voice over guy
My commercial voice over resume includes a Phil Donahue show but not…
Phil was doing a location show in North Carolina and since this was a weekly show the schedule was tight. It’s hard enough to do a weekly national TV show but toss in a location , dealing with a local prison system about a death row inmate, state government and a TV crew and you’ve got plenty to do.
This show needed a narrator and I got the call. Donahue was covering an execution at a Raleigh prison. The show was going to air the next day and was being taped the night before just in time for national distribution.
My job was to be the narrator. To pop in and explain all that was happening. To read a script that would bring clarity and focus to an otherwise confusing situation.
I waited in the green room for a few hours until the show was finished. Then I was sent home. No need for a narrator, Donahue had decided to do it himself, for a personal touch, a less commercial voice.
That was the best call by far. The show was an intimate look at at a very touchy subject and Donahue had the presence and persona for it. But I was there just in case. And they paid well. Thanks Phil. Call anytime.
When you make a few contacts and do some consistent work you will get calls for work like this. If I had not been available for this job, they would have called another anouncer. I am sure thay had a list of people and were just calling to get somebody competent to fill that slot.
So be prepared to
- say yes
- be on time
- be flexible
- be ready to bail out
- make new contacts when you are there
- be professional ( stay out of the way)
Once you get in a position to do commercial voice work, it can happen like that. Just be there when you are called. A huge part of it is– just showing up.
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