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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:04 am Post subject: Holy Crap!!! a Script WTF

"John Doe of XYZ recently noted that while there are a number of support services to resolve customer related issues, the personalized attention and high degree of decision making authority regarding problem resolution by the Sales Support Representative takes customer service to new level of satisfaction for the XYZ Owner/Operator. "

1. I wish script writers would read their stuff out loud
2. I wish the client would either read it out loud or have someone-- ANYONE read it aloud before approving it
3. Does this actually SAY anything? "We've got guys who can help you."

Judas Priest.
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Tom Greenlee · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:16 am Post subject:

hahahaha....no D, that does not say anything at all. The sad part is, that other people that hear this and also notice that it doesn't say a thing, are going to associate YOUR voice with it. Ahhhhhh the joys of VO. Laugh

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tackerman · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:22 am Post subject:

That is an incredibly long sentence that says nothing.

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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:43 am Post subject:

Ah, excellent! An opportunity to use a word I love: prolixity.

Mmmm hmmmm.
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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:45 am Post subject:

Oh, Chris!

It must be agonzing to see your well-crafted words changed to gobbledygook.
Yecch!
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Philip Banks · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

When e'er the temptation to complain rears its' ugly head I remember how much extra I earn from "put it right sessions".

Corporate client sends a script and I challenge a date, the producer says he has already challenged it and the script is approved.

Two days later - "The date is wrong. We need to change 1996 to 1998". Minimum session fee applies. Works out at $50 per syllable.

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Philip Banks · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:13 am Post subject:

Oh call it 13,000 and throw in a SatNav!

Frank F · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

That's what happens when the "legal department" gets a hold of copy or when it's "copy decisions by committee"... but, they revisions pay the water bill.

Don't ya' just love this business? I do!

Frank F
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audio'connell · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:16 am Post subject:

Juuust for a moment, let us each consider how much we would be individually worth if we actually charged clients, say, oh $5.00 per commercial script (versus a narration script in which we'd charge much more <$10>) for gently correcting/suggesting just MINOR changes in copy.

An "and" where an "an" was written or something along those lines. I'm really not even talking about major content revisions which I know we've all done. And of course, these scripts have all been "approved" before we got them.

Would you like to present your sum total?

I'll start.

Since 1982, on commercial scripts alone, low balling an average of one script correction a week, that works out to roughly $6,300.

Your turn....
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BenWils · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:14 am Post subject: Re: Holy Crap!!! a Script WTF