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Yonie CM

Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 906
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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Guys, I'm not sure you realize what I'm trying to convey.
Here's my understanding of the system, expressed simply:
Three rankings represented: Finalist, Considered and Not Likely.
13 auditions are submitted. One of them is ranked Finalist, one is ranked Considered, and 11 are ranked Not Likely.
Finalist will view his ranking as 1st out of 13. Maybe he'll see that 0 other auditions received this ranking
Considered will view his ranking as 2nd out of 13. Maybe he'll see that 0 other auditions received this ranking.
Every Not Likely will view their spot as 3rd out of 13, along with the fact that 11 others received the same ranking. If this remains unchanged, nobody will see any other number. The only position you can achieve is the absolute top in that specific rank; there is no summa cum laude, magna cum laude, or other. Ultimately, there's the valedictorian, and everyone else.
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heyguido MMD

Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 2507 Location: RDU, the Geek Capitol of the South
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Nailed it. You, sir, have won the interwebs for the nite. _________________ Don Brookshire
"Wait.... They wanna PAY me for this?" |
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graemespicer Been Here Awhile

Joined: 25 Feb 2012 Posts: 243 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:23 am Post subject: |
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I tried. I'm done. _________________ Graeme Spicer
Voice Actor
Member of the World-Voices Executive Board
tel • (416) 716-2246
email • graeme@graemespicer.com
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Scott Pollak The Gates of Troy

Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 1903 Location: Looking out at the San Juan mountains
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:35 am Post subject: |
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heyguido wrote: | Ow.
I think my eyebrows have been singed.  |
Sorry for the rant, Don. Obviously you touched a bit of a nerve in me and I may have overstated my case. Nothing personal meant. I simply couldn't understand how auditioning is ever a waste of a v/o's time, unless, of course, it's for an underpaid job. _________________ Scott R. Pollak
Clients include Pandora, NPR Atlanta, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Humana, Publix, UPS, AT&T, HP, Xerox and more.
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Bill Campbell DC

Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 621
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Audition for the type of projects are good at. Then, forget it. You get hired or you don't. For a $300 yearly investment, it's not worth stewing over auditions.
I'm a V123 talent and a SEEKER. We hire people all the time from V123.
We recently hired a female to be the voice of a major college basketball team's Radio/TV commercials (25 spots a season). We got thirty auditions, most weren't even close to "right" for the job (know what you're good at). One was. We hired her. We never rate the auditions. We just don't have time. That's how it works - for us. _________________ www.asapaudio.com |
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heyguido MMD

Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 2507 Location: RDU, the Geek Capitol of the South
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:45 am Post subject: |
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It's not personal. It's P2P. Yeah, it's a touchy subject. You don't see Bish jumping in the middle of this one, do you? I've known you long enough to have seen the occasional outburst. My feelings are not hurt. No worries. We're all friends here, right?
My point was not a dig against auditioning. Rather, the time and effort spent auditioning for no return. How many hours did he spend getting that one job, which, by his own account, paid considerably less than the other? If you divide the paycheck by the hours spent preparing, recording, and producing each of those 60 auditions, it's probably not a very attractive number.
Perhaps there are other things that might be more effective and efficient that he could do to find and attract work. SEO, marketing, networking, freshening the demos, polishing up the website..... Even courting another agent.... or three.
Campbell's got it right. Know your strength, and play to it. Ignore the critics, and the critiques. Forget the rankings. They mean nothing.
Banging your head against the same wall is pointless. Make a door. _________________ Don Brookshire
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Scott Pollak The Gates of Troy

Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 1903 Location: Looking out at the San Juan mountains
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:51 am Post subject: |
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heyguido wrote: |
My point was not a dig against auditioning. Rather, the time and effort spent auditioning for no return. How many hours did he spend getting that one job, which, by his own account, paid considerably less than the other? If you divide the paycheck by the hours spent preparing, recording, and producing each of those 60 auditions, it's probably not a very attractive number.
Perhaps there are other things that might be more effective and efficient that he could do to find and attract work. SEO, marketing, networking, freshening the demos, polishing up the website..... Even courting another agent.... or three.
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Okay, good point and I'd like to pursue this further here if anyone is interested.
How do you quantify if that time is well spent? Does anyone here really track every minute or hour they spend auditioning, or marketing or so on to try to drum up new business? If they do, I'd like to hear it. I know I don't.
It's pretty obvious that you need to use every available venue you have to get business, and that would include auditioning, SEO, proactive marketing , courting agents and so on. But again, how do you measure the value of that time spent? _________________ Scott R. Pollak
Clients include Pandora, NPR Atlanta, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Humana, Publix, UPS, AT&T, HP, Xerox and more.
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Allow me to clarify that my 1/60 success ratio was only a snapshot of that one particular period from 1/22 - 2/6... Prior, I've had a much much better ratio and that doesn't even include repeat business
If I shut it down because of a bad stretch I might be shooting myself in the foot.. I've been around long enough to know you ride the ups with the downs..
I understand the argument that the V123 ranking system isn't perfect so why bother paying attention to it at all. However, it's disconcerting to read that an audition you thought you nailed and did a great job with received a "not likely" even though you were ranked high. What the hell is that? We're only human and you're not being honest if you say that that stuff doesn't affect you and make you wonder.. "What did I do wrong? or "What could I have done better" When in fact, maybe you DID nail it... |
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Festus Contributor

