Expert gaming voice director Kirsty Gillmore explains How To Get More Work In Gaming in front of a live zoom audience! Includes:

Also featuring tiptop contributions by Sara Starling, Philip McGuinness, Cherise Silvestri, Bryan Boston and Chris Tester.

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Things are much less gloom and significantly less doom than we thought! Listen to this episode and be filled with the golden glow of optimism.  

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They say “But AI sounds so robotic!”

Then they say “There’s no expression! No emotion!”

And then they conclude “It will never take over from a real human.”

But they are wrong.

In the latest episode of the Voiceover Social, we hear from the company that created "Faith, The First AI That Can Cry" and the actor whose voice was used to make it. Then we ask the actors’ trade union, Equity, what practical steps we can take to stop voiceovers’ livelihoods being completely annihilated.

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Get the treaty ratified! CLICK HERE: https://becs.org.uk/help-us-make-your-voices-heard-beijing-treaty/

Send us your thoughts and feelings! Email [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by B Double E and Source Elements. Huge thanks to Chris Cantrill for the artwork.

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We've teamed up with our wonderful sponsors FOCUSRITE, SOURCE CONNECT & B DOUBLE E to run a raffle and raise money for The Trussell Trust! Please do buy a ticket if you can, it would mean a lot to us. Get your tickets HERE and help save the world! Big love to you all, from Nic & Leah

PS: Raffle tickets here if the link above doesn't work: https://raffall.com/39544/enter-raffle-to-win-the-vo-social-podcast-prizes-hosted-by-leah-marks

Voiceovers of the world who are thinking of starting a podcast! Here’s a very brief overview of some of the things that have worked for us, pitfalls to avoid, and recommendations for a couple of creative shows already being made by our fellow VOs.

Note: There are two separate incidences of the word "w*nker" in this episode, and zero apologies for either of them.

Podcasts we recommend: Tales From The Tannoy + The Offcuts Drawer + Tiredness Kills

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WIN tickets to our live show all about how to get more work in gaming: www.thevosocial.com

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Sure, we’ve all got lovely voices – but imagine if your voice was EXTRAORDINARY. What if every time you spoke, people properly paid attention? What if really, truly, no one else could do what you do? For this episode, we have a lovely chat with Ralph Ineson and Krystal Dockery about how their lives and careers have been shaped by their exceptional voices.

ALSO - In this episode’s Panic Room, Nic takes us through a few exercises to explore different parts of our pitch ranges – do join in and let us know how you get on!

AND! Here’s a visual aid to help when Nic starts losing the room (at about 45:00) by demonstrating a tighter-than-average cricothyroid muscle tilting the thyroid cartilage to lengthen the vocal folds and change pitch. You might not need it if you've also reached High Wizard levels of voice geekery, but just in case... https://youtu.be/rswXWzzAUXg

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Find Krystal on Instagram as @KrystalDockery, but also as @bunnimoretto for her burlesque work and @juiceboxevents for Womxn & LGBTQ+ Empowerment

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The One Voice organisers call us up to report some serious shuffling of the diversity deck for One Voice USA since we had a big chat about it in episode 30. Also, since it turns out everyone spent the 90s watching Eurotrash in their bedrooms with the volume turned right down, you'll be glad to hear that this episode also features ten minutes with the extremely fantastic Kate Robbins.  Sign up to the newsletter at www.thevosocial.com Follow us on Twitter @thevosocial Email us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you!

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Come with us behind the scenes at One Voice 2020!

We’re bringing you a rather frank chat with the organisers about the tribulations involved in shifting the entire thing online, their response to concerns that there wasn’t enough diversity among conference speakers and some ground-shaking predictions about MASSIVE changes in the VO industry.

We’ve also jammed together some of the best bits, including:

How to “go faster but sound slower”

Why “What voice do I use for this audiobook character?” is the WRONG QUESTION

How to avoid being an appalling bore on social media

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This episode is sponsored beautifully by Black Cat Music, Bee Double E and Source Connect.

Get 15% off Studiobricks Booths at Black Cat Music by contacting them with the secret password: VO SOCIAL POD CATS

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We're having a bit of a soirée round at ours, so fling on your best outfit, grab a nice drink and marvel at the extraordinary voiceover party tricks our talented listeners have sent in.  With immense thanks to:  Chris Clarkson, Emma Stannard, Kenny Blyth, Liz Drury, Marni Penning Coleman, Sara Starling, Simon Jackson and Simon Naylor

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And now on The Voiceover Social… Some of Britain’s most recognisable continuity voices (including the ultimate reassurance-delivery-system Zeb Soanes) tell their tales of high drama and general catastrophe. Also, in the Panic Room - Nic lays out how to use breath control to organise your shattered nerves. Infinite thanks to Philip Banks, Amanda Carlton, Trish Bertram, Sara Starling and Pete Nottage for your wonderful contributions. We really truly love you. 

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