How Do You Say That?!

In ep 195 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Ian Russell joins Sam and Mark to talk about how serendipity can really influence your career. Accents you're not supposed to do any more, and the difference between Horrific and Horrifying! We explore characterisation in Telephony jobs, and how a "handle" on both ends of a script can be quite helpful. Plus, as it's nearly Halloween, we consider direction that says "be a wizard without being too wizardy"!

Our VO question this week is all about how luck and hard work can make a VO career fly.

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.uk
Script 1
Thank you for calling The Deadly Alcove.
The attraction is currently open on weekends only. Our team is available by phone Monday to Friday, but if we’re unable to take your call, please leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Tickets for weekend visits and for the new season are available to book through our website…. But hurry because if you need a ticket for today… the four horsemen are right behind you.
Please hold and a member of our team will be with you shortly.

Script 2
The Old City Inn
Left empty for over 50 years
Cold, Empty, Alone
Now this hotel is seeking revenge
and it's out to get you
Mazes, Ghosts, Spiders and Shifting doors
Dare you stay at the Haunted Hotel?
Will you Escape or will you and your team be trapped Forever?
The Haunted Hotel
A new experience from The Gamer Room
Only this Halloween
Mwahahahahah

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About our guest:
Ian Russell is a British VO based in America. He stumbled into voiceover by accident, and lays the blame firmly at the feet of his wife Sandra (She bought him a VO Workshop for Christmas!) Over a decade later clients still hire him and the dark side of Videogames and Animation have become core to his business.
Secretly he enjoys the challenge of reading complex medical scripts and getting the right number of words to fit perfectly into 29 and a half seconds!
Ian's Website
@thebritishvoice on Instagram
Ian's Facebook page

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

About your hosts:
With over 40 years representing major international clients such as Google, Emirates and HSBC; Mark Ryes has been trusted to be the voice for some of the world’s biggest brands. If your business needs a fresh voice to represent you, then make it Mark's British voice. As a voiceover, TV presenter, podcaster or product demonstrator - Mark makes your brand truly sparkle!
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Elegantly British with an intelligent, warm and seductive voice, Samantha Boffin helps creatives and production companies create great audio that really connects with their audience. BBC-trained and with over 20 years of broadcast experience on both sides of the mic, she's created award-winning promos, narration and commercials for companies all around the globe, including the BBC, Sky, Games Workshop, John Lewis, Audible and Penguin Random House.
Samantha's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 195 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Ian Russell.
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In ep 194 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Jordan McNaught joins Sam and Mark to talk about a military script which sparks discussion about how you'd treat the chain of command when playing characters in video games... and how it can affect real life too. We ask, if you don't have experience of a subject - should you actively avoid it? We bring a salt-of-the-earth 1930's gossipy character to life just from the dialogue, and Mark wishes he had a prop to help... but is that always necessary? There's an exclusive exposé in the first three minutes of the show... and how one word can either be Scottish or Pirate - you decide!!

Our VO question this week is all about what experience you can bring directly from military life into voice acting!

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.uk
Script 1
“I should say you did, miss! It’s been in all the newspapers. The Daily Budget’s out still to catch the man who did it. It seems, according to them, as our police are no good at all. Well, I hope they’ll get him—although a nice-looking young fellow he was and no mistake. A kind of soldierly look about him—ah, well, I dare say he’d been wounded in the war, and sometimes they go a bit queer afterwards, my sister’s boy did."

Script 2
Aye, he was out of line. Insubordinate even. Everyone knows that Sgt, But.. you confined him to a cell awaiting some kind of kangaroo court ruling.
He was just trying to do the right thing! Jesus we all are, He saved that lad, a boy soldier, fresh out of depot who now gets to go home to his family. Are you really going to punish everyone who bends the rules to save lives? You’re supposed to be our commander... and yet all I see is a Career politician.