Joined: 10 Nov 2012 Posts: 34 Location: Stratford, Connecticut
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:48 am Post subject: |
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When in fact, maybe you DID nail it...[/quote]
As a side bar--which is why it's always a good idea to watermark your auditions on P2P sites, or leave out a couple of important words so it can't be used. _________________ http://www.seniorvoiceovers.com
e-mail: info@seniorvoiceovers.com |
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Lee Gordon A Zillion

Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 6865 Location: West Hartford, CT
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Festus wrote: | which is why it's always a good idea to watermark your auditions on P2P sites |
This opens another entirely different kettle of fish. In my opinion it is never a good idea to watermark your audition on a P2P site or anywhere. This is not to say you should provide them with a fully usable product (i.e. I will often submit one minute of a long-form piece or 30 seconds of a shorter piece) but if you don't trust someone not to steal your stuff, why would you want to do business with them? And, for that matter, if you demonstrate that you don't trust them, why would they want to do business with you?
Suppose we both see a job posted and submit demos. We both nail the audition, but I watermark mine and you don't watermark yours. Which of us gets the job? My money's on you. _________________ Lee Gordon, O.A.V.
Voice President of the United States
www.leegordonproductions.com
Twitter: @LeeGordonVoice
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I think watermarking an audition is terribly distracting to the voice seeker and they will likely pass on your audition and move on to the non-watermarked ones..
I've often inserted subtle inversion of words or subsitutions, all the while not distracting or taking away the meaning of the text.. I've gotten feedback from clients stating they were perfectly okay with that... |
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markt Been Here Awhile
Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 217
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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This whole subject is always a can of worms…
But here's my question now after reading this and many other posts over the months: which is worse; the no client contact thing of voices.com or this new ranking system on V123? Which is more likely to make folks jump ship on either one of these P2P's?
I left voices.com a short time back to upgrade my area and improve my finished product, but I'm beginning to waffle on which one of these to re-join.
Mark _________________ "Dammit Jim, I'm a voice actor, not an audio engineer!"
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Scott Pollak The Gates of Troy

Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 1903 Location: Looking out at the San Juan mountains
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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markt wrote: | which is worse; the no client contact thing of voices.com or this new ranking system on V123? |
The ranking system at V123 isn't new. It's been in place for several years. I mostly ignore it. Although I will have weeks where I might get 3 or 4 'not likely' ratings in a row and wonder "What on earth am I doing wrong??". And that will be quickly replaced by 2 or 3 "Finalist" ratings in a row, which I'll also ignore, because they seldom ever equate to a job.
Lee - as usual - truly nailed it when he said:
Lee Gordon wrote: | There is really only one ranking that counts:
1. Did you get the job?
2. Or not. |
_________________ Scott R. Pollak
Clients include Pandora, NPR Atlanta, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Humana, Publix, UPS, AT&T, HP, Xerox and more.
www.voicebyscott.com |
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Rob Ellis M&M

Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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we all have (or should have) better things to do than try to mind-read what the Voice123 voicebuyers want, or like.
Submit the audition and move on, and save yourself a lot of wasted energy.
Simple but not easy, and believe me, I know.
(Us reformed audition obsessors are the worst, kinda like ex-smokers ) |
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Lance Blair M&M

Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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This illuminates the ratings thing for me:
I auditioned for something on voices.com. The guy from the production company was terrific and wrote me long messages on voices directing me to do a call back audition on the side because he wanted to hear something different that he didn't hear in the audition (it was for a video game). I was on the short list of a handful of talents but I didn't get the job. He writes another nice kind long letter explaining this, and saying he really wants me to audition for the next projects they have in the pipeline.
Long story short, they guy liked my work, and I almost got it. Of course, almost doesn't matter, and we move onwards. Had this been on v123 I might have been "not likely" or "finalist". Who knows? On voices, I would have no idea if he had not messaged me.
In short, it just doesn't matter. _________________ Skype: globalvoiceover
and now, http://lanceblairvo.com the blog is there now too! |
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