Nick Ward - Introduction and Accents

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Hi there. My name is Nick Ward. I'm new to the world of voice over acting and looking for opportunities to get engaged with this exciting field. Now, although I'm new to the business, my professional military career was centered on using my voice both to inform and instruct others with my long experience speaking before professional and public audiences, I'm well aware of the requirement to present information clearly in a polished and authoritative manner. As an instructor, I understand the importance of capturing and holding people's attention through the modulated use of my voice to emphasize key teaching points and reinforce learning. I'm comfortable speaking in a North American accent, but I believe I can also offer other voices such a speaking in British English. I'm confident that I have the voice for you. Please take a moment to listen. You know, the English language is now truly so global that a span of regional dialects and accents can be very useful in expanding your range of voice over work. Of course, most audiences in North America generally expect to hear a smooth American English voice on television and on radio, but a Chris British voice will often catch the attention of a target audience and strike a chord of intellectual authority, particularly in historical documentaries. Still, a British accent need not be too neutral. Some situations convention if it from a friendly, ordinary English voice that suggests an intimate knowledge of working class life in southern England, or perhaps the more rustic setting of the West country ideal for the voices of characters in MacGyver fantasy games. Then again, I suppose no repertoire would be complete without an Irish voice to run things out and add more scope for other voiceover characters. Not almost forgotten our Australian friends, whose accent and expressions can liven up just about any announcement, commercial or story Now worries might.