How Do You Say That?!

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Mark Collins joins Sam and Mark to talk about the different ways a wizard can be portrayed, whether sensual is always the way, and how characters you've portrayed before can be a great starting point.

Our VO question this week is all about the mid-Atlantic accent. What is it, and how do you get one?

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected]

Script 1

With it’s sublime a-list allure, red lipstick has long been the makeup essential of red carpets, award shows, and black-tie galas. Swiping on a coating of crimson taps into the star power, captivating elegance, and je ne sais quoi associated with the actresses of what’s become known as the Golden Age of Hollywood, which began in the late 1920s.

Script 2

Bluey, you’ve saved my son, for that I will reward you with a magical wand that will grant you five wishes - but you must think hard before you make a wish. You can fulfil wishes for yourself and others as well, but be careful, if someone else gets the wand, he will get the five wishes. To activate it, you must say a special magical phrase while holding it.

**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:

Mark Collins is an actor with over 25 years behind the mic experience. He spent his early years in the military having adventures on UN peace keeping missions to the Middle Eastern region & beyond. He's a proud dad of 3 amazing grown-up children, and grandfather to 4.

As a former military NCO, he brings an unmatched professionalism, technical ability & attention to detail to his creative work - along with the ability to completely let loose and play in character. He's participated in over 100 radio plays and audio dramas as an actor, producer and editor. His performance is informed by a wealth of experience from a life well-travelled and well lived...so far.

Mark's Website

@MarkCollinsVO on Twitter

@markcollinsvo on Instagram

Mark on YouTube

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 76 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Mark Collins.

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Camilla Laxton joins Sam and Mark to talk about how to bring a surprise into a script, playing a scammer, and how an international advert read changes depending on where it's being shown.

Our VO question this week is all about lifting-the-lid on what agents really want from both voice actors and clients!

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected]

Script 1

What is the meaning of the good life?

Is it your family?

Your house?

Your business?

Yes... It is all of these things.

This is what we call Legacy.

We work tirelessly, with dedicated individuals, armed with the latest technology... to TRICK you out of all of it. That's right, to take all of your money

Fraud. Your legacy... Our Jetski.

Script 2

Spin your passion into a business with Shopify.

And break sales records with the world’s best-converting checkout.

You heard me, the world’s best-converting checkout.

Your customers can check out here, check out there,

check out everywhere.

Now that’s music to your ears. Any way you spin it,

You can be a smash hit with Shopify.

**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:

Camilla Laxton is a distinctive voice in our industry. She's both an experienced voice talent agent and a versatile voice actor.

She started her career as a live continuity announcer. Over the years she developed expertise across all genres of voiceovers and audio production, working for brands including BBC, ITV, Dell, Netflix, Jaguar, Fisher Price and Norwegian Air. She's also the voice of the Oslo tramline!

With her working insight into all facets of the industry and passion for collaboration, Camilla successfully supports audio projects from the idea stage, through casting and creation and into post production.

At Loquacious she simply loves bringing brands and voice talents together in creative synergy.

Camilla's Website

@loquacious_media on Instagram

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 75 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Camilla Laxton.

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Mars Lipowski joins Sam and Mark to talk about how to spice up very dry corporate scripts, bringing out the evil and why that's so much fun, plus a shiny floor gameshow host and a mum at the schoolgates feature in the Wildcard section.

Our VO question this week is all about what you should prepare for when creating a gaming demo reel.

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected]

Script 1

So what does customer intimacy really mean? We’ve split it into 3 key areas:

1. Understanding – through understanding what our customers want more clearly than the competition, we can better meet customer needs.

2. Influencing – through shaping what customers want, and lending them our international insight, we can be better placed to deliver for them.

3. Creating - through co-creating new solutions to the challenges of today and tomorrow, we can be true partners to our customers.

Script 2

Mr Jefferson... we have learned that you’ve been purposely failing in your obligations to the company, claiming that apparently it contradicts your beliefs, have you not?...

So as of this moment you no longer work for us...

and any assets accumulated for your family during your employment have been seized. Mr. Jefferson, You have been very foolish thinking that playing against the largest space mining company in the world would be to your advantage.

**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:

Mars Lipowski, a multi award-nominated, bilingual voice actor, is like a high-street Polish delicatessen. World-renowned, traditional cold cuts, heart-warming, home-made preserves… lined with a loving heart, strong work ethic and resilience.

