Christopher Boucher

Since I am new to voice over work, my "experience" consists mainly of people telling me what a great voice I have for voice overs. However, I have worked with voice over talent frequently in my jobs. In my previous position at a production company called Loyola Productions, I wrote scripts and assisted in the recording of voice overs for promotional videos. In my current role as an associate producer for News 12 Connecticut, I write the news scripts that the anchors read on-air. Writing voice overs has given me a healthy appreciation for what it takes to do voice overs, and I plan on giving as much attention to quality in performing as I do in writing. I'm not a complete novice in the art of VO performance, however. I have written and directed several short documentaries, for which I have provided the voice-over narration. The tone ranged from serious (for a short on my intern experience at the Discovery Channel) to snarky (a parody of COPS on campus security). While I have not had any professional voice over courses yet, I have had over five years of vocal training for choral singing. That deep, rich bass voice didn't develop itself, after all. I developed a range of vocal inflections to fit the performance group: strong and powerful in the large choir, refined and elegant for the madrigal choir, loose and fun in the men's a capella group. Thanks to the training, I was selected to the CT All-State choir in 1997 and 1998. These are skills I still maintain, and hope to transfer to my voice over career. I have been writing voice over material professionally for two years now. I feel I have an excellent grasp on what it takes to put together a voice over performance that will make the audience sit up and take notice. And I have the utmost respect for the writers who craft the words that I will record. After all, I've been there!