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VoicePrint West

Online

Work In Voice-Overs

Accelerate Your Auditions To A Competitive Level!

The Voice-Over field is open to everyone. Fresh voices are being sought after. Booking opportunities are available through agents and self-submission internet sites.

Terry Berland workshops are Online to guide you through your voice-over career from starting out with core basics to producing your VO demo. The workshops are virtually online which reflect the reality of how you will actually work in the voiceover field.

You will experience interesting, challenging workouts that reflect current up-to-date industry standards in all training sessions, always bringing YOU to your next level. Taught by Terry Berland (Casting Director) and Nick Omana (Voice-Over Artist).  Learn More

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VO Workshops

Online

CORE BASICS Intensive: Level 1

Kick Start Your VO Career

Dates:  Wednesday evenings, March 29, (April 5 – NO CLASS), April 12, 19.
Wednesday evenings, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1 – SOLD OUT
Time:  6PM – 9PM PST
Duration:  3 Sessions
Cost:  $350
Location:  Online via Zoom

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LEVEL 1 – Build a Strong Foundation

  • Comprehensive hand out materials of techniques to analyze and make & execute meaningful choices.
  • Discover your strengths.
  • Experience many different genres.
  • Lots of on-mic time.
  • Limited to 15 participants per group.

THREE SESSION INTENSIVE
On-Mic experience

  • Two additional hours for Home Studio Prep and Demo prep. This time is offered one hour earlier at the start of session #2 and session #3.

RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK DOWNLOAD OF THE SESSION

Group size is limited to a maximum of 15 people.

Taught by Casting Director, Terry Berland and VO Artist Nick Omana.

Terry Berland casts VO and speaks directly to the ad agency producer and knows what it takes to be successful in VO.

Nick Omana, VO artist, is a busy, successful working VO artist who works in VO everyday and knows how to teach you what books.

CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your Actor Instruction Agreement within 10 business days of the Agreement (the day you signed up and paid) or within 10 business days of your first class, whichever is later. If you wish to cancel within those time periods, you must notify Terry Berland Workshops in writing via e mail (Email Us) or with the cancellation form provided. If you cancel the Agreement in the time period permitted under California law, Terry Berland Workshops will provide the full refund within 10 business days of the receipt of your written request. After ten days, cancellation is prohibited.

Intermediate / Advanced

Branding & Demo Prep

Dates:  Stay tuned for next dates.
Wednesday evenings, February 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22 – SOLD OUT
Time:  6PM – 9PM PST
Duration:  6 Sessions
Cost:  $595
Location:  Online via Zoom

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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED – Moving Forward With Your Strengths.

Define Your Brand – Develop Demo Ready Skills – Launch Your Career.

This workshop will develop your brand for your success with agents, callbacks and bookings.

This class is for those who have the basic techniques and are familiar with and have control of directing their voice. Fine-tune your unique qualities, and experience challenges that you will encounter in actual auditions and bookings.

  • Establish a strong brand for agents and managers to want to represent you.
  • Expand the variations of your strengths.
  • Advanced script analysis through understanding branding.
  • Reading to different edit styles.
  • Hone your voice skills and expand your vocal range.
  • Timing and Working against the clock.
  • Practice advanced effective approach to script analysis.
  • Understand nuances of choices and direction.
  • Experience voicing to music and picture.
  • Strong workout with Individualized Scripts.
  • Limited to 12 participants.

This workshop has a bonus of four hours of Branding (One hour before sessions two to four).

Consultation with each person regarding their goals, expectations and plan of action. For those wanting to make a demo: demo consultation.

MISSED CLASS POLICY
There will be one make-up time towards the end of the workshop, free of charge.

CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your Actor Instruction Agreement within 10 business days of the Agreement (the day you signed up and paid) or within 10 business days of your first class, whichever is later. If you wish to cancel within those time periods, you must notify Terry Berland Workshops in writing via e mail (Email Us) or with the cancellation form provided. If you cancel the Agreement in the time period permitted under California law, Terry Berland Workshops will provide the full refund within 10 business days of the receipt of your written request. After ten days, cancellation is prohibited.

