Zoom: ADVANCED ANIMATION VOICE OVER Online Intensive with Portia Scott, Director of Voice Over, Coast to Coast Talent Group

Saturday, April 6, 2024, 2pm ET / 11am PT

Here's your chance to work with Portia Scott who is a pioneer in the Voiceover arena.

With over 25 years of experience as a Voiceover agent, she's the only African American woman leading one of the top divisions as the Director of Voiceover at Coast-to-Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles and reps clients both in LA and NY.

Her client roster is among the top talent in the industry having worked on animated Academy Award® & Golden Globe® awarded films such as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and Toy Story 4. Further recent notable animation feature credits include Space Jam: A New Legacy, Raya and the Last Dragon, Over the Moon, Wish Dragon, Into The Spider Verse, Blue’s Big City Adventure, AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Abominable, Inside Out, UP and Frozen.  

In this one day advanced animation VO intensive, she'll give you the tools you need to connect and make firm committed choices to BOOK more roles in animation!

Portia will have you focus on:

- Doing character background work and answer the following questions:

- Who am I?

- Who am I talking to?

- Where am I?

- What do I want?

Portia will review what needs to be improved, as well as the positive traits that would help you fit into this exciting market!

What to Prepare:

Please prepare one role from Portia's Animation VO copy to work on in this intensive. Please update your headshot and resume as needed on your online profile upon registration. 

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). With permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Portia Scott

Portia Scott is a pioneer in the Voiceover arena in Hollywood. She has over 25 years of experience as a Voiceover agent is the only African American woman leading one of the top divisions as the Director of Voiceover at Coast-to-Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles.  

Along with her talented team, she represents both adult and youth talent in all areas of voiceover in LA and NY.

Her client roster is among the top talent in the industry having worked on animated Academy Award® & Golden Globe® awarded films such as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and Toy Story 4.

Further recent notable animation feature credits include Space Jam: A New Legacy, Raya and the Last Dragon, Over the Moon, Wish Dragon, Into The Spider Verse, Blue’s Big City Adventure, AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Abominable, Inside Out, UP and Frozen.  

Portia has additionally placed clients in copious TV animation roles, video game and national commercial campaigns. Leveraging her strong relationships with top animation studios, Portia has secured client roles on animated television series on Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Cartoon Network, Marvel, HBO, Paramount+, Pixar TV, LucasFilm/TV and DreamWorks Animation, to just name a few. Ms. Scott’s clients have worked for some of the industry’s top video game companies including EA Sports, Nintendo, Bio Ware, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sony Interactive, Activision, Epic Games, Take Two Interactive, Microsoft, Rockstar Games, Riot Games, Xbox Game Studio, Cygames, Warner Bros., BrightSkills, Lucas Arts, Naughty Dog and Blindlight. Booked commercial spots include a plethora of brands such as Nike, the 11-Year Campaign for Tobacco Free, Walmart, BMW, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Apple, Gordon’s Fish Sticks, Carvana, Chewy, Carters, Hyundai, Spotify, AT&T, Norton Lifelock, LATAM, Cantu, Zales, Google, Asana, Facebook Portal, Mercedes, KFC, Hotels.com, Geico and Oatley. 

In addition, on the ADR/Dubbing side, Portia’s clients have worked in the genre with Amazon, Netflix, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, Disney, Apple TV, HBO, Showtime, Hulu and 2kGames.  

Ms. Scott has created and co-authored, alongside Melique Berger, a curriculum of technique and performance courses for university, baccalaureate and master’s degree programs and performance conservatories that are inclusive of voiceover as part of the discipline of study. Through their company “Indigo Voices,” the pair created a curriculum entitled “Method on the Mic/Actors Tool Kit”/ “Art of the Pivot©.” 

Portia Scott has a passion for the entertainment industry. A native of Los Angeles, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from California State University, Long Beach. She then set her goals higher and moved to New York City, where she garnered a Master of Arts in Theatre from New York University’s famed Circle in the Square Theatre School. Ms. Scott gained notoriety in the theatre community of Manhattan performing throughout the Tri-State area. Upon returning to Los Angeles, she produced, co-wrote, and starred in her own one-woman show, “The Secret Diary of Sandra Woodward.” This “Secret” wasn’t a secret for long and burgeoned into a one- woman show-biz extravaganza. After receiving public acclaim and success with the show, work in television and film continued to flourish. Ms. Scott continued her quest for further knowledge of the industry by working for MCA/Universal. On the studio side, Ms. Scott has worked in such areas as feature marketing for Universal Pictures and in sitcom development for Universal Television.