Chuck and Stacey conclude their interview with Casting Director, Ivy

Isenberg of Ivy Isenberg Casting who has more than fifteen years of

experience working in animation, video games, film and television like

TripTank, Robot Chicken, Jeff and Some Aliens, Call of Duty, Curse of

Chucky and YouTube hit, The High Fructose Adventures of the Annoying

Orange on Comedy Central.

Ivy explains some of the factors for

hiring actors which comes down to who completes the Producer’s vision

for the project and she talks about the importance of scratch

recordings. She did the TV casting for The High Fructose Adventures of

The Annoying Orange on Comedy Central and answers how much she considers

social media influencers and YouTube personalities when casting

projects.

She gives advice to people with a passion to pursue a

voiceover career starting with a willingness to work hard, take classes,

learn the craft and different genres and work the business side of the

industry too.

She talks about casting real kids for roles versus

adults who play kids and speaks to some of the key elements in

performance capture work like having an expressive face in addition to

strong acting chops.

Ivy reveals what she would do if she was not a

casting director that includes going into local politics to help Los

Angeles and opening up a sticker store. She tells the most gratifying

parts of her job from helping people achieve their goals and dreams to

making a meaningful contribution. She reflects on her personal

philosophy of the only important things in life are love and being happy

with yourself.

As the Casting Director of the movie

CURSE OF CHUCKY, Chuck and Stacey show pictures of their recent Chucky

inspired Halloween costume then Ivy talks about the kinds of projects

she likes to work on, in the realm of counter culture and what she

calls, “Comic Con cool.” The interview ends with a conversation about

something Ivy is working on to change about herself and her desire to

only work with people who are respectful. Ivy’s closing words … “Be good

to each other and try hard.” Follow us all on Twitter @IvyIsenberg,

@staceyjaswad, @demosthatrock, @vobuzzweekly

Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com