Mars grew up behind the Iron Curtain, around cinemas and theatre shows in a film maker family. This love for different areas of art spread across many planes of his life. He is a trained actor, BA of Fine Arts… and a full-contact karate instructor. Add audio designing skills, broadcast media background, a total love for voice acting and you get a guy, who can fist his way through a brick wall, while calmly reciting haiku with a smooth, mesmerising voice.

Some of the recent projects Mars has lent his voice to include: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II & III, Total War: Pharao, Age of Water and a Philips Saeco TV campaign.

Mars's Website

@mars.lipowski on Instagram

@MarsLipowski on Twitter

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 74 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Mars Lipowski.

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, James Brown joins Sam and Mark to talk about off-the-beaten-track travelogues, how sci-fi can conjure all kinds of voices, and why physical movement in the booth is good. There's a nerd, a laconic Frenchman and a nosey neighbour in the wildcard section!

Our VO question this week is all about how and where to find clients - what works and what doesn't in marketing your voiceover business,

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected]

Script 1

The Omega. A world adrift in the galaxy’s heart.

A riddle teetering at the edge of the black hole

Steered and ruled by a strange synthetic intelligence

The Freemind

It languished in solitude for eons

Devoid of its architects, devoid of purpose

It began searching for new tokens to play with

It found you

And you came.

Script 2

In all corners of the world, there are new experiences to be found.

Hidden gems to discover,

Local quirks to uncover.

More Corners is the travel guide, that shows you what lies just off the beaten path.

The things to see and do, that you can find, when you look just that little bit harder.

Because there’s more than just four corners to the world.

There are More Corners.

**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:

James Brown is a Devon based full time voiceover with soul!

He's a former broadcast journalist and documentary maker who lived and worked in Moscow for 14 years, which is where he met his wife and where his son was born. James is bi-lingual in Russian and English. He works across all genres of voice, and enjoys crossfit, watching rugby and adventure video games.

James's Website

@jamesbrownvoice on Twitter

@jamesbrownvoice on Instagram

James's Facebook page

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 73 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and James Brown.

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Dutch voice actor Bart Kooiman joins Sam and Mark to talk about the millennial read (and what that even means), a panto documentary, and how some clients don't give you enough information. There's a boy who comes face-to-face with a dragon and a farmer gets an electric shock!

Our VO question this week is all about the evolution of language, both Dutch and English.

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected]

Script 1

Pantomimes are full of quick changes and transformations. And the dressers, often poised in the wings, are on hand to help with fastenings and complicated costumes.

Zips though can be a nightmare: quick if they run smoothly but disastrous if they stick. There are few things more likely to stress out an actor than the panic of going on stage half dressed.

Quick-change costumes are designed so that they can be removed quickly - and rigged so they can be put on quickly… very quickly!

Script 2

Stressexe is a marketplace where bookings can be bought, sold, and bid on.

Here’s how…

Let’s say a guy - call him Craig – makes a reservation.

It could be for a barber, or membership of a golf club – or maybe it’s for a toy, for his niece.

But what happens if Craig can’t use his reservation anymore?

Maybe he has to work late. Or maybe the sitter has cancelled.

Craig’s place goes to waste.

**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:

Bart Kooiman was born and raised in Amsterdam. His voice clients include brands like Citroën, Head & Shoulders, Heineken, Listerine and the Red Cross. He works primarily in Dutch, but with his Dutch-to-neutral European accent he’s booked in English as well.

Bart has had a knack for acting since he was a boy. At 13, he did his first voice-over job for Dutch national television, voicing a group of 16 Moldovian foster children. He continued acting on stage through college in both classical and contemporary plays with an independent Amsterdam theatre group.

As project manager, Bart found out he loved storytelling. He began his voice acting business in 2019 and discovered it’s the best career in the world.

Mostly booked for explainers, he loves it most when he can go all the way with crazy acting roles. As one of his clients put it: Bart is like a speech chameleon. He calls himself Dutch voice nerd, because playing with words is what makes him get up every day. Well, that and his 3 kids.

Bart's Website

@bartkooiman_voiceover on Instagram

Bart on YouTube

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

Here are the pronunciation guides we talked about:

For Howjsay click here

For YouGlish click here

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 72 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Bart Kooiman.

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin