I find it interesting the power a voice-over artist can have over a documentary. Here in North America we have a series called Planet Earth which is absolutely stunning. However they chose to have Oprah Winfrey narrate! It took me some time to get over Oprah as a narrator of a serious scientific documentary series.
Now to be vulnerable here is a clear example of two narrators that I chose to narrate my documentary on Australian Parrots.
The first one I fired because I didnt think he did a very good job at all here he is:
and now the second one! A wonderful narrator from ACT named Michael Corkill
Okay to be vulnerable now. The first one is me. I was in Aus for quite sometime but I still sound like a Canadian who’s voice doesnt project well and certainly is not made to sound Australian! It was fun to try narration but in the end I am so glad I fired myself and hired a professional. A good voice-over artist certainly can make or break a series.Of course Attenborough comes to mind as a fantastic narrator for sure!
Love to hear more about favorite narrators. Australia has some good ones.
Cheers!
Don Kimball http://polytelismedia.wordpress.com/ ===============================
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Ooops.
I should have read the rest of the post and kept my big mouth shut.
Andrew
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At least Michael Corkill could pronounce Australia.
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