171: The Business Of Acting in Video Games with Julia Bianco Schoeffling

Today on the podcast I am sitting down with casting director, COO and author Julia Bianco Schoeffling. Julia is an absolute TITAN in the voice acting for video games industry and has written the first ever industry guide for video game acting: The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games.

We cover a WIDE range of topics on this episode, such as:

• How she wrote the book (even as a mom, and full time teacher/casting director and COO)
• How she and her partner started The Halp Network and the mission behind their incredible company and the impact they are making in the video game world
• What the future of interactive storytelling looks
• Perfectionism in the voice acting world
• And, my favorite part, she opens up about her own experience with perfectionism.

You do not need to be a gamer or a voice actor to get an INSANE amount out of this episode. All the tools, exercises and topics we talk about are universal and everyone can get something out of it!

More on Julia:

Julia Bianco Schoeffling is the author of The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games, the industry's first such guide. As the COO and Casting Director at The Halp Network, she specializes in voice and performance capture casting for future technology including video games, AR/VR, new media, location-based entertainment, and beyond. Casting credits include Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, The Outerworlds, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond VR and Tell Me Why featuring the first playable transgender character in a video game. She is a Co-Chair of the Dialogue and Performance Track of GameSoundCon, the world's largest conference on audio for video games and interactive media, a member of BAFTA and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, and Wired Magazine.

Links for Juila:

Instagram @juliabscasting

The Halp Network

Get her Book

Chani (meditation app)

Wylde Flowers Game

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