Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the reigns as voiceover artist for a new video released yesterday by the company; talking about the company’s continuing efforts to reduce their impact on the environment, and their plans to be even better in the future. Quite often, having a company CEO voice their own ads & marketing material can be…
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A Casual Chat with Peter Dickson and Alan Dedicoat
On the Radio Today website, they’ve published a short interview/chat with Alan ‘voice of the balls’ Dedicoat and Peter ‘it’s time to face the muuuuusic’ Dickson. It’s a nice brief look back on their careers, where they started, and what they get up to day to day. They also talk about how and where they…
Recent Case Study – How To Become Dementia Friendly
I was recently commissioned to do a voiceover for Warwickshire County Council as part of their Dementia Friendly Communities initiative. It was a great project to be a part of, especially given the fact my family have a connection to dementia, with my late grandfather having developed it in his later years. Dementia and Alzheimer’s…
Project Cast Study – GSMA Europe
Sometime last year I was commissioned to voice a project for the GSMA. The GSM Association (GSMA) is an association of mobile operators and related companies devoted to supporting the standardising, deployment and promotion of the GSM mobile telephone system – Wikipedia It was to highlight some of the new technologies available and in the pipeline to show how…
Why Maude In Accounts Should Stick To Her Own Job
At times, I just don’t understand some people. On the odd occasion, a client or prospect will come to me enquiring about having a voiceover recorded for a video they’re producing. [And by the way, more often than not, these videos aren’t exactly bargain bucket basement prices; we’re talking thousands of pounds worth of production.]…
Recent Client: Morrisons Supermarket
This is the end product of a job I recently voiced for Morrisons. It shows off plans to redevelop a plot of land just outside of London; building a new supermarket with adjoining Premier Inn hotel next door. This video is to demonstrate the positive impact this regeneration will have on the local area, being…
AmazeWall – A Recent Client
This is a video of a recent client’s promo I voiced, showing off their product, the ‘AmazeWall’. It’s a great bit of technology that’s used at events and business shows all across the country, using the event’s hashtag etc; which displays a live stream of all the social interaction to do with the event, broadcasting…
Mike Hurley – The Voiceover Legend
Mike Hurley is someone you could have passed in the street and have no clue who he was. But hear his voice, and you’d more than likely know it instantly. He was a living legend in the voiceover world; appeared on radio, television, countless adverts let alone all the corporate gigs he would have voiced…
Pronunciation Is Everything
It’s amazing how your mind tells you you’re hearing something completely different, even though you’re not – which goes to show that clear pronunciation and annunciation is absolutely key to getting your message across if you take a look at the below video! It’s a great little commercial for KMart in the US, and by…
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,…