Louis Francz - Deep, authoritative, paternal, sophisticated.

Deep, authoritative, paternal, sophisticated.

• Louis Francz is registered with Voice123 since Jan 27, 2007.
• Louis Francz started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Louis Francz is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Male with deep, but warm, mature and smooth delivery, not "voice of God", but compassionate, authoritative and believable.
Can add inflection and effects to add drama or compelling ad voice for commercials.
Clear enunciation for narration, corporate, public service announcements, telephony systems, websites; single or doubles copy work.
Looking for freelance commercial and narration work where believability and sincerity are paramount.
Adept at communicating stability and caring.
Scientific background provides ability to handle medical and scientific terminology.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• 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 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 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
• I have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

New York City, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Louis Francz

My Voice Experience

IKA Collective, TV book ad "How Doctors Think"
Beacon Hill Productions, Radio ad for Performing group "Brotherhood"
Rochester Institute of Tech, animated film narration.

A reading singer (bass-baritone) with 30+ years classical and small group performance experience.

My Training

I studied extensively at Edge Studios with Paul LIberti of Paradigm NYC. Emphasis on deriving key copy points, connecting with copy, voice glottal placement, and focusing on believability with humor.
I currently study advanced voice-over techniques with Peter Rofe, who produced my demos and has them on his site.
Other training:
-Arista Baltronis, Arcieri NYC,basic on-camera commercials.
-Eileen Schellhorn, Innovative Artists, Advanced Voice Over Techniques

My Studio Equipment

Quiet room
AKG Perception 200 mike (shock-mounted)
MXL V63M mike (shock-mounted)
Pop filter
ART tube MP preamp
Edirol UA-25EX interface up to 24b/94k
Audacity software
500+ CDs of various music for background.

20 year background in audio engineering from first career in designing and specifying computer telephony products.

Additional Skills

Not affected with unconscious announcer or radio vocal effects. Able to interpret copy from producer's concepts and ideas and can mimic voices and sounds.
My engineering education gives me the ability to correctly interpret scientific and medical terminology.
Responsive to direction and able to apply different reading styles to copy to assist producers in selecting the most effective presentation.
My audio engineering background allows extensive cleanup editing and spectral shaping, some post-processing: many music tracks, no SFX.