Video Show Reels
BIOGRAPHY
Over 15 years' radio experience in producing, presenting, and scripting for Oxford Hospital Radio. Teacher of English to secondary and international students. A published audiobook narrator, and short documentary narrator. Competent editor of scripts and texts with over 3 years' experience, helping bring the written word alive for the audio listener, without compromise to the original author's manuscript.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Commercial Demo Reel
Australian Tea Brand - Commercial
Life in the UK Study Guide - Audiobook
Feature Film Sizzle - role of Felix
Tempus Fugit - Opening context scene - Independent Film
The Art of Dying - Audiobook excerpt
| CONTACT DETAILS | VOICE PROFILE |
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Email: laurencetodd@hotmail.com Business number: +44 (0)7726 962 013 Mobile number: 07726 962 013 |
Gender: Male Location: Oxford Description of voice: A light brown voice, displaying a sincerity and a trust. It could promote information in a sympathetic way, which the listener would automatically believe. Would suit documentaries, business animations, e-learning, narration and non-fiction audio books. Sounding Age(s): 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60, 61 - 70 Languages: English (UK) Accents: British English BBC English Expertise: Audiobook, Commercial, Narration, Studio Engineer/Recording/Post-Production |
CREDITS
| Year | Project | Voiceover Category | Company | Details |
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| 2020 | ‘The Art of Living and Dying Well’ | Audiobook | Patristic Publishing | Laurence produced an audio-book for Patristic Publishing on ACX, and I was very impressed with the quality of his work. He clearly had closely read over the manuscript before starting and we were able to clear up footnote issues and other minor points. His recordings were excellent: very consistent and easy to listen to. The final audio files were well-edited, meeting all the requirements of ACX without any loss of quality. Overall I would highly recommend Laurence for any sort of voice-over work and I hope to work with him again. - Steven Burger, Patristic Publishing |
SKILLS
| Post-production | Experience at both pre-production marking up of scripts and creation of table of contents audio running order, plus post-production mastering of audio tapes to a professional standard, retaining original DAW audio recordings. |
| Proof-reading | My English teachng skills allow me to identify errors of both grammar, meaning, and form in a text to be voiced. This can often help both authors and publishers to improve their original texts. Key to this success is a supportive and diplomatic dialogue between parties. |
Home Recording Studio - vocal booth to go acoustic blankets.
| Software: | Audacity |
| Video Sync Available: | No |
| Remote connectivity: | Cleanfeed, Google Hangouts, Zoom |
| Microphones: | Aston Origin cardiod condenser microphone, Sontronics STC 3x multi-pattern condenser – cardioid, omnidirectional and figure-of-eight microphone |
| Studio demo sample |
TRAINING
| Voiceover Training | Beginner voiceover training with Gravy for the Brain |
| Narration training | Narration - delivering from the heart within - Dian Perry through WonderlandVO |