4-Week ONLINE SPANISH VOICE-OVER CLASS with Jean-Marc Berne, The Hispanic V/O Coach and Marketing Expert - 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

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The Spanish Voice Over and media market is growing in leaps and bounds and providing tons of opportunities for both fluent and multi-lingual speakers. If you've been interested in this area, but haven't known how to get started, this is the class for you!

We are thrilled to have Hispanic V/O expert Jean-Marc in to give beginning Spanish Voice actors an overview of the techniques needed to start working as a Spanish Voice Over actor in today's marketplace.

Over this four week course, Jean-Marc will cover basic VO Technique, Spanish warm-up exercises, reading with Neutral Spanish' accent and Spanish commercial copyreading. He'll focus on technique for working in pairs. You'll be paired up and taught the proper technique on how to prepare for auditions/gigs working while working with fellow V/O talent. You'll work on long form narration and reading for audiobooks. And in addition, you'll work on commercial copyreading, taking directions and preparing for the audition/gig. Jean-Marc will also discuss the next steps to keep developing your technique and approach to Spanish Voice-Overs.

**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.**

Jean-Marc Berne

Jean-Marc is president of Berne Media Enterprises - a bilingual English-Spanish creative media consulting and production company - and a busy bilingual voice talent and voice over coach.

He is also a Spanish-English audiobook narrator, and the creative consultant for print and radio ads for HUD, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, and the National Crime Prevention Council. His list of commercial work includes Bud Light, McDonald's, Western Union, Timberland, Pollo Loco, McKinsey, Pfizer, VNSNY, Xfinity, NFHA, HUD, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, Metro Cable and Eclipse Gum to name a few. He's narrated the Spanish audio book "Negocios," from Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Díaz, the AP Spanish Princeton Review 2009 and "Yaks March In Washington," the first of a series of English-Spanish educational audio books. He also voiced the role of the World Grand Prix commentator for Disney Pixar's ‘Cars 2' online video game in Spanish. He's also back for a third season as the Voice Over Coach for the US version of the Disney animated series ‘The Octonauts.' He's also one of the new songwriters for Nickelodeon's animated series "Dora and Friends: Into The City."

In the summer of 2010 – Jean-Marc created an acclaimed series of in-person workshops, ‘Power Marketing for the Voice Over Actor,' ‘Intro to Voice Over Technique', ‘Spanish Voice Over Technique' and ‘Kids Voice Over Technique.' At present, he teaches these workshops on a regular basis at Actors Connection in NYC. He also freelances as a Voice Over coach who specializes in the production of Commercial, Audiobook and Character Voice Over Demos.

Meets

Wednesday, July 8, 20206:30 pm
Wednesday, July 15, 20206:30 pm
Wednesday, July 22, 20206:30 pm
Wednesday, July 29, 20206:30 pm

The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.