Stu Marks - Authoritative-Believable-Warm-Versatile-Directable

Authoritative-Believable-Warm-Versatile-Directable

• Stu Marks is registered with Voice123 since May 21, 2005.
• Stu Marks started his/her voice over career in 1976.
• Currently Stu Marks is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

West coast and Midwest North American English, Gritty Frenchman, surfer dude, old man, snobby, air-head teenager, others...
Very versatile talent can selectively project warm folksy understanding to authoritative professional and everything in between. Also, an awsesome, expressionistic, dog bark! RrrrRRUFF!

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American

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 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• 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

Chicago Area, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Short bursts of just about anything I hear. I have done French, British, Ausie, Orient.

My Voice Experience

Radio and TV announcing since 1977. Currently announcing voiceovers for Adventure-Crew videos on the web and on DVDs; promoting and supporting our national parks. Also field produce outdoor videos for DVDs and web videos, and design advertising media. Clients include RR Donnelly, Ford Motor Company, Rolls Royce, North Coast Radio Inc, Sierra Cascade Communications, Sword Publishers, Thunderbird Market, Channel 10 Medford, PBS, ABC, NBC & CBS affiliates, Chicago Arch Diocese, Pontiac RV, L&M Limo, One Sweet Dream Limo, D & J Foods, Centrue Bank, Big Al's Chicago Dogs, West Coast Fireman's Muster... more

My Training

-Intern, Sierra Cascade Communications, Medford, Oregon; TV and Radio Production
-Course Work, Middle Tennessee State University; Computer Programming
-B.F.A. Chicago Art Institute/Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg; Multimedia and Web Design

My Studio Equipment

ProTools, Premiere Pro

Additional Skills

Commercially trained in radio/television advertising, writing and photography 1977-78 at Sierra Cascade Communications, KMED/KTVL Medford, Oregon. Since then have worked in radio and television stations up and down west coast and the Chicago area.

Have also assisted professorial duties as a teacher's aid in cinema and video production at The Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg, and judged radio and photography competitions.

Currently creating outdoor videos promoting national parks for Adventure-Crew, Inc. and producing commercials and promotions for online and DVD productions from my studio in the Chicago area.