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This two-day course offers adult Voice-over Actors everything they need to know to break into the Animation Voice-over Industry. The workshop covers audition etiquette; mic-technique; how to make your own Demo; how to market yourself; HOW TO CREATE ORIGINAL CARTOON CHARACTERS; and how to make your Agents ‘love you’. You’ll receive an exclusive Contact List and a rough CD of your work in class. The course takes place in a state-of-the-art recording studio and is limited to 10 participants for maximum microphone time. It’s $490 for the two days and returning grads are welcome back for a ‘toon-up’! WARNING: This class is creative, exhilarating and highly addictive!

“All levels welcome in this 2-Day, 10-hour workshop, where you will learn everything you need to break into the Animation Voice-over Industry. While it does not guarantee employment, you will be totally knowledgeable of your next steps in this niche market, where you can only ‘make it’ if you are brilliant. In this workshop you will learn that it’s EASY to be ‘brilliant’. You will learn how to make your own Demo that is compatible to Los Angeles standards. This workshop will not leave you hanging! It will point you towards your next steps and leave you with Stevie’s personal  contact list that she uses when casting animation projects, as a ‘Voice Director’. You will learn how to approach a union voice-over agent/job and you will also learn how to ‘feed yourself’ with non-union work until then. If you are a ‘Pro’ already, this workshop will improve your relationship with your existing agent because you will make their job easier. As you learn how to experience this ‘big medium’ without ‘OVERacting’, you will gain the confidence you need in order to stop ‘holding back’, in your auditions. Essentially, you will learn all that you need to learn to break into the business.I will give you the tools and it will be up to you to use them.”

Date: Sundays, May 15 & 22, 2011
Time: 10am to 3pm
Age: 15 years +
Location: Wanted Studios, Toronto
Cost: $490 plus 5% tax

Date: Saturday & Sunday, July 9 & 10, 2011
Time: 10am to 3pm
Age: 15 years +
Location: Bear Studios, Vancouver
Cost: $490 plus 5% tax

Date: Sundays, October 16 & 23, 2011
Time: 10am to 3pm
Age: 15 years +
Location: Edge Studios, Manhattan
Cost: $490 plus 5% tax

Chris Arrant