Home Read & Self-Direct Pro

Reach Your Highest VO Potential

Dates:  Friday afternoons, April 7, 14, 21.
Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4 – SOLD OUT
Time:  2PM – 4:45PM PST
Duration:  3 Sessions
Cost:  $450
Location:  Online via Zoom

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Taught by Terry Berland

A stimulating workout to improve your home, self-directed reads to a booking level. Own your choices, eliminate doubts.

You will receive the perspective of a Casting Director who speaks directly to the powers-that-be who book you. We will work on making the right choices with copy that you have in your possession that you have doubts about and new copy.

  • Individualized guided notes to keep your reads up-to-date with current trends.
  • A discussion of whether your read might be submitted for final client booking choices, and why.
  • Gain the competitive edge in your home reads.
  • Limited to 7 participants.

BONUS:  Supportive membership Facebook group to converse with others and ask Terry questions + other future private events.

Casting Director: Terry Berland, CCDA and CSA, speaks directly to the ad agency on every breakdown. She has the inside track of what the decision-makers want and will guide you through finding the choices that book.

CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your Actor Instruction Agreement within 10 business days of the Agreement (the day you signed up and paid) or within 10 business days of your first class, whichever is later. If you wish to cancel within those time periods, you must notify Terry Berland Workshops in writing via e mail (Email Us) or with the cancellation form provided. If you cancel the Agreement in the time period permitted under California law, Terry Berland Workshops will provide the full refund within 10 business days of the receipt of your written request. After ten days, cancellation is prohibited.

VO Agent Pro

Taught by a VO Agent

Date:  Stay tuned for next date.
Monday evening, Jan. 23 – SOLD OUT
Time:  6PM – 8:45PM PST
Duration:  1 Session
Cost:  $95
Location:  Online via Zoom

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VO Agent Pro Workshop

This educational evening will be taught be a VO agent who will share their perspective of the business. All your questions and answers will be answered.

The agent will listen to your demos before the session. You will get to read copy for the agent and receive constructive feedback from your reads.

It is at the agent’s discretion whether they want to give you feedback on your demo or not.

CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your Actor Instruction Agreement within 10 business days of the Agreement (the day you signed up and paid) or within 10 business days of your first class, whichever is later. If you wish to cancel within those time periods, you must notify Terry Berland Workshops in writing via e mail (Email Us) or with the cancellation form provided  If you cancel the Agreement in the time period permitted under California law, Terry Berland Casting Workshops will provide the full refund within 10 business days of the receipt of your written request. After ten days, cancellation is prohibited.

VO Video Game Intensive

Special Event with Dave Fennoy

Dates:  Register to be on waitlist for next dates.
Time:  10AM – 5PM PST
Duration:  2 Sessions
Cost:  $395
Location:  Online via Zoom

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SPECIAL EVENT – VO Video Game Workshop Intensive w/Dave Fennoy hosted by Terry Berland

Attendees Will Learn:

  • To develop believable/compelling characters
  • How to do bookable auditions
  • What to expect on the job
  • How to protect your voice
  • The “less is more” principle
  • Art/Techniques of video game voice acting
  • AND MORE!

NOTE: Limited to 15 participants; Auditors welcome.

MISSED CLASS POLICY
There will be one make-up time towards the end of the workshop, free of charge.

CANCELLATION POLICY
You may cancel your Actor Instruction Agreement within 10 business days of the Agreement (the day you signed up and paid) or within 10 business days of your first class, whichever is later. If you wish to cancel within those time periods, you must notify Terry Berland Workshops in writing via email (Email Us) or with the cancellation form provided. If you cancel the Agreement in the time period permitted under California law, Terry Berland Workshops will provide the full refund within 10 business days of the receipt of your written request. After ten days, cancellation is prohibited.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are Terry Berland Commercial Acting Workshops online?

The workshops are designed to prepare you for the reality of working in the business. And commercial first auditions are almost always self-taped.

What does a self-taped audition mean?

The actor is given instructions and a script and asked to tape themselves and then submit the audition to the casting director.

What does a talent need to know to submit a good self-taped audition?

The actor needs good lighting and a way to video themselves with good quality and know how to label and download their submission and send them properly to the casting director.

