Voicereels

"Working with Guy at Round Island was great fun. We had a good mix of focused work and a sense of creativity. I felt very comfortable and I came out with a very good voicereel." Adi Lerer

SAMPLES & PREPARATION

The following audio tables offer you commercial and drama samples as well as full compilations. Simply click on the player to listen to each track. If you can't see the audio players you will need Flash Player - you can download it here. It's quick and totally free of charge.

COMPILATIONS

Compilation - Luke Allan Gale

Compilation - Rebecca Travers

Compilation - Lynsey Beauchamp

DRAMA

Drama - Shaleen Hudda

Drama - Alistair Scott

Drama - Morag Sims

Poem - Alistair Scott

Poem - Morag Sims

Poem - Nicholas Osmond

COMMERCIAL

Soft Sell - Alice Barclay

Soft Sell - Michael Bell

Soft Sell - Anstey Thomas

Soft Sell - Rebecca Travers

Hard Sell - Adam Berry

Hard Sell - Alex childs

Hard Sell - Rebecca Travers

Hard Sell - Alexanda B Harris

Medium Sell - Alice Barclay

Medium Sell - Dan Fearn

Medium Sell - Chris Harper

Medium Sell - Morag Sims

Documentary - Dan Fearn

Documentary - Lynsey Beauchamp

Documentary - Alice Barclay

Narrative - Alex Childs

Narrative - Rebecca Travers

Narrative - Dan Fearn

Foreign Language - David Mildon

Foreign Language - Lisa Klevemark

Foreign Language - Y. Naka

Link - Allie Croker

Link - Morag Sims

Appeal - Allie Croker

Appeal - Anstey Thomas

Appeal - Rebecca Travers

Corporate - Cassandra Wilson

Corporate - Alistair Scott

Technical - Abigail Longstaffe

DOWNLOAD OUR GUIDE

Download our comprehensive guide to voicereel preparation here. Guides are provided in both Word and PFD formats. Both documents may not be copied, reproduced, published or distributed in any medium and are protected by copyright law.

"I would definitely recommend Guy at Round Island. The recording session was really relaxed but productive and great value for money". Catherine Steadman

PRE-SESSION MEETING

If you are just starting out or you feel you just don't know where to start you may want to meet with Lara Parmiani before your recording session. Lara teaches voiceover technique at venues including the Actors Centre and offers help, advice and direction on how best to prepare, how to find scripts and how best to use your scripts to sell your voice. Lara is also a working voice-over actress who in 1997 won the Paola Tovaglia Award for best female voice-over artiste. Her international experience includes work for MTV, Discovery, Paramount, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide. Sessions with Lara are £30 and are booked directly through her. Let us know if you are interested and will pass on her contact details.

PREPARATION

'Readiness is all'. We will help and guide you but ultimately the choice of materials is yours - we want to offer you the best opportunity we can by providing you with a voicereel that is totally unique - if you use other peoples scripts then people could have heard your tracks many times before. Finding suitable material is not difficult though and we'll tell you how. There are other benefits to sourcing the material before hand - you will be familiar with it, we can concentrate on recording you at the highest possible quality and you can focus on your performance instead of what to read. Don’t learn the pieces – just be very familiar with them. You’ll be reading them live and will get direction support - we have years of experience and the fact that your session is produced by a professional voice tutor means you can feel assured that it will be a relaxed and comfortable experience with just enough guidance. No experience of using a microphone is needed – we take care of all of the technical aspects - you just concentrate on delivering your best performance of each piece. We’ll record 6 pieces each of approximately 30 seconds long. We’ll cover commercials through to drama, providing you with options on how you would like these mixed. Remember we are looking to record material that captures your essence as a performer and whilst we want variety, stay clear of character voices for cartoons etc. This is another area altogether but if that is your interest contact us to see how we can help you.

SUGGESTED PIECES

Pieces for the standard commercial reel.

		Approx length
The 6 most common pieces	1. Hard Sell Advert	20 seconds
The 6 most common pieces	2. Soft Sell Advert	20 seconds
	3. Documentary	30 to 40 seconds
	4. Technical read	30 to 40 seconds
	5. Corporate read	30 to 40 seconds
	6. Narrative with dialogue	40 seconds to 1 minute
Other suggestions	Native accent	30 seconds
	Foreign language	30 seconds
	Links	10 to 15 seconds
	Appeal	30 seconds

ON THE DAY

When you arrive we’ll go through your pieces, we’ll rehearse and make sure you are comfortable and your relationship with the microphone is correct. As we work through your pieces you are bound to prefer one take over another but even if you think you have nailed the first take we will make sure that you have a choice of takes for each piece so that there is choice at every stage. Nearing the end of your session, if you feel that you want to redo a track, that is no problem at all. The recording time is all dedicated to you, we will not use that time to mix, compress, master and format your tracks. This is all done after you have gone. If you have any questions at all before you arrive simply call or email us or see frequently asked questions.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

You will be emailed your compilation track within 48 hours (if you choose to have one) and your master CDs will be posted out shortly after. This will contain all your tracks in both WAV and MP3 format. Once you have received your CDs you may want to think about duplication. Anyone can duplicate CD's nowadays but make sure quality is not being lost in the process and that the CD is well presented, after all the hard work of producing your voicereel you don't want the presentation to bring the whole product down. For not much more than you would be spending on a box of CDs we can duplicate onto high grade media, provide free cases for every duplicate ordered and print a unique design directly onto the surface (no labels). For more information see cd duplication. We can also stream your tracks to Casting Call Pro free of charge and provide you with a webpage so that you can send your tracks and other professional information as a link for as little as £30.