[Rich ODonoghue]

Your showreel is a part of the display in your shop window, and one of the most important marketing tools in your box. It’s a creative expression of your talents and not something that can be thrown together either. It’s also not something that should be looked at just once and then forgotten. It’s an organic representation of your ever-changing voice over talents, clients you have worked with, and should be updated on a regular basis. As you grow with confidence in your voicing abilities and learn how to project your voice, use your body to express words, as well as experimenting with mic techniques, so will the sound and feel of your voice recordings. It’s a good idea to monitor this as time goes on and compare recordings from say 6-12 months earlier.
I would suggest not producing your own showreels, especially to begin with. Your perception of your voice will be completely different to someone who has a trained ear and can hear what market your voices suits. This is the same with voice direction, what you think might sound great when you have directed yourself, might not! A professional voice director will be able to draw a lot more out of you when recording, and this will be presented on your showreel. I always ask the artist to firstly voice without direction, I then compare their ultimate read with the first to highlight the difference.

What are your thoughts?

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