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Back Celebrity Spotlight: Steve French In a recent interview with TVGrapevine , Steve opened up about the show and a special fandom that he loves. Source: TV Grapevine Author: Sammi Turano Publication Date: Mar 21, 2021 Click here Steve French has one of the most well known voices in America and possibly the world. He has done everything from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to Match Game and many other projects in between. He is to voice work what Derek Hough is to dancing. Now fans can hear him every Wednesday on his new podcast Unsolved Mysteries, which was created by the show’s original producers. Each week, he takes on an unsolved case and, much like the show, gives details, news and other information in hopes of getting answers and the case eventually solved. In a recent interview with TVGrapevine, Steve opened up about the show and a special fandom that he loves. Check out the highlights below: 1. Steve admitted that he was a bit nervous about hosting the show, saying that OG host Robert Stack was a tough act to follow. However, he was up for the job and eventually found his voice and groove. He knew he didn’t want to copy the iconic host, so he worked hard in finding his own voice, adding a great range of emotions to each episode. That was something that was very important to the producers, and led to him making the show his own. 2. Each episode will focus on one case per week. For example, one week will be a missing person, one will be about UFOs, etc. He promises that there will be something for everyone who listens to the podcast and hopes that they will enjoy each episode, even if they aren’t a fan of a particular genre on the show. Steve went on to say that he knows people love this kind of show and thinks they will be drawn in to each episode in a new, unique way. 3. Interestingly, Steve doesn’t even know what he will be covering each week until right before he records. He is given the interviews and rough cuts, but other than that, he doesn’t have a lot of lead time. However, he does end up doing research after the fact, saying that he finds each and every case fascinating in its own way. 4. The biggest thing for Steve help provide some some semblance of closure, or at least support and hope for those people who have been faced with tragedy. He takes his job very seriously and understands that these are real people looking for answers. It is not just a voiceover job for him….it is a way to help people in any way he can. 5. As of right now, there are no plans to do a full episode of case updates. However, Steve did say that if and when they get them, he and the show will certainly find a way to get the word out to the public. 6. In addition to hosting the podcast, Steve is the promo voice for The Mandalorian. He is also an avid Star Wars fan and has been watching the movies over the pandemic. So what is his favorite? While he loves them all, he has an appreciation for the latest three movies and considers The Last Jedi to be his favorite! Keep checking back for more news on Steve and Unsolved Mysteries. Go to Source Tags: Interview, Unsolved Mysteries

Back The Final Girls Now Streaming on Hulu An all-time favorite VO opportunity, I voice the “Camp Bloodbath” trailer that opens one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen. Source: SFVO Author: Steve French Publication Date: Aug 10, 2021 Click here Todd Strauss-Schulson’s meta-horror masterpiece, The Final Girls , is now streaming on Hulu ! Without giving too much away, I voice the “Camp Bloodbath” trailer that opens the film. An all-time favorite voice over opportunity, in one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen. A love letter to slasher flicks of the 80’s, this is a movie you just have to see to believe. Here’s a little more info: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer. Learn More Tags: Film, The Final Girls, Hulu, Trailer

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Back Booking BOBA FETT A day in the life of a promo voice artist. Source: SFVO Author: Steve French Publication Date: Feb 9, 2022 Click here Out of gallery What does it mean to be a promo voice? In the most basic terms, the promo voice is the voice you hear at the end of spots for a given show, series, or network. The script is often a short end tag, maybe no more than a few words. You are the voice that tells the audience what the show is, and when and where they can watch it. Pretty simple, right? But it goes deeper than that. Being the promo voice means you are tasked with creating a signature vocal tone for the show, one that will stick in the listener’s memory. Whether they’re watching the promo on TV, scrolling through social media, or just have it on in the background while making dinner, that voice will help cement a show in an audience’s mind. In the case of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, I was lucky enough to have been the promo voice of the first Star Wars live-action series, THE MANDALORIAN on Disney+. Thanks to the tireless work of my promo manager Andrew Atkin at ACM Talent, I was still on the radar of Kyle Rodri (VP of Creative Advertising at The Walt Disney Studios and an old college pal) as well as Buddha Jones and BOND , the trailer houses creating the promo campaign for BOBA. But I had to audition just like everyone else! When you audition for a campaign, you