Carri Ann Toivanen

Voice Description

Animated / Authentic / Clear / Conversational / Crisp / Expressive / Genuine / Friendly / Honest / Intelligent / Natural / Real / Serious / Versatile / Warm

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Rural mid-western / Nerdy professor / Witch / Spunky teen girl / Evil villain / Loving mom / Southern / 1940s film noir woman / Young boy

My Voice Experience

Voice: Software demo, ADR (short films)

Film: 12 shorts, including lead in Bug Hutch with Director Robin Hays, DOP Trent Opaloch (District 9), SoCal Film Festival '09

TV: Actor in Fringe (Series - Thomas Yatsko/Fox); Actor in He Loves Me (MOW - Jeff Renfroe/Lifetime); Actor in The Damn Thorpes (Pilot - Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino)

Commercials: List available on request

My Training

On the Mic
- Voice over foundations for commercial, animation and narration, with Michael Daingerfield

Vancouver Acting School
- Acting, audition techniques with Dan Bacon, Michael Coleman, Brad Dryborough, scene study with David Nykl, Nicholas Carella
- Voice Over with Adrian Petriw, Alex Zahara

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC
- Summer Conservatory Program in acting (Jonas Cohen), voice & speech (Lester Thomas Shane), vocal production (John Baylis), movement (Amanda Blair Ellis)
- Commercial Technique with Larry Collis

Iris Quinn Studios
- Acting, scene study

Film Studies, Capilano University
- Acting, screen-writing, film production, film editing

BA, Communications, Simon Fraser University
- Marketing & communications, PR, writing, graphic design, advertising
- Electroacoustic Communication: Field recording, interviewing, editing, sound processing, multi-tracking, and basic analogue & digital studio techniques

My Studio Equipment

Rode NT1-A condenser mic + Steinberg CI1 interface
Audacity, Wavelab LE, Sequel LE

Additional Skills

Experience in marketing, including writing and copy editing

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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