Voice Actor, Celebrity Voice Impressionist
  • Home
  • Voice Demos
  • Celebrity impressions
    • JOE BIDEN
    • DONALD TRUMP
    • ELON MUSK
  • Radio Services
    • On-Air Moments
  • Videos
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
    • Agency Representation

Commercial Voiceover: My first TV VO gig

11/9/2014

0 Comments

 
Performing voice-over work can be a lot of fun. From the casual observer's point of view, the work can even seem exciting when Hollywood actors are shown voicing our favorite big-screen characters on the bonus featurettes of movie DVDs. But the reality of voice-over work is very normal. A majority of the time spent consists of reading audition after audition for prospective clients, technical jargon(sometimes challenging to pronounce)for corporate sales or training videos, and listing the benefits of why you should buy a particular product or use a particular service. Which is all fine, because I am happy to be a voice actor. It's what I was put here to do, and, it pays the bills!

Many years ago, my first television voice-over commercial was anything but normal. I was asked to record a voice-over for a Thanksgiving TV ad for Meijer. Meijer is the 24-hour equivalent to Wal-Mart in the Midwest, only BETTER. Oh, and in this TV ad, I would be playing the role of----a turkey. Yes, I would be taking on a turkey's personality in the form of a puppet. I was flattered that they chose me to be their voice. They gave me a picture of what the turkey puppet would look like first, and from that I needed to give him a voice. The puppeteer didn't mouth my words until a few days later, after the recording was finished. 

I've been fortunate to perform voice-over work for a wide range of purposes. TV, radio, viral animated web videos, narrations, supermarkets, heck, I even recorded some voice-overs to be played in a taxi cab van!  And for all of it, I am truly "thankful".
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Eric Harthen

    Archives

    October 2019
    September 2019
    May 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    January 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013

    Categories


    All
    Animated Web Video
    Audio Production
    Bill Clinton Impression
    Casey Kasem
    Celebrity Radio Interview
    Celebrity Voice Impersonator
    Celebrity Voice Overs
    Commercial Parody
    Country Radio Imaging Voice Talent
    David Letterman Impression
    David Letterman Voice
    Dukes Of Hazzard
    Home Recording Studio
    Letterman Impersonator
    Mojo In The Morning
    Phone Prank
    President Clinton Impersonator
    Radio Imaging Voice Guy
    Radio Show Calls
    Radio Station Voice Imaging
    Recording Voice Overs At Home
    Sheriff Roscoe Impression
    Sound Treated Voice Studio
    Voice Actor
    Voice Impressions
    Voice Over Career
    Voice-over Career
    Voice Over Outtakes
    Voice Over Studio

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • Voice Demos
  • Celebrity impressions
    • JOE BIDEN
    • DONALD TRUMP
    • ELON MUSK
  • Radio Services
    • On-Air Moments
  • Videos
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
    • Agency Representation