I’m the voice of Sara Ryder for Mass Effect: Andromeda. BioWare was kind enough to have me perform in the above EA Play 2016 trailer, as well as in French and German at 1:37.
Author: frydawolff
Voice actor. Real big nerd.
Getting work: Can you have a job?
From email:
I know a lot of people say you’ll probably need a second job to make ends meet if you decide to get into voice work but if you do audition for a job and land it, do you find it easy to balance your other job around it? Or are VO sessions pretty much booked a week after you get the part and you only have one shot to actually get in there and record your stuff? It just seems like it might be hectic balancing another job around sporadic voice acting gigs.
Being a performer is not a predictable job. In order to be employable, you have to be unemployed. Jobs come and go with unreliable turnaround speeds. Maybe you’ll be booked for something next week. Or tomorrow. Or later today. I have been awoken by an agent calling my phone to ask if I could be somewhere to record later that morning or afternoon. If I have somewhere else to be, like a second job, I lose that voice acting job.
Directing Voice Over: Best Practices
For those who are new to directing voice actors, or who have been directing but would like to know what actors love or hate when being directed, this post is for you.
Atlas Reactor – Zuki
Hear me as Zuki (the spunky kid with the pink hair and the bombs) in this cinematic for Atlas Reactor.
I might’ve had too much fun. As per Atlas Reactor’s lead designer, Will Cook:
VO Demos and Getting an Agent
Individuals have asked me about listening to demos and passing them along to agents. The following is a breakdown of the logistics involved for recording your demos to sign with an agency.
Your first VO demos, particularly if they were recorded and edited by you, will not be good. They will not reflect your strengths, they will not show off your technical editing abilities (even if you are a seasoned audio professional). The reason for this is because voice over demos aren’t meant to appeal to you, they’re meant to appeal to agents and potential clients. You are incapable of stepping outside your own body, outside your opinion of yourself, to be able to hear and distinguish what is viable in the marketplace. You are not an accurate judge of your own abilities early on because you are still (and always will be) learning. Artistic self-objectivity is nearly impossible.
Fryda Wolff 