Lawrence Shum - Brazilian VO talent for your needs

Brazilian VO talent for your needs

• Lawrence Shum is registered with Voice123 since Jan 16, 2012.
• Lawrence Shum started his/her voice over career in 1983.
• Currently Lawrence Shum is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 5
• Lawrence Shum was last active on Voice123 49 days ago

Voice Description

Make your Business rock!

From soft sell to hard sell, I can provide any mood you want for your audiovisual production with a versatile, warm and expressive interpretation.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• Portuguese - Brazilian

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
• 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

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

São Paulo, Brazil

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard Broadcast Brazilian Portuguese

My Voice Experience

Between 1983 and 1996 I worked as an announcer and content producer at some of the major Brazilian radio and TV stations such as: Antena 1, 97 FM, Excelsior AM (CBN, nowadays), Gazeta FM, Nova Record FM, Band FM, TV Bandeirantes and Eldorado FM.

Today, I’m also an announcer at the Brazilian paid-TV channel HBO PLUS and a Voice Club talent member.

My Training

I’m a Brazilian voice-over talent with a bachelor's degree in Advertising at FAAP (Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado), and a master’s degree and a doctorate´s degree in Communication and Semiotics at PUC – SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo). I’m also a college professor at PUC – SP (http://www.pucsp.br/cce/tmd/index.html).

Between 1998 and 2001 I taught and developed instructional sound design content for the ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing) course Digital Creation.

My Studio Equipment

Some of my audio gear:

. Mackie Onyx console 1220i
. Audix CX212 Mic
. Audio Technica AT4033 Mic
. Echo AudioFire 4 (audio interface)
. KRK VXT6 studio monitors
. Professional soundbooth (treated and isolated)
. Sony headphones mdr 7506
. Sony Vegas Pro 10 software
. Sound Forge Pro 10 software