“There is magic in the human voice,” said James Earl Jones, accepting the first-ever Voice Arts™ Icon Award. Created by the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences as part of this year’s That’s Voiceover! conference, the Voice Arts Awards recognized the magic of the voiceover industry’s foremost actors at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, N.Y., on Nov. 9. Rudy Gaskins, Joan Baker, and Steve Ulrich, the ceremony’s creators and presenters, hope to raise the profile of vocal talent worldwide, and promise to make the VAAs the “Oscars for Voice.” Professionals in a wide-ranging cross section of entertainment media were honored at the ceremony in categories spanning film, television, commercials, audio books, and gaming. Jones’ award recognized his lifetime of elevating voiceover performance, including his work as Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and at CNN, where his signature bass...
- 11/12/2014
- backstage.com
A commanding voice tells you to stand clear of the closing doors; a friendly one in your car tells you to turn left in half a mile; a sexy one on TV entices you to purchase a specific beer; an affable one reads you a clever new novel. That’s not to mention the voices for your kid’s favorite cartoon or the one behind the summer blockbuster CGI action movie character. Voice actors are everywhere, yet it’s a career that remains mystifying and enigmatic to crack into. Which is why prominent voice actor Joan Baker and her director husband, Rudy Gaskins, have organized That’s Voiceover!, a daylong networking conference for voiceover professionals. Born from Baker’s book “Secrets of Voice-Over Success” (which Baker wrote as a part of the grieving process after her father lost his life to Alzheimer’s), That’s Voiceover! is a high-quality event...
- 8/14/2013
- backstage.com
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