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The course will be led by President of The Monster Factory, Sébastien Croteau, a renowned expert in vocal distortion. Metal vocalist since 1991 (Necrotic Mutation) and throat singer (Tibetan, Mongolia and Inuit throat-singing) since 1996, Sébastien Croteau has mastered an impressive number of extreme vocal techniques. He began teaching metal voices and throat-singing 15 years ago. Since then, he has trained hundreds of voice actors around the world and is known globally as an expert in vocal distortion, extreme sounds and creature voice design.

He began working with video games companies in 2005. Since then, he has specialized in vocal stunt work and creatings the voices of monsters and creatures. He's worked on more than thirty video games (including Gotham Knights, Meet your Maker, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Dead by Daylight, Dungeons and Dragons : Dark Alliance, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Far Cry 5, Rainbow Six Siege: Outbreak, Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands and Assassin's Creed 2) and has lent his voice to more than 200 characters.

Book Now for a free taster session on August 29th

 
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Discover the voice techniques behind monster and creature sounds in video games. Each category of creature and monster has one (or more) vocal archetype and voice technique related to it. You will learn all about it and about what to do when preparing for an audition or a recording session for these specific sounds.
Date: 27th September 2023 6pm - 9pm (UK) on Zoom 
Max 12 participants: Cos
t £80
 
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Environmental sounds are prevalent in video games. Efforts, running, block, idle, attack, choke and death sounds (among others) can be heard everywhere. This talk is an introduction to those sounds and how to help voice actors perform them realistically. You will learn about the different challenges encountered by voice actors, each sound's vocal stress level (and how to identify them) and how to prepare the voice before a recording session. You will also learn how to help the voice actors perform the different variations required and how to create a phonetic script.
Date: 4th October 2023 6pm - 9pm (UK) on Zoom 
Max 12 participants: Cost £80

 
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Extreme sounds are prevalent in video games and movies and vocal stunt work is challenging for any voice talent. This workshop is an introduction to learn more about vocal distortion, the myths surrounding it, vocal health for extreme sounds but most importantly, it will give you tips and tricks on how to warm up properly for vocal stunt work.
Date: 11th October 2023 6pm - 9pm (UK) on Zoom 
Max 12 participants: Cost £80

 
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