The Truth of the Matter Why all voiceover work must have truth at its heart By Chas Rowe | British male voiceover It was my first Vox (annual British voiceover) conference in 2010 and I was talking with the actor and voiceover artist, Pavel Douglas. You’ve probably seen and heard Pavel. He’s been on the …
The Pitfalls of Perpetuity Contracts in Voice-Over And how time could provide a solution By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist In 2003, long before technology existed to closely reproduce human speech, voice-over artist Greg Marston, recorded a series of scripts through a production intermediary. Two years later, in 2005, Greg was asked to …
The Best Guide Yet to Voiceover Usage Fees With analogies from other industries to help understand them By Chas Rowe | British male voiceover artist In the UK professional voice-over world, usage fees are a longstanding, common and necessary industry standard. Unfortunately, there isn’t much written about them, and not all of the information is …
Five Ways to Write Voice-Over Copy Like a Jedi And you don’t even have to use ‘the Force’ By Chas Rowe | British male voiceover artist ‘‘You can type this sh*t, but you sure can’t say it! Move your mouth when you’re typing!” These were actor Harrison Ford’s immortal words to writer/director George Lucas on …
Five Keys to a Successful Voiceover Project How to unlock good practice in voiceover hiring By Chas Rowe Working with a professional UK voiceover artist can make you feel a bit lost, if you’ve not done it before. How do you find one? How much does it cost? How can you tell how good …
Why Voiceover Artists Need Good Briefs 5 reasons to give a good brief in a voiceover project By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist I like briefs. I like detailed briefs. I like detailed, branded, functional briefs. Too much information? Not for me. You see, we’re not talking about cotton underwear. We’re talking about business briefs. Proper, …
Too Much Information Is Good: A guide to client briefs in voiceover booking By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist Before I became a full-time professional voiceover artist, I used to eat information for breakfast. I used to eat information at drive time. I used to eat information overnight. And I used to …
