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BIOGRAPHY
My job is to help your company communicate better. I am an actor and professional voice talent (announcer, narrator, and voice artist) who is experienced in several voiceover styles. If you need to give your brand, service, or product a voice, please contact me. Based on the analysis of the briefing and the script, I record and edit my voice in a professional audio facility including treatment and sound insulation.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Complete
Conversational ("The guy next door")
Standard / Corporate
Promos
Hard Sell
Poetic / Experimental
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Email: lawrenceshum@uol.com.br Business number: +55 11 9-9998-1339 Mobile number: Website: https://www.lawrenceshum.com.br/en/ |
Gender: Male Location: Brazil (São Paulo City) Description of voice: I perform several VO styles, including standard corporate, conversational ("the guy next door"), hard sell, soft sell, and promotional. My voice is warm, friendly, and confident. I´m sure I´m able to make your ideas, services, and/or products stand from the crowd. Sounding Age(s): 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60 Languages: Português (Brasil) Accents: Brazilian Portuguese (broadcast standard) Expertise: Commercial, Corporate, Studio Engineer/Recording/Post-Production |
CREDITS
SKILLS
| College Professor | I am also an advertiser, graduated from FAAP, with a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Communications and Semiotics from PUC – SP, and a professor of Digital Games at PUC – SP; Audiovisual, Advertising, Radio, TV, and Internet at Fapcom (Paulus College of Communication). |
| Sound Designer | . Editing and mastering voice tracks. . Audio post-production with music libraries and sound effects. . Voice direction services with other voice talents. |
| Radio and TV announcer | From 1983 to 1996, I worked as an announcer and producer at some of the major radio and TV stations in Sao Paulo (Brazil): Antena 1, FM 97, Excelsior AM (currently CBN), Gazeta FM, Nova FM Record, Band FM, TV Bandeirantes, and Eldorado FM. From 2003 to 2014 I acted as an announcer on HBO Plus and HBO Max. |
HOME STUDIO
| Software: | Adobe Audition, Audacity, Reaper, Sound Forge, Other |
| Video Sync Available: | Yes |
| Remote connectivity: | Bodalgocall, Google Hangouts, Skype |
| Microphones: | Neumann TLM 103, Sennheiser MKH 416, Rode NT2-A |
| Studio demo sample |
TRAINING
| Studio Fatima Toledo | Training in film acting with the acting coach Fátima Toledo, known for her work in films such as Cidade de Deus, Tropa de Elite, Praia do Futuro and Central do Brasil, among others. https://www.studiofatimatoledo.com/ |
| Espaço Renoir | I also have had training VO sessions conducted by the actor and VO coach Pedro Barreto. http://espacorenoir.com.br/ |
| Speech therapy sessions | My vocal quality and health are monitored by speech therapists Mirella Guilhen, and Clara Rocha. |