Your actor is going to be about 75% of the success of this thing. 15% will be mic placement and positioning. The rest is compression and eq. actor -> 416 positioned pointing down at a 40 degree or so angle aimed at the sternum -> compress moderately to heavily in post (fast attack, high ratio) -> add some high end -> done. Here's some reading over on gearslutz to get you rolling: [VO mic choices][3] [VO mic positioning][1] [VO compression][2] [1]: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/post-production-forum/421580-mic-positioning-v-o.html [2]: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/post-production-forum/418925-compression-voice-over.html [3]: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/post-production-forum/176732-sennheiser-416-neumann-u87-vo.html