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A graphic that says "Seneca Falls Convention of 1848" and "Women's History" with a silhouette of a woman and sparkles animation. The logo for Alexis Pellek Voice over also appears.

March 2023 VO Challenge — Women’s History Narration

by Alexis Pellek, posted in voiceover
The video that I created for this month’s VO Challenge – Women’s History Narration

This video features a project that I created as part of VO Coach Domingo Castillo’s monthly challenges, and this month was all about narration. We read a narration script from several that he provided, and I chose this one about Charlotte Woodward and the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 in honor of Women’s History Month.

For this project, I recorded the script in my home studio, edited and mixed it with music, and then created the video. It was my first time using Canva to make a video and it was a great experience! I love Canva for graphics, and making the video was easy and fun. I had used Headliner in the past, but Canva is more flexible.

Image Credits:

Charlotte Woodward, Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016844937/
Votes for Women Banner: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Women’s Rights Convention Signees: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKXzBSKWwAEzQT8.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Declaration of Sentiments: Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018700268/ Title: Exhibit at the museum of the Women’s Rights National Historic Park in Seneca Falls, New York. Creator(s): Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer

An image of a living room for the thumbnail of my video that is a furniture store ad. Text reads: Voices Alexis Pellek & bruce Nix. The logo for Alexis Pellek Voice Over also appears

February 2023 VO Challenge — Furniture Store Ad

by Alexis Pellek, posted in voiceover

VO Coach Domingo Castillo offers monthly challenges to all of his students, and for February the task was to create an ad for a furniture store featuring two voices. Thank you to the fabulous Bruce Nix for starring as Voice 2 in my project!

For this challenge, Bruce and I each recorded our parts of the script in our home studios, I edited and mixed them with music, and then created the video using Headliner using clips from Pexels.

This was my first attempt at creating a video with clips — I usually have a static image in the background — and it was pretty easy and fun. It’s always good to challenge yourself to try something new.

Thanks to Domingo for offering these monthly challenges and thanks again to Bruce for your excellent work!

Check out all of the submissions for this challenge, and be sure to catch me as Bruce’s Voice 2!

Two Versions of the January VO Challenge

by Alexis Pellek, posted in voiceover

There are many things that I like about attending VO workshops with Domingo Castillo, and one of them is the monthly challenge that’s open to all participants. Each month, he gives the option to record a project — there’s sometimes a theme and we write our own scripts, and other times a script is provided.


For January, the assignment was to read an existing Lexus spot, add music, and keep it to 15 seconds. I found two songs, complete opposites in style and pace, that I really liked. Although I submitted the more upbeat version (above) for inclusion in the final project compilation that Domingo put together, I also created an alternate version with the slower, piano song that I liked.

Thanks for listening!