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Post by awinterwonder on Mar 17, 2017 18:29:05 GMT -8
I guess as someone starting out and thinking a little bit about setting personal rates. I was always curious about this cause I've seen people have their personal voice over rates depending on line or word. What do most of you guys use? Or do you use the industry standards?
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Post by cbdroege on Mar 20, 2017 1:05:43 GMT -8
I list my rates by finished run-time. Here, if you're curious.
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Post by Tomar on Mar 20, 2017 14:48:13 GMT -8
I guess as someone starting out and thinking a little bit about setting personal rates. I was always curious about this cause I've seen people have their personal voice over rates depending on line or word. What do most of you guys use? Or do you use the industry standards? I would advise sticking to industry standards. You can look through recommended non-union rates on sites like voices.com or edge studio (log in with a free account to get rates other than radio) to get a ballpark idea. Then I'd always suggest discussing with friends and peers within the market you're working who are willing to share their general experience with rates as far as settling on actual dollar values. It will definitely vary from market to market depending on the type of production, but the linked sites should give you an idea how different production types are typically billed. I am also of the opinion that you should always have a minimum per-job rate to avoid wasting your time with tiny jobs that pay next to nothing.
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Post by Lady Stardust ★ on Mar 21, 2017 4:42:49 GMT -8
I personally charge per-line for indie projects, because it's easier and less time-consuming for me than counting up each word individually. I think it tends to even out (though I'm going to start implementing a longer charge if a "line" is more like a "paragraph".) I second what Tomar said about a minimum rate, too---it'd be a bit absurd to have someone paypal you $2.
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Post by Kyotosomo on Mar 21, 2017 15:43:18 GMT -8
When it's been established I'm gonna be payed for work I don't really charge anything in particular, just the most I can get away with negotiating lol. I care more about being seen by a lot of people and growing my voice acting YouTube Channel than I do about actually getting paid (I donate all the profits my voice acting channel makes to charity purely because in addition to it feeling nice, I don't have to worry about being accused of doing something on my Channel out of greed). I've gotten hundreds of dollars just for a few words, yet I've also gotten only five dollars for over an hour of work (less than minimum wage basically). Negotiate what you can. If I do for some reason need to go by some sort of standard, I think 20 cents per word is pretty common or $5 per minute. I've hear of both more and less though, things aren't very simple sadly.
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Post by Anairis Q on Mar 26, 2017 9:10:10 GMT -8
I used to do per line a lot, though lately I'm warming up to doing per word rates. Just because it's really easy for A) you to get an unnecessary high amount for a 1 word lines ($5 just for saying yes) or B) you to get an unnecessarily low amount for longer lines ($5 for a monologue). It's ultimately up to you; I know it can be hard to stick to industry standards when you don't exactly have the skill level/setup for it. (Personally, if I was recording in a well-made studio setup, I'd have no issue keeping to industry rates.) So whatever you feel is fair! It's always up to you in the end.
And you can always adjust the rates for the project you're being asked to record for. Don't be afraid to ask for the script/approximate word/line count.
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Post by locutor99 on Oct 23, 2018 2:46:49 GMT -8
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