How Do You Say That?!

In ep 196 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Alice King joins Sam and Mark to talk about why "what am I feeling?" is more useful than anything else when you approach a script... How a single word first line is so tough to approach, and why directors should take note of the very last thing they say before the VO records a take.
We discuss what we mean by "a big read", if a client wants big... and is there any way you can pull them back? Plus why fewer words are more powerful than loads.
Our VO question this week is all about how previous jobs can help your voice over experience!

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
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At it’s heart is the Green Innovation Forum - our flagship event. A key platform for major announcements, discussion and debate.
Where global thought leaders will explore key areas of action — from technology and AI to finance and sustainability.
Because our challenge is no longer ambition. It's implementation.

Script 2
Homebuyers...
... Life is about to get better!
Beautiful places... where you can just be you! More stories to be told!
The luxury of it all!
We are Nest Wickleson, crafting homes people love... In places they want to live... For more than 60 years
So when it’s time to get moving... we’re here for you! So you can get in...... get on...... and get more out of life.

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About our guest:
Acting was Alice King's childhood passion, although she started her career in the creative world of media and branding. This experience gave her great insight into storytelling, different writing styles and understanding the creative process. Realising she wanted to be the storyteller, Alice found her way back to performance and has been a professional voice actor since 2018, and radio presenter since 2022. Alice is multi award nominated, specialising in commercial and corporate genres, from brand films, TV and radio adverts, game trailers, explainers and promos for clients such as Global, Disney, Dove, Harry Potter LEGO, Google, The Royal Albert Hall, Oddbox, Nivea, The Trailer Farm, Indeed and Unilever. Alice tells a story with character and empathy, gaining trust from an audience with a harmonic and warm overtone.
Alice 's Website
@Alicekingvoiceover on Instagram
Alice '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 196 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Alice King.
Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark
Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

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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**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:
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.

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:
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