NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports on a new trend called “vocal fry,” a speech pattern of low, rough sounds that’s popular with pop stars and entertainers.
Defining glottal fry: the raspy or croaking ("froglike") quality of the voice in its lowest register. It results from loose closure of the glottis that allows air to bubble through, giving rise to a series of low-pitched pops and rattles.
Nolan North, the voice behind Nathan Drake in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and the Penguin in Batman: Arkham City, answers questions posed to him by fans.
Ken Levine, the Creative Director of "Bioshock Infinite" talks about directing the voice actors: Troy Baker, the voice of Booker Dewitt, and Courtnee Draper, who provides the voice of Elizabeth.
Voice actor/writer/animation historian, Earl Kress, died last night from the cancer he had been battling since earlier this year. More information can be found on Mark Evanier's blog: Earl Kress
If you've ever wondered what it takes to completely craft a character voice Pat Fraley shows you how to adjust the sound with the thinking and feeling of a character for the most evocative effect.
25 years ago Pat's audio tape, "Creating Character Voices," was published. Following his system of creating characters, you will gain the skill of breaking the character voice down to its basic elements, and learn how to develop a living breathing character. Pat know what it takes and that knowledge has been central to his performance career and has guided a great many of his students over the years.
Bill Farmer stopped by KCAL 9 News in Los Angeles yesterday, where he talked about his work as the voice of the iconic Goofy (a role he’s played for the past 25 years!), as well as his appearance at Disney’s D23 Expo this weekend:
This is the interview taped on 6/16/11 with Jim Cummings the voice of Tigger and Pooh and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob Squarepants) as the voice of Rabbit in the new Winnie the Pooh Movie out in theaters 7/15/2011
DisneyToon Studios has released this teaser trailer for the CG animated film "Planes", which is an extension of the "Cars" world coming to Blu-ray and DVD in Spring 2013.
"Planes" takes off with an international cast of the fastest air racers around, in a comedy starring Dusty, a small town dreamer who longs to enter the most epic around-the-world air race... despite his fear of heights. With the help and support of a fleet of new characters, Dusty wings his way into the biggest challenge of his life.
Read more: The Teaser for DisneyToon's Planes - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=78589#ixzz1PMsYu1Rn
It's no secret that as fun as some games are, many lack great voice acting. Watch as our friend here lip syncs some of the worst voice acting from some of your favorite video games, including Shenmue, Resident Evil and even Mega Man.
Robert Krulwich interviews voice actor June Foray about her work on "Rocky & Bullwinkle." Excerpted from interview on CBS News Nightwatch, August 7, 1990.
Maurice LaMarche, co-founder and co-creator of International Talk Like William Shatner Day (and creator of the first video), wishing William Shatner a Happy 80th Birthday, and judging TrekMovie.com's "Talk Like Shatner" contest.
This video was posted by Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) - Here's Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, Huck Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, etc., who was Joe's mentor. This is a POV video recorded by William Simpson that lets us visit Daws guest house and studio on April 3, 1986. Check out http://www.dawsbutler.com and http://www.joebev.com.
