Friday’s Voiceover Tip
Drink up.
As a voiceover you need to look after your voice. Have a glass of water with you when you’re in the booth to keep your voice clear. Don’t order a coffee at the studio, it mucks up your voice.
Drink up.
As a voiceover you need to look after your voice. Have a glass of water with you when you’re in the booth to keep your voice clear. Don’t order a coffee at the studio, it mucks up your voice.
Seems like there’s an animal theme this week.
Cute and cuddly sponsorship ads for HSBC by JWT, London.
Not sure we quite understand this one for Ladbrokes : Hide & Seek by M&C Saatchi, London…

Here’s P and J from Piehole at the Net Visionary awards!
Apparently it was a blast. Thank you to everyone who voted for us. We didn’t actually win, by the way. Just stole a real winner’s trophy for the pic. Thanks anyway.
Arrive 10 minutes early.
You want to make a good impression as a voiceover. Especially since there’s a room full of clients / sound engineers / producers / copywriters / account directors waiting just for you. No pressure!
Haunting ad for a Channel 4 documentary about children in the care system by 4creative, London.
Get your grubby little voiceover hands on a dictaphone.
Sometimes it’s amazing how great something sounds in your own head, but only once you hear it out loud can you really figure out which bits need improving. You might even have one already - check your mobile phone -some have built-in voice recorders.
Another happy-clappy-feel-good ad for Coca-Cola (called gremlins- although they’re much cuter than the original fuzzballs) thought up by the crowd at Mother London.
Again from the creative geniuses at Mother, again for a soft drink (Oasis), but this time featuring the scary Rubberduckzilla.
This advertisement for Virgin Trains is called Booty Train and was created by MCBD:
Saatchi & Saatchi, London orchestrated this ad for T-mobile:
Listen to the radio.
Spend at least half an hour a day listening to existing radio ads, and giving them a bash yourself (out loud, and preferably to a willing ear). This is imperative and the absolute least you can do to get a bit of practice as a voiceover.
It seems the bad grizzly weather is not staying outside where it belongs, but somehow managed to creep onto our screens too.
Leagas Delaney created this ad for Timberland called Delirium:
This one for ITV (The Brighter Side) by BBH London:
Pick someone’s brain.
If you are inexperienced, go for coffee with a more experienced voiceover and pick their brain. Ask them everything about what to expect when you do a gig - from the minute you walk in to the minute you leave. Sometimes just knowing what to expect will calm the nerves when you’re doing your first gig.