I find social media to be helpful, entertaining, distracting, but not essential in all forms. I would consider myself an introvert. Shocker right? Someone who finds peace, joy and fulfillment locked inside a time machine sized Whisper Room for hours on end talking to themselves does sound like that type. Anyway, what I’m trying to admit is that maybe Social Media isn’t all bad. Aside from showing me exactly what I need to buy, it also shows the world how weird and possibly unique my skills are and where I fit in the puzzle of life. I think the trick is being unapologetically sincere about who you are.
This brings me to my point. When I got back into acting via voiceover I decided to dive head first into the swimming pool of classes, workshops, audition sites and networking events available to me. I met other actors, teachers, and fellow awkward but lovely spirits of a kindred nature and auditioned for EVERYTHING I could. I was mostly learning specific skills for auditioning because that is truly a beast of a skill to do well. The job is a cake walk after you go through THAT grueling process. To be clear, it was a blast. Classes are so much fun and low pressure, then the work began.
I started to get some gigs for VO and on-camera but I was still sharpening my skills to compete at higher levels. I began to post my work, sending it out into the void, and it turned out people were listening. Actual people, like awesome creative artists that wanted to work with me. I’ve gotten to work with Hyperfrost Productions on some really fun characters. Check out the Youtube link of my Liberty Belle dub (she’s a “super” patriotic teenager that possesses the powers to save America from evil-doers). But I am super proud of my recent project voicing Bruce Wayne as an 8-year-old in Batman Exordium, animated and directed by Coulter Rail. The trailer is beautiful and exciting. The links for those are on my page. More voiceover and acting videos are on my Instagram and Youtube.
Well until next time, live long and prosper.