Backlight : The Video & Digital Marketing Podcast

In this episode we get a great insight into the work of a prolific character voice artist, and discover what actually goes into creating a great character voice. Our guest also talks about performing an A-list cartoon character live on TV to the world, and how he dealt with it when it all went a bit pear shaped – dealing with it live on-air in character of course. We also look at the art of the voiceover, and why it's never a good idea to cram too many words into your script. Marc Silk is one of the most in-demand voice artists in the business. He's worked across numerous mediums, spanning cartoons, feature films, TV Shows, computer games and commercials. Some of his highlights include working with George Lucas voicing a member of the Galactic Senate in Star Wars – Episode One, narrating The Pingu Show, performing 30 characters in the new Danger Mouse, as well as being the voice of Scooby-Doo & Shaggy, Johnny Bravo and Bob the Builder in the United States. I caught up with Marc at his studio in the West M

Short Promo Trailer for the first 7 episodes of Backlight. Backlight is a podcast for marketing people, video and film producers, and anyone who has an interest in applying media and digital marketing techniques to their own businesses or careers. Each episode brings you a one-to-one interview with an industry expert from a variety of media, marketing and video production topics - to help you explore how to enrich your video content, and how to maximise distribution channels and audience reach. * Backlight (noun); Illumination from behind which helps to give depth to an image. *   Backlight is brought to you by Slinky Productions - a video production company based in Birmingham UK - https://www.slinkyproductions.co.uk