don’t often get to see any footage of the show, so you can only go off any direction casting gives you. We were told this was a gangster story, with a sense of mystery to it, and they wanted a different feel than we had acheived for THE MANDALORIAN. A Season 2 promo for THE MANDALORIAN I gave casting a few different takes, but the one that stuck was a slightly lighter, more mysterious read. I imagined the VO was a character lurking in the shadows of Tatooine, a peddler of intriguing wares who was offering passers-by a sneak peek into something they wouldn’t want to miss. After a few rounds of callbacks, and slight adjustments to the read, I learned I had the job, and the fun began. VO for promos is fast-paced. The spots are created very quickly, and the VO is one of the last pieces of the puzzle to be dropped into place. When I’m working on a campaign, I know I could get a text at any moment from my manager saying, “Hop into the booth, I’ve got a script coming your way!” Sometimes I’ll record a script in the afternoon, and see it on TV that evening. My job is to be ready to go, and have my home studio in order so I can lay down whatever script they’ve sent as soon as possible. These days, home studio technology has enabled both voice actors and producers to collaborate at a much faster pace, and in addition to their trust in me as a performer, I take pride in being able to provide high-quality audio to clients who trust me to get the job done when they need it done. These seven episodes of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT dazzled as they further expanded the Star Wars universe, and I loved how Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni consistently make their own rules, break those rules, and then make new ones. This is daring, innovative TV, and I couldn’t be more honored to have been the promo voice for their show. THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Season 1 promo All episodes of THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT are now streaming on Disney+. Boba Fett on Disney+ Tags: Star Wars, Boba Fett, Promo, Disney+

Back Steve French Interview for Unsolved Mysteries Podcast LRM Online 's Gig Patta talked with podcast host Steve French for Unsolved Mysteries . Source: LRM Online Author: Gig Patta Publication Date: Feb 27, 2021 Click here Out of gallery From Cadence13, a leading premium podcast company that is part of Entercom’s Podcast Network, in partnership with Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, the creators and producers of the Emmy-nominated series Unsolved Mysteries -- Season One will be available on Apple Podcasts, RADIO.COM, Spotify and everywhere podcasts are available. Since its premiere in January 1987, Unsolved Mysteries has been one of the longest-running programs in the history of television, and the first series to introduce an audience-interactive “call-to-action” that requests viewer tips to help solve real cases.The series has received six Emmy nominations and numerous commendations from law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service. Now, the Unsolved Mysteries podcast will offer a variety of brand new cases from the vast archives, exploring cases from every angle in a weekly series, with each episode focused on one mystery. As with the television and streaming series, each episode will end with a call-to-action directing listeners to the Unsolved Mysteries website (unsolved.com) to provide clues that could help solve the mysteries. Each week, the series will feature guests closely associated with the case, including family members, those who have experienced mysterious events in their lives, law enforcement, and forensics experts. Interviewer: Gig Patta (@gigpatta on IG and Twitter) Interview Pitches: gig@lrmonline.com #stevefrench #unsolvedmysteries Go to Source Tags: Podcast, Unsolved Mysteries, Interview, LRM Online

Back The Littlest Bailout For the third year in a row, I partnered with ad agency Leo Burnett and Country Time Lemonade, voicing their campaign encouraging young entrepreneurs to run a lemonade stand. Source: SFVO Author: Steve French Publication Date: Aug 1, 2021 Click here For the third year in a row, I partnered with ad agency Leo Burnett and Country Time Lemonade, voicing their campaign encouraging young entrepreneurs to run a lemonade stand. In light of the global pandemic cutting into business, Country Time’s solution was to offer kids the chance to apply for some fiscal relief. No lemonade stand? No problem! Learn more about the campaign here . Learn More Tags: Commercial, Country Time

Back May The 4th Be With You Steve returns to a galaxy far, far away to voice a special promo celebrating Star Wars Day. Source: SFVO Author: Steve French Publication Date: May 4, 2022 Click here Huge thanks to my friends at BOND and Disney+ for the opportunity to celebrate #MayThe4th by voicing this beautiful TV promo for Star Wars Day. As the promo voice of THE MANDALORIAN and THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, I feel so lucky to be a small part of the Star Wars universe. Having my voice share the screen with these iconic characters and moments is a lifelong dream come true. More Star Wars on Disney + Tags: Star Wars, Promo, The Mandalorian, Disney+, Boba Fett

Back 'UNSOLVED MYSTERIES' Podcast - Season 2 Risa Sarachan of Forbes interviews Terry Dunn Meurer about the new season of the Unsolved Mysteries Podcast. Source: Forbes.com Author: Steve French Publication Date: May 25, 2022 Click here Go to Source Tags: Podcast, Interview, Unsolved Mysteries