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**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"
About our guest:
Jordan McNaught is a Scottish voice actor and member of Bafta Scotland (one of only two in Perth, the other is Obi wan Kenobi!!) He works mainly in videogames, animation and audio dramas. He was in the Royal Military Police for the British Army for 4 years before being medically discharged with PTSD and dropped into the pandemic with a wife a newly born daughter! Jordan took a chance and a dive and a leg and a wing and whatever else to try his hand at acting.
Jordan's Website
@Mcnaughtvo on Instagram

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

About your hosts:
With over 40 years representing major international clients such as Google, Emirates and HSBC; Mark Ryes has been trusted to be the voice for some of the world’s biggest brands. If your business needs a fresh voice to represent you, then make it Mark's British voice. As a voiceover, TV presenter, podcaster or product demonstrator - Mark makes your brand truly sparkle!
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Elegantly British with an intelligent, warm and seductive voice, Samantha Boffin helps creatives and production companies create great audio that really connects with their audience. BBC-trained and with over 20 years of broadcast experience on both sides of the mic, she's created award-winning promos, narration and commercials for companies all around the globe, including the BBC, Sky, Games Workshop, John Lewis, Audible and Penguin Random House.
Samantha's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

Short trailer for Episode 194 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Jordan McNaught.
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In ep 193 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Christian Starr joins Sam and Mark to talk about a dating script that could be horribly patronising to the listener if it weren't firmly tongue in cheek and how finding the right words of direction is so important to the final feel of a piece.
We have a sharp discussion on what really makes a Film Noir style, and whether Mark can actually pull it off (you decide!), we ponder how a phrase like "ta-da" in a script as an exclamation can lead you to be a little more jazz-hands than is entirely comfortable, and Christian brings a script that at first reading makes no sense at all... until you realise that a glizzy and a gagger are both nicknames for a hotdog!!
Our wildcards consist of a bedraggled cat, an Eastern European Igor and the tale of the last man on the planet!

Our VO question this week is all about what other ways you can bring your work to public attention.

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.uk
Script 1
Of course - it is always tempting after a long day at the office to go home, snuggle down on the sofa with your pjs and a lovely hot chocolate and binge watch your favourite shows. But, I can assure you that Mr - or Mrs - Right is not waiting for you at the bottom of your mug, ready to appear like a prize - ta dah! - when you have finished your drink.
Your date is waiting out there in the Big Wide World. It’s time to get up off your sofa and get out there.

Script 2
Most people think the PGA is a golf thing
Most people are wrong.
In the city of Love, an ancient order stands watch over the franks and weenies.
They judge every glizzy.
They defend the sacred casing.
And when a sausage is wrongly-filled, over-dressed or under-grilled, they answer the call. But tonight, something has awakened in the Métro. The trains are meat. The meat is stuffing.
This is the story of the Paris Gagger Alliance.

We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!
**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"

About our guest:
Christian Starr is an American voice artist, actor, and performer based in Paris. His work spans commercials, video games, live performance, and screen acting, with credits for L’Oréal, Dove, Jeep, Capgemini, Accor, Ubisoft, and Digixart. He is currently the live voice of Stitch in Stitch Live! at Disneyland Paris, voiced multiple characters in Digixart’s new release Tides of Tomorrow, as well as their award-winning title Road 96.
Working in English, native-level Norwegian, and French (with a viking accent), Christian records from his broadcast-ready studio. He is also a member of Les Voix, the French association of professional voice artists, which advocates for performers’ rights, ethical use of voices, and professional standards in the industry. He lives in a beautiful old house with his British wife and French daughter, and has a weakness for making elaborate, absurd birthday videos for his family overseas.
Christian's Website
@christian_starr_lassen on Instagram
Christian on YouTube

Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!

About your hosts:
With over 40 years representing major international clients such as Google, Emirates and HSBC; Mark Ryes has been trusted to be the voice for some of the world’s biggest brands. If your business needs a fresh voice to represent you, then make it Mark's British voice. As a voiceover, TV presenter, podcaster or product demonstrator - Mark makes your brand truly sparkle!
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Elegantly British with an intelligent, warm and seductive voice, Samantha Boffin helps creatives and production companies create great audio that really connects with their audience. BBC-trained and with over 20 years of broadcast experience on both sides of the mic, she's created award-winning promos, narration and commercials for companies all around the globe, including the BBC, Sky, Games Workshop, John Lewis, Audible and Penguin Random House.
Samantha's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin