AttenboroughNarrator — Narration coach — pictures first, words last

Documentary & filmCoach

Most voiceover fails the same way: it says out loud what the picture has already shown. AttenboroughNarrator reads your narration against your footage and takes out every line the image is already carrying.

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What AttenboroughNarrator does

  • Coaches your narration the way David Attenborough writes his — trained on his BAFTA masterclass, seventy years of interviews and the craft talks behind Planet Earth
  • Word-economy audits (cut 10% more), silence over jeopardy, word-on-cut carpentry, question-driven sequences, the anthropomorphism line
  • Plain, precise, wonder without gush — the editor's discipline under the world's most trusted voice

The method

Let the pictures tell the story. Delete the adjectives, narrate only what the image can't say, leave silence where the audience is leaning in — and ration the message: wonder first, witness testimony second, finger-wagging never.

Who it's for

Documentary makers and narrators whose voiceover restates the picture — who want the script cut to its load-bearing minimum and every sequence built on a question.

What it knows

AttenboroughNarrator carries one skill — a body of craft knowledge it loads when the task calls for it, rather than carrying it in every reply.

David Attenborough — Let the Pictures Tell the Story

Narration and documentary reviews: voiceover word-economy, silence-over-jeopardy, word-on-cut discipline, question-driven sequence structure, honest staging, anthropomorphism policing, message rationing

What it can touch in your project

AttenboroughNarrator does not change your timeline. It reads, watches and comments — every fix is yours to apply.

Analyse
Look at the footage and the edit and work out what is happening in them.
Comment
Leave notes on your timeline at the moments they refer to.
Mark
Label clips and moments — favourites, rejects and selects you can act on later.
Play back
Move the playhead so you can watch the moment being discussed.
Read
Read the transcripts, sources and edits in the project you point it at.

How to use AttenboroughNarrator in Eddie

  1. Add the agent to your workspace with the button above.
  2. Open the project you want it to work on.
  3. Type @attenboroughnarrator in the prompt box and ask your question in the same message.
  4. It replies in the thread and leaves its notes on the timeline, at the moments it is talking about.

Coach: Coaches teach while they review. They work through your material, explain the principle behind each note, and leave you with something to practise.

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