Superstar voice actors and authors Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt will release the enhanced 2nd edition of their award-winning ‘how-to’ book, Voice-Over Voice Actor: The Extended Edition, available on June 15, 2018 in print, e-book and audiobook, voiced by none other than Lowenthal and Platt.
A proven game-changer, Voice-Over Voice Actor: What It’s Like Behind the Mic earned the Pinnacle Book Award and the National Indie Excellence Award when it first published back in 2010. From cartoons and commercials to video games and narration, Voice-Over Voice Actor earned attention for cracking open this secret world for the curious observer as well as the actor interested in breaking in.
Now, The Extended Edition offers a completely updated issue, including three all-new topics: The Soundstage (for Motion Capture/Performance Capture), Recording Remotely and Success Stories. Plus, it provides an ample workbook and the audiobook version contains a special warm-up to help get an actor’s juices flowing.
Voice-Over Voice Actor: The Extended Edition boasts a new foreword from industry titan Rob Paulsen, known for his work on Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain as well as for hosting the hit show Talkin’ Toons, and has already garnered rave reviews from some of the industry’s top voice artists:
“I’ve been in this business for years, and I still learned so much from this book. Full of essential info, and packed with useful tips and tricks, this is required reading for anyone interested in becoming a voice-over actor.” — Ashly Burch, Actress, Life is Strange, Horizon Zero Dawn, OK. K.O.!
“This was one of the first books I bought when I started my journey into voice-over, and has been by far the most helpful. To have this kind of information from two of the most successful people in the business in a single book is absolutely invaluable.” — Cissy Jones Lin, Actress, BAFTA Winner for Firewatch, Destiny 2
Over the years, these top working pros have built a stellar reputation in the industry as multi-talented artists. Some of Lowenthal’s prominent voice-over credits include games Prince of Persia and Sunset Overdrive, as well as cartoons Ben 10, Naruto, Afro Samurai, Legion of Superheroes and Young Justice. Up next, he will provide both the performance capture and voice for Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Insomniacs’ new PS4 title Marvel’s Spider-Man. On-camera, Lowenthal has emerged on television in recurring roles on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and The Gilmore Girls; and in the films Any Bullet Will Do, In the Blink of an Eye and the upcoming thriller Squirrel. In addition, Lowenthal teamed up with co-author Keith Ikeda-Barry for the noir-meets-comedy novel, Tough City.
Platt has voiced characters on hit games and shows, including D.C. VS Mortal Kombat, League of Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Legion of Superheroes, Naruto, Persona, Sailor Moon, Ben 10, Saints Row, RWBY, Gundam Unicorn, and Sunset Overdrive. Her numerous on-screen credits include the feature film The Call; and television shows Scandal, Revenge, Parenthood, Castle, Gilmore Girls, Hawaii Five-0 and Geek&Sundry’s Tabletop. She also recently gained attention for creating and starring in the original queer comedy web series, Whatta Lark. As an author, Platt previously released the children’s book Relax Your Toes and interactive book Zartana about a traveling Romani girl.
Together, Platt and Lowenthal have created and starred in numerous original projects under their Monkey Kingdom Productions banner. Most notable is their award-winning feature mockumentary film, Con Artists, which uncovered the weird and wonderful world of pop culture conventions; and four seasons of their original Geekie award-winning irreverent comedy series, Shelf Life, shining as action figures stuck on a young boy’s shelf. This dynamic real-life married couple recently participated as guest speakers at the 2018 TEDx event at the University of California San Diego delivering their talk titled, Your Life Story: Using Story Structure to Navigate Crisis.
