How to do voiceovers on Tik Tok videos?
This old dog is having to learn new tricks. Remember when your parents asked you how to send an SMS? Or when they needed you to teach them how fill out a form online, or access their Google drive? Yup, that’s me now. I literally just tried recording a video in Tik Tok. I embarked […]
The Loaded Question
From my experience working in a production house in the 90s, the pricing of voiceover artists in Singapore used to be very straightforward. A flat rate for a 30-second script, or a 5-minute corporate video was very much the norm. And rightfully so – with Singapore’s broadcast mediums being only free-to-air (FTA) TV and radio […]
The End of An Era
Over the past few weeks, like many others, I’ve been watching documentaries about Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Indeed, she was deeply devoted, dutiful, gracious and not to mention, very beautiful. Have a look at her side profile that famously adorns Great Britain’s postage stamps – how stunning. I offer my sincere and heartfelt […]
Every Breath You Can Barely Take
Keeping Up With the Guide Voice “We have the edit ready with a guide voice.” One of the most jitter-inducing lines a voiceover artist can hear. When I was still editing videos about 20 years ago, I had an ongoing project dumped on me. For starters, it was the most disorganised timeline I had ever […]
Stand in the Corner
Makeshift VO Recording ‘Booths’ I probably sound old when I say that we never, ever used to do it this way. But then again, those were the days when most production houses had in-house recording studios so I’ll snap out of nostalgia and get with the times. The reality is that, there’s more to the […]
“Because I’ve been told I have a good voice.”
“Because I’ve been told I have a good voice.” I cannot count with my ten fingers how many times I’ve heard this when I ask why someone’s interested in doing voiceovers. And honestly, no other statement has made me roll my eyes so far back that I can see my brain. So, let’s be clear […]
All I wanna do is zoom zoom zoom
It seems really simple – the client says they’re cool with a remote recording. “Just send us a couple of takes. Here’s the brief.” And it’s pretty loose. Okay, seems pretty straightforward. Perhaps they’re really not fussy and are happy with a standard read based on the voiceover artist’s interpretation. A couple of hours later, […]
7 Myths about voiceovers and voiceover artists
1. All we do is read. So why do we get paid as much as we do? This couldn’t be further from the truth. The fact is, we don’t merely read a script. We take time to read the script several times in advance of a session. We internalize the content, understand the profile of […]