SYNOPSIS
Join award-winning narrator and director Jennifer Aquino for a workshop where you'll dive into the relationship between audiobook narrators and directors. You'll gain a better understanding of the critical role a director plays in the recording process, why and when you may work with one, and how you, as a narrator, can maximize your collaboration with them to achieve your best performance. The second half of the session will feature live readings from lottery-selected participants, followed by Jennifer’s direction to fine-tune each performance. The workshop will conclude with an open Q&A, giving you the opportunity to get answers to all your audiobook-related questions.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Jennifer Aquino
Jennifer Aquino is an actor and award-winning narrator based in Los Angeles with 20+ years working in film, television, theatre, and voiceover projects. Fun Fact: she's one of the doctors who killed McDreamy on ABC’s Grey's Anatomy. In the last four years, Jennifer has narrated with 16 publishers, including Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Audible Studios, Blackstone, Brilliance, Podium, Recorded Books, among others. She's honored to have won multiple Audiofile Earphones Awards, the Odyssey Award for best children's audiobook, and to be an Audie Award nominee. Jennifer also directs audiobooks, and has directed with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, Brilliance, Scholastic, and One Night Stand Studios. Jennifer has been a speaker at the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC), and has taught workshops at VO Atlanta, for The Voiceover Network, the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association (PANA), and Pink Flamingo's Flock Conference. She is included in the Narrators Roadmap Coaches Directory, and loves to coach narrators for APA Quick Pitch, Meet the Producers, and for auditions with publishers, as well as demo samples/websites.
REQUIREMENTS
This class is virtual and will take place over Zoom. The Join Details (Zoom link and other related information) will be emailed to those on the RSVP list no later than 1 hour before the start time of the class.
This is a large format class with potentially 50+ participants.
There will be a limited number of readers for this class.
Potential Reader Requirements: Potential Readers will need to provide their own 2-3 minute excerpt (about 310 - 465 words) of a book in the genre they prefer, and email the excerpt as a PDF (photos of excerpts will not be accepted) to us before the workshop. Submission instructions will be emailed to everyone on the RSVP and Waitlist 3-5 days before the class.
Attendees are expected to attend the entire program (see Duration above).
Class materials (if applicable) will be provided by the Voiceover Lab.
