{"id":101202,"date":"2021-02-12T09:50:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=101202"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:30:34","slug":"voice-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/12\/voice-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lauren Bernstein is a 2012 theatre graduate of Wright State.<\/p><\/div>\n

She\u2019s the voice behind California health insurance, Garnier Fructis VO hair products, Jewish Family and Children\u2019s Services, Bella Fit Healthy Desserts and even her alma mater \u2014 Wright State University.<\/p>\n

Lauren Bernstein is a New York City-based voiceover actor whose considerable vocal talents have been used by corporations, nonprofits, state governments and universities. Her website<\/a> promotes a universe of vocal qualities from warm and conversational to professional and approachable to quirky and humorous.<\/p>\n

Bernstein, a 2012 theatre graduate from Wright State, runs her own voiceover business. She\u2019s not only the talent but also does the marketing, accounting and anything else that needs doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest challenge is thinking of myself as a product and a business and not just as the talent\/actor anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cI also struggle with the inconsistencies of being a freelancer. I could have an incredibly fruitful week one week where I booked lots of sessions and then not book the entire next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most voice actors are working from their home studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most gratifying thing is to be able to connect remotely with studios to record various commercials and spots,\u201d she said. \u201cI really enjoy a live-directed session. Solo sessions are never as fun as recording in-person with the studio folks. It gives me the jolt and thrill that a live performance on stage once did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernstein grew up in Burlington, Wisconsin, just southwest of Milwaukee. When she was a young girl, she would sing in the car while her mother played her cassette tapes of “Les Miserable” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” She became interested in musical theatre by age 10 and was performing in shows at The Haylofters, a local community theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also attended a summer arts camp in Michigan called Interlochen, and some of the instructors there made a fantastic lasting impression on me,\u201d she said. \u201cThese instructors also taught theatre and musical theatre at Wright State. When it was time to find a school, Wright State was high on my list because of these teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n

So after graduating from The Prairie School in 2008, Bernstein came to Wright State.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wright State. I made some of the best friends I have and will have for a lifetime,\u201d she said. \u201cThe acting training and support I received from teachers and students alike during my time at Wright State was like no other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernstein said Wright State prepared her to be successful in many ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir acting program is truly like no other,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly personalized to the individual. They nurture each individual\u2019s talents so they can be confident and thrive out in the highly competitive entertainment field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernstein said a major highlight for her at Wright State was when she got to play Maureen in the Festival Playhouse production of \u201cRent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Theatre Program is not just a community but also like a family,\u201d she said. \u201cEven to this day I feel that I could reach out to anyone I spent my time with there.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating in 2012 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in theatre with an emphasis on musical theatre<\/a>, Bernstein performed at the Weathervane Theatre, a summer-stock theatre in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

She then moved to New York City to pursue professional musical theatre and spent the next two years auditioning.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got very close to some good work but wanted to expand my training in other areas of acting to make myself more marketable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Bernstein began taking on-camera and commercial acting classes, which included voiceover.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what I fell into,\u201d she said. \u201cI took the right classes and worked really hard to translate my prior training into the realm of voiceover. It\u2019s what I became most successful at the quickest. And I loved the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernstein\u2019s advice to those who wish to pursue a career in voiceover is to train, train, train.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe I had an initial edge because I was already a trained actor, so I knew how to use my instrument and I STILL took tons of classes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Bernstein said it takes a lot of time, money and energy to get started in the business, which may not show a profit for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if you have the drive and commitment it\u2019s an incredibly rewarding industry, with some of the best and friendliest artists in the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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