Patricia Shanks
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audio filePatricia Shanks - Corporate Narration Demo
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Live Audio Description
Television |
WWE Smackdown FOX Sports |
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| 2015 |
Announcer
Event |
NAB Show Digital Production Buzz Recorded Announcements Larry Jordan |
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| 2014 |
Properties Narrator
Television |
Canaday TV - Real Estate Listings BScene Advertising |
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| 2013 |
Announcer
Event |
A.L.I.S. Hotels Convention Recorded Announcements Narnia Productions |
|
| 2008 |
Narrator
Television |
UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding ImageBEAM.com |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Business & Management | University of Redlands |
About me
Short description of my voice:Classy and smart reads. Or check out my range of character voices for variety. Great with audio description, voicing everything from Fox Sports TV (live SAP/audio description), to museum tours, to Paramount feature films.
THE OPENER
I promote! Intros for radio, TV, Internet and live presentations, including promos for entities at the annual NAB shows in Las Vegas. Live announcing, narration and hosting and combination live and pre-recorded announcements for conferences, trade-shows and special events.
THE CLOSER
I sell! Real estate and property descriptions for Internet and television broadcast stations.
TV host for syndicated TV show, video host and sales trainer for department stores and host/writer/producer for weekly TV news show.
THE TEACHER
I educate! Audio assist and audio description for national TV, feature films, travelogues, educational films and museum/gallery exhibitions.
THE CHARACTER VOICE
I entertain! Some of my voices include sultry and upscale, the Mid-Atlantic to British to Gypsy to mysterious voice, the Southern charmer, the Jewish mother, the pinched and twangy voice (Think Simpka from the TV show TAXI.).
Additional skills:
Patricia is an Emmy® Award-winning writer. Most recent voiceover credits include audio description for feature films and live audio description for WWE Friday Night Smackdown on FOX. She is an experienced arts and entertainment TV news show host and producer and the former host of a weekly radio jazz program for an NPR affiliate and Daily News Arts and Entertainment columnist. Her singing of jazz standard songs can be found on all the major download and streaming outlets.
Industry awards:
Emmy® Award-winning writer. PSAs, commercials, corporate and industrial scripts.
Referees:
Available on request.
Home Studio
I have a home studioSkills
| Voice Style | Announcer, Artistic, Authoritative, Charismatic, Concerned, Empathic, Friendly, Glamorous, Informative, Luxurious / Smooth, Natural, Reassuring, Rich, Scary, Sexy, Soft, Sophisticated, Versatile, Warm |
|---|---|
| Voice Age | Adult, Senior |
| Languages Spoken | English |
| Accents/Dialects | American - General, Midwest American, New York, Southern American, Standard American, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), US West Coast (California, Portland) |
| Organisations / Memberships | AGMA (US), SAG-AFTRA |