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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Voice Overs Of The World: The British Are Coming!
This installment of Voice Overs of the World focuses on a few advertisements with great voice overs featuring accents.
Voice Overs Of The World: Old Navy’s SuperModelquins
Old Navy has always had a unique sensibility to its ads. Their latest campaign, the SuperModelquins, has been running for over a year now, so it must be doing well for them. And while I’ve seen a bunch of them over the past several months, it wasn’t until this most recent batch that I really paid attention to just how much voice over work there is going on in each commercial. Here I’ve spotlighted three of their most recent (and most voice-over-intensive) commercials in the campaign.
Voice Overs Of The World: Matter-Of-Fact Humor
I found some great examples of what I like to call “Matter of Fact” Humor. What that means is that each of the commercials below are funny, clever, well-written ads that require a certain style of delivery. Although these are funny ads, none of the voice overs go for over-the-top humor. Instead, they take a subtle, more stoic approach. The reads aren’t flat or emotionless, but the voice talents involve add just little touches of humor here and there to really sell a dry sense of comedy.
Mission Accomplished, Peter
In addition to a film and television career that encompassed over 50 years of acting, Mr. Graves was also a noted voice over talent. He’s most famously known for hosting A&E’s Biography series since 1987, a job that involved narrating the lives of numerous actors, sports figures, scientific pioneers, and notoriously famous personalities.
Voice Overs Of The World: The Anti-Announcer
These two ads featuring deep, male voice overs are about as far away from an announcer-style delivery as you can get.








