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There is an art to filmmaking and animation that most people never see. Voice-over work is one aspect of that magical part of movie-making that is fairly under-appreciated, but an integral part of movie-making today. However, with the recent advent of DVD's with special features like "the making of "Corpses' Bride" for example, and the rash of computer animated feature-length films produced in the last decade, voice-over work is now much more widely recognized and has seen somewhat of a rebirth in Hollywood, and you are just as likely to hear your favorite actor's voice coming out of an animated character as you are to see their image on the screen.

What does this mean for you? Well, if you think you have an interesting voice, a voice with character, or you can do funny voices, why not look into voice-over work as a new aspect of your acting career? Work can come from narrating commercials, plays, radio announcements, and movie trailers, just to name a few.

You may, of course, want to do the voice of a cartoon character or be a part of an animated feature. Be patient, usually only known actors are chosen to do voice over work for animated features because the producers want the familiarity of their voice to lend the character authenticity . Voice over's origins are in radio, and the familiarity people developed with the characters on the old radio shows is very similar to that which they develop with animated characters and the voices used to bring them to life.