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Voice acting auditions at an anime convention?

• (sorry I did ask this before, but I need to shorten it because the other question was extremely irrelevant) (I'm 15) At the anime con that happens in my city once a year is coming up. It's apparently one of the biggest anime cons in the US (I don't know much about these conventions). But what has me interested is that fact that they will be holding voice acting auditions for video games. It's a local company and I don't think they're HUGELY well known or anything. I found this out through my dad who works with a guy who's on the board of the anime con. This isn't a formal audition. It's being held at a convention... and most of the people who will be auditioning are fans who don't know much about acting or anything about the business. I was getting ready to get out there and send my resume out a year ago but then I got really sick so it stopped me in my tracks. Now I'm well again and I really want to get back out there. I I'd say amiture professional...? Just because I never got the chance to get out there, but I HAVE taken screen acting classes at our casting agency and I've been an extra in a popular movie. Those are the more professional things I've done, other than that I've been in a bunch of plays at our local theatre. I just didn't have the chance to send all my stuff out because I got sick... but you know what I mean, I'm not like coming from school plays, I'm coming from legit stuff. SO They may be trying to rip people off, because the people who will be auditioning will probably know nothing about the business or what they generally get payed for something like that. So they may want these people so they can pay them less, I don't know, it's just a theory. But for this, I don't care what I make, I just want to try my best to get hired because I need more work on my resume. Since this seems like a very casual audition.. would it be inappropriate to bring in my resume and headshot? Or would they be pleasantly surprised if I did? Because I would come across as more professional and they'd like to know they have someone who's serious and can take direction... I'm just confused because this situation is a lot different than a formal audition. And if they wanted real professionals they wouldn't be doing it in this fashion. I know voice acting is very different from screen and stage acting, but hey, this is a good opportunity and if I don't try I'll never know, I can act, that's already half of it down, and they won't expect people who be trained in it.. So I'm just going to give the best I can with it. But how should I go about it? Should I bring my headshot and resume in this situation?

• Answer:

  Usually when it comes to voice acting you have to have a demo reel prepared of the different voices you can do. Um...I can admit I am a little confused myself. Usually a voice acting audition is your demo reel that you submit. I could be wrong. What you look like should not even be a factor as you are going to be in a recording studio lending your voice not your face. I say bring the headshot and the resume just in case. It wouldn't and shouldn't hurt your chances of getting chosen. It should demonstrate that you are professional and committed to the project is chosen and that you take your work seriously. The only advice I can give is be prepared to do different voices and be able to say a line in different ways. I'm seriously taken aback because I have never heard of a voice audition being like this before. I have friends who have done voice auditions and all that was required was their contact info and the demo reel of their tapes. I don't know if you know this, but more goes into voice acting than you think. For cartoons you have to be able to match the mouth movements of the characters. For video games its a bit different from my understanding, but somewhat similar if the game came from Japan and need English voice actors to dub the characters. Best of luck! I don't know the type of voice they are looking for and they should be able to tell you that when you arrive to the audition. Not trying to be negative. Do not be upset if an inexperienced voice actor is chosen. It could be because you don't have the voice or voice depth that they are looking for. From my observation voice acting is known to be a tight knit circle and tends to be extremely picky. I'm not saying other areas in acting aren't picky, but its difficult to explain.