Research into Channel 4 voiceoversWhich voice over should we use?

Voiceovers

Voiceovers are a key part of watching documentary programmes. It sets the theme and the mood, whether it being comedy or a serious tone. The pitch of the voice and how the person speaks determines how the mood of our knife crime documentary will come about. Knife crime is a serious thing so we would prefer an adult with a deeper tone to be the voiceover, to keep people engaged.

David Wartnaby

David has done voiceovers on various channels such as Sky1, Channel4, Heart and CNN therefore he has had years of experience. He is a UK voice over, presenter and narrator.

Looking at his webpage on the left, David has done voice overs and narrations for many programmes. An advantage of using him as a voice over is that he also has quite a serious tone to his voice therefore he’ll fit in properly into our knife crime documentary.

Trevor McDonaldTrevor McDonald is ideal for the voice over for our documentary as not long ago he was the host but also the narrator on a prison show called Inside Death Row. This intrigued people to watch on as he has a serious deep voice which went well with the role. Furthermore he has had years of experience and also presented the news hundreds of times.