Voice Acting Legend Jim Cummings Answers Voice Acting Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

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Legendary voice actor Jim Cummings, who has brought to life Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck and more, joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about voice acting. How does a voice actor create a new character? What are Jim’s favorite voices? How important is voice acting to the video game industry? How do you do an evil laugh? Why is it so much easier to get into character when you put on a faux accent? Answers to these questions and many more await on Voice Acting Support.

Jim Cummings’ podcast Toon’d In! with Jim Cummings is available to be streamed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toond-in-with-jim-cummings/id1689588131

0:00 Voice Acting Support with Jim Cummings
0:13 Muahahah
0:37 Kissing sounds
1:00 A deeper and fuller voice
1:40 Jim Cummings’ method of creating voices and characters
1:50 Winnie the Pooh (and Tigger Too)
2:16 Jim Cummings does his most famous voices
3:42 How do voice acting auditions work?
4:32 How do I convey genuine emotion in voice acting?
5:17 Jim Cummings: Good Guy
6:08 Jim creates a voice on the spot
6:44 How to do a raspy voice without damaging your vocal cords
7:27 Let’s take it from the top
8:11 Best male character with a female voice actor?
8:32 “Actory” acting voice
9:02 Jim Cummings: Beginnings
9:34 In a world…
10:05 He wazs alwaYs dru nk
10:34 Characters with accents
11:07 What is the craziest "same voice actor" realization you’ve had?
11:25 Mel Blanc, the GOAT
11:50 Recording alone vs. Recording with others
12:20 How VO has changed
12:55 Voice Acting Oscar when?
13:23 VO residuals
13:44 When voice actors need to be recast
14:21 Voice acting in gaming

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