LECTURE SYNOPSIS
On July 1, 1941 the ten second "America Runs On Bulova Time" started the television commercial's slow climb to eventually become the king of voiceover.
Today, the marketplace has broadened and diversified but there are only five distinct categories of voiceover that make up about 85% of the New York City market. And any New York Actor looking to pursue voiceover needs to understand this market.
In this lecture and Q&A voice casting director Hugh P. Klitzke will talk about those five categories; their differences and similarities, provide script examples, play audio of each, talk about casting process and yes, even talk about money.
All levels welcome!
Please note this class is purely informational and there will be no readings.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Hugh P. Klitzke is a freelance voiceover director, producer and coach based in New York City. He teaches, lectures and coaches talent at voiceoverfortheactor.com. His practice focuses on working voiceover talent and actors who want to apply their skills to voiceover. Hugh also coaches auditions, teaches commercial technique and voiceover self-direction. There are over three hundred blog posts on the site and he recently contributed an essay to the sixth edition of The Art of Voice Acting by James Alburger. Hugh is currently writing his first book.
For nearly fifteen years he was the voiceover studio manager at Buchwald NYC and one of the only voiceover casting directors working full time for any talent agency whatsoever. He has directed booking auditions for animation, commercials, politicals, podcasts, narration, games, audiobooks, ADR, promos, affiliates, trailers, e-learning, and industrials. To date, Hugh has directed over 135,000 auditions and counting.
Hugh is also an award winning composer and lyricist for theater, film and digital media. He has been the head of sound for Penn and Teller, an Equity stage manager, producer at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn (now Detroit), a lecturer at SUNY Purchase, assistant to a Baroque trumpet scholar, a certified K-12 music teacher and a two time marathon finisher.
