2006-07-20 11:38:51 · 10 answers · asked by Thetachi 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Don't limit yourself to just one channel. No VO ever does.
If you are a man, the timbre of your voice should be baritone.
If you are a woman, the timbre should be mezzo. Submit a recording of your voice (either CD or cassette) reading three to five different kinds of text (industrials, commercials, documentaries, etc). About 30 seconds is all you need for each example. If you have someone to help you with the production, sfx and mx would enhance your demo.
Send it to as many stations as you can. Another strategy is to send to talent agencies - more bang for the buck.
Good luck~
2006-07-20 11:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A british accent and/or a deep voice is very important to being a History channel narrator. One must know the art of speaking in monotone then randomly and dramatically raising ones tone of voice when there is a battle scene.
2006-07-20 11:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by The Marionette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The latest woman narration on History channel - Yukon gold is quite irritating.
2013-11-13 15:12:54 · answer #3 · answered by greβ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a "voice actor " is NOT a easy thing to do. Most Americans have a distinctive regional accent, that limits their ability to get "clear voice, no accent " work. Spend some time listening to who gets the majority of the national voice work, in the USA, and you will find the same 20 to 30 people are showing up, each time. Actors, who have a clear and recognizable voice, are in great demand. A second group are what I like to call the "comedy voice guys " who do cartoons and animated movie character jobs. Where to start ? At home with a digital voice recorder, to PRACTICE a lot. Hundreds of hours of READING lines, and learning to "fill the donut ". What is that ? Being able to put exactly 30 seconds of words into a 30 second slot, time after time, for radio commercials. Learning to PRONOUNCE words clearly and with out any drawl, or mouth nosies, such as clicks , gulps or swallows, and learning to space your breathing, so you are not taking in a huge rush of air at the end of a sentence. . Just because your husband "likes " a certain type of program does NOT mean that he can do it, in the studio. Pacing, timing and above all being able to do it OVER and OVER again, at the same speed and with the same sound, are the things that a good "voice actor " has to develop . Look on the internet. for a "voice training school" and find out what they charge for a evaluation of a tape. No more than 5 to 8 minutes and make it a variety of subjects, news, sports, editorial comment and story reading. Be sure to include a contact name and phone number and email address in the package that you send them. . I'm located in Toronto, in Canada, but a lot of my work is done for American customers, who are radio stations, and for video training films for industrial companies who have a new machine, or product that needs to be introduced. I work from home, with my own small studio , and I send my work out over a high quality internet connection, direct to the customers, live. By being live I can get feed back and do corrections immediately, such as when I mis-pronounced a local street name in Boulder, Colorado. I have recently completed a 15 part nursing instructional video, for the Bloomberg School of Nursing , at the Univerity of Toronto. I did all of the over voice narration , and also coached the other 7 voice actors who made up the cast of characters. Four full weeks of studio work, at $ 200 an hour for me. Having a clear, no accent voice is the basis of my success, and I can also do many "ethnic character voices" when asked by the producers. Speaking out loud is the ONLY way to practice this elusive art. Jim B. Toronto.
2016-03-27 01:21:02 · answer #4 · answered by Shirley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you say "narrator" are you refferring to the voice over people, or the commentators? the commentators are either prominent proffessors at universities or published historians in the subject of the program.
2006-07-20 13:24:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think greatest narrators were James Earl Jones and Orson Welles.
2006-07-20 11:43:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having a British accent seems to always be the prerequisite.
2006-07-20 11:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
having a voice that puts people to sleep works
2006-07-20 11:42:13 · answer #8 · answered by Fast Runner 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And the same question comes up again
2016-08-23 02:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really not sure about this one
2016-07-27 04:44:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