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Voiceover narration for milkmen (and women)
Milk delivery H+S VO In the course of the last couple of years I seem to have ended up providing quite a few voiceover narrations or Health and Safety videos and training programmes. I now know quite a bit more than I really need to about safely working at read more
The VO where “silence” was golden
Taking direction I’ve just been in an ISDN VO session doing a voiceover for a radio ad. I’ve always wondered what being one of the umpires at Wimbledon is like and this VO session gave me a chance to find out. Sort of… I was playing the part of read more
Fax and dial voiceover
Old school ISDN session I was doing a voiceover for a radio ad in an ISDN session today when something unusual happened. I was asked to do something that used to be a regular thing but which I suddenly realised hadn’t happened in a long time. During the VO read more
Voiceover studio news
VO studio news I’ve recently finished recording a voiceover narration for a training project for staff who work at E.On. The whole idea of the project was to use a mix of animation and filmed live action together with my voiceover narration, to help staff learn the most effective read more
Voiceover pronunciation issue for HBO Netherlands
Tricky cheese brand pronunciation I’ve just finished recording a voiceover for another on-line promo for TV channel HBO Netherlands. This time my voice-over is promoting the arrival of series three of Treme. It’s the TV drama that’s based on real life experiences of people in New Orleans struggling for read more
More voiceover variety
Varied voice work The post headline makes it sound like I’m using a pun to suggest that I’ve been doing voiceovers for ads for Heart radio stations. In fact I haven’t voiced any radio ads recently it’s all been corporate and narration voiceovers. Given the recent news stories about read more
Voiceover/announcer pronunciation issues
Pronunciation issues I recently recorded a voiceover project that consisted of emergency announcements to be used through the tannoy system on a large industrial complex on Teeside. The script included annoucements for various scenarios including chemical spillage and fire. The client wasn’t sure how the announcements would sound through read more
Back to the voiceovers!
VO work after a summer break After a few days off for a summer break I’m back into the dvoicebox voiceover studio to record a range of VO projects. I’ve been recording some final voice over amendments for the training DVD for new staff at Specsavers with which I read more
Do Voiceover artists need a Neumann U87? (part 2)
Do you need a U87 for VO work? What’s the best microphone for a voiceover artist? Can you only be taken seriously if you’ve got a Neumann? Do VO’s need a U87? If you’ve wondered about a career as a voice artist and done any research into the area read more
Voiceover for dentists
Voiceover for dentist training programme I’ve recently finished recording a voice over for a project that provides information on the various laws and legislation that apply to dental clinicians. While I was recording the voiceover I found out that in addition to all the employment law and health and read more