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Dan-O The Gates of Troy
Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1636
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:28 pm Post subject: The New Voiceovers Rate Calculator |
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Matt Dubios just posted a video about beta testing their new rate calculator on the voiceovers.com site. He asked anyone interested to give it a spin for bugs and/or suggestions.
https://voiceovers.com/vo/rates |
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Moe Egan 4 Large
Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 4337 Location: Live Free or Die
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:08 am Post subject: |
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Cool, thanks! _________________ Moe Egan
i want to be the voice in your head.
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todd ellis A Zillion
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 10494 Location: little egypt
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:24 am Post subject: |
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i'll admit up front, i may not understand the concept - but, i ran an eLearning scenario through it & (3,251-5300 words) and it came up with $750.00 for the job. coupla things:
it's a pretty big range - over 2000 words
that's .23˘/word @ 3,251 words & that's ok - but only around .14˘/word @ 5300 words, which is a pretty steep drop. _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
who's/on/1st?
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Dan-O The Gates of Troy
Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1636
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:36 am Post subject: |
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My best guess is, Todd, they are billing by the hour not by the word for performance only. Maybe they should add the options to bill by the word and also for studio time if editing is needed.
/just dropped them a note. |
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Lance Blair M&M
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2279 Location: Atlanta
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Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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They're calculating corporate video at 160 wpm.
It's more like 145 down to 140 - 138 if you're counting for graphics.
A lot of people are going to find out their scripts are 1-2 minutes too long. _________________ Skype: globalvoiceover
and now, http://lanceblairvo.com the blog is there now too! |
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Rick Riley Flight Attendant
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 807 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Lance Blair wrote: | They're calculating corporate video at 160 wpm.
It's more like 145 down to 140 - 138 if you're counting for graphics. |
I've always quoted 150 wpm regardless of the content, so IMO, at least for me, they're not far off. _________________ Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the Paramedics
www.rickrileyvoice.com |
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Rick Riley Flight Attendant
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 807 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:34 am Post subject: |
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So I tested this with a project that was recently proposed to me but I couldn’t duplicate the project because it was to run on Sirius. In the radio category they only have ‘Local, Regional, National, Canada, US & Canada and Worldwide’. Plus my project had a considerable number of tags, way more than the five max on the drop down menu.
Sirius, while it may be national, is by subscription, so the audience is limited and not national on the same scale as ‘National’.
Thoughts on this? _________________ Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the Paramedics
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Lance Blair M&M
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2279 Location: Atlanta
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Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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Rick, I just listened to your awesome narration demos. You *could* be quoting 140 wpm - if you wanted to.
Your fastest one is the Chevrolet piece which is about 150. The others are closer to 140-3. _________________ Skype: globalvoiceover
and now, http://lanceblairvo.com the blog is there now too! |
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Jack Daniel Cinquecento
Joined: 23 Jun 2016 Posts: 576 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Rick Riley wrote: | ...Plus my project had a considerable number of tags, way more than the five max on the drop down menu... |
Considering how lucrative tags can be, this is a serious oversight; that said, I think most jobs involving tags would be handled by agents or managers. _________________ Jack Daniel
Narrator / Man About Town |
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Rick Riley Flight Attendant
Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 807 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Jack Daniel wrote: | Considering how lucrative tags can be, this is a serious oversight; that said, I think most jobs involving tags would be handled by agents or managers. |
I've been the voice of this campaign for a long time. But this last time they wanted quadruple the amount of tags, for the same rate as the prior 'five tag' rate. Which is why, when I quoted them the new, 'fair' rate, they said they would get someone 'internal' to do it.
Lost the gig but I wasn't going to give away the farm to keep it. _________________ Never do anything you wouldn't want to explain to the Paramedics
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Moosevoice Club 300
Joined: 16 Nov 2012 Posts: 391 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Couple questions about voiceovers.com.
They get the rate stuff sorted out?
What's the overall impression of voiceovers.com? Good? Bad? Goodish? Baddly? Gooder? Badinski?
Okay, I'm done. _________________ www.moosevoice.com |
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Bruce Boardmeister
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 7927 Location: Portland, OR
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