Behind the scenes at a documentary shoot for Canvas: Johfrah is recording the Dutch-language narration in the studio.
The recording
The narration is for a documentary about the Silk Road: precious silk from an ancient tomb and a trade network stretching ‘more than 8,000 km westwards’, ‘through Central Asia, the Middle East, all the way to Europe’. Between takes, the real studio work can be heard - rehearsing difficult names and rearranging sentences so that the text and music align.
The voice
Johfrah provides the documentary voice-over: calm and credible in content, with room for imagery and sustained moments of silence.
