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Back Steve French Details the "Great Responsibility" of Hosting the Unsolved Mysteries Podcast ComicBook.com recently caught up with French to talk his connection to the original series, carving his own cadence, and his personal opinions on the bizarre events. Source: ComicBook.com Author: Patrick Cavanaugh Publication Date: Mar 9, 2021 Click here Debuting in 1987, the original Unsolved Mysteries TV series would present viewers with a number of hard-to-believe cases involving murder, disappearances, and even supernatural occurrences. As implied by the title, these cases remained unexplained, with each episode asking the viewers for their help in solving the events of what they just saw, sometimes even resulting in leads that would solve these mysteries. Just as memorable as any of the frightening cases explored in each episode, host Robert Stack would introduce audiences to these bizarre events. Following the massive success of the Netflix revival of the series, Unsolved Mysteries has debuted an official podcast, which is hosted by Steve French. You can check out new episodes of the Unsolved Mysteries podcast every Wednesday. The new podcast is described, "Since its premiere in January 1987, Unsolved Mysteries has been one of the longest-running programs in the history of television, and the first series to introduce an audience-interactive 'call-to-action' that requests viewer tips to help solve real cases. Now, the Unsolved Mysteries podcast -- in partnership with Cosgrove/Meurer Productions, the creators and producers of the Emmy-nominated series -- will offer a variety of brand-new cases from their vast archives, exploring cases from every angle in a weekly series, with each episode focused on one mystery. "As with the television and Netflix streaming series, each episode will end with a call-to-action directing listeners to the Unsolved Mysteries website (unsolved.com) to provide clues that could help solve the mysteries. Each week, the series will feature guests closely associated with the case, including family members, those who have experienced mysterious events in their lives, law enforcement, and forensics experts." ComicBook.com recently caught up with French to talk his connection to the original series, carving his own cadence, and his personal opinions on the bizarre events. Keeping Busy ComicBook.com: Since I get to work on the internet, I've been very appreciative to keep my job the past year during quarantine, and with your job relying so heavily on narration, have you been fortunate enough to keep plugging away or has the pandemic limited the amount of content being created that you can contribute to? Steve French: No, it's a great question, and I feel exactly the same as you, I'm so fortunate and, just by the fluke of my career path, that I'm doing this thing where it's literally been another day at the office for me because my office is in my office. My voice is right here and I've been working from home for years. I was still going into the city occasionally, when I need to, but now I've been working exclusively from home for over a year. Very lucky and fortunate that my work continued and I was involved with projects that I do and, actually Match Game was one of my other gigs, but that went by the wayside this year for obvious reasons, but other than that, my work continued relatively unabated, so very lucky for that. Career Pivot You've had a lot of opportunities over the years when it comes to acting, do you remember specifically deciding when you wanted to pursue voice acting? Was it someone else who recognized your talents and encouraged you to pursue voiceover work? I was very lucky to have very sweet people throughout my life who would say things like, "Oh, you've got a special voice, you should be in voiceover. Are you making millions of dollars in voiceover?" And I would say, "Ah, no. Definitely not." But I was such a passionate stage actor for so long. I went to the Harrt School in Hartford, Connecticut for acting. I got a BFA in theater arts as a classically trained actor and that was my dream. My dream was Broadway, I was going to be a Broadway actor and I was able to have a career for a while, I never quite made it to Broadway, but I was a stage actor for a long time doing regional theater and musicals and singing, but I had always thought of voiceover as the kind of side gig where a stage actor could make a little extra money doing a commercial here and there, or something like that. And then, eventually, I personally grew a little weary of traveling around the country and living life on the road and doing shows that way. I made incredible, life-long friends and had a blast doing the shows themselves, I just knew that that sort of lifestyle wasn't maybe for me, and I started working with my voiceover agents in 2011. I got my first big voiceover gig that was keeping me a little busy, and so it's been about exactly 10 years now from when I started going, "Hey, maybe I can start doing a bit more of this voiceover stuff," where now it's my career and that's what I do. But it's funny, it took a long time for me to say, "This is something that I could do and this could be my career, to be a voice actor." And there are so many different