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Mastering accents

Taking your voice acting to the next level

31 / 10 / 2022
Joy Matambo
Talent Manager

If you were put on the spot right now, could you very quickly do a Scottish and then a Welsh accent? Or an Australian and then a New Zealand accent? As a voice actor, you want to put yourself ...

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11 / 10 / 2022
Claudia Mohr
CEO

The connection between creativity and mental health issues has been cause for debate between philosophers, psychologists and researchers for centuries. Some scholars claim there’s an undisputed, direct link between creativity and mental illness, including bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder ...

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Joy Matambo
Talent Manager

As a voice actor, there’s plenty you need to be good at, like managing your time, managing relationships, marketing yourself, refining your craft and so on. But none of that matters if your voice isn’t in top ...

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Breaking the Gender Bias at Work

Is there a gender bias YOU would like to see broken?

09 / 08 / 2022
Claudia Mohr
CEO

There are many reasons to be impressed by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but this South African Women’s Month, as we re-look at the #breakingthebias theme put forward earlier in the year for International Women’...

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There’s a little Madiba in all of us

Celebrating Nelson Mandela by embracing his values

17 / 07 / 2022
Claudia Mohr
CEO

This is one of my favourite quotes from Nelson Mandela and since it’s Mandela Day today (18 July), I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the values that Nelson Mandela lived by – values that we ...

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The youth perspective

Insights from some of our younger team members

08 / 06 / 2022
Bontle Mafojane
Localisation Coordinator

As Youth Day approaches, we chatted to a few of our younger team members to find out how they feel about work, what gets them up in the morning, what scares them and how they feel they contribute to ...

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Working in a second language

More pros than cons? You decide...

25 / 05 / 2022
Karabo Ramuhashi
Recording Engineer

There’s no doubt that it’s an English-speaking world; English is the official business language in most countries and an estimated 1.75 billion people worldwide speak English at “a useful level”. But for the vast majority of them, English ...

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Captions vs. Subtitles

What’s the difference and why is it important?

26 / 04 / 2022
Bontle Mafojane
Localisation Supervisor

At first glance, captions and subtitles look almost identical, but just because both are essentially words on the bottom of the screen, does not mean they are interchangeable. They fulfil very different purposes.

Let’s start ...

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The complex process of dubbing

So much more than just voice over recording

26 / 01 / 2022
Emirah Mohiudeen
Localisation Manager

We’ve explored various elements of dubbing, voice overs and localisation in ...

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Invest in your voice acting career

Now is the time to speak up!

29 / 11 / 2021
Joy Matambo
Talent Manager

Right now, voice artists are experiencing a surge in demand, as streaming services including HBO, Showmax and Netflix look to offer range of programming from all over the world in local languages. Dubbing artists in particular have plenty of ...

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