Voiceover script: [Project name]
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Pronunciation
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Script
/ a short pause · // a full beat · CAPITALS stress one word · (italics in parentheses) direction, not read aloud
Write numbers, dates and web addresses the way they are said.
# | In | Read this | Direction |
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Words and read time:
See marked-up lines
Fernhill Logistics, warehouse safety module · a warm, plain voice, like a colleague on your first day
1 · 0:00 · Welcome to Fernhill Logistics. / This is your first safety briefing, // and it takes about four minutes. (Warm. Music under.)
2 · 0:07 · Before you lift anything, / check its label. // Anything over twenty-five KILOS / is a two-person lift. (Slower. Lean on “kilos”.)
3 · 0:16 · If you see a spill, / don't walk around it. // Report it on channel FOUR, / then stay with it until help arrives. (Matter-of-fact. No alarm.)
4 · 0:27 · Questions? / Ask your team lead, // or go to fernhill dot com slash safety. (Slowest line. Last word by 0:33.)
Why it works: every line fits in a breath, each stress is one word, and the number and the web address are written the way they are said.
Pickups
A line added later takes the number before it and a letter: 4a, 4b.
Line | Change | Reason | Take to use |
Before the session
Read aloud with a stopwatch at the narrator's pace, inside the hard out
Every name, acronym and number is in the guide, or written the way it is said
Every line can be said in one breath, or has a / where the breath goes
Required or legal wording confirmed word for word
Sent to the narrator ahead of the session, marked final, with recordings of the hard names