Hear Me Out

People have been stuck at home for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, and for some, it’s been in quiet isolation. While that isn’t ideal for some, it describes the ideal condition for voice-over actors working from home. 

“What’s different about it from other forms of acting … is that you can really be based anywhere,” Emily Somers, an actress who has done voice-over work, says. “Really, you can kind of live anywhere as long as you have a great studio and a great internet connection. You can submit your audition tape or even record complete audiobooks from home.”

Besides audiobooks, voice-over is needed in many forms of media, including video games, commercials, infomercials and animation. When the shelter-in-place order was issued in California in March, Somers says more voice-over work became available. “It seemed like animated series were going into production, and any voice-over work for commercials, for video games … anything (in virtual reality), anything that can be computer generated (were being cast),” says Somers, who is based in Los Angeles and represented by Sacramento talent agency Cast Images. “There was a boom with that, for sure.”

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