Bizarre Vocal Directions for a Voiceover Artist

Here at BigFish Media Voiceovers, most of our voice artists either self-record or record at our studios in Surrey (often directed by me) so I hope that I am not guilty of this...

If you do get to record voice-overs outside your own studio you can often get "interesting" direction.

Here are some wonderful, funny, absurd or ridiculous examples of direction for voice artists:

Every now and then as a voice over artist, you may be given seemingly abstract direction... here are just a handful of examples.

'can you make it sound a little more purple?'

'less snakey and more lizardy'

'Could you make it more orange?'

'Can you do it a little taller and with more hair?'

'Could you do a voice like a rusty old hinge'

'Can you give me a quiet shout'

'Could you spray a little chrome on it?'