Voiceover Artists and Animators: Future careers for young teens

I am a firm believer that to be successful in post-production, whether that’s audio, video or animation, you have to continue learning. You have to have the ability to adapt to the changes in technology, helping this form of art progress into the future. I found two interesting articles about post-production; voiceover work and animation.

The first is an after school program for teens launched by Voice Over There and Voicebank.net, encouraging careers in voiceover. They offer a 4 week course and at the end of the term, the students compete for the chane to record a commercial and comedy sketch for a trailer for the company. They currently have 20 schools involved in the program and hope to expand to 60 or more over the next 3 years.

The program not only helps develop public speaking skills but also teaches students about the recording process. I think this is a great way to further expand technology in schools and I can only hope that it would help contribute to music programs in schools. For additional information on the competition, click here

Voicebank.net collaborates with producers, directors, ad agencies, talent agencies, and actors providing a one-stop shop when it comes to voice over talent and booking.
Voice Over There is a mobile voice over booth. Having a mobile booth provides the ability to be on set, recording ADR when the conditions on location cannot capture a quality audio performance.


Continuing on the subject of education, Escape Studios is opening a campus in Los Angeles. They are currently developing their advisory board, which includes members of Pixar and Sony Imageworks.

It seems like more and more these days, college is never enough to actually pursue a career in film, television, audio or even animation. The hope that Escape seems to ignite is mentorship with the instructors and advisory board members, helping develop the future of the animation industry."We pride ourselves on having direct contact with the VFX industry and incorporating their insight and feedback into our training programs," said Dom Davenport, CEO and founder of Escape Studios. "I am delighted to welcome this caliber of industry talent and experience to our advisory board and look forward to working with them to make our US campus the best it can possibly be.

"It's an honor to be part of Escape Studio's advisory board and influence the academy's direction and training offerings, especially when it comes to new VFX and 3D technologies," said John Leonti, the co-head of 3D at The Mill's Los Angeles office. To read more about this, click here

I am excited to see how this campus is able to benefit the future of the animation industry. Maybe they can partner with the voiceover competition for an animated short.