Michelle Ford - warm, friendly, BBC native British, sophisticated,

warm, friendly, BBC native British, sophisticated,

• Michelle Ford is registered with Voice123 since Feb 26, 2008.
• Michelle Ford started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Michelle Ford is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 23
• Michelle Ford has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Native British 'BBC' voice - professional and sophisticated, warm and approachable, authoritiative, friendly, cheeky - can be 'posh', 'neutral British' or 'young London'.

Neutral and professional for e learning
Informative, friendly and easy listening for documentaries
Fun and lively for commercials, spokesmodel work
Warm, interesting, listenable and expressive for audiobooks
Ideal for voicemail systems and on hold messages

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age 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
• 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 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 have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

metro New York, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

native British, RP (posh), working class, cockney, Queen's English

My Voice Experience

My voice over experience is extremely varied including:

Philadelphia Flower Show commercials running on ABC channel 6 in Philadelphia

narration for audiobooks (Mercedes Lackey series, short stories, children's stories), - google me on itunes for a preview on a number of stories!

film documentaries - Affinity Films (London)

corporate - American Express, JP Morgan, Motorola, Dow Chemical, SAI Global, SAP

charity - the voice of Post Pals (UK)

e learning
(Vodafone UK, BAM Construction, Laragh Courseware, United Nations Development, Ethicon EDS, pharmaceutical companies),

spokesmodel work for more than 30 websites
(EasyRoomMate, Thermothin Plus with Acai, Galil-Medical, Wrought Iron Haven, Forties Fun, criminalinjury website, Arthenol GS)

medical - Stiefel Global, Eisai, Ethicon EDS, Galil-Medical

animation/flash video - EasyRoomMate, Breakthrough Performance Tech, Stiefel, Fullestop

industrials - Unisys, Bentley Systems, Red Nucleus

voicemail and on hold
(SearchPath International, Get Kinetic, Jaguar New Jersey, Vayama travel, onduit Studios, drs offices, ad agencies and many others)

Apple apps (bingo)

Always willing to embrace a challenge and promise professional, flexible turnaround!

My Training

I have trained with Mike Lemon & Kathy Wickline Casting in Philadelphia, Edge Studio in New York and the BBC in London.
My background was BBC radio (drama and Radio 1), marketing for Disney, advertising for Esquire magazine in London.
I have attended Advanced Voiceover Training with Charlie Roney, Voice and Speech with Allison Green, Commercial workshop with Terry Marsden, Presentation/Spokesperson skills with Kathy Wickline, Advanced Audiobook workshop in NYC with Marc Cashman and Dan Zitt (Random House Publishing) at Edge Studio plus many other seminars in the business.

My Studio Equipment

Digidesign MBox 2 with ProTools and Rode NT1-A mic.

Additional Skills

Can do character voices, Australian accent

Easy to work with and I never miss a deadline!

Clients can Skype in to the studio to direct during recording if they wish.