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Voice One offers these Additional Skills Classes:  
ADR/Looping I
ADR/Looping II
Acting for VO & More
Long Form II: Audio Books
Long Form II: Documentary
Musical Literacy
Your Voice as an Instrument
Diction & Clarity
Radio Drama
Articulatory Flexibility
Dialects I
Dialects II
Basic British






 
"After this class I used the technique at my next audition and booked the job!"
Dennis Yen, Actor
(Stars, the Agency)
ADR / LOOPING I
with Kathy Garver
   
Learn how to sync your voice to the lip movements on the screen. This technique is used for localizing movies, games and cartoons from other countries into English (or vice versa). Also, learn how to research & build a realistic character to replace background voices in movies and TV shows.  
Session 1  
May 25 Tu
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
Session 2    
Oct 27 We
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $90    
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ADR / LOOPING II
with Kathy Garver
   
Become more marketable by learning additional dubbing, looping, walla and automated dialog replacement skills. Class becomes progressively more challenging as you replace dialog in animation, TV and film.    
Nov 16 Tu
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $90    
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ACTING FOR VO & MORE
with Elaine Clark
   
Need help with your acting skills? Elaine has created a step-by-step plan to help you understand the essentials for good acting in voice-over, stage and film. This class will help you establish a method for finding the throughline of the message and a relationship with the listener so your work will sound believable and engaging.    
Session 1  
Jan 20-Feb 3 3 We
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
Session 2    
Aug 9-23 3 Mo
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $250    
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"Wow! What a week I've had - a commercial shoot, a vo audition and an upcoming chance to work with you to finish my demo. I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your mentorship and your giving spirit. You have brought great opportunities and resources my way - and I'm grateful! Here's to an outstanding year full of acting work for us both!"
Monica Lyle, Actor
   
LONG FORM II: AUDIO BOOKS
with Kathy Garver
   
Delve deeper into the world of audio books. Expectations are higher as your reading performance is critiqued and improved. Challenge yourself by bringing difficult pages of material to read in class the first day. This is a follow up to the Long Form Narration class. (Please remember to make copies of the book selections of fiction, non-fiction and children's story for yourself and the instructor).    
Nov 30 & Dec 10 2 Tu 6:30pm-9:30pm    
   
Investment $180    
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LONG FORM II: DOCUMENTARY
with MELISSA GRAY
   
Building on the skills you learned in Long Form Narration, you’ll work on articulation, breath control, script analysis, phrasing, emotional nuance and vocal flexibility - all crucial to the storytelling medium. These skills are not just required for the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Animal Planet, PBS and other documentaries, but for corporate industrials as well.    
Jun 14-28 3 Mo 6:30pm-9:30pm    
   
Investment $250    
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"Musical Literacy was really fun!"
Hilary Purtell, Actor
(Stars, The Agency)
MUSICAL LITERACY
with Ed Bogas
 
This is an awesome opportunity to meet and work with an award winning writer, composer and producer. You'll learn how to perfect your voice-over timing, rhythm, and musicality plus add texture to your words while Ed and the rest of the class add a musical score to your read. This unique, hands on approach to dynamic copy reading will help you learn to recognize musical shifts in the copy so you can adjust your voice to the changes, increase intensity, hear the music of the words, and bring the script in on time.  
Oct 30
Sa 10am-5pm  
 
Investment $180  
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YOUR VOICE AS AN INSTRUMENT
with Desiree Goyette
   
Singers and non-singers: learn to strengthen and better utilize your speaking voice. It's all about melody and breath support. By isolating and using your chest, head and mask voices, you'll be able to sustain your read and create new sounds from these three different areas as you apply singing principles in voice-over and voice-over principles in singing.    
Sept 16 & 23
* Revised Date
2 Th
6:30pm-9:30pm
 
   
These dates have been revised and differ from dates indicated in brochure.

Investment $180
   
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DICTION & CLARITY
with Kathy Garver
   
Do you have diction problems? Is your voice unfocused? Are you losing jobs because your words are slurred? Let Kathy zero in on your problem areas and give you exercises and tips to help you strengthen and define your voice.    
Session 1  
Mar 1 Mo
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
Session 2    
Sep 9 Th
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $90    
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RADIO DRAMA
with Elaine Clark
 
Starting with an outline and a character description, you'll help write an original radio drama, rehearse the scenes with sound effects, record it in the studio and perform it live before an audience. You'll get a CD of the performance and may even get to hear it on the radio! Come to class with an open mind and a willingness to play.
Class Available Upon Demand

Investment $325


 
   
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"Doug is amazing!"
Deborah Ben-Eliezer, Actor
(Tonry Talent)
ARTICULATORY FLEXIBILITY
with Doug Honorof
   
Direct from NYC, this expert phonetician and dialect coach will help you explore your voice and expand your range! You'll be guided through all the sounds of the world's languages, master reference vowels, lexical sets and other tools for picking up accents in a hurry and sustaining them.    
Jun 17-18
* Revised Date
Th/Fr
6:30pm-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $210    
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DIALECTS I
with Doug Honorof
   
Doug will coach you individual ly and in groups on accents from Southeast of England as you learn RP, London and Estuary, plus Northern Cities (U.S.), Metro NY, Southern, Mountain, Irish and East Asian accents. Lots of sound files and and charts.
(Prerequisite: Articulatory Flexibility)
   
Jun 19-20
* Revised Date
Sa/Su
10am-5pm
   
   
Investment $330    
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DIALECTS II
with Doug Honorof
     
Take advantage of the opportunity for further dialect training. Use the process you mastered in his other classes to create new characters from accents you already worked up and build new accents based on voices found in Internet archives. (Prerequisite: Dialects I)      
Jun 21
* Revised Date
Mo
10am-5pm
 
 
Investment $210  
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BASIC BRITISH
with Ian Price
   
Get into the British psyche with this introduction to current pronunciation. Focus is on London and South East UK dialects. Week one, you’ll learn key sounds and common pitfalls. Week two, you’ll put your new British accents to the test.    
May 10 & 17 2 Mo
6:30-9:30pm
   
   
Investment $180    
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