Vox Daily The Official Voices.com Blog

Political Voice Overs

By Stephanie Ciccarelli

January 16, 2006

Comments (1)

Do political voice-overs influence your voting decision?

Political voice overs have been making the news in Canada as of late due to the impending federal election. Typically, voice overs for political campaigns are chosen carefully with the objectives of instilling trust, camaraderie, and, over the course of the campaign, to successfully persuade the voter to concur with the values and mission of the political party.

Negative Political Ad Campaigns

While there have been plenty of good voice overs running in positive ad campaigns, a recent set of negative and stony voice over ads have crept out from the shadows, trying to influence voters in last minute efforts to secure votes.

Political Ads in Canada

As Canadians, we're not easily swayed by malicious propaganda (or any propaganda for that matter), so these negative voice overs may not prove as effective as originally intended by the political parties in question. Canadians prefer to address politics in a civil manner, not with fear mongering and smear campaigns.

Negative voice overs are not a new tactic when it comes to election campaigns. Our neighbours in the USA have heard their fair share of negative voice overs over the years too.

Do Negative Political Ads Work?

Do voice overs in used in broadcast advertisements influence your vote? If so, which ones do and why?

If you're reading this and are a veteran of the voting game, please leave a comment to let us know where you stand on the issue of political advertisements ~ voice overs, and all.

Best wishes,

Stephanie


Comments


    I enjoy strong female voices. Particularly deeper sounding resonant voices.

    Posted by:

Leave a Comment



Recent Articles

Top 5 Job Posting Categories at Voices.com

Investigate the World of Voiceover LIVE with David Goldberg of Edge Studio

3 Skills Every Voice Actor Working Today Needs To Have

3 Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

VoiceWorld Toronto Thrilled To Announce OIART as Gold Sponsor

VoiceWorld Toronto Pleased To Announce Platinum Sponsor Edge Studio

Got a Short Attention Span?

How An Actor's Essence Shines Through Their Creation

Common Storylines in Animated Films

Pronunciation Guides for Audiobook Narrators

   

Subscribe by Email

About Vox Daily

Vox Daily offers a daily dose of voice acting news, articles, tutorials, interviews, intelligent conversation and business ideas for voice talent and voice actors.


Follow Voices.com

Voices.com Twitter Voices.com Facebook Voices.com LinkedIn Google

New Book

Buy Voice Acting For Dummies

Becoming a voice actor, working from your own home recording studio and auditioning for voice-over jobs is within your reach!

Learn about Voice Acting For Dummies

New YouTube Video

Watch videos on YouTube