If you have a child who loves to entertain, it is always
possible that the girl or boy will go on to enjoy many hours before the bright
lights on stage or screen. It is also
possible that your son or daughter will be a voiceover artist in the
future. Here are a few signs that could
indicate he or she will spend some time in a recording booth.
Forever the Entertainer The first sign, of course, is that you
have a little entertainer on your hand.
These are the kids who are forever hamming it up for anyone willing to
watch or listen. They always have a
story to tell. They love to tell
jokes. They will happily have a
telephone conversation with anyone who may call. This is a shared trait for those who will
love singing, dancing, acting, or voiceover work.
Taking on the Character One of the commonalities between many
successful voiceover artists is a love of mimicking on screen characters. If your child doesn’t just watch cartoons,
but tries out the accents or unusual speech patterns of every animated
character on the screen, you may just have a VO star on your hands.
Empathetic Spirit These kids are generally the first to
understand how someone is feeling. They
want to make others feel better when they are sad. They feed off of positive moods, but are just
as apt to feel down when others are upset.
This empathy makes it much easier for a person to ‘become a character’
on stage, screen, or in the recording booth.
Mimicking Lines I’ve already mentioned a love for trying new
accents and dialects, but you may have also discovered that your child loves to
repeat favorite movie lines… over and over again. While it may drive you crazy now, it may just
be a good sign for his or her voiceover career in the future.
Others Wanting to Listen Perhaps the greatest sign that your
child is made to be a performer – in one sense or the other – is that others
gravitate toward him or her. When
audiences seem to form out of nowhere around your kid, it is likely a good sign
that he or she has a gift.
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