talking about Commercial & Promo work. Thank you to our guest speakers; Jeff Howell, Scott Parkin, JJ Jurgens, Dave Fennoy and Lori Allen. It was a fun evening and our speakers shared loads of insight into the industry. Thanks to all that came out to support VON and this incredible community.

GET YOUR GAME ON – London 2019

April 27, 2019 by

On Friday 26th April The VoiceOver Network ran it’s 4th GET YOUR GAME ON London 2019 event Sponsored by Focusrite at RichMix venue in London. The event was one to remember with guest speakers from around the world sharing insight into the fascinating world of video games. Thank you to all our wonderful speakers: Victoria Atkin, Mark Estdale, Andrea Toyias, Jessica Jefferies, Stephane Cornicard, George Osborn, Ashton Mills, Ed Stern, Richard Reed, Andrew Walsh. Thank you to Focusrite for sponsoring this year and to Ukie for partnering and for running their ’30 years of Play’ panel. Thank you to all the wonderful attendees and if you’d like to see more go to #GameonVOND2019 for more moments!

VOND event with Dave Fennoy and Mark Estdale – LONDON 2019

January 18, 2019 by

On Friday, 18th January 2019 The VoiceOver Network held its 1st VOND event of 2019 in London. It was an amazing night spent with the wonderful Dave Fennoy and Mark Estdale. The evening was focused on the video games industry both here in the UK and the US. There was an in-depth Q&A, LIVE demo reel critique, giveaways and networking. Those who attended included voiceovers, agents, producers, casting directors.