Rupert Bogarde

Kings English, Polite, steady, upper middle England, posh, Northern. French: (I lived and worked in France for ten years and can supply a good French Catalan peasant voice and accent.) French is rusty conversational. American mid-western accent. (Lived in US 8 Years) American Southern. Old man. British gentleman statesman. Traditional English Professor. Middle European. Many cartoon and comedy character voices. Try me on: Witches, gnomes, druids, monsters and hags.

Dec 2008 > Writing, Sound Effects and all voices for 'The Mast' Radio short Story. >Completed the VO for a short film shot in Bournemouth. >Technical VO for Draughtsman Products. >Music video intro for The MFV. >TV commercials for Readers Digest, Eukanuba. >VO: Walsh & Co estate agents. Jan 2009: The Pikes Radio podcast. Re-Woking Of 'Daybreak into Darkness' for Pachyderm Productions UK. Feb 2009: VO for: 'L'Anglais' in Pidgeon-French. 'The Gunner' trial for D-Roper Prods. March 2009: VO for: stage production of 'Out of the Mind' by Jillian Jenkins. Totton Theatre, Southampton. April 2009 Web Viral: Dove Films VO for: SunglassesUK 30 sec Comm. June 09 Three radio plays for Southern Counties radio. July 09 Podcasts 'My Painting's in prison' 'Father and Son' (Two unique twin character pieces where I played both parts.) Aug 09 Completion of 'The Mast' For SC radio. (Written Produced by self.) All voices. Sept 09 October and forward........ Poetry Forum Widelife films and the US Open Hat festival recordings. Continual reading ongoing. Numerous articles each day. Producing many sound pieces covering PSA's to simple reads. Radio play characters for: Will and The Doctor in 'The Short Straw' Pachyderm Prods small feature. Reading constantly for NFTB over 200 stories to date. Promos and PSA's. Produced voices for independent Video games company including Logo Start-up voice. 2010... Voice for local radio plus own monday show. Intro and PSA for Newspapers For the Blind. Creative read for German Arts Foundation. Finn Marlin Audiobook (Two Characters. Father and Son) Regular reader for NFTB (every day) Now too many to Itemise.... Southern Illinois University: Photojournalism. Trained as an Editor for Commercials under Jeff Muller. Lived in France 10 years fluent spoken French. Wrote Autobiography: many public readings and radio appearances. Wrote several produced and aired scripts. Some professional acting work. Commercials and one short film. June 2008 Completed Gary Trezzas Voice Over masterclass and then spent five months training with assistance of other established recording engineers and artists before the creation of my own home studio towards the close of 2008. Outside professional: Drummer/singing in Band 20 years. Local Theatre, diverse productions and some lead roles. Professionally equipped home studio with: Versatile Electro Voice RE 20 Dynamic high quality studio microphone. RME Fireface 400 firewire Preamp. Highest quality Silver and Gold high performance cables. MAC SYSTEM with APPLE Logic software/Garage Band and other back-up recording programs. Additional PC back up system in place. Can produce files in most formats. I have a modest sound effects library. Modern or Classical: I can also write and produce music if this is required. Acting: stage, radio and commercial TV. Writing. Published scriptwriter and author. Musician. 25 years many bands. Can provide drums and piano tracks and can sing.