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Sharon Martin: So...when you're the "Supervising Producer"....

posted 9 years ago by EveryDayFriend
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...does that mean you get to name yourself the narrator? Even when you're, umm,...uh... pretty bad? And you probably couldn't get a VO job anywhere else, because you're that bad?

I'm a true crime fan. The stories, scripts and production quality are all just fine. But when it comes to the narrator? It's criminal. You may find one day...that... I've...just...SNAPPED! Sorry for the diss -- but your delivery is "affected" and I'd like to sit down with you and help you say words like "once," "John," or "obvious." Perhaps there's something wrong with your nasopharynx? I think you might be in the South or Southeast? If you are... try doing a pro VO workshop from LA or NYC that comes to you...or travel to Jupiter's NYC studio and take some sessions up there with any of the myriad, top-flight VO coaches who are there. GOOD LUCK! I'd love to hear your improved and less amateurish delivery. The trend is to be REAL and AUTHENTIC. You have a ways to go...

[–] sfmartian 9 years ago

I cannot believe there aren't more people saying something about her narrating. I cannot handle it. She is at the bottom of the totem pole as far as narrators go. I thought the guy that narrates "Nightmare Next Door" was the worst until I watched a recent episode of Snapped. Seriously, she needs to stick to her "Supervising Producer" duties and find someone else to narrate the show. I am listening to her right now and it would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic.😱

[–] sexandthechitty 9 years ago

welp, seems like you guys are in the minority. Sharon Martin (narrator to Snapped) has won the prestigious award for Outstanding National Television Narration at the FIRST ANNUAL VOICE ARTS AWARD just last month!
About time they have some awards and celebrate VO artists.

Looks like she has a solid career and gets many offers for VO jobs. At first I thought her voice was cheesy as all heck and I was like "wtf is this?" when I first started watching Snapped....I thought OK dramatic much? But I have to admit, nowadays, I couldnt imagine Snapped without her narration. Its a package deal. I dig it now.

http://www.oxygen.com/snapped/season-14/blogs/sharon-martin-wins-award-for-outstanding-national-television-narration

[–] Nita604 9 years ago

I agree. I don't know what some of these other people are hearing. I think she sounds great. Her voice is just perfect for Snapped. I like her voice better than I like whoever is narrating Snapped:Killer Couples. That narration doesn't seem to fit the show. Its way too fast.

[–] carrona 8 years ago

That's like me putting myself forward for a competition where only 3 other folk want to win the 'Best Apple Pie Baker' award. I've had to pay a $20 entry fee and the local bake-store gets exclusive rights to buy and sell the 'winning' pie to their customers.......as an easy way of advertising and promoting a product.

She won an INDUSTRY award........an 'insider' organisation set up by, and sponsored by, the very folk who make these types of shows. It's a NICHE award. Industry folk put themselves forward for scrutiny by their peers who just happen to rely on their customers (TV networks etc) to vote for them.....

........has anyone ever heard of Annual Voice Arts Award outside of actors looking to promote their voice skills? Nope!

These awards are just SELF PROMOTION that industry employees award to themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] BossaNova71 8 years ago

Very much in agreement with you. She is horrible. I've recently watched older episodes that currently run on other channels, and she sounds fine.

Now it's as though she's being extra in the narrating. Instead of just reading the lines like you are reading the news to the viewers, it seems more like she's focusing way too much on her speech instead of just letting it flow. The same nasally, Southern version of Mae West-style tone in every sentence, and inserting (with a more pronounced tone) the word "too" at the end of almost every sentence she reads. Why? I'm almost sure that's not a part of Journalism 101. Ridiculous and very unnecessary.

I don't care if this narrator won an award. There are many people who've won awards that didn't deserve it. Just ask Pia Zadora. The narrations now are so forced and calculated that it sounds more of a caricature nature. As I said before, when she took over the narrating duties, she sounded fine. Now, it's like she's doing it as a joke.

[–] carrona 8 years ago

Me too. From the vocal tone to the O-VER EM-PHA-SIS of every word.......makes me wanna SNAP!

[–] lauriesworld 8 years ago

LOL, perfectly said. I like the stories but her voice is so distracting I can't take it for more than an episode. I stream the UK's version of TruTV channel and they do little marathons of this show all the time. It'd be comical if the subject matter wasn't serious.

[–] Hiphopotamoose 8 years ago

It's parody-level bad. Think about it: if you wanted to parody her voice, how the hell would you do it?? It's nearly impossible to exaggerate her inflections because she's already tipping the *beep* scales.