facets to the voiceover world that you sometimes don't even think about, all the different ways that people can make a living, or at least, participate in the voiceover world. It takes a while to make a living doing it, but there's a lot of ways that you can be a voice actor that you might not even think about, so I'm very happy that the chips fell the way that they did. Nuanced Readings Vin Diesel has spoken a lot about how, as Groot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he only ever says, "I am Groot," but he has said he'll record dozens and dozens of variations on those three words. When it comes to providing voiceovers for promotional spots, where you might merely say two words like "action-packed," do you similarly put tremendous thought into each syllable or do you just repeatedly say those brief phrases until someone likes what they hear? It really always, always comes down to storytelling, no matter what it is. I mean, voice acting is acting, right? I'm certainly not the first person to say that. So, even something like The Mandalorian, where typically, sometimes I get longer promos, but typically, I'm saying five words or six words or something, and often saying the same words virtually for free. You have to step out of it and look into it and say, "Who is that person, who are they talking to, what is his experience?" Even if it's something as simple, like you say, "I am Groot," if it's "action-packed," whatever it might be, what are you trying to convey with those words? And so once you start coming at it from an acting standpoint, from an intention standpoint, "What am I saying, who am I when I'm saying these things, and who am I saying them to, and why am I saying them," then you really start to find all different ways that you can say them, so it's really being honest and truthful with, sometimes, things that don't make a whole lot of sense just on the page and you might not think of them that way. If you can lend some truth and ground them in reality, then you can make a lot of sense out of them. Longtime Fan You serve as the narrator of the new Unsolved Mysteries podcast, what was your connection to the original TV series? I loved the original TV show, I was happy to say that that's not just me making it up to say I was part of it. It was a poignant viewing in my house growing up. I love Robert Stack's voice, he scared the hell out of me. I can still viscerally remember certain images from that show, and, of course, the theme song, which is an absolute jam, was always in my head, all of those elements really made for this very specific, intense viewing experience, and it was like, I think even as a kid, I've always been a nervous person, scared person ... any of my college friends that tried to get me to go into a haunted house will attest, but I'm not strongest of the stomach to that kind of thing, but it's funny to think that, even as a kid, I would sit in front of the TV rapt with attention at what I was seeing. Robert Stack was my guy, and I watched this for quite a number of years, and then moved away from it for a while, and then I really enjoyed the Netflix special when it came back. When this audition first came around, which I think was back in September of 2020, I started to peek into the old ones just a little bit, to remind me. I probably could have told you exactly what it was like and could probably have recited certain things in the show, but I wanted to just get a feel, to know what was it about the show that made me feel the way that I did? Then I quickly had to stop watching it because I said, "I'm just going to try and do Robert Stack if I keep watching these things." So it became, how did the show make me feel, why does the show work the way it does, and how can I, as the voice actor that I am, the narrator that I am, tell those stories and give the audience that sense of Unsolved Mysteries that they've come to know, but also, bring myself into it and make it new, this new chapter for them? Leaving His Mark Robert Stack is intrinsically linked with Unsolved Mysteries, so the Netflix reboot made the right decision by avoiding any host or narrator role altogether. The podcast is a different medium, so you wouldn't necessarily earn comparisons to him, but anything in the franchise will automatically be held up to the original's legacy. Were there any specific elements of Stack's delivery and speaking pattern that you aimed to embrace, or did you avoid offering anything that would resemble his tenure? I think it's probably the latter. I think I would have been dead in the water, you got to forgive the pun for the show that we're talking about, but if I tried to imitate or say the things the way that he had said them. But I really wanted to come at as, "How did Robert Stack make me feel? How did he do what he did and what sensation did that bring out in me?" And the thing that I always came back to with him was that, despite the fact that he was sort of creepy, that he was stoic, that he was so mysterious, there always was, about him, something that made you feel like he cared, almost like he had the answers or something, in this weird way, I'm sure I'm projecting this and putting too much onto it, but almost like he had the answers and he was imploring us to look into the truth and find it ourselves. He wasn't able to solve this problem for us, but maybe, if we just look carefully enough, we could do it. Maybe