Yesterday I worked a voice over gig wherein I recorded a telephony system for a new company. I can’t tell you the name yet because the company hasn’t debuted. But you can go here, if you like. It was a great gig, though: efficient, fun and informative, and at my favorite studio in town. There were only a few pages of copy, and the read was quick. I was almost concerned because there were so few second takes, but I was confident in my reads, and both the client and the engineer conferred and agreed that I was very good. (Thanks!)
The majority of telephone copy falls along the lines of:
“Thank you for calling [insert company name here], your source for [company tagline here]. We are unable to take your call at this time, as all representatives are currently assisting other customers. If you’d like to leave a message, please press 1. If you’d like to continue to … Read more »
Last night a friend of mine emailed, writing, “I was watching the Red Sox game tonight and I think I spotted you and your backpack on one of the commercials. True?” Indeed! Amazingly he recognized me in the rehashed version of my hiking spot for the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. That’s some acute TV watching!
Earlier this week, I got to play tea party with a lovely young actress as part of a commercial campaign for multi-state supermarket company Stop & Shop. I had the opportunity to work with another great Picture Park team on this project and meet some new people. It was a busy, quick shoot though, so I didn’t have a chance to tweet much.
The call time wasn’t too early at a private home, though it did look like a small invasion of trucks, vans and delivery vehicles had overtaken the quiet neighborhood. I can’t imagine what the neighbors must have thought upon stepping outside! I made my way upstairs to hair and makeup to meet my young co-star and her mother. I also found the wardrobe stylist with whom I’d had the fitting. (This time, the chickens were nowhere to be seen or heard.) The crew had expertly covered every surface in custom-cut cardboard in order … Read more »
Guess what! I’ve been cast as a mom in a commercial. This gig is a result of the audition with the crying child. I cannot believe it and yet I’m so excited! The spot is slated to shoot in a few days with a fitting beforehand. There will be another blog entry to come on this matter, I’m sure of it. In the meantime, I’ve got to wash the outfit I wore to the audition last week! I’m sure wardrobe will want to see it…
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