Voice Over Demo Production
A voice over demo is the voice actor’s business card, portfolio and sampler all in one. It showcases the voice artist’s craft and how they deliver messages, whether commercial, corporate, eLearning, explainer, telephony, gaming, animation or audiobook. A great demo shows a voice seeker what the actor is capable of and is one of the most important marketing tools a voice actor will invest in.
A Top Notch Voice Over Demo Director
The first thing your voice demo needs to show is your baseline voice and how you handle a simple conversational read. The second cut should always be something contrasting. Kim Handysides has directed and produced dozens of excellent quality voiceover demos for voice over actors. A long time prolific and successful voice actor herself, Kim knows on a cellular level what a demo needs to capture a clients’ ear.
30 years of experience as a top commercial voice over earner herself and industry respected for her insight into corporate and eLearning narration, Kim cares about making certain the demos she produces honestly showcase the best a voice talent has to offer. Her biggest concern is not only helping a talent get an ROI on the demo they make together but making a marketable tool that will sustain and grow a talent’s business.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
Are you ready for your voice over demo?
If you’re a full time professional (aka people pay you for your services) voice over talent and you book regularly, you are probably demo ready. In that case, if you book demo production with Kim this is what you get:
A Consult
A consult to discuss your needs, nice, markets you’re in and markets you’d like to get in. Agreement on what deliverables you’d like exactly and a timeline within which to lay that down. Next, we have…
Custom Copy Written Just for you
Each cut is written with you, your voice, your performance and marketing goals in mind. Kim works with an industry pro who’s written thousands of spots. We send you the copy with directions ahead of time and then you book your…
Recording Session with Kim
You record in your studio so the material produced on your demo is a faithful representation of the audio quality you will deliver to your clients. Kim directs you and takes the time needed to pull out your best takes, just as any director worth their salt would in a studio session. Then…
Production Begins
Kim works with a top-quality sound engineer, one of the best in the business. Together they do a music and sfx search and review which takes to use and which cuts go where. The sound engineer does his mix and Kim reviews, then sends you copies for…
Your Review
You listen and love. If at this point you have any tweaks to propose or suggestions, Kim notes them and goes back nto production to sort that out with the sound engineer. And finally, you get your…
Deliverables Sent
Payment is due upon delivery.
Pre Voice Over Demo Production Performance Coaching
Before agreeing to produce your demos, Kim wants to hear what you’ve already done to make certain you are demo ready. An mp3 of another demo or work done will suffice. If Kim believes you need coaching before she agrees to produce your demo, she will go over why. Every voice actor is different and there is no one size fits all answer to how many sessions may be required to bring you to being demo-ready. You may need one session, or you may need ten. The goal is to help you get to the point where you can consistently deliver great performances, like the ones you will showcase on your demo, so you can book voice work.