Director: Vicki Baum aka Veebz
Length: 12-hour four-week workshop
Class Notes: This course includes a pre-class assignment as well as weekly homework assignments. Students must have home recording capabilities.
You’ve allowed yourself to be indoctrinated (in a totally not creepy way AT ALL) into Vicki’s Vibe Check Method to alleviate some of the anxiety of script analysis and self-direction. You know how to break down a script, find the relationship and anchor the read in a real moment. Great. Now let’s see if you can do it three different ways. In this class, Veebz throws down the gauntlet. The challenge is simple: every script gets three distinct, believable vibes. Not three slightly different line readings. Not one good take and two polite variations. Three fully committed, viable points of view. Change the vibe and the read changes with it. The words stay the same but the read shifts completely. This class pushes you past your first instinct (which, let’s be honest, is where most actors stop). The real magic often shows up in take two… or take three… when you stop trying to “get it right” and start playing with the possibilities. Expect coaching, experimentation and the occasional loving nudge to go further than you planned. Because in today’s voice-over world, versatility wins. If an audition or a session director asks for options, you don’t want to panic; you want to say, “Great. I’ve got three.”