SYNOPSIS
Voiceover demos are to voiceover actors, what headshots are to on-camera actors. They can help you get the attention of VO agents and managers, and can open the doors to voiceover auditions and work. Anna produces voiceover demos and has ideas to share, so you can develop an ear-opening first demo or give your current demo a boost. Commercial voiceover demos are the focus of this class. You will learn:
Do you have a produced commercial demo and want some feedback? Anna will listen to several commercial demos from actors in the class. Note: Due to time constraints, not all submitted commercial demos will be reviewed.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Anna Garduno
Anna Garduno is a bicoastal actor- producer- teacher and the founder of Voiceforward. Anna teaches classes for VO Commercials, Animation, Promos, Narration, and Games globally on Zoom. She has been a guest teacher for the NYU Voice Over program, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Voice Actors of NYC and is on the faculty of the Tom Toddoroff Conservatory. Anna has been nominated best VO teacher on both coasts two years in a row by the readers of Backstage. She is the only nominee to be given this honor for both NY and LA . As an actor Anna has decades of experience as a VO artist. She can currently be heard voicing the character of Palmon on the Digimon animated series as well as Selby the bear on the animated series Kioka. Anna was nominated best character voice actor for her role as Kiera in the playstion games Jak and Daxter 1 and Daxter 2 by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences,
Anna also produces demos with her students working closely with each student to write/ and or select and rehearse copy that best suited to their unique strengths and range. Voice forward students have booked over a million dollars of jobs on their own as well as through agents they work with based on their demos. Agencies Anna's students work with include VOX, SBV, Innovative, CESD, Access Talent, DPN, DDO, ACM, Atlas and more.
REQUIREMENTS
Attendees must be present for the entire class (see Duration above).
Instructions on how to submit your commercial demo for review will be emailed to those on the RSVP list by 11:00 AM (PT) / 2:00 PM (ET) on March 18, 2024.
Due to time constraints, not all submitted commercial demos will be reviewed.
