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rayna-beifong: frederator-studios: How can I become a voice actor in cartoons? If you’re looking for general voice-acting advice, we can tell you getting voice work is pretty tough. It’s showbiz, after all. And, like for most careers in showbiz, it’s 100 times more difficult to get started if you’re not in Los Angeles (look up the folks who do voices on your favorite cartoons and see where they’re located). The reality is, for most TV cartoons, most of the auditioning process occurs only at the onset of production. For instance, with Adventure Time, Cartoon Network held auditions early on for the roles of Finn, Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline. That’s pretty much been it for opportunities to be cast in the show through auditions. Since then, the production has gone after specific actors for parts or relied on its cadre of utility players. We can suggest you take some voice acting classes. Besides working on your skills, it’s a great way to meet contacts, especially in the classes run by voice casting directors (the ones often doing the hiring). There’s no guarantee, of course, but skill and talent can take you so far; you really need to make contacts. You should also make it a point to be represented through a voice over agency. Often these agencies, managers, and agents will be your only path to the more major studios. Even then, though, the competition is fierce. For example, for a recent Cartoon Hangover short, we received nearly 600 auditions through agencies alone. And that was for just four roles. It might be wise to start off with smaller production houses or even independent filmmakers. Immerse yourself with what’s going on in the animation world, especially on the Internet. Identify those filmmakers whose work you think would be better off with you on board. Contact them, and send off your demo reel. No matter how small the project (or pay), you’ll get both experience and credits, two things you’ll need to get a leg up in your career. Naturally, there are plenty of online resources you should visit. Chief among them is the Voice Over Resource Guide. Of course, you’ll want to research some of your favorite voiceover artists and find out how they got to be where they are. Maybe the best tips we’ve seen given on how to get into the business are from actor Rob Paulsen. You should dive into his website. There’s also a terrific post by Mark Evanier that you’ll want to read, too. Mark’s written and voice-directed more than his fair share of animation projects. He’s pretty great with his realistic take on the industry. We hope this helps. Best of luck. We hope to hear your voice on our cartoons soon. - Eric Frederator Studios presents: How To Make Cartoons FAQs  Photo of Sam Lavagnino as Catbug  @ Salami Studios, North Hollywood, California Guess I won’t be able to ever voice act cus I’m all the way in another country… guess I’ll just record in my room….  Not so Rayna. Check out the paragraph about finding animators on YouTube. Start collaborating by long distance, then it doesn’t matter where you live. 
frederator-studios: “How do I write a cartoon script?”  “I do great voices. Can I be a cartoon voice actor?” “How do I get Pendleton Ward to pay attention to me?!”  As you can imagine, Frederator gets a lot of questions. A lot. And, most of them have to do with entering the animation industry. We try very hard to reply to the bulk of them, though in busy times we’ve been known to drop the ball.  So, we put our heads together (clunk!) and decided to start a tumblr series to answer your most frequently asked questions about the cartoon and animation industry. Frederator Studios presents: How To Make Cartoons FAQs will be a irregularly published series that try to give you the clearest explanations we have to everything you always wanted to know.  By the way, we have no idea how to get Pen to pay attention to you. He won’t even talk to us on most days.  -Fred & Eric
frederator-studios: Double the Mumys for twice the fun as Liliana brought along her pop, actor Bill, to this afternoon’s Bravest Warriors recording session.
frederator-studios: “Dead End” Recorded We had a spooky blast at this morning’s recording session for “Dead End” at Salami Studios. Though we had to pipe in Hamish from London via Skype, in house - at their “Dead End” jobs - were Angelique Perrin, Zack Pearlman, Cameron Goodman, and Stefan Marks. What a great group. Thanks, too, to Meredith, Mark, Jules, and John.
frederator-studios: Frederator has some of the best partners a cartoon company could hope for. Take, for instance, the great team at BOOM! Studios, whose imprint, kaboom!, publishes the Bravest Warriors comic books. Thanks to managing editor Bryce Carlson and editor Shannon Watters for stopping by the studio yesterday. Here’s to more Cartoon Hangover comics.
cartoonhangover: Well, we’ve jumped up to 54 million minutes since I’ve procrastinated in getting this postcard out. But Cartoon Hangover’s still available Anywhere on Earth.  ….. From the postcard back:  Congratulations! You’re one of 200 people to receive this limited edition Cartoon Hangover & Channel Frederator postcard! Channel Frederator presents CARTOON HANGOVER “Anywhere on earth” Playing card illustration by Bill Wenzel Series 19.20 [mailed out May 3, 2013]
deeploungemusic: Eric Dolphy and Kenny Dorham
cartoonhangover: Rocket Dog is here! Well, at least the postcard for tomorrow’s premiere of Cartoon  Hangover’s second short is here.  ….. From the postcard back: Congratulations! You’re one of 200 people to receive this limited edition Cartoon Hangover & Channel Frederator postcard!  Cartoon Hangover presents a new short film: “Rocket Dog” Created by Mel Roach Series 20.2 [mailed May 1, 2013]