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Deirdre · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 5:41 am Post subject: "Wild Spot"

What does that mean?
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Philip Banks · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 5:45 am Post subject:

Strictly speaking, Not to picture . Engineer takes what you do for him and then tinkers.

In the real world of "just a piece of jargon I picked up" it can mean anything at all particularly to justify sh*t pay.

Mike Harrison · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 6:23 am Post subject:

Thanks, Deirdre, for asking what I've wondered for decades, too. While I'm sure Philip's definition is accurate in some cases, depending on the agency and/or producer, here's what the SAG-AFTRA website says:

Bob Bergen · CM Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 979

Right on, Mike. Yeah, I think what DB was referring to was use of the spot, not something technical.

And I have made a ton of money on wild spots. It all depends where it's sold and how often it airs. Very few spots these days are national, or class A. Class A national spots run during network hours, be it daytime or primetime. For these you are paid each time they air. But we have very few networks and hundreds of cable/other channels where the majority of spots run.

For more clarification check out this:

http://www.voiceoverresourceguide.com/la/08union.html

MBVOXX · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 7:44 am Post subject:

Yes, in short, the simple answer is; a wild spot is a spot that is placed on air via an independent media buy. For instance, the media buyer at the producing agency purchases individual stations, separately, within a single market or within several markets, as opposed to a network feed that sends the spots to all stations on the network where they air within the network ad cluster.

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 7:44 am Post subject:

"Ok Philip we'll take this as a Wild Spot"

"You mean you want me to read it in the style of a commercial which does not air on interconnected stations and does not sponsor a program. Time bought on individual stations in individual markets or cities. Each market/city is assigned a unit value based on the number of television households and the performer is paid for all units of use within a 13-week cycle. Payment being is due within 15 working days from the start date of the cycle and the commercial is broadcast in additional cities within the 13-week cycle, the producer will pay for those additional units within 15 working days from the end date of that 13-week cycle type of thing?"

"Whatever! Am rolling"

Eddie Eagle · M&M Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2393

Wild Spot-Usage
Wild Take-Performance

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 8:39 am Post subject:

I SO did NOT deliberately misunderstand for the purposes of amusement and you may call me Susan if it isn't so!

Deirdre · Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 8:59 am Post subject:

Yes.
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Rob Ellis · M&M Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit

I just got an audition for a spot with multiple characters and I was instructed to do a "wild read" for each part I was auditioning for.....never heard the term before but I gather that it means they want my lines only in the audition.

Bob Bergen · CM Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 979

Usually when specs request an actor to read their lines wild it means to ignore/skip all other lines that don't apply to what you are doing. Most often you see this in a script that would have a partner(s) but you are reading your lines solo in your home studio. I absolutely hate this as acting is reacting. Not having the other actor there to bounce off of sucks.

ballenberg · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Bob..but I bet you're still great at doing it that way. Clearly I'm not in that part of the business, but somehow I thought a lot of animation was done that way..wild. I did a gig that way a couple of weeks ago...dialog husband and wife spot..no wife at session though..Went okay , but no question that husband/wife magic would have been far more likely if two people were in the room..Yeah, I know..haha LOL

MBVOXX · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:17 am Post subject:

In my daily routine "wild lines" refer to add'l lines, usually located at the bottom of the script, that can be used as alternate/optional lines in the event the script edits out too long or too short. Those wild lines can be used to help adjust timing either way so the client doesn't have to book another session to tweak the timing of the final edit.

Wild Spot - independent market media buy
Wild Lines - see above
Wild take - I've voiced thousands of commercials and never heard that term. That's not to say it isn't used. I've just never have heard a director or producer use that terminology. In normal sessions where someone from the client agency/company is on the other side of the glass or other end of the link, every take is slated. Some takes are A-B-C takes of short phrases, but every take is slated so there are no "wild" takes. And "wild lines" are slated
as well, with a simple continuation of the slate count. YMMV

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:44 am Post subject:

WELL. You can't get more interesting than that.

Or can you?

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