Big thanks to Marc Guss and his guest on the Marc Guss Voiceover Club last night, Jason Sasportas. Jason is an agent and head of voiceover for Stewart Talent, and he talked about commercial voiceover representation. Jason and Marc gave great direction and advice to all who took the stage to read scripts — thanks to everyone who read so that we in the audience could benefit from the experience!
Some advice during the session was:
- Understand the subtleties of the copy. If you give a second take in your audition, stay within the specs and just lean into the subtle differences. Take somewhat of a chance, but don’t go overboard. Also, avoid doing an identical read on take 2 — make them different. Both going overboard and not changing anything in your second take can hurt your chances.
- If you have a short script that’s only a line or two, consider submitting two takes. Marc and Jason said that sometimes just one read isn’t enough to go on.
- When someone’s script consisted of a message that a boss was leaving on an employee’s voicemail, that gave Marc an idea: Try practicing a read as if you were leaving a message for someone, because that’s the real you. It will be more authentic, Jason and Marc said.
Thanks so much to Marc and Jason for this amazing learning experience, and bravo to everyone who read last night!
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