Being a Voiceover Artist is the greatest job in the world (ok,
ok we are all totally biased). And we could do this day in and day out and
night and weekends as well. But actually, steady on. As much as we love to
voice, record the voices, edit and direct our huge aquarium of voices we
actually also love to sleep, eat, chill, love, watch films, read books, listen
to podcasts and a whole lot more.
Despite
loving our voices and voiceovers with a passion we also realise that we need to
take a step back and have a break. Here at BigFish Media each of us and our
voices have different ways to relax and recharge. It is really important to
take a break. It is a great way to get out of your head – which is all the more
important if you are a character voice actor where you play different roles and
emotional states.
Some of the
activities we do to relax and change our perspectives are archery,
trampolining, going to the cinema, making music, going to the theatre, going
for long walks in the woods, dancing, reading, writing, shoe shopping and
sometimes having long naps with the dog. And these are all fantastically
wonderful hobbies to have and practice. The reason we all need a break and/or a
hobby is to have a break and a change. The change in perspective is great for
then coming back to work as you can fresh new insight and experiences that will
benefit your work.
What sort of
hobbies do you have? We love chilling out and it helps us to better producers,
directors, engineers and voiceover artists. When we watch films, we take in new
worlds and how the film was made that can help directing. When we play music,
it helps us with timing and musicality. When we dance, it helps us with breath
work. And well when we have a snooze with our pup it really helps us totally
unwind so we can wake up all bright eyed and scaly tailed.
Voiceovers
are our passion but we also ensure that it doesn’t become a stressor in our
lives. We work hard to ensure voices don’t get stressed either. We ask for
scripts and copy to be sent in at least 24 hours before hand and we try and
ensure the voice knows what the clients want so they can deliver their needs.
Come and listen to our Voiceovers, all sustainably
sourced and chilled.
