This week I’ve recorded some e-learning type material for a major well known UK examination awarding body. It’s material for adult learners, I imagine for distance learning. Quite a nice straightforward job in about 20 sections. This was my first piece of work with them, so it was rather nice to receive an email from…
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This TV Advert Was Shot On An iPhone 5
A recent advert for Allied Irish Bank, AIB, was shot entirely on an iPhone 5 in Dublin. The content of the advert talks about mobile technologies, so it’s rather fitting that technology has moved at such a pace that it makes it possible for this to be done on a mobile phone at all. Granted,…
Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 Voice Party
Last week, Jeremy Vine had a theme of ‘voice week’, everything to do with the human voice and how we use it it various ways, and indeed how it works. The week culminated in a voice party, where he invited several of the UK’s best known voices in order to guess what their trademarks were….
Apps That Really Help A Voice Over Artist
I recently blogged about a simple app I downloaded for word counting a script from your mobile; and this one takes that post a little further still. Because I now have a few apps that relate to the voice over world in some way, or help me out when I get enquiries in, I’ve now…
I Know That Voice – The People Behind The Characters
This is a documentary that I can’t wait to see; it’s a look at the people behind the characters, of shows and movies you’ve possibly grown up with. I don’t know a huge amount about the documentary’s in depth content, as I’m yet to see it over here in the UK. But I think it…
An Interview With Mel Blanc
If you’re like me, then you grew up listening to this incredible man’s voices. Dubbed ‘the man with a thousands voices’, he’s voiced that many cartoon voices and beyond over the years that it’s impossible to list them all here! But trust me, if you’ve gone through life without hearing at least one of them, then…
A Brilliant App For The On The Move Voiceover
Sometimes you’re just not at your desk. An email comes in on your smartphone. You need to deal with it quickly as it doesn’t make sense to sit on enquiries and make people wait. The script’s attached. What do you do?
How It’s Made – The Microphone
I found this video circling the web a while ago that shows the construction of a professional microphone; that is actually of the same family my own microphone is from. As a voice over artist, I naturally found it interesting seeing what’s behind the mesh; and I’m sure non-audio geeks will find it interesting too!…
Thinking Outside The Box – Unusual Percussion In Looper
I stumbled across this today on YouTube; a video in which composer Nathan Johnson talks about scoring for the movie Looper, and how rather than start the process with a melody and work around it, he actually started with percussion. And not just any type of percussion – he really thinks outside the box (or,…
Recent Client – Cornish Traditional Cottages
A couple of weeks ago I had an enquiry in from a video production company down in Cornwall, who wanted a voiceover for a video promoting Cornish Traditional Cottages for an online marketing campaign. Yesterday I received the finished article, and I have to say, I think it’s really swish indeed! Not purely for the…