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….
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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…
Jack Dorsey on Founding Twitter & Square
I found this video yesterday of Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter. He talks about how it all came to be – and of his new venture, Square; the small gizmo you plug into your phone to process card payments. The idea of being able to take payments in this way, (& similar…
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…
Why Videos Go Viral?
In this very entertaining TED video from Kevin Allocca, ‘Trends Manager’ at YouTube, he sheds some light on what makes videos go viral, and the impact they can have. Some excellent and very interesting points!
Andrew Stanton – The Clues To A Great Story
For the uninitiated, Andrew Stanton is a filmmaker with Disney Pixar, and is responsible for the likes of Wall-E, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 1,2,3, Monsters Inc et al; and I stumbled upon this TED video the other day as it really hits home about what good storytelling is about. He talks about how he helped…
Client – Voiceover For Album Promo – Fabio D’Andrea
I recently had a phone call from Fabio D’Andrea, a fantastic classical musician and composer who wanted a voiceover for a promo of his new album that’s just been released – Reflection. It was Classic FM’s album of the week no less, and I also have a copy and it truly is fantastic! Great to…
Classical Music With Shining Eyes
This fantastic TED talk is one I stumbled across over the weekend. It’s powerful, emotive, thought-provoking, and really quite exquisite in it’s simplicity. Conductor Benjamin Zander will take you on quite the journey… Certainly makes you think.