NonsensicalThings
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Post by NonsensicalThings on Nov 27, 2019 17:11:24 GMT -8
I am helping with a game and am working on calculating how much the role will pay. I am going by the indie per word rates, so with a total of 52 words, the gig will pay 10.20. However, must of those words are grunts, screams, yells, etc., so should I categorize each one of those as a word?
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Nov 28, 2019 16:30:14 GMT -8
Hi there! We have a rate guide that you can look at here: http://www.http://www.voiceactingclub.com/rates/ The dialogue you are describing are actually call out lines and should be per line rate instead of per word. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them here or on our discord server.
Cheers!
Brittany
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NonsensicalThings
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Post by NonsensicalThings on Nov 28, 2019 16:45:41 GMT -8
Hi there! We have a rate guide that you can look at here: http://www.http://www.voiceactingclub.com/rates/ The dialogue you are describing are actually call out lines and should be per line rate instead of per word. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them here or on our discord server. Cheers! Brittany I'm a little confused. I have checked these rates, but I'm confused on how to use them. Most of this characters lines are grunts like "Huh!" and "Hah!" so if I go per line for every single grunt, it amounts to 60 dollars, but if I do it per word, it amounts to 10? I'm not sure which price I should be going for.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Nov 28, 2019 18:29:25 GMT -8
Per word rate is usually used for long form narration, like audiobooks and e-learning videos where the script can be tens of thousands of words long.
The lines you've described are for a game and will only be heard when your character is interacted with. Even though they're only lines with one word each (or non verbal cues, as they're technically call out effects you are making) they are still technically lines and that's what the rate should reflect. Otherwise you'd be drastically undercharging yourself for the amount of work you have to do.
Now, how much you should charge will be partly based on your client's budget and the project's usage. On the low end of the scale, the minimum should be $1 per line or $52 overall.
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Post by Rebekah Amber Clark on Nov 28, 2019 20:31:22 GMT -8
Yes -- ESPECIALLY since you mentioned a lot of them were yells/screams, which are harder on your voice than "just talking" & require skills to do without hurting yourself.
Also, if a single word/sound is all that a line has in it, all that will be heard in one go by the audience, then it doesn't matter that it's just one word. That would be like saying, someone who appears in a cereal commercial and says "tasty!" while smiling into the camera should be paid very very little because they "were only on screen for a second" or "only said one word". That one second screen time/one word script still *helps sell the cereal*.
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NonsensicalThings
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Breaking the fourth wall.
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Post by NonsensicalThings on Nov 29, 2019 5:04:02 GMT -8
Got it! Thank you both!
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