Voice acting is acting with the challenge of conveying it solely through your voice. There are many guides, tips, and references to make the most of your voice, but acting is much much much more valuable and tricky to teach in order to convey a convincing, compelling character/performance.

Many actors use a variety of techniques to act, with some of the most basic methods being answering simple questions and thinking about simple things about the character and their world that will bring him/her/it to life. “Simple” is a deceiving term, as you'll soon see, since these are meant to make you think thoroughly about your characters beyond the voice, generic stereotypes, and the words on the script. With enough practice, answering these “complex, simple questions” will come to you naturally as you create believable characters.

The questions will become things you'll be asking yourself as the character instead of questions you ask about the character.

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[b]Name[/b]:  [b]Age[/b]:  [b]Size[/b]:  [b]Physical Appearance[/b]:  [b]Walk/Movement/Stance[/b]:  [b]History[/b]:  [b]What am I doing? What is my objective/intent?[/b]:  [b]What is my attitude? How do I go about getting my objective?[/b]:  [b]What is my relationship to the person/people I'm speaking to/of?[/b]:  [b]Where am I? When is this happening? (century, era, season, time of day?)[/b]: [b]What happened right before this moment? What happens right after this moment?[/b]:  [center][b][i][u]FOR VOICEOVER[/u][/i][/b][/center] [b]Placement[/b]: (where the foundation of your voice is; head, throat, chest, nasal, etcetera) [b]Pitch[/b]: (the musical notes of the voice; how big/small your vocal cords/mouth is to make it lower/higher than your own) [b]Pitch Characteristic[/b]: (the dynamic of the pitch; its texture, if any) [b]Tone[/b]: (general volume) [b]Tempo[/b]: (general rate of delivery; faster/slower than your own) [b]Rhythm[/b]: (repetitive pattern of emphasis; syncopated, plodding, loping, etcetera) [b]Mouth Work[/b]: (accent, lisp, tight lips, etcetera) [b]Laugh[/b]: [b]Special Phrase[/b]: (to "activate" the character/voice)