Leigh Matthew

Scottish- Female, Glaswegian, between 20-40 years of age. Sweet, friendly and chirpy, mother hen type of character. Sounds rather like the people you will talk to when calling HMRC tax credits or child benefits office lol! Scottish- Glaswegian. Female(older between 30-50 years having had too many cigarettes/ drink in her life)/ male (same as female attributes except with a rougher voice)Drunk, slurring and rude- a bit like a younger version of Rab C Nesbitt! New York/Queens Italian- Female- can be younger between 20-30 years of age or older between 30-40 years of age. Strong headed, a bit mouthy, knows what she wants. Based on typical New York prostitutes as seen in Hollywood films. American/Queens Afro Caribbean female- around 25-35 years of age. Loud, energetic, full of 'woman power',stereotypical use of deep southern afro Caribbean language. American/ standard dialect. Strong,concise,powerful a bit politically motivated with strong opinion and motivation. American/ Texan. Maternal, strong willed female aged between 40-50 years of age. Protector, full of woman power, based a bit on Kathy Bate's character in Titanic. English/South London male/female youth- between 15- 20 years of age. Stereotypical 'chav',rude, got a chip on their shoulder type of attitude.Quite high pitched, sounds a bit ridiculous to the end listener but this character truly thinks he/she is a 'bad boy' with use of typical gangster language. Australian- sounds more male than female, aged between 20-30 years, laid back, comedic. Child, female aged between 6-11 years. Slightly raspy, high pitched accents, very English, over pronunciation of words, chirpy and friendly. Based loosely on Ruby from the animation series Max and Ruby. Child, male aged up to 8 years of age. Raspy and repeats words such as 'but' and 'I' several times before saying what he wants to say, like he's really trying to get his words out. Sounds a bit whingey, every word is high pitched and sounds like he's whining for something. Slightly nasal too giving impression of a typical snotty nosed little boy. Sounds slightly like Jake from The Tweenies.

I currently do not have any paid experience but would relish the opportunity to be given a chance to present my skills in a professional setting. I have completed a Voiceover For Beginners- Course 1- Beginners Level. I do not have any studio equipment at present. I used to teach secondary school pupils in a disadvantaged area and often found I had to really project my voice and use a certain amount of emphasis on certain words or phrases to ensure pupils would be able to take in more of what I was saying. This really helped me realise how powerful my voice was and could be with more practice.