Mark Slater

Voice Description

Rich, deep, excellent diction for documentaries and serious presentations. Authoritative, educated and passionate about the subject.

Punchy, energetic and positive for commercials and other quick attention grabbing pieces.

Lighter, with musical phrasing for gentler subject matter, stories or subject matter where sensitivity is required.

Dryly humorous for pieces involving satire, irony or comedy

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - British

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
• Songs
• 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 have Source Connect in my studio
• 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
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Studio City, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

BBC, sensibly well spoken, over the top English posh a la Peter Sellers, restrained aristocratic, voice of god, Mr Bean or John Major, film trailer, the best washing powder in the world.

My Voice Experience

Zombie Film: "Making of" featurette (2010)

The Composing Chef: My own cooking and music video show.

PBS documentary 400 Years of the Telescope: Voice over for sponsors, Bell Aerospace and National Science Foundation. (2009)

"Making of" featurette for Tribal DDB's Philips Aurea microsite. (2007)

Funny and serious sounding radio commercials for Southampton University radio. (1987)

"The Messiah" et al. Numerous audio recordings, TV and radio broadcasts of many choral works, as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral. Maybe that doesn't count:)

My Training

I say my voice career started at age 8, as a Chorister in the world renowned Christ Church Cathedral Choir, because while it is singing, you learn a lot about diction and projection. This was also the start of my experience with radio, TV broadcasting and recording techniques. I was also involved in many dramatic productions during my teenage years. At university, I recorded voice-over for several commercial slots for the radio station and my studies as a composer for film and TV, and the studio training and recording experience that came with it, are integral skills involved in voice over production. I continued my acting performances with roles in straight plays, e.g Bluntschli in Arms and the Man, and musicals, e.g. Samuel in Pirates of Penzance.

I studied Engineering at Southampton University and Law in London. I have worked in research for Consumer Groups and dealt with complex issues around Europe's Common Agricultural Policy.

I have worked as a Project Worker in Supported Housing, working with ex-offenders, interviewing people in prison, drug and alcohol users, people with mental illness and physical disabilities. I eventually took up managerial positions in that sector, recruiting and supervising staff, steering committee roles, taking responsibility for an entire area of housing and support services.

I have been successful as a composer for film, writing for award winning documentaries e.g. 400 Years of the Telescope for PBS and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road, as well as other orchestras.

My Studio Equipment

I have Mac and PC computers and several high end sound card interfaces, RME, M-Audio, Soundscape (SSL).

I have a portable Zoom recorder and a Shure & AKG microphones.

Samples Libraries for music creation and sound design include most of the East West PLAY library.

Audio editing, mixing and recording I do in the box, using Pro Tools, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic.

Additional Skills

My writing and proof-reading skills are excellent. A critical skill developed in my Supported Housing experience was the ability to write clearly and simply, while my legal and scientific training gives me the ability to present very complex ideas, drawing out the most critical information and keeping the "waffle" down to a minimum.

I have practical experience behind and in front of the camera, setting up lighting and filming using HD and tape. Among specific filming experiences, interviews, filming poverty stricken areas in Malawi, covering the Oscars in Los Angeles.

I edit video using Final Cut.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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