Quality Character Voiceover with Leah

Character voiceover is a popular term in the industry and refers to playing the role of a specific personality for a project. Characters are frequently found in eLearning and corporate narration, and eLearning voice-over often has a general narrator and multiple characters speaking to various business scenarios.

Creating a Signature Character Sound

Typical character styles include animation personalities such as Disney princesses, cute, cuddly animals in educational videos, or wise men or women in gaming storylines. The character sound can also include authentic audio to mimic babies, children, teenagers, adults, and senior citizens. Even an inanimate object such as a shoe, an apple, or a pencil can have a character voice. The possibilities are endless and up to the creative director, writers, or producers’ innovative vision.

The voice actor must be creative and imaginative when thinking of a character’s voice. They must have a wide vocal range and take care to protect their vocal cords. They may laugh, cry, scream, or make odd sounds for hours to perfect the character. Leah has learned many tips and techniques from voice coaches and directors to tap into the actor’s psyche and draw out characters based on previous life experiences, people they’ve met, and pure imagination.

Places You’ll Find Character Voiceover

Character voiceover is more demanding than eLearning, promos, trailers, and corporate work because it requires the use of your whole body. Leah expertly delivers character voiceovers for:

• Animation
• Commercials
• Audiobooks
• Gaming
• Avatars
• Role Play
• Films
• Cell Phone Apps
• Virtual Assistants
• And more!

The video games market is one of the largest consumers of character voiceover in the fastest-growing market within digital media. In 2022, the worldwide revenue was US$197 billion and is expected to grow to US$285 billion in 2027.

Examples of Leah’s Character Work

Leah has performed character work for many clients and companies, such as Air Jordan, Xbox, Motorola, Barbie, Sam’s Club, Brawl Stars, TD Bank, Yotta Games, and more. She enjoys performing many vastly different characters and finds it thrilling and exciting. Her previous acting experience makes her highly qualified, with the skills to make each character unique. She’ll create a backstory for each character so they come alive in the audio. Picturing where these characters live, how they grew up, what fears or aspirations they have, and what each one looks like are all building blocks used to animate each personality. She will write a full brief on the character first, then explore various voices.

Leah can manipulate her voice from alto-soprano to a tenor, allowing her to bring many characters to life. She can also perform a multitude of accents if the character is from New York, the Southern Caribbean, Jamaica, Africa, Spain, Canada, the UK, Eastern European, and many more. She has also worked with industry great Elle-Ray Hennessy to draw out over 20 characters showcased on her Animation demo for your listening pleasure. Leah would love to work with your team to create and perform your character and story. Feel free to contact her anytime and learn more!