Directors: Peter Dunne
Length: 10.5-hour three-week workshop
Class Notes: None
Narration sounds like one nice, tidy category in voice-over. Just talk and explain things, right? Easy. Except… not really. Audio tours, documentaries and audiobooks may all fall under the narration umbrella, but they are very different gigs, and they each expect something slightly different from the actor behind the mic. In an audio tour, you’re the friendly, knowledgeable guide helping listeners explore a place in real time. You’re informative, engaging, and ideally not sounding like you’ve memorized the plaque on the wall. Documentary narration requires a different gear: authority, credibility and storytelling that supports the visuals without bulldozing over them. And audiobooks? That’s the long-haul version of narration: sustaining story, characters and emotional connection over hours of material. Same category. Entirely different expectations. Explore all three genres comparing how vibe, pacing and listener relationship shift from one style to the next. Because if you approach every narration the same way… you might accidentally sound like you’re narrating a sweeping wildlife documentary while explaining how to assemble a bookshelf. And that would be… memorable. Just not in the way you want.