What is a Booth Chat Voice over Workout?
Booth Chat is a voice over script practice group for committed and focused voice over artists who:
- meet regularly via Zoom
- practice reading voice over scripts
- give one another constructive feedback
- become more successful voice over artists!
It’s FREE and easy to join, either via the Facebook Group, by clicking the button below, or emailing me, Tom Fellows.
Practice reading voice over scripts together FOR FREE
We meet each week to practice reading voice over scripts together. We give each other constructive feedback and performance direction ideas in a variety of different genres of voice over. It’s a safe place to try out the many different skills required to be a successful, modern voice over artist. Why not take a look at a recording of a typical session, click here to see a recent recording.
We also host guest coach workshops with some of the top names in the business! Recent guest coaches include Sean Pratt, Kim Handysides, Dian Perry, Helen Lloyd, Samantha Boffin, Christi Bowen, Yvonne Morley, and Christopher Tester to name but a few.
I truly believe this group can help you become a better Voice Over artist and ultimately win more work!
But never mind me, this is what our members say…
Working as a voice over can be remote and often the only feedback you get on a script read is either getting or not getting the job. With our practice reads we help each other to test different styles and tones with like minded members to help you improve what you love doing even more.
It’s also good to meet, even virtually, even more people in the industry; the social aspect is positive and there’s also the chance you might recommend another regular participant for a job… I’ve recommended a number of fellow voice over artists for gigs over the years, some of which have gone on to book the job.
As well as all the social stuff (which is amazing!), listening and reacting to other people’s interpretations and approaches to scripts has so many positives. For a start, a) you realise everyone has their own style – which is both comforting and reassuring, plus b) you can learn so much from feedback to other people – stuff that can be helpful to your performance, c) you also get to become a listener not a performer – and get to feel how an audience might respond to a particular script, and d) you get comfortable performing with (and to) other people and responding to their ideas.
I feel very comfortable doing directed sessions with clients now and a lot of that is due to reading in front of others in these sessions, also you learn how to take direction without taking things personally, even if you don’t agree, and often in ways that you hadn’t considered before.
It can give you the chance to practice scripts you might not normally read, it’s a good warm up, practicing your craft regularly is important- so that you don’t get into a rut, I learn a lot from just listening and watching other people, a sense of camaraderie and support when you mostly work on your own. A good habit to have!
It’s a safe space to try out new things. I think we often pick scripts to read which are outside our comfort zone, and the feedback helps us to push ourselves into sometimes surprising ourselves with good reads. It’s very easy when you work in isolation to stick with what you know but pushing ourselves makes a massive difference. And this group has some great people who provide really useful constructive feedback. Also listening to other people read can really give you great ideas and things to try out yourself
It’s amazing how sometimes the feedback you get for a ‘bad read’ that was maybe outside your comfort zone can actually be very positive and change the way you see yourself as a performer!
Booth Chat Workout Scripts & Zoom Links
Tuesday or Thursday? Shall we change the day we do the script practice?
Hello everyone, we've just finished a really successful script practice session (using the new alphabet & timer format- we finished on letter 'T' 🙂 ) and there was a lot of really positive feedback, but also about keeping the weekly sessions to Thursday. It would...
BOOTH CHAT SCRIPT WORKOUT THURSDAY 25TH May 2023 10AM UK
Hello guys, here are the 2 scripts for this week's Booth Chat, which this week will be on Thursday 25th May 2023 10am UK time. You're welcome to bring along one of your own scripts but please keep the word count to around 80 words and have the script ready to post...
Emily Jardine Gaming and Character Voice Workshop Tuesday 6th June at 10am UK
I am excited to announce another award winning VO coach is coming to Booth Chat! Emily Jardine the full time Voice Artist, classically trained actor, singer, award winning voiceover coach and audio producer will be helping 6 Booth Chat members during a one hour Gaming...
BOOTH CHAT SCRIPT WORKOUT TUESDAY 16TH May 2023 10AM UK
Hello guys so here are the scripts and Zoom link for this week's script practice session. It was requested that this week we do some more practice with Sean Pratt's scripts so you can download those scripts by clicking the button below.Please don't forget that we'll...
Changes to the Weekly Booth Chat format
Hello guys, following Tuesday's Booth Chat VO workout, in which we tried the new structure, a few of us stayed behind afterwards to discuss how it went and to see if there was any room for improvements. It was a really interesting and helpful discussion (thank you to...
BOOTH CHAT SCRIPT WORKOUT TUESDAY 18TH April 2023 10AM UK
Hello guys we're only going to do 2 scripts in this week's Booth Chat (as requested by a regular attendee- so as to see more interpretations of the same scripts) the session will be on Tuesday 18th April 2023 10am UK time. You're welcome to bring along one of your own...