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This module will focus on how to make the best use of your voice for digital capture. Teaching will happen both in a general studio setting as well as in our on-site, professional standard voice booth. You will learn about basic and advanced microphone technique and focus on specific performance outputs which are the mainstays for voice over artists. Tailored instruction throughout the year will focus on narration, character voices for animation and games, auditions/castings and radio plays and will require you to apply a range of accents in your work. You will also be introduced to basic recording software and audio editing. Alongside the skills covered in this unit, your technical skills in this area will be developed in the industry preparation sessions.

The aims of this module are:

• Introduce students to standard techniques called upon when working in a voice recording studio and on microphone


• Develop students’ awareness of the qualities of their own voice in relation to different voiceover requirements


• Introduce students to and develop awareness of the recording studio environment and the demands which it places on the actor


• Develop understanding of related vocabulary


• Introduce the technical elements and equipment for working in a voice recording studio


• Expand on previous experience of working with a script


• Establish an informed working relationship with directors and technicians


• Introduce students to basics of recording software and audio editing

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Prepare for a performance role in a voice recording studio


2. Comfortably create and adapt a performance for use in an audio production


3. Communicate with other voice talent, directors, writers and technicians in the appropriate vocabulary.


4. Take direction and apply this to your performances


5. Understand how the related technical equipment can enhance your final performance.

This module is a year-long module, delivered in blocks of workshops with in-house tutors and work professionals in the industry. Most of the learning will be through practical experience in the voice booth and studio space, though there will be tasks and preparation that students will need to work on outside the space.

A sample syllabus for the course is:

1. Introduction to Technology


2. Introduction to the Space


3. Introduction and development of physical and vocal techniques required of a performer in the voice booth


4. Safe and effective preparation and use of the voice in the voice booth


5. Preparing for a role


6. Creating a character


7. Applying feedback from a director to physical work


8. Working with scripts and sightreading


9. Basic audio recording and editing

This module will be delivered via: 

• Individual Research and Rehearsal
• Practical Classes and workshops
• Occasional Seminars

Practical classes will be appropriate for students with learning and/or physical disabilities, and delivery (exercises and performances) can be altered to ensure inclusivity. Access to the workshop place is accessible, by being either on the ground floor or via a lift. Reading material and scripts can be provided in advance. Continual Assessment tasks do not require an exam and allow for learners to demonstrate learning through active participation.

There is not an on-line option for this module.