Marc Stevens

Southern U.S. "Redneck" Southern U.S. "Redneck" Northern U.S. Intentionally bad accents (various) Poorly educated Stereotypical "Ghetto" Rancher Cowboy Western U.S.

I've been doing professional voiceover, as well as on-camera and live presentation, for almost 20 years. I started in the corporate environment as a Media Services Manager doing marketing and sales videos as well as some limited audio-only work for audiotape and CDs. After that, I owned my own video, audio, and stage production company where I did countless voice jobs - everything from corporate and sales videos to radio commercials and instructional audio pieces. Having been hired out of self-employment, I am now back in the corporate environment as a Communications and Video Production Manager for a dot-com and mobile app development company. My voice duties include on-camera tutorial pieces, app tutorials and promos, and live presentation in a variety of venues. I'm also a YouTube hobbyist. I've done well over 100 gaming-related videos that include both on-camera and voice-over styles. While much more relaxed than professional videos, these pieces always contain audio of the appropriate quality and style for the gaming audience. In all of the above scenarios, I was typically responsible for writing the copy, adding music and sound effects, and delivering an edited and finished project. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Processes with an emphasis in electronic media and business communications. I've attended various voiceover seminars while at industry-related conferences. The seminars included how to manage clients, best practices while performing, and miscellaneous techniques for improving the quality of my voice product. Stage acting was a passion of mine during college and high school, though I haven't pursued this much in the last 25 years. I've also begun to study standup comedy, but have yet to perform in that venue. Beyond that, I am self taught and have done extensive research on the art of voiceover, on-camera work, and live presentations. My audio recording setup includes a Shure SM7V microphone with a Makie DFX•6 mixer and a Tascam DR-07 digital recorder. The voiceover studio is acoustically dampened with just the right amount of reflection to add "presence" to audio tracks. Client monitoring of the recording session is available through a phone link. I have access to a full video studio that includes 2 Sony ECM-44 wireless lavaliere microphones, acoustic dampening, 2 JVC GY-HD200 cameras, various lighting instruments, backgrounds, and more. I use Adobe Audition for audio editing and Adobe Premiere for video post production. Audio and video files can be provided in just about any format. I subscribe to both AudioBlocks.com and VideoBlocks.com which allows me to offer an assortment of music, sound effects, and stock footage to my clients for a nominal charge. In my home I have a small studio for YouTube gaming videos. It's acoustically dampened and contains a Blue Snowball microphone, a Hitachi prosumer camera, and a variety of mid-level lavaliere microphones. This system is designed to provide videos for the YouTube audience that are of high quality but aren't overly polished. I am qualified to operate all of the above equipment with the highest of quality and professionalism to give my clients a top-notch finished product. Direction Audio mixing On-camera work Live presentation Theatrical performance Audio and video post-production Script writing