Before you go about finding work as a voiceover artist, you will need to have demo reels to showcase your talent. Being a female voice actor who works across audiobooks, commercials, explainer videos, corporate videos etc, I have a reel for each of these specialities. Unfortunately, there isn’t just one demo reel that fits all. The skills and vocal qualities required for a commercial are quite different to that of documentary narration.
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Once upon a time, diverse voiceover talent was not a thing. Since the beginning of radio technology and all other recorded media that followed, the UK has been vastly accustomed to hearing British white male RP voices.
Some clients I work with regularly have revealed that before working with me, they had not had such positive experiences with previous VO artists. When I enquired further, there seemed to have been recurring themes in their hiring process that have resulted in them being unhappy with the service provided.
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A common voiceover request I get time again is for corporate voiceover. Most commonly, they tend to be internal projects used in training courses or safety demonstrations for employees within a company. However, there are lots of other types of projects that also come under this heading…
Choosing the right voiceover artist for your project is crucial for delivering the right message to your target audience. Choosing the wrong one could cause audiences to disengage, not take your brand or product seriously, and therefore make your voiceover completely ineffective.
AI is getting smarter by the second and companies are working out new ways in which they can teach AI to be more human. But the truth is, they will never sound like a real human.
I was recently asked to provide my voice for a translation job on a podcast about the Côte d’Azur in France. The podcast is released in French and in English. Several perfume shop owners had been interviewed about perfumery on the Côte d’Azur.