How to become a voice actor without a major? Are there any academic requirements for voice actors?

Some time ago, Huawei’s President’s Office issued a “Notice on Implementing Annual Salary Management for Some Top Students in 2019.” The notice disclosed the annual salaries of eight top students.

It can be seen from the notice that the annual salary of the eight top students is one million and above. In addition to the "attractive" annual salary, there is another eye-catching feature in the notice - the "all" doctoral degrees of eight top students.

After the email was made public, it caused an uproar on the Internet. There are positive reviews and there are negative reviews. As a young man in society who is determined to get rid of the status of "moonlight clan", I realized two pieces of information from the notice:

(1) Huawei's notice severely slaps the "useless reading theory" in the face. , achieving a perfect match between high education and high income. Educational qualifications have always been important.

(2) Why do these 8 doctoral students stand out and be on the list? In addition to academic qualifications, they must also have strengths recognized by Huawei.

Although education and strength are not necessarily complementary and indispensable, for people in the workplace, the advantages of high education and strong strength must outweigh the disadvantages.

A reader once left a message in the background: "If you can't go to college or take the college entrance examination, can you only study by yourself? If you study by yourself, is it possible to find a job as a voice actor? I like it very much I did dubbing, but because my grades were too bad, I thought I wouldn't be able to get into college, so I gave up on the college entrance examination. Moreover, when I didn't like dubbing, I did very poorly when I took the Mandarin test. Is it because I couldn't find a job in dubbing? I regret it so much now!”

When I saw this message, I was very touched. Since writing the dubbing draft, I have always felt that teaching everyone how to practice dubbing and introducing dubbing skills is the most important thing. This message made me change my previous thoughts and start thinking about a question: There are many people who love dubbing all over the world. Among them are famous dubbing celebrities, professional dubbing actors who have been in the dubbing industry for many years, and some who have just entered the dubbing industry. Xiaobai, there are college students who are working quietly in the online matching industry. But there is still a group of people standing outside the dubbing industry. They are full of enthusiasm for dubbing, but only have a high school education. What should they do?

Is education important to a voice actor? If it's not important, on job search platforms such as Zhaopin.com and Lagou.com, most of the recruitment requirements for dubbing actors state "college degree or above, bachelor's degree" and other words; if it's quite important, there are also well-known dubbing actors with low academic qualifications in the dubbing industry. .

For example, Takeshi Kusao, the voice actor of Sakuragi Hanamichi in "Slam Dunk". In high school, Kusao Yi didn't study seriously. After graduation, he took the college entrance examination with his classmates and failed. Later, he was admitted to Seiji Tokyo School (a school in Japan that specializes in training voice actors, and Rukawa Kaede's voice actor Midorikawa Hikaru also graduated from this school). After learning the basics of dubbing for a year, he gradually embarked on the road of voice acting.

Another example is Yamaguchi Kappei. Before becoming a voice actor, Yamaguchi Kappei was an illustrator. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Tokyo Broadcasting Academy, a vocational school (equivalent to a junior college in China), and slowly transformed from a stage actor into a voice actor.

Natsume Takashi's voice actor Kamiya Hiroshi in "Natsume's Book of Friends" is even more troublesome. In his senior year of high school, Hiroshi Kamiya switched from a science student to a liberal arts student in order to apply for an art university. After failing the college entrance examination, Hiroshi Kamiya accidentally learned about Seirijuku. Dreaming of becoming an actor, he enthusiastically signed up to take the exam. As a result, after entering, I discovered that Qing Er Juku trains voice actors, not actors. The frustrated Hiroshi Kamiya wanted to give up school, but thinking of his parents' support, he had no choice but to persist in studying at Qing Er Private School.

Education is certainly important for voice actors, but being a voice actor does not necessarily require a high degree of education. In Japan, because there are schools like Seiji Juku that specialize in training voice actors, some people who like dubbing can study dubbing specifically as long as they pass the Seiji Juku exam after graduating from high school.

However, there is currently no school dedicated to training voice actors in our country. Many well-known voice actors in our country actually have undergraduate degrees.

Tong Zirong, born in the 1940s, graduated from the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy;

Liu Chunyan, born in the 1960s, graduated from Communication University of China;

Hong Haitian, born in the 1975s , graduated from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology;

After 1975, Jiang Guangtao graduated from the Recording Department of Beijing Film Academy;

After 80, Ji Guanlin graduated from the Broadcasting Department of Tianjin Normal University;

Bian Jiang, born in the 1980s, graduated from the 02-level vocational dubbing class of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy;

Qiao Shiyu, born in the 1985s, graduated from the Performance Department of Beijing Normal University;

Born in the 1985s, Baomu Zhongyang graduated from the broadcasting and hosting major at Nanguang College, Communication University of China;

After the 1990s, Xu Jiaqi graduated from the dubbing class of Jilin University of the Arts;

Post-90s, Tao Dian, School of Communication, Anhui Normal University.

From the older generation of dubbing artists born in the 1940s to the new generation of dubbing actors born in the 1990s, it can be seen that most of the dubbing actors in our country embarked on the dubbing path by attending college. Even if you may not have a professional background, but you have a bachelor's degree, at least you won't feel embarrassed when you see the "educational requirements".

The college entrance examination is like a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Not everyone can get into college. So, what should people who only have a high school degree and love dubbing do?

1. Obtain a Putonghua proficiency certificate

Article 19 of the "National Standard Spoken and Written Language Law" stipulates: "For any position where Putonghua is used as the working language, its staff should be qualified to speak Putonghua." The Mandarin proficiency of announcers, program hosts, film and television drama actors, teachers, and state agency staff who use Mandarin as their working language must meet the national Mandarin level standards. Training will be carried out according to the situation. "Whether you have a high school degree, a college degree, a master's degree, or a doctoral degree, if you want to be a voice actor, it is necessary to obtain a Mandarin proficiency certificate.

2. Study adult education

Adult education is divided into three types: undergraduate starting from junior college (promoting from junior college), undergraduate starting from high school (promoting to undergraduate) and junior college (higher vocational). There are adult college entrance examination, There are four education forms: higher education self-study examination, TV University modern distance open education, and online education (distance education). Among them, the universities that can be chosen for the adult college entrance examination are: Central South University, Wuhan University, Zhejiang University, Sun Yat-sen University, Fudan University, etc.; the universities that can be chosen for distance education are: Northwestern Polytechnical University, Zhengzhou University, Sichuan Agricultural University, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University wait. Dubbing enthusiasts who have graduated from high school can check whether these schools have adult education models for voice-related majors such as broadcasting and hosting.

3. Save money and attend dubbing training classes given by big names

Unlike mainland my country and Japanese dubbing actors, many compatriot dubbing actors from Taiwan and Hong Kong debuted as It's the same as learning a craft, learn from the class, and then become a teacher. Shi Banyu studied with the Chen Family Class founded by Chen Mingyang, the "Taiwanese dubbing emperor". After dubbing many unknown roles, commercials, etc., he met Stephen Chow.

There are many dubbing training courses established by dubbing celebrities in China. You can try them. If you are interested, you can come to me. However, the training fee is not low.

Therefore, in addition to practicing, everyone still has to work hard to save money!

Generally speaking, is education important to a voice actor? Of course it’s important! However, just because you don’t have a degree doesn’t mean you can’t be a voice actor!