LEADS AND READS - WEEK OF 2/11 TO 2/17

Dave DeAndrea · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 01:33 (GMT) Post subject:

Okay... after seeing 4 or 5 of these auditions posted today I've gotta ask: Have any of you ever done, received comment back, been hired and/or been paid for one of those Pattaya, Thailand spots?

Colin Campbell · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 01:42 (GMT) Post subject:

I would advise to avoid the "foreign" leads.

OK... I know it's "just another post from Colin... who cares?"

But, I am very proud of the production on this one so I just have to share it with someone since as with most 123 leads, I will not get much feedback except possibly a poor rating.

This is the "Coastline" deal....

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 03:26 (GMT) Post subject:

Dave,

I have - for a long time now - IMMEDIATELY deleted any and all Pattaya leads. They may be perfectly legit, and I've done a few spots for Asian and middle Eastern companies, but I have a bad feeling about those Pattaya leads.

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Oh drat. It's just another post from Colin and...

Wait a minute! There's some damn good production going on here!
lol
Seriously, Colin, that sounded really great. That's the kind of production I enjoy doing, too. I'm not a hip-hop, in-yer-face, cutting-edge, radio-imaging kind of producer. I prefer the more subtle emotional stuff like that. Very nice!

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Beach Loss........NO NO SAY IT ISN'T SO!

You know how I feel about the beach!

This is the scariest thing you ever posted Colin

Caryn Clark · **Voice Talent** Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 1000

RE: the Thailand leads... uh, the budget is fixed at $50, and he was quite clear in one of the leads that he never re-uses talent.

It's a no go for me.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Yeah, I've been Pattaya'd to death too. I keep recalling the commercial parody that SNL did on the Las Vegas Commercials, "What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand".....or was it Bangkok? Funny bit either way.. and they never re-use talents? Sure, who would rob the same bank twice?

Here are a couple of recent auditions. I decided to give the costal a try. Perhaps a little more subdued than Colin's, instructions said they were looking for more of an actor than a voice, not that I'm an actor. No rating yet.

And another, commercial for ticketpages.com. Instructions weren't too specific. I gave them a streetwise presentation and a more enthusiastic one as well. No rating yet.

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 14:46 (GMT) Post subject:

I just now saw that Beach lead and submitted. They almost immediately opened it and rated it, which was nice. I was very happy to get a 5 on this one, since I'm really wanting to do more documentaries. Sadly though, I've learned that 5's do not necessarily a job make.

Colin, I really liked your read and mix on that. David, you sounded awfully dragged down on yours, though, IMO.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Scott:

I was going for 'dragged down', 'depressed', 'sympathetic to the issue'. It seemed to me that was what they wanted, more emotive than narrative, to convey the feeling of a depressing subject. I had another version which had less emotion and more 'voice' (if that makes sense) but I discarded it. I got a 2 and I'd really like to hear what sounded to them like a 5. Would you mind posting yours?

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 15:34 (GMT) Post subject:

Here you go, David.

Marilyn Taylor · **Voice Talent** Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 400

WoW Colin...what a pro! That was truly captivating....

Scott you are as warm, real and natural as ever....

David, I'm sorry I agree with Scott on the 'dragged down' sound. If you saved the other 'more voice' one you did I'd like to hear it...you have a great voice!...

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Marilyn:

Thanks, I appreciate your comment. I keep only what I submit, maybe one or two versions of something. But that's after discarding what I think might not work for the seeker. The Voicier(?) version was good in my opinion, but I was thinking they probably had enough of that type of delivery already and I tried for something else. It was just too far off the mark. That's the trouble with this kind of auditioning. You can't ask questions, and you get no substantive feedback from the seeker. Brick wall

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008, 18:11 (GMT) Post subject:

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

I agree. Based on the "value" of the message in this piece, I also would probably have submitted an audition if I'd been awake when the SmartCast lead for it arrived in my mailbox. But by the time I opened it, their quota had been filled.
I would normally quote $650 for a job this size so a bid of $499 might not have been what they had in mind for "under $500." But there are some projects that, for whatever reason, you feel you want to be associated with, regardless of the money. And this looks like it could be one of those.
It's a moot point, really, because I don't think whatever I would have submitted would be chosen over your read. I liked Colin's read, too, but I think his was a bit more ominous than yours.

(As a totally irrelevant aside, this post marks the 1000th time I have flung open my cake hole to regale this forum with one of my pearls of wisdom -- or stupidity. bla bla

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Diane Havens · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1281

Wow, Lee -- that's a real mille stone!