Renée Johnson is the Creative Director of Disney Character Voices at The Walt Disney Company.
She has been a voice director and dialogue writer/editor with Disney Character Voices since 2002. She’s been the lead dialogue editor and one of the key VO directors on the Kingdom Hearts series of games, as well as the new Disney Dreamlight Valley. She has directed numerous other interactive titles, as well as theme park shows, ice shows, apps, toys, etc. Basically, if it’s Disney and it talks, there’s a good chance she had something to do with it.
Working with characters from Mickey Mouse and Snow White through Mirabel from Encanto, there are a lot of voices in her head—in a good way! Princesses, pirates, fish, and talking cars…she helps them all be true to themselves and their stories.
For this class, Renée will focus on a key aspect of much of her directing: voice matching. How do you recreate a voice and be authentic to a character that already exists? What is she listening for in a voice-matching audition? What are some of the tricks actors have taught her about what helps them recreate a voice?
Tuesday, May 23rd, 5:30-8:30pm PT
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