ALLIE SILBER
DDO’s well established tri-city VoiceOver department specializes in commercials, promos, trailers, animation, narration, video games, ADR/looping, political, industrial and audiobooks. DDO prides themselves in representing a diverse range of talent, and they’re as committed to procuring our current roster as they are to expanding a new talent base with fresh voices to tackle the industry. Voiceover Agent Allie Silber comes with a decade of experience. She started out her career in the Children’s and Young Adults Division for Voiceover, Animation, On-Camera Commercial and Print as an assistant at Abrams Artists Agency and worked her way up to Agent. Allie joined DDO in 2019 to specialize in her true passion – Voiceovers. She works with kids & adults of all ages. Some of Allie’s recent commercial bookers can be heard as the AVO for National Network Spots (KFC, Zyrtec, Hotels.com, Liberty Mutual, Chips Ahoy, Kohl’s, Ozempic, and more) and her animation bookers can be heard in a variety of animated feature films and TV series (The Adventures of Buckwild, Lego Dream Castle, Alma’s Way, Mickey Mouse Funhouse, Firebuds, Dew Drop Diaries, Abominable, Legend of Vox Machina and more). Allie recently won Northeast Voiceover Agent of the Year at the 2024 Heller Awards.
FEEDBACK
General Note For Everyone:
General Note For Everyone: Make sure you’re paying attention to the time stamp at the top of the script – that tells you what you’re pacing should be as a general guideline! Jersey Mike’s was a tough one because it was very wordy for a :15 and for the original audition, they were okay with people going slightly over as long as it sounded like a conversational pacing. If that ever happens to you where it’s a lot of words for a short length, feel free to ask your agent if you should A) rush the read to fit the :15 or B) take more time so you can add your personality to it so it doesn’t feel rushed. Most of the time when this happens, we tell our actors to take more time with it (not to the point where it’s too drawn out – should still be on the quicker side) to allow your personality to be in there.
LISTENING TO YOUR PEERS
You are welcome to listen to your own recording as well as everyone else’s recordings. They are all available to download to members of the VOWW. Hearing your peers do what THEY do is always a great opportunity to learn.
A piece of copy in any genre can be read 1,000’s of ways. In the real world you are auditioning against 100’s of other actors never knowing really what you are up against. The VOWW is an incredible behind the scenes look into what other actors are doing with the same piece of copy. How other home studio’s sound compared to yours. What feedback would look like depending on how any performance is delivered. It can be eye opening, well EAR opening in many ways for the participants who take the time to delve into all the reads and feedback and not just their own.