Are
you looking for voiceover representation? Are you looking for a voiceover
agent? As well as being a recording studio in Woking, Surrey BigFish Media may
be in a position to offer you voiceover representation.
However
we are a small agency and do not take on inexperienced voice artists. What's
the point? We couldn't guarantee you any work and it is our reputation that
suffers if you can't cut it in the booth.
If
you are seeking a voiceover agent. Do not send us:
videos
of you on youtube;
your
radio presenter/disc jockey showreel;
you
commentating on a football match or similar
or,
and this one we had quite recently, a recording of you talking on the
telephone. No agent will take you seriously again. Ever.
Just
because you can present a radio programme doesn't mean that you will be any
good as a voice-over artist. They are different, if related, skills.
However it
will give us some idea of your level of experience and what your voice sounds
like. You will, though need to get a proper voiceover showreel made. This is
something we can do for you. Please ask for details.
Once you have your
voiceover showreel made, then and only then should you think about approaching
a voice-over agent
We
have mentioned in previous blogs about how having a theatre, acting, radio or
TV presentation or broadcast journalism background helps enormously – but you
do need more. Can you take direction without getting uppity? Can you use your
voice in different ways – albeit slightly. Can you read out loud and bring a
script to life? Are you any good at sight reading? Sometimes you just don't get
the time or opportunity to read a voiceover script beforehand.
If
you are used to writing and reading your own scripts, how will you cope reading
someone else's, badly-written, over-written or technical scripts. Can you read
a voiceover script to time? This is often necessary to fit the words to the
pictures of a video if it has already been cut. And - finally if you suffer
from claustrophobia, forget it. Voiceover booths are often very, very small
places indeed.
There's
more to being a voiceover artist than you might think.
