Martine Dunn - British, Warm, Clear, Posh, Comic, Dramatic, Kids

British, Warm, Clear, Posh, Comic, Dramatic, Kids

• Martine Dunn is registered with Voice123 since Jun 16, 2007.
• Martine Dunn started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Martine Dunn is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Martine Dunn was last active on Voice123 119 days ago

Voice Description

Genuine British RP / neutral accent. Authoritative engaging voiceover for Business Narrations and Promos, Product branding,Commercials,Animation, Audiobooks and Drama, Children's Stories, Educational and Multimedia, Interactive and Audio Publishers,Comedy and Light Entertainment. Large range of convincing and character UK accents, including "Northern" and huge age playing range, for smooth and professional straight narrations for videos, CD-Rs,web casts, virals and corporate presentations. Crisp, Clear British diction and developed sight reading skill and trained and experienced singer and actor - creating dramatic travel, audio-guides and interactive audios for a range of cultural, heritage and lifestyle sectors, including travel, history, art, and audio-description. Described as trustworthy, warm, "the quintessential British Grandma", mysterious, headmistressy or downright cheeky! A strong voice actor sound for motivational and instructional narrations,fun, sexy,eccentric, inanimates or super posh English characters. Also audio books, toys, luxury goods, soft sell and podcasts. The versatile and ideal voice for children's, comedy, business and drama.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• British Equity

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 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

Leeds and London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British RP, Received Pronounciation, Standard "Northern", Standard "Southern" (Native) accent, Neutral, Heightened RP or "Posh",Yorkshire, Mancunian, Liverpudlian,Scottish, Edinburgh, Welsh (valleys), Geordie, North East, Lancastrian, West Country, Norfolk, London, Cockney, Estuary, Essex, French, Irish, Southern Irish, Ulster.

Character voices for children include Nerd, Highly intelligent, Blueberry, Precocious, Lemon, Germs, Evil, Mysterious, Dangerous, Eccentric, Mad, Rats (various including Cockney, New York), Rock DJs, Sheep, Monkeys, Dogs, Posh Brats, Cats (Cuddly), Brainless, Cute, Vacant.

My Voice Experience

Broadcast and Corporate including TV Commercial Voice-overs (UK TV Drama and So Good International, WRBS Radio(Baltimore),Promos for the Co-op (in-store),corporates for ADM Productions and Soundstrategies, CA., Vocals, Technical, Specialist and Industrial reads, including Dot Com (UK)Oximed Medical project, multiple-role Animation characters for "Strumbie Island" CD-Rom (Q and D Multimedia and BETT Award winner),audio book narrations such as Classic Literature and Poetry ("Lyrical Ballads") for Zig-Zag Education and "Little Red Hiding Wood" for ShooFly Educational Publishers(UK). Audio-description (AD) includes "The Magical Garden of Claude Monet" with Joe McGann, Travel and Audio Guides eg the 2008 "Time Tour" for York Boat, "Paws on the Moors" for the World Wide Group (Dogs and owners!)and the "My Guide" travel series (London, Venice and Rome) for Soundguides To Go / The Content Lab and "The London Pioneers" a comedy kid's docu/drama co-presenter (also The Content Lab).Recently Brigitte Kuhlman in National Geographic's Situation Critical "Attack on Entebbe" - I'm the 1 with the AK47 and large sunglasses. I have ongoing work with companies MKM, Dot Com and Moodmedia. Singing includes Royal Albert Hall (twice), Busch Gardens Gwazi Helter Skelter and with my chorus of singing spuds(in my 2005 live tour). Please contact me for vocal demos.

My Training

RADA Radio Drama with Jonathan Taffler

Actors Centre Voiceover Workshops
Voiceover Audition Workshops The Showreel
Voice Reels with Bernard Graham Shaw
New Era Academy (Speech Licentiate) LNEA
Chapman University, CA, USA (1985) BA
exchange - Animation, Mime, Dance, English
POST PRODUCTION Adobe Audition training Clifton Bank Studios, Dave Kitto
King Alfred's College BA (Hons) Eng and Drama
TV Puppetry with Little Angel Theatre, London
TV Presenting with Kathryn Wolfe (London)
My website character voiceovers created by myself , directed and produced by The Showreel

My Studio Equipment

Home studio includes:
Bayer Dynamic DT100 DT 102 Professional Headphone
Beyer Dynamic M201 Professional Mic
Tascam US-122L Audio Int
Adobe Audition 1.5 Recording and Editing
Deliverables include:
CD (WAV), E-mail or FTP You Send It WAV or mp3

Also easy access to local studios: Nuendo 3 and
ISDN

Additional Skills

Excellent Sight-reader and vocalist. High out-put of words. Trained in voiceover techniques, radio drama, speech licentiate,acting coach and speech examiner. Sub-editing and post-production trained. Voice123 Voice Coach (see directory).Straight narrations or characters with experience in recording for special educational needs and specialist markets including audio description. Also technical, medical and ecclesiastical markets. Strong trained singer who can sing a range of styles and has an instinct for timing. Can copyright and have written and produced my own audio books for children and podcasts. Sense of humour, hard-working professional, flexible, takes direction with home studio and fast turnaround in variety of formats. Ideas person and big kid!