High quality voiceover recordings, in "audiobook style", bring events to life in an unprecedented way
A fascinating new religious teaching project has just gone online which traces the story of the Prophet Muhammad, and features the voice of British voiceover artist, Mike Cooper.
Funded by the London-based Muslim Research and Development Foundation (MRDF), and with the voiceover material produced by Mike’s London agency The Voiceover Gallery, the Prophetic Timeline website aims to bring to light the character and personality of the Prophet in an unprecedented way, drawing out the deeper meanings, lessons and wisdom of events which the producers believe are as relevant to the people of the 21st century as they were 1,400 years ago.
“More is known about Muhammad’s life than that of the founder of any other major faith, yet his story is frequently misunderstood, even deliberately distorted,” says the MRDF, adding that “Countless biographies of Muhammad already exist. Prophetic Timeline, an interactive timeline of Prophet Muhammad’s life, does not aim to compete with classical nor contemporary sources but rather use them to showcase his life in a unique interactive manner.”
For Mike, the recording presented its share of challenges. The text amounted to well over 21,000 words – many of which were Arabic names and terms unfamiliar to a British voice actor – and great pains were taken with the help of a native speaker and producer to get them as close as possible to the authentic pronunciations. No small undertaking when you bear in mind that many of the sounds in Arabic don’t even exist in the English language!
You can see the results of the work online at www.prophetictimeline.com now.
- To book Mike Cooper via The Voiceover Gallery call Marylou Thistleton-Smith or Kath Owen
on 020 7987 0951, or email london@thevoiceovergallery.co.uk
