Menna Bonsels - Warm, friendly, inviting, clear, natural,sensitive

Warm, friendly, inviting, clear, natural,sensitive

• Menna Bonsels is registered with Voice123 since Mar 27, 2010.
• Menna Bonsels started his/her voice over career in 1986.
• Currently Menna Bonsels is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 13
• Menna Bonsels has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Low sell radio commercial appeal: Genuine, concerned and empathetic

Low key website instructions: In character of sad, careworn and concerned woman, offering hope for caregivers via website

Medium sell commercial/ Trailer: Engaging, intelligent and empathic.

Horror story narration: Melodramatic, chilling and tongue-in-cheek.

Programme run-down in Welsh: Professional,lively, clear and informative.

Narration on Welsh castle: Smooth, professional delivery and interested.

IVR for mobile phone: Clear, friendly and approachable.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - British
• Welsh

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
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

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 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 offer translation 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

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Welsh accent, & fluent in Welsh.
Sad, depressed, happy, delighted,normal.

My Voice Experience

BBC World Service (Radio) - Programme presentation and interviews for general interest magazine, economics, science, books, current affairs and regional programmes.
-Wrote and presented a programme about the Vietnamese Refugee community in London for BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
-Reader for Greenwich Talking Newspaper (service for the blind and visually impaired)
Regular reader in church.
"House" short story reader for The Casket of Fictional Delights website.
Other clients include Diet Chef, AGA Medical, River City Rhythm, WMDO, Phuket 91.5FM, Prolifik Films, Bridgend Ford Motor Dealers,BFIG Blue Fish Media, Swansea Sound, Plan M Media Ltd, Securahome

My Training

Over 20 years of radio studio experience in both drama and current affairs (on the job training,
Gary Terzza's Voiceover Masterclass
Drama /Welsh degree studied at Aberystwyth University covering acting, sound and stage management.
Fully trained BBC Studio Manager
Trained to recite poems on stage at Eisteddfodau.

My Studio Equipment

Adobe Audition
Audacity software
Alesis USB mic.

Additional Skills

I was a parent support worker on a telephone helpline for parents for 2 years.
Years of debating and public speaking at Young Farmers Club competitions, along with drama.
Experienced radio producer in current affairs, books, science, general magazine and economics.
Story telling as a classroom assistant in a primary school.