VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[TVoice]

Help. I am new to this group but am hoping someone can help me figure out how to charge with this client. One of my regular clients has me do a 10-15 second tag for broadcast on a regular basis... this week, they sent me four scripts (one had 2 options needing to be recorded), I recorded them and sent them back... they changed their mind on the copy and sent another script to be recorded. I recorded it and sent it in. They changed thier mind again on the copy and sent me what is supposed to be the final copy again with two options. I recorded both 10 second tags. The producer has already confirmed that I need to bill them for all of the recordings but do I bill them for each of the optional scripts? My logic dictates that I should bill them for each 10 second option recorded but I don't want to be unreasonable.

[Dan-O]

Charge them for each read you sent them, all at the same rate. It was not you who changed their mind.

[audiogenic]

Once direction has been provided and the script is final, any re-recorded changes thereafter (apart from pronouciation errors), should be billable to the client as a % of the original commitment (ideally communicated up front). I've seen it as low as 20% and as high as 50% of the total project at times but that can be negotiable.

[Frank F]

If it just a line or two of changes, they would be called "wild lines" and you would charge appropriately. since you indicated the Producer says "bill them for all of them" - call him and ask him what he means... that way there is NO mis-understanding. It's worth a phone call to keep the client happy.

Frank F