Voiceover News November 2012

November was a busy and wonderfully varied month at BigFish Media towers:

We provided the translation of a French script into English for a video for the French retailer Castorama, we gave Voice Training to aspiring voice artist Doron from London and did the audio production for on-hold prompts for Tasman Industries which were voiced by Sandy.

Corrie recorded a new set of trails and imaging liners for UCB Radio and a voiceover for the O.R.Society. Sally recorded a voiceover for a video of the patients' guide to Colomycin, Charlotte voiced two videos for Tribal Fusion in her American accent and Michelle and Sara were both featured on a commercial for the Intercontinental Aqaba Hotel which aired on Mood FM Jordan.

The very talented Katrin dubbed the voices of several characters - in English, German and French -for Trion World's new "End of Nations" video game, American voiceover talents Kari voiced for Ernst and Young and Paul for Easi-Dec. 

Our huge volume of work for Bowers and Wilkins continued with Vladimir recording in Russian, Michel in French, Ruben in Spanish. The German was voiced by Christoph and Steffan did the English version of their airplay app

Simon recorded a voiceover for an animation for E-landers, David V voiced for Sony and Ricky was the Voice of God at this year's Butcher Shop of the Year Awards in London, working alongside BBC Radio 4's Garry Richardson as well as voicing a video for Balfour Beatty

New BigFish Media photographs

Here at BigFish Media we have been so busy recording voiceovers that it has taken us years to get the voiceover booth and office looking great.

So our Engineer John recently took some photos:

And we hope that will improve our voiceover recording service to you in future.

Voiceover News October 2012

Last month I managed a short break away in West Wales and left the voiceover business in the hands of John, James and Andrew. It’s still here so they must have done well!

While I was in Wales I met James K who also took my new photograph. I  think he has a great sideline there!  James K also recorded a voiceover for the University of Bolton, James voiced a web video for RISO printers and I recorded a massive E-Learning project for BT and an EDF induction training video.

Stephanie recorded her first voiceover for us which was a large job of several web videos for JayBe beds, Corrie voiced an animation for Clik and Penny recorded on-hold voiceovers for HFE for which we also did the audio production

For our international voices Ruben recorded a Spanish voiceover for Bowers and Wilkins' mini-theatre, Christoph recorded the German and Valentino took care of the Italian version. Matt C and Colin C

voiced animations for Otrivin, South African Voiceover Artist Ruan recorded a voiceover for a staff training video for Vodafone and Ma voiced in Chinese Mandarin for a video for Centrica Energy.

Voiceover News September 2012

Here at BigFish Media towers, September was a varied month and we had some high profile voiceover sessions.

Paul S voiced a 4-part TV documentary series about Britannia Royal Naval College, provisionally entitled "Officers and Gentlemen" which is due to be shown on the History Channel.  Sarah J voiced five reports on ITV1's "This Morning" about the "Seven Deadly Sins of Soap" which are currently being aired; she also voiced on-hold prompts for Harrow School. And the BBC's "The One Show" hired our studio to record their presenter Maggie Aderne Pocock Voicing to Picture on four films on the theme of demolition.

Voiceover Artist Jo Lamb hired our studio  to record for Storewars and we carried out the translation of an English script to Chinese for a video for Centrica Energy.

Adam recorded a voiceover for Walden University. Young UK voice artist Sally, New Zealand voice artist Toby and Indian voiceover artist Rita recorded a staff training animation for Vodafone; Mike also voiced for Vodafone Global Enterprise on a separate project.

Michelle recorded more on hold prompts for John Lewis Insurance and a web video for the Net Director Software Suite. Lisa G recorded the female voiceover for Road Angel; Steffan did the male part. He also recorded another voiceover for an SAB Miller animation.

Chris H voiced for Cisco, Ricky voiced for Chiltern International Fire, Andrew recorded a voiceover for Dechert Comprehend and James K recorded the voiceovers for several more football DVD promos.

