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Gimme an F. Gimme a YEAH.⁣ ⁣ Pom pom headphones too cute to bear.⁣ ⁣

⁣ Client: Childs Farm⁣ Project: television commercial⁣ Style: nurturing, warm⁣ ⁣

Pick up tip 💝 Trying to pick up your crush this V Day? Can’t help. Trying to crush it with your pick ups? Welcome friend. ⁣ ⁣ Pick up (pɪk ʌp / verb): to fix an audio eff up after the fact.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🙊 The voice actor mispronounced a word.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🐕 You hear a dog barking in the background.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 📜 The script needed a last minute update.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 👂🏻 An inflection was out of whack.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 💋 The dreaded mouth noise made an appearance.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Pick ups are where you get the offending bit of the voice over re-recorded. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Need to do a pick up? Here’s what to do:⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Record the whole bloody script again. ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ OK, this isn’t always practical. Especially for big ass scripts and short timeframes. So if you really must pick up, here’s a few tips to make sure it doesn’t stick out like 🐩⚽️⚽️:⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ✔️ Use the same voice actor⁣⁣⁣ ✔️ Give the voice actor the original audio so they can match the tone and pace⁣⁣ ✔️ Record in the same conditions—equipment, recording space and levels⁣⁣⁣ ✔️ Roll into the read by voicing the sentence before the pick up to avoid harsh transitions into the new audio⁣⁣ ✔️ Save the pick up in the same audio format⁣⁣⁣ ✔️ Be smug AF when you listen back and can’t even remember which bit is the pick up.⁣⁣ ⁣ Pick up achievement unlocked 🔓⁣ ⁣ Just like these two sassy lovebirds I found when fossicking through my Oma’s photo collection. Not sure who they are, but damn they can fashun. Eat your heart out hipsters.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣

Idk. But I do know I’m your bird/sheila/wooza if you need an Australian voice over for your youchube ad for chuna. ⁣ ⁣ Also fluent in:⁣ - bogan (cashed-up and run of the mill)⁣ - booner⁣ - yobbo⁣ - ocker⁣ - English (Australian)⁣ ⁣ Get on the blower and give us a tingle to discuss your voice over needs. ⁣ ⁣ Or you could just shoot me a message. ⁣ ⁣

Grab your red pen and get ready to tick this bad boy off your to do list.⁣ ⁣ Happy Monday all.⁣ ⁣ ⁣

A voice over that fits perfectly with the backing music is a beautiful thing 💗⁣ ⁣ Case in point—this week’s radio imaging script that included the fact it would be set to the catchy tune Cake By The Ocean.⁣ ⁣ Good news. Not just because I like myself a bit of DNCE. ⁣ ⁣ Because: ⁣ ⁣ 🕯it set the mood ⁣ ⁣ 🎼 it set the tone⁣ ⁣⁣ ⏱ it set the pace ⁣⁣ ⁣ 🙋🏼‍♀️ i like myself a bit of DNCE⁣ ⁣ Moral of the story? ⁣ ⁣ Next time you book a voice over, don’t be afraid to make us a mixtape of your backing music. ⁣ ⁣ Preferably an mp3 because I left my Walkman on the bus.⁣..⁣ ⁣

⁣ Client: Home Care Assistance⁣⁣ Project: radio commercial⁣⁣ Style: conversational, natural⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ When I was told I’d be FVO2 for this conversational voice over, I was stoked.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Not because FVO2 was witty, stylish and good at remembering elements 1 through 20 of the Periodic Table of Elements.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ No sir / ma’am.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I was stoked because it meant there was also an FVO1. Which meant there was a conversation between FVO1* and FVO2. A script that was actually a conversation, requesting a conversational style voice over. Well colour me convo!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ *FVO1 not included in this voice over sample⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

Hands down winner of Super Bowl 2020 commercials = Cheetos Popcorn.⁣ ⁣ Not only do we get some much needed Hammer Time, but the brainy folk at Cheetos have flipped the script on those unsightly orange snack fingers. ⁣ ⁣ They’ve turned ‘cheetle’ (yes, official title of Cheetos dust) into the rationale for a hard pass on any manual labour involving your digits.⁣ ⁣ Dang, all the linen folding, clothes ironing, report writing, paper plane folding and keyboard typing type tasks I could have skipped if I’d just said yes to those cheese and bacon balls. The ones which were always left behind in the 20 pack fun mix. Basically the Turkish Delight of snack size chips packets.⁣ ⁣ Plus, Jersey Shore spray tan orange kinda suits me.⁣ ⁣ Honourable mention goes to Wassup 2020. I haven’t been this excited for a reboot since Fuller House.⁣ ⁣ While last year’s commercials were all about AI and digital assistants, the trend for this year is definitely nostalgia. And in a time where the world feels like it’s all going a bit shit, seeing some of your faves from yester-year pop up is as comforting as your pre-shrunk tartan MC Hammer pants. Nothing screams comfort quite like a drop crotch.⁣ ⁣ For those wanting a trip down MC memory lane, hit up my stories for a selection of Super Bowl spots.⁣ ⁣

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