Casting Town Hall w/ Casting Directors Melissa Grillo & Julia B. Schoeffling Moderated by RVLA Owner Mike DeLay

$50

5pm-7pm Pacific Time

Hosted on Zoom

Are there questions about the industry you've always wanted to ask, but never had the opportunity? Are you curious about the ins and outs of representation, the casting process, and the other day-to-days of a working VO actor? Do you just want to shake up a cocktail and hang with us on Zoom? Join us for a conversation with Voice Acting Casting Director Melissa Grillo and VO & PCAP Casting Director Julia B Schoeffling, moderated by Real Voice LA Owner and Senior Audio Engineer Mike DeLay. We'll be chatting about the Building a Demo Reel, Understanding the Casting Process for VO and Motion Capture, Voice Over Genres, Home Studio Setup, Working with Agents, Vocal Health and Maintenance, The Business Side of Voice Over, Improvisation and Character Development, Technology in Voice Over, Marketing Yourself as a Voice Actor, and taking your submitted questions on these and any other topic you are curious about! To conclude, we'll open up the Zoom to a Q & A of anything that wasn't covered during the conversation. 

About Your Instructor:

Melissa Grillo is a Voiceover Casting Director and Coach based in Los Angeles, with over 20 years of experience in the Voice Acting industry. Her passion for the industry began at the boutique agency Sandie Schnarr Talent, where she specialized in Voice Talent. During her 10-year tenure, she helped talented individuals cultivate their careers. As an agent, she had the unique experience of booth directing, casting, and negotiating. She has cast or supervised on projects like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Higan: Eruthyll, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions, Arena of Valor, Omnistone Heroes, Cookie Run Kingdom, Honor of Kings, ANNO: Mutationem, Everspace, Gerena Free Fire, Waldenproductions on hundreds more! She thrives on establishing a solid foundation for talent careers while maintaining a diplomatic, candid and realistic approach.

Julia Bianco Schoeffling is the author of the upcoming book, The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games.  She's Casting Director and COO of The Halp Network, specializing in voice and performance capture for future technology including video games, AR/VR, new media, location-based entertainment, and beyond.  Recent casting credits include Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond and Tell Me Why featuring the first playable transgender character in a video game. Additional titles include Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Rocket Arena, The Outerworlds, HBO’s Westworld: Awakening VR, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and more.

See you online! 

*** This online workshop will be hosted and recorded in Zoom. Everyone will receive a link to download the video of the workshop the following day. If for any reason you can not make the date/ time you will still be able to view the entire workshop with the recorded video. Due to limited seats available, payment is only refundable up to 48 hours before the event. Up to 24 hours before the event payment is nonrefundable, but may be rolled over to another workshop. Any cancellation less than 24 hours before the start time/ date of the workshop, payment will be forfeited.