Will voiceover agencies let me audition for them?

We have had several enquiries in the last week or so - either on email or via our Facebook page - about whether people can just come and do a voiceover audition for us.

I am afraid that in the voiceover world you will need a professionally-produced showreel to get taken seriously by anyone in this industry – whether that is future potential voiceover clients or any reputable voiceover agent or voiceover directory.

We know of a company that asks would-be voice talent to audition via a premium-rate phone line. You simply cannot judge someone's talent on the phone.

We simply don’t have the time or resources to audition everyone who makes contact. Most people will need some experience  - ether of acting, public speaking or broadcasting - behind them to be able to perform to the standard required in a session. 

All that said, we do take on a few people who have more unusual or rare voices, accents or languages who are less experienced. But even then they will have invested the time and money either in voice training or to make a showreel.

Voiceover News August 2012

Here is what our team of Voiceover Artists have been working on during August 2012:

Adam recorded an American voiceover for an Exponential training DVD, Alain voiced in a Chinese accent for eBay; Leonor did the same but in French and Vladimir recorded another Russian voiceover for Bowers and Wilkins.

Ricky recorded an induction video for Centrica's South Humber Bank Power Station, another video for Centrica's ITH hydraulic tensioning equipment. Steffan recorded a voiceover for the Fusion Core Solar application for CCTV systems, James K voiced for the website of Pulsar Watches and Alec was booked again to voice for Erwinaze.

Both Sally and Scottish voice artist Angus voiced an advert for Daikin Air Conditioning for transmission on Mood FM Jordan. Sally also recorded a voiceover for Forest Nebusal.

Gwen voiced for Narbeth Council Museum, BBC Radio 2 Newsreader Fran recorded her first voiceover with us - for Blackmore Estates, Audrey voiced on-hold prompts for Gwalia Housing Association, Michelle's voice was used for Beadles' service plan and Sue recorded voiceovers for a psychic advisor line.

I am delighted to say that BigFish Media is going from strength to strength. Despite the economic situation August was our busiest month - ever.

August also saw the arrival of two new team members John and James A are our new Audio Editors/Studio Engineers who have just worked on a huge E-Learning project for BT/Cisco. They will work alongside Andrew (Sales & Marketing/Studio Engineer), Nathan (Audio Producer/Studio Engineer) and James K (Audio Producer).

In other news, we carried out the audio production for an advert for HiQ - voiced by Simon - airing on Awaz Radio in High Wycombe, gave Voice Training to Kathy from Brighton, made a voicereel for former Broadcaster Patrick M from Sussex and Ricky carried out another day of training at UCA in Farhnam, Surrey.

Voiceover News July 2012

Here is what our team of voiceover artists, voice coaches and audio producers got up to in July:

This month we gave voice training to Alexandra from London, we made a voicereel for Singer Debra Andrew-Oliver from Surrey and we wrote and did the audio production for both the website audio and on-hold voice prompts for Chris Ball and Son Roofing; Immy provided the voiceovers.

Michelle recorded more on-hold voiceover prompts for the John Lewis Partnership and a web infomercial for Ford B-Max, Gwen voiced more adverts for National Trust Wales airing on radio stations across Wales, Natalie recorded a web video for RPM Sports Powerspin, Jules recorded a voiceover for G-Forces' Service Booking software and another for SCA. And both Sally and Corrie voiced adverts for transmission on Mood FM in Jordan.

Ricky voiced a TV commercial for the ZaZa Bazaar restaurant in Bristol airing on ITV1 West and 25 new videos on the Direct Line Holidays website. Darren voiced for the Brooklands Museum Trust, Matt H recorded several more voiceovers for Billy Oh Sheds and James K voiced several web videos for JTX fitness machines.

Christoph recorded a German voiceover for Bowers and Wilkins, Ruben S was the Spanish voice and Michel recorded the French version. Max recorded another Italian voiceover for Actemra and once again Ruben S voiced for them in Spanish.