Talking Creative

Christmas Eve and the 4 Santas

This is the final episode in The Talking Creative Countdown to Christmas!And I've saved a fun little treat especially for Christmas Eve... keep listening to find out about the 4 Santas!I promised you a special link and here it is (it's from a film, so it's only the song - but it's a good one!):https://youtu.be/w2WUYyppXlUHave a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

11 things that helped me to become a full-time voiceover

This is the stuff that has helped me to build a voiceover career.Hopefully it will offer a few ideas that might help you.It includes:CoachingBuilding a home studioMy logo and brandingWebsiteConferences - and not just voiceover onesGetting out and meeting peopleand all kinds of mindset stuff...As always, you can follow me on LinkedIn for more voiceover related chat - you can find me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-boffin/And if you enjoyed this podcast - please do subscribe, rate and review "Talking Creative - the Art of Voiceover Directing" on Apple PodcastsandGo to https://samanthaboffin.co.uk/talkingcreative for the whole series so far.

Festive Audiobooks for Children

Audiobooks are perfect for long car journeys or keeping kids entertained when you're busy creating Christmas!Here is a roundup of seasonal audiobooks for kids of all ages - even big kids!The audiobook list:Spectacular Stories for the Very Young by David WalliamsThe Snail and the Whale and Other Stories by Julia DonaldsonThe Detective Dog and Other Stories by Julia DonaldsonMermaid School by Lucy CourtneyThe Christmasaurus by Tom FletcherThe Christmas Pig by JK RowlingThe Book That No One Wanted by Richard AyoadeThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie MackesyThe HogFather by Terry Pratchett (the Bill Nighy/Peter Serafinowicz version)Lost Christmas by David LoganLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott (the Laura Dern version)And UK Listeners, don't forget that BBC Sounds has some amazing stuff for kidsAs always, you can follow me on LinkedIn for more voiceover related chat - you can find me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-boffin/And if you enjoyed this podcast - please do subscribe, rate and review "Talking Creative - the Art of Voiceover Directing" on Apple PodcastsandGo to https://samanthaboffin.co.uk/talkingcreative for the whole series so far.

Live, Local Storytelling - How To Get Involved

December 21st. The shortest day - and the longest night...The perfect time to talk about live storytelling.In this episode we look at how you can get involved in live storytelling gigs that will get you out of the booth and better known locally.As always, you can follow me on LinkedIn for more voiceover related chat - you can find me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-boffin/And if you enjoyed this podcast - please do subscribe, rate and review "Talking Creative - the Art of Voiceover Directing" on Apple PodcastsandGo to https://samanthaboffin.co.uk/talkingcreative for the whole series so far.

Making Your Voiceover Feel Confident

A confident voice actor will give you a better performance. Fact.In this episode we cover:What to do at the start of a sessionBeing in-the-moment Creating a bridge into your projectCreate the right creative atmosphereDirecting, not acting for your voiceGiving helpful, imaginative feedbackHow to perfect the art of saying - "I love that and let’s also try this..."Ending the session on a highAs always, you can follow me on LinkedIn for more voiceover related chat - you can find me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-boffin/And if you enjoyed this podcast - please do subscribe, rate and review "Talking Creative - the Art of Voiceover Directing" on Apple PodcastsandGo to https://samanthaboffin.co.uk/talkingcreative for the whole series so far.