They also need to know how to audition in the self-taped venue.

How do Terry Berland’s Commercial Acting Online Virtual Workshops help actors?

This online virtual workshop prepares the actor for the most up-to-the-minute way of auditioning.

In Terry Berland’s Commercial Acting online workshop the talent will get feedback and guidance for the best lighting and filming, including framing and taking direction. Understanding the lingo the casting director uses in the direction is very important. Not following directions properly can cause you to lose a chance for your audition to be considered.

The actual audition process is simulated each week. Each week the talent is sent a script and directions. Their performance will be critiqued and will be brought to their next level.

What is the goal of Terry Berland’s Commercial Acting Virtual Online Workshops?

The goal is to become confident and bring out your authentic personality both online and in person at live commercial auditions.

Our Voice-Over Philosophy

The Voice-Over field is open to everyone whether you have agent representation or not. Agents are always on the lookout for fresh voices, and the internet offers audition and booking opportunities without representation. We have a full curriculum available to you from entrance level to advanced. These workshops are offered online to simulate and reflect actually auditioning and working in voice-over. You can participate in the entire curriculum, or jump in any place in-between, as long as you meet the criteria for that particular workshop.

VoicePrint West’s teachers are working professionals in the voice over field ranging from Casting Director to successful VO artists. We provide you with up-to-the minute understanding and training through interesting, challenging workouts for your advancing success in the voice-over business.

The art of voice-over is an ever-evolving process. Enjoy the ride.

The two principal instructors are Terry Berland, Casting Director, and Nick Omana, Voice-Over artist.

Instructor Bios

NICHOLAS OMANA, Voice-Over Artist

Voice-over talent Nicholas Omana has been a working voice-over talent for nearly 30 years.  Nick brings all of his practical experience “working in the trenches” to his teaching.  Nick’s voice has been heard on commercials and narrations too numerous to list, from  Bank Of America, Verizon, Clorox, Kroger, GMC Truck, National Association of Realtors, and South West Airlines to the Armed Forces and Department of Defense.  Nick has also lent his talent to shows like E True Hollywood Stories and Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures.

Nick has been the live announcer for the last 6 seasons of Last Comic Standing and has done countless T.V. promos for CBS, Fox Cable Net, and the WB. He has created hundreds of character voices for Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Warner Brothers, plus main character voices for projects such as World of Warcraft, Sim City, Smurfs 3: The Movie, The Matrix, Gravity Angels, and Popeye.

TERRY BERLAND, CCDA & CSA

Terry Berland is an award-winning casting director of both on-camera and voice-over. Terry is in direct communication with the ad agency producer and writer, for each job cast, regarding their talent needs and direction. Terry’s unique Madison Avenue advertising agency casting background lends to her deep understanding of ads. Her clients depend on her to direct talent to fulfill their creative needs.

Terry has cast legions of voice-over spots and campaigns. She is proud to have started many people out in their voice-over careers.

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“My experience taking Terry’s commercial class was life changing for my acting career. The way I broke down copy and delivered it to camera will be forever changed thanks for the training I received from Terry. I learned commercial pace, what works for me on camera and what doesn’t work for me, and also learned how to add my own unique style to all commercial copy. I am tremendously grateful for Terry because of her guidance and teachings.”

Ronnel Ricardo Parham

DISCLAIMER

Terry Berland Casting is bonded with Sure Tec Insurance Company (#5090690) as required by California Labor Law. This is A class/workshop/showcase and is NOT a job interview or audition or representation opportunity WHATSOEVER. The presence of any teacher, casting director/associate, agent or manager is neither a guarantee nor a promise of employment or representation. It is 100% NOT an audition or employment/representation opportunity. The intent of the class/workshop/showcase is solely educational, a learning and networking experience. When the class/workshop/showcase is over, the teacher/casting director/casting associate/talent agent/talent manager (whichever is applicable) attending this workshop will NOT be taking home nor be given access to your headshot, resume, business card, DVD or any other of your promotional materials; instead, these materials will be used during the class/workshop/showcase ONLY, and will be returned to the actors at the conclusion of the class/workshop/showcase.