Voice Over Expert Offers Tips On Performing Authentic Dialects

Nov. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Pat Fraley has taught character voice acting for 37 years and his is the only system accredited at the university level. Pat is a member of The Voice and Speech Trainers of America, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Professional Acting from Cornell University.

Fraley regularly joins the Voice Over Experts podcast to help educate novice voice talent and working talent who want to enhance their skills as a voice over actor. In his episode “Accuracy VS Authenticity,” Fraley explains that there is an important difference between an accent that is accurate and one that is authentic. A truly authentic dialect has more to it than learning and delivering the words. This episode teaches talent how to quickly go from generic to standard to authentic.

Voice Over Experts is hosted by Voices.com, the on-line voice over marketplace, featuring prominent voice over coaches from the US, Canada and abroad. Voice Over Experts are free educational podcasts offering pearls of wisdom, tips, and tricks of the trade.

To listen to Pat Fraley’s lesson on “Accuracy VS Authenticity,” got to:

http://podcasts.voices.com/voiceoverexperts/2009/10/voice...

To learn more about Voice Over Experts, visit:

http://podcasts.voices.com/

About Pat Fraley

Patrick Fraley has created voices for over 4,000 characters, placing him among the top ten performers of all time to be cast in animation. He has produced dozens of award-winning audiobooks, such as, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Very Easy Death, and The Light in The Piazza. Pat produced and performed all 100 voices on the award winning audiobook, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which People Magazine hailed as, "The best yet of this evergreen." Patrick teaches events, workshops, and seminars on various aspects of voice over across the country, and has created a variety of instructional books and CDs, all available at PatFraley.com. He is a member of The Voice and Speech Trainers of America, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Professional Acting from Cornell University.

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