British Accent Workshop

w/ Karen Strassman - August 18th

100 US dollars

Hosted on Zoom

About Your Class:

$100 6:30pm - 9:30pm Pacific Time About This Workshop: This is for any actor at any level wanting to learn, up-level, or perfect their British accent. Many actors struggle to recreate the sounds of a specific accent or dialect, applying the phonetics they have learned or a certain “music," only to feel that it doesn’t sound as authentic as they’d like, or that they lack the freedom or confidence in auditions or performances. Accents and dialects exist because, as little ones, we learn to speak with specific muscle groups, the people we grew up around used. So, no matter how close you get to making the British sounds with your American muscle groups, you can never really sound authentic until you learn to place the speech in the specific British instrument. Once you do that, speaking British and sustaining it becomes so much easier than you ever thought it would be. In this workshop, Karen will help you learn how to find and use your British instrument, so that you will no longer be "trying to sound" British, but instead, will be using your vocal instrument the same way the Brits do! This workshop is revelatory for many people who seek to gain more proficiency and freedom with performance in British. About Your Instructor: Karen has created hundreds of voice-over characters of all shapes, sizes, genders, ages, and species, from classic Disney princesses to iconic villainesses to talking jellyfish and shy tadpoles. Her extensive range of characters spans the voiceover world of cartoons, animation and video games; from the teenage rockstar Catty Noire on MONSTER HIGH, the beloved little girl Olivia on LEGO FRIENDS, sexy Rouge the Bat in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, Chromie, the charismatic gnome that turns into a dragon from WORLD OF WARCRAFT and HEROES OF THE STORM, to the iconic Mileena & Kitana in MORTAL KOMBAT. And then there are projects like the Nicktoons series, MONSUNO, voiced by an ensemble cast of five actors, where Karen not only played the teenage female lead, Jinja, but she also voiced every other female character in all three seasons of the show (last count there were 26 characters). You can also catch Karen on camera in productions like PREACHER, SILICON VALLEY, INGRESS, WEEDS, CRIMINAL MINDS, and BOSCH. Reserve your spot now. All ages welcome. Cameras are mandatory for the class intro.

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NOTE: You will receive both a confirmation email right after you register and a reminder email 24 hours before the class. The emails will contain all the information needed to prepare you for class. Be sure to add info@realvoicela.com to your contacts to avoid your emails ending up in a spam, junk, or promotions folder. If you cannot locate your confirmation email, please check your spam folder or promotions tab (gmail) before contacting us! Policies for Online Classes: • All classes are recorded, and links to view or download them are provided to all enrolled students within three days after the class. • If, for any reason, you can not make the date/time of class, you will still be given access to view the entire workshop with the recorded video. Equipment and Attendance: • Professional gear is not required, but students must have a phone, tablet, or computer with reliable access to Zoom, a camera, and audio. • Cameras are mandatory for class and must be turned on for the duration of the beginning portion of class. Once attendance is taken and class has started, cameras may be turned off at the discretion of the instructor. Cancellation Policy: • Payment is only refundable if cancelled prior to 72 hours before the event. Funds will be returned to the original form of payment. • If cancellation occurs prior to 48 hours before the start of the event, but less than 72 hours before the event, payment will be nonrefundable, but may be rolled over to another workshop. • For any cancellation occurring less than 48 hours before the start of the workshop, payment will be forfeited.