VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Philip Banks

Last night I travelled to Inverness so I could watch Red Dawn at the cinema. The film is for people who as chldren read adventure comics under the bed clothes by torchlight; in my case it was The Eagle, my older brother let me have them when he was done. Once every couple of years I get my "I'm eight years old and am going to the pictures" fix.

ANY ROAD UP.... Here's the point. The VUE cinema subjected me and the other two people in the audience to a number of trailers, GI Joe, Host, something in which Tom Cruise appears and can't remember the others. Every trailer had one thing in common ..... No VO!.

For the guys who can do THAT voice, the smart money says diversify. There's still a few pounds/dollars to be made from the affected growl but you are becoming more important than THAT voice.

Bruce

Lee Gordon · Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:36 am Post subject:

I guess that's one way to interpret "no announcer types." Shocked

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Philip Banks · Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:30 am Post subject:

Perhaps all the trailers were simply two doved-tailed Iranian double pauses. In which case they were well executed.

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Ben Amos · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:14 am Post subject:

Interesting, Bobby. I had no idea that theater trailer money wasn't better than TV spots for the same. Except, of course, the venerable St. La Fontaine. I believe by his own admission that he was at about $10,000/page circa Rush Hour 2 (in one take, no less).
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Philip Banks · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:23 am Post subject:

Having done movie trailers for international release and national/international TV commercials, Bobby's figures are on the low side in some cases the agent would earn more than the rates quoted. Of course if they're V123 rates then they are wildly optimistic Laugh

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Bill Roberts · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:07 pm Post subject:

I noticed the same absence of VO in the trailers here in the US about 4 years ago!

I also think the reason is due to the fact that on TV, when you dash to get a snack you can still hear the TV trailer, but in the theatre you are more a captive audience.

But what about the visually impaired? Braille Trailers?

Sarcastic

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Zach Meissner · Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:48 pm Post subject:

Guess the guys that put trailers together just got a bit more of their work cut out for themselves with no voice to take up space and all Smile

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marcos59 · Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 5:46 pm Post subject:

Ah nuts, I was going to do my own VO/fanmade trailer for The Lone Ranger (for a laugh of course) because the official ones make it look crap. Maybe I will anyway.