these are my own projections, but it's almost like he was an uncle figure as opposed to a parent. He might encourage you to take risks and witness something that might freak you out in a way a parent might shield you from, but he's still there to make sure you're safe once you take that risk. Yes, yes. That's a great observation and that really is ... you knew that you were going to see something terrifying, something unsettling, but every week he was going to be there, and as long as he was there, he had a power over it and he could keep us safe. He just scared the hell out of us while he was doing it, but we knew we'd be safe at the end of the night. So, absolutely. Personal Answers With the recent series focusing more on true crime than on UFOs or Bigfoot, audiences can't help but see the clues and jump to their own answers. When you're recording your segments, do you have to refrain from showing those biases? Do you ever have to stop recording and say, "Oh come on, of course it was the boyfriend!"? Well, when I'm recording, which is typically working with Terry Dunn Meurer, one of the original creators of the show, so of course, Terry has literally seen all of these, she's had her hand in every single one of these, and so we do have moments where we're recording and we just banter back and forth before we lay a certain paragraph down where I say, "Okay, like what? Really, this is what? How can he do this?" And as you know from watching or listening to the show, there are facts about these cases that are so confounding that you can't even believe that it actually happened that way, but it does, and so a lot of the time what we're sharing is this mutual disbelief that life worked out this way for people, these crazy unfortunate circumstances that all came together, and so whether it's a true crime, or even some of the paranormal things, it's just bizarre, and I think that's one of the great things about the show, is that it brings to life some of these things that have happened in broad daylight that you've never believed and you never would know about unless you tuned into the show. So, I'm always thankful for it, and I'm always confounded by it, every episode there's some piece of information that boggles my mind. Unique Platform Robert wasn't the only host, as Dennis Farina also served as a host, and then there was the host-less Netflix series, so with all these different iterations of the concept, what do you think it is about the podcast that makes it unique from what fans might be expecting? I think it goes back to my original point; it's really about the storytelling. What I love about the podcast is that it strips ... I mean, I'm an avid podcast listener regardless of the fact that I'm working on one, but it strips everything else away, except you close your eyes and you can listen to this story, so you can put all these pieces together in your mind, and so I don't feel like you're getting distracted. A film can be beautiful to look at and you can take it all in, but really, we are getting down to the bare bones of these cases. So, a huge part of each episode are the witness interviews, the interviews with the victims' families, and so it's a really intense ... I mean, each episode is maybe half an hour, and there's just something really intense about the story and the details, the microscopic details of each of these stories that I think ratchet up the intensity even more because you're ... I don't know, it's like a vacuum that you get into when you listen to this thing, especially if you'd made the mistake of listening to them at night while you're lying in bed or something. But that's what I really like about it. Storytelling is always the reason that I was telling you that I became an actor and that I love doing this, and so from the get-go, there was the emphasis on telling these stories, this variety of stories that Unsolved Mysteries has and with the sound design and with the incredible interviews that they've gotten, I think it makes for some pretty darn good storytelling, at least that's my hope. Future Projects Since you've gotten to do so many things in your career and found unexpected passions of yours, is there still a dream project that you'd like to get involved in some day? Everybody, every actor has dreams, things they'd love to do, but I have to say, I think each gig is different, and something about this, I never in my wildest dreams would've thought, first of all, that I'd ever be considered one of the voices of Unsolved Mysteries, that in itself is like, talk about the pinnacle of an iconic property that you've loved your whole life, but I think there's something about getting involved with anything that has a built-in fan base and feeling like you have a responsibility to perform that project up to the satisfaction of the fans and people that really know what they're talking about. I don't view this job as a job. I don't view it as another voiceover gig. I feel like I have a great responsibility taking the mantel of the host for this podcast and so I think, at the end of the day, sure, there's lots of different voiceover projects I'd like to do, but every job that I do, every time I get behind the mic, I just hope that people realize that there's somebody there who loves what he's doing and takes it seriously and hopes that you're going to love it too. Go to Source Tags: Podcast, Unsolved Mysteries, Interview, comicbook.com