VIRTUAL - Anna Garduno's Create or Update a Commercial Voiceover Demo That Stands Out!

Voiceover Lab

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VIRTUAL - Anna Garduno's Create or Update a Commercial Voiceover Demo That Stands Out!

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Begins at 11:00 AM PDT | 2:00 PM EDT
Check-in begins at: 10:45 AM PDT | 1:45 PM EDT

2 Hours

Monday, March 18, 2024



SYNOPSIS

Commercial Voiceover demos are the focus of this class. You do not need to have a commercial demo or submit a commercial demo to attend this class. Voiceover demos are to voiceover actors, what headshots are to on-camera actors.  They can help you get the attention of voiceover agents and managers, as well as open doors to voiceover auditions and work.  

Anna produces voiceover demos and has important ideas about how you can create a great first commercial demo or make your current commercial voiceover demo better.  We will learn: 

  • What makes a competitive commercial demo and how to structure it.  
  • What copy to use for your demo and where to find it. 
  •  How to avoid common mistakes with your demo and more.

Already have a commercial demo?  Anna will listen to several demos from actors in the class and offer feedback, and suggestions.

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 Voice Forward. 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 Todoroff  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 playstation 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

Volunteer actors in the class will be reading commercial copy and will be directed by our guest instructor.

Attendees must be present for the entire class (see Duration above).