Tavis Buchan

My accents, dialects, impersonations and characterizations include... An old-time radio announcer/carnival barker/W.C. Fields... "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Step right up!" A West Coast beach bum... "Surf's up!" A midwestern everyman... "Lookit dat over der."

I began my voice over career as a young boy imitating the voice guys on the series of movie trailers that were at the beginning of VHS tapes. Remember those? I found myself more interested in the trailers, rewinding and playing them over and over numerous times before the actual movie began. From there, I began using my voice to narrate my own life as it unfolded. My parents called it creative and immaginative but the other kids called it weird. The following years, my voice lead me to creative avenues such as writing, film production, and radio. For the past 9+ years I've been in the broadcast profession as an on-air personality, voice over and production. My voice over work has contributed to countless radio commercials such as rocking music festival advertisements, screaming car commercials for Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki, whispery every day man reads for Harley Davidson, fun and energetic spots for Little Caesar's Pizza, and more. I've also had the opportunity to be the on-camera talent and voice for the film community such as acting and voicing a commercial for Camcord@Large, and voicing the movie trailer for the Northwest produced film, "Kung-Fu Joe". As my talents grow and expand, I continue to be able to adapt to whatever the copy calls for. My education includes... Graduate of Lynden High School Class of 1998 Completion of courses at Highline Community College 1998 - 1999 Completion of courses at Whatcom Community College 1999 Completion of Workshops at Whatcom Film Group 2002 Completion of Script Writing courses at Indie Film Group 2002 Completion of courses at Seattle Film Institute 2003 Completion of courses at NW Film School 2006 My studio equipment includes... With 9+ years in radio broadcasting, I understand the process of producing a varity of different voice over projects. From the original concept and emotion, to the script, to the voice work, to the finishing touches of production. Also, with a background in creative writing and film, I understand that each copy or script has a character within it. It's important to know that character to properly transfer it in the voice over.