In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by Voxbox, that guy off The X Factor, Peter Dickson joins Sam and Mark to talk about his 40 years at the top of VO, why visualisation is such a powerful tool, and how to play a script without going over the top.
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Script 1
Are you a man?
Do you share your home with children, cats, dogs, guinea pigs and a partner that always cusses you for not taking your shoes off at the door?
Do you long for a little bit of quality man-time?
Then you need..... a MANSPACE!
You can rebuild a vintage motorcycle in your Manspace.
Watch the football on a 60" widescreen with your pals while drinking…
Responsibly in your Manspace...
Even install your favourite arcade games from the 80's!
Or we could just put some nice rattan furniture in there...and scented
Candles and pillows?
[Sound effect of Pac-Man running into a ghost as if to say....Game Over]
Yeah.....right! (sarcastically)
Script 2
He was right. I was not naturally bad. A coward broke my life and made me what I have become.
I had wronged him, I admit, but I was very sorry – and hated myself for my fault. I begged his pardon – begged for it on my knees! And he told me to go – threw me out into the streets!
(Beat)
Me! His wife! The mother of his child!
(Beat)
Thanks to him I have suffered a thousand deaths – and I have killed! I hate him…
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About our guest:
Peter Dickson is possibly the UK’s most prolific voiceover artist. He has enjoyed a career spanning almost 40 years. His voice has featured on “Britain’s Got Talent” and “The X Factor” in the UK. In a national poll, he was voted as one of the top three iconic UK voices of the decade.
Peter was the BBC's youngest ever newsreader, and his voice has featured on over 30 major computer game titles. He's voiced thousands of TV and Radio commercials, anchored awards ceremonies for some of the world’s biggest brands, and he’s worked with most of the biggest producers and stars of UK entertainment.
Peter was one of the voices of the London 2012 Olympic Games - and of course he also runs www.gravyforthebrain.com, a rapidly growing educational e learning platform for voiceovers, as well as the One Voice Conference on both sides of the Atlantic, and Vox in the UK as well.
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