A Response to Voice Acting

This is a response to voice acting in general. My favorite pastime.


Voice acting, if you didn't know, is one of my favorite hobbies and something I would love to grow into a profession. I cannot describe how fun it is to step out of yourself for a while and act the personality of a character. It is more difficult than you might think, mostly because of the developers of the project you might be voicing. You might be one of the best actors in the world, your acted emotions may be pure, and you might even be able to manipulate your voice to sound like how you please. However, if the developer does not think you "Fit the character", then you don't have a chance. Sometimes even the best does not fit. Like for example, if Steve Blum tried to audition for the little awkward teenager with his usual voice, chances are, even his fame would not get him that part, unless the developer is a HUGE fan, in which case, I guess I would be out of luck for that part.


One thing that people can get mixed up with voice acting, or rather assume of it, is that it's all silly voices and spastic emotions, being silly for every line. It's not. You have to actually act to get a part. You can't walk into an audition, do a goofy voice and dance around and expect to get the part. If that's all you're going to do, go make internet parodies.


However, that is actually a good place to start, on the internet. Before you can do anything serious, you have to have a couple demonstrations of your voice in other works if you hope to get as far as say, working for Funimation. If you don't have a good demo reel of your work, you might as well give up.