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What is a natural sounding voiceover?
Sounding natural, being conversational and authentic is a pretty common request in a lot of the voiceover work I do. Having worked as a radio presenter for nearly two decades and often having 'reads' to deliver it certainly became second nature whilst on air. I...
What does a voiceover home studio involve?
When I had space to build a booth I wanted something fun and my carpenter pal Joe, set about creating a 3 sided box, with a weighted curtain fashioned to look like an old-fashioned red phone box. Such an iconic piece of our landscape that I'm still in love with it...
Can I have another person host my podcast?
Yes of course you can. But do find someone who knows what they are doing! Having spent nearly two decades as radio presenter, and being so wrapped up in the world of live radio, I never thought I'd find something else I could do that was like it. I was right, there is...
How a voiceover can add empathy to your script.
What can you add to the mix as a voiceover during a pandemic? During lockdown it has been fascinating to see how the pandemic has been reflected in the work I've been voicing. The eLearning focus quickly changed to being much more concerned about people's home...
Landing your first global voiceover – My Netflix debut
Landing your first global voiceover As a voiceover there are always certain moments that are always certain milestones you hope to reach. for me they include: When my voiceover booth was finished and all my shiny kit arrived; when I recorded my first job in my...
What will life look like when it’s all back to normal?
With another three weeks in lockdown, are you feeling OK about it? I am to be honest of course I miss my pals and my family but I want us to come out of this safely. I've been having more conversations with potential new clients, who are thinking they might have to...
Coronavirus brings with it a totally unknown work scenario.
As cliche as it sounds, I woke up yesterday thinking it was all a bad dream. There is so much uncertainty it's hard to concentrate and all around us things are being cancelled or postponed. The little kids are in heaven, the bigger ones not sure whether to stress out...
A day in the life of a voiceover
"Early is on time, on time is late and late is unacceptable" is a phrase I learnt from a fellow voiceover who told me this was the mantra she learnt at Drama school. It is now my mantra I tell my four-year-old son which he finds very amusing. Last week I went to...
How to work with a voiceover if you are in a different country
It's always a thrill when you are contacted out of the blue for a voiceover job. This is an example. Making Contact I was contacted via email by the client who had heard my 'award winning' audible advert for the Handmaid's Tale just indulge me. He had heard my work...
Best Female Voiceover Performance 2019 – Vox Awards
And the winner of the Best Female Voiceover Performance is....Natalie Silverman Yeeeesssss! I won my first awards, after over a decade of being a voiceover. This year I decided to put myself 'out there' more with my work and entered a piece of elearning work into the...
Curltastic voiceover
Alright, we've got some new curltastic pictures going on as I've been giving my website a refresh. The whole pictures to capture your voice as a voiceover is always something I find a little daunting and I'd previously been a bit too cliche with a mic so this time...
Hotter….
I had fun voicing the latest TV and radio commercials for Hotter It was all done remotely from my booth in Manchester, working directly with the client Standby Productions and the lovely folk at Hotter all via ipDTL which worked a treat.
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