After a lovely summer of voicing for some new games and a great visit at Develop 2017 this year catching up with colleagues and friends, it’s time to get back into the studio and become another character!
But before heading to do that it was lovely to hear the news that I am a finalist for this year’s TIGA Games Industry Awards for my contribution to Audio Services in the industry.
This was a lovely acknowledgement and gives me a huge sense of pride for my skills in the audio industry of which I am so passionate about, especially when it comes to audio excellence and providing a great service to all my clients and of course the video games industry. Thank you TIGA!
I am up against some fantastic companies, so even that is a wonderful accolade to be chosen alongside them. Whoever wins, we should all be proud and raise a glass (cue P!nk :-0)
The shortlist can be found here: The 2017 TIGA Games Industry Awards Shortlist
So who is this company?
“SideKick Productions Ltd has a broadcast grade, recording and editing studio based in Guildford, Surrey (a hub for the gaming industry) and is an independent audio production company which supplies voiceover services to the Gaming, Advertising, Broadcast and Corporate industries.
Posy Brewer, Director of the VoiceOver Voice Ltd, has been a professional Actress, Voice Actor & Voice Over Artist for over 16 years. She trained at the Oxford School of Drama, RADA and Los Angeles. Posy has voiced thousands of different projects, from lead to minor characters in Video Games, Corporate Training Videos, online content, promos, radio commercials and many TV advertisements. She can even tell you about that “unexpected item in the bagging area”, as she is the voice of Morrisons self-service checkouts!
Posy is also a prominent leader in the Voice & Audio Industry. Most recently she has run VOX National Events which is responsible for the VOX and VOXMAS Industry Conferences. She has also been a core member of the Audio Committee at Equity. She is a BAFTA member, WFTV, Equity and TIGA member too.
With Posy’s contacts, knowledge and expertise SideKick Productions Ltd helps clients and businesses with all voiceover services along with recommendation and providing other voices. She is very passionate, not just behind the microphone, but providing a trusted, reliable and quality service to all her clients.
Her main website for more details is www.posybrewer.com
She also has a dedicated games website which is currently under maintenance to be updated: http://www.gamesvoices.com/ [Edit – the Games Voices site for specialists is voiceover for gaming work is now live – January 2018]”
TIGA’s Games Industry Awards are being held at the Victoria & Albert Museum this year on Thursday 2nd November 2017 and is set to be a fun night. You will also hear my dulcet tones as I am one of the Voice of Gods for this event, so I ask you to take your seats please do promptly ;-).
For more information on TIGA please visit their website.
The gaming industry has been electrifying and still continues to be, especially with Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR). Within the acting industry Motion Capture and Performance Capture have become part of the norm and opened up many opportunities for actors to train and perform in a different way, creating true and believable characters for the gaming, film and animation industries.
Did you know that The UK video games sector is the largest in Europe and provides a huge financial revenue to the UK. As TIGA reports, “Some of the best performing games IP globally is generated in the UK. Notable examples include the Grand Theft Auto franchise, developed by Rockstar. Other UK studios have produced major games franchises such as Batman and Lego, as well as individual world-class titles such as RuneScape (developed by Jagex), the Sniper Elite series (developed by Rebellion) and Worms (developed by Team 17).”
If you are attending the ceremony then I look forward to seeing you there and please do say hello!