Multi Media Arts

Showbiz is tough stuff, and nobody knows it better than Dru Scott. This review is lengthy, but given the cost of lessons, I feel that it’s better to include a thorough review for prospective students.
Dru Scott is a charming and talented veteran of both the commercial screen acting and voice over industries She has coached many greats over the years, and was Mario Lopez’s first acting coach. I took Dru’s voice over and commercial acting classes and I was impressed with the quality of education I received and the materials that Dru provides for her students.
For students interested in either class, Dru offers a free class where she goes over the basics of the business and what is covered in her classes. This session is about 3 hours long and is held downtown in small theater. This is also where the commercial screen acting classes are held. After the free class, you can sign up to audition for her classes. The auditions are held at an audio recording studio in the Clairemont Mesa area. If accepted after the audition, you can sign up for the classes.
Both the voice over and commercial acting classes are about half lecture, half practice, depending on the topic of study, and each class is about 3 hours long. There’s an emphasis on not only knowing the craft, but also understanding the business and how to successfully be a working actor in the industry.
During the commercial acting classes, a couple of agents will come into the class towards the end of the session and you can audition for them. The agents were interested in almost everyone in my class (except me, actually. I was okay with this though, because I discovered that I have no love for commercial screen acting after the class, and that my talents definitely lie more in voice over than camera work.) I spoke to several of the students from my class and they were able to find work and get agents if they tried really hard, which I think is wonderful and really shows how effective the classes and networking were. I am still so glad I took the class because I learned so much.
The voice over industry tends to rely more on self-​promotion, which means the student has to be really driven, understand their own market niche and know how the industry works in order to find jobs on their own. I talked to some of the students from the class and many of them hadn’t gotten any work, but also hadn’t actively tried to get any work. I am still scrounging up money to make my demo and collecting audio equipment for my home studio, but have had a few unpaid voice jobs to add to my resume.
Overall, I feel that these classes were really helpful and worthwhile. I’d recommend them without hesitation to anyone who is interested in either industry, although people definitely need to understand that jobs will never just fall in your lap because you took a class, just like how getting a degree doesn’t mean you’ll land a job without even trying.