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Voice over is just talking, isn’t it?!
“The script is around six or seven minutes long, so it’ll only take you ten minutes to record the voice over…” “Erm…it won’t actually…” “How come? Joan in accounts has it all figured out!” Ok, allow me to give you a quick overview of what goes into your project, before…
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Meet Ben Ellis, writer of Life’s a Gas and more.
Wordsmith, creator of graphics & slave to the outrageously handsome dog, Bertie, I thought it was about time I introduced you to the lovely Ben Ellis, writer of Life’s a Gas & a raft other projects. He is a man of many talents! And he never fails to make me…
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The birth of a podcast: Life’s a Gas.
“A podcast? But there are so many of them!” That’s what I said to the lovely Helen Roscoe when she urged me to create one. “You could just read stories!” she said. In fairness, a troop of people have been begging me to read bedtime stories & meditations for some…
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Voiceover work & human connection in practice – a case study.
There are two things that you will hear me talk about often, the first is how my voiceover work is all about human connection and the second is that it’s never ‘just talking’. So, I thought I’d give you a behind the scenes peek into one specific project & client…
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The perfect radio commercial voice, cracking creative & spectacular sound. Gerry Farrell, Pam Myers, Paul Burke, Olivia Downing, Rick Loynes & other fabulous creatives share the secrets to a stand-out radio campaign. Part 3.
“The wrong voice delivering your script can kill it in a second.” Olivia Downing.
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“The perfect radio commercial voice, cracking creative & spectacular sound. Gerry Farrell, Pam Myers, Paul Burke, Olivia Downing, Rick Loynes & other fabulous creatives share the secrets to a stand-out radio campaign. Part 2.
“I often encourage clients to imagine their radio ad’ as a sausage that we pass between people’s ears…” says Tim Fortune. Why? Read on!
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The perfect radio commercial voice, cracking creative & spectacular sound – sorted! Part 1.
Why advertise on the radio?
“You can create extraordinary cinematic experiences on a shoestring. You can drop a cherry from a spacecraft into a lake of boiling chocolate.” Gerry Farrell.
So, who the heck is this voice over bird?
I’ve been writing these little blogs for a few years now & my Welcome blog is buried under a pile of words! So, if we haven’t worked together before – or if we have – & you wonder how on earth I became a murmurating Starling, you’ll find it right…
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A sense of direction.
So, the script is written. The style is obvious, no direction needed. Right? In theory, yes, you’re correct. Often it is obvious to an experienced voice over artist. But – & it’s a fairly big but – there may be things going on in your head & the way you’re…
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In praise of the humble explainer video
When companies want to communicate information simply & succinctly, they often opt for an explainer video. I voice a lot of explainer animations for all sorts of clients & they come in many different shapes & sizes! But where did they come from? It seems that it may have started…
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