Research into Channel 4 Voiceovers

And how we can learn from these…

David Wartnaby

David is a UKvoiceover, narratorand presenter forbroadcast, web andcorporate content.He does voiceoversfor promos anddocumentaries forHeart, CNN, Sky1,and Channel 4 aswell as UKHot40 on4MMusic.

His voice changes to suit thework he is recording for. TheYouTube video below showinghis ‘best bits’ shows how hecan sound soft and warm, toexciting, to building tensionto being incredibly serious.

Watching Ross Kemp on gangsdocumentary and the advertfor it I realised the voice oversounded serious. Wartnabydid this voice over and I likedhow he built up the seriousatmosphere and how hisvoice made me feel whenwatching the documentary.

Marcus Bentley is a British actor, broadcaster andvoice over artist. He is most famous fornarrating the UK version of Big Brother and didother announcements for Channel 4 until heleft in July 2011 to continue narrating forrevived Big Brothers on Channel 5.

Bentley’s voice over work and strong Geordieaccent has led to him becoming one ofthe most recognised voices in the UK.

Marcus Bentley

We’d like to use a male voice forour documentary because wewould like to keep to theChannel Four style as much aswe can to make sure ourdocumentary sounds andlooks professional.

Wartnaby does the voice overfor many documentaries andadvertisement for ChannelFour, and the way he does aserious voice, we’d like torecord similarly to set thetone and mood of thedocumentary over the factsand driving clips.