VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[imaginator]

have been using a slight lull in paying work to finally (FINALLY) make good on promises to upgrade my website, and particularly replacing those test patterns with some actual video samples.

during construction, i read everything i could find about putting together an actor's demo, went to dozens of sites and saw what others have done.

my web genius was in wonderment over the videos i gave him to work with. not because they were so good...but because they were so long.

he asked me a question that stopped me dead cold, and i have to admit i still have no answer.

"if these producers claim they can tell whether you've got any talent by listening to less than :10 of your voice demos...and your voice demos cannot be longer than a minute...why is it that an on-camera demo should be anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes in order for the same viewer to be able to tell whether you can 'create and sustain' a performance?"

same talent...same type of work. how is it we're judged within seconds of our first vocal utterance, yet the "visual arts" require more consideration?

i pondered the point on my "clogged blog", but since this board has better readership, i'll repeat the musing here.

...would really be interested in the reaction of other professionals.
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[asnively]

Because in an audio demo, they can't stare at your boobs.

But seriously, there's more information to take in on a video reel, so it takes longer to make an assessment and a choice. Just one thing on a audio demo.
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[ccpetersen]

I'd have to second what Amy said.

Not about the boobs although, sure, yeah, sure, there's the boobage factor to consider in video, but if it's a guy maybe not so much. Or maybe you have to allow that some clients are into man boobs.

I dunno.

But, I digress. In a video situation you end up watching for maybe a minute, especially if the scene is developing into something -- you just naturally want to watch til there's a resolution.

The other day I had occasion to go through a bunch of VO web pages (gleaned from HERE, by the way), and I found that it is really true that I get an impression of a voice for a given job in about 10 secs, sometimes less. But, give me that same person on video and I just naturally watch them longer. Must be some primate thing we have to try and connect with a face.
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