LEADS AND READS - WEEK OF 5/19 TO 5/25

Colin Campbell · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 00:37 (GMT) Post subject:

I wasn't trying for Serling on "16 million" just a simillarly eery sound.

As is the case most of the time, I try to have fun with 123 auds so as not to have them be a total loss. If I have fun with them, I am getting something out of them and as they say... if you love what you do, you'll be good at it. Not everyone is going to like my "Cecil B. Demille" productions but they are a blast to create.

Dave DeAndrea · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 01:00 (GMT) Post subject:

Here's the 16 million I submitted last night...

It has been opened... but not rated... which could mean a variety of things. Perhaps, since they appear to be a kind and generous seeker, they'd rather give no rating than a bad one. Laughing

Open to feedback from my VO Homies... your thoughts?

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

My guess, Dave? They never listened to it -- these nice people listen to 100 percent of all auditions all the time? Doubt it. They probably just delete the others after they find the voice they want.

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

Gee Diane. Thanks for bursting my bubble.

I'm going to believe they listen. Rarely do you see a seeker that have 100% "opened" rate.

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

Didn't mean to burst any bubbles, Caryn. Maybe they just got tired of rating them after a while?

Dave DeAndrea · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 01:46 (GMT) Post subject:

Yeah... I think I was audition # ninety-something... pretty late in the game. And according to V123:

"Opened" could be playing back, downloading, rating, reading, or deleting your audition and/or proposal"

Could be....

Scott Pollak · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 03:07 (GMT) Post subject:

Scott Pollak · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 03:08 (GMT) Post subject:

Dave, they opened mine and it was a while before they rated it. Patience, my young Jedi... patience!

Thom Wilkins · **Voice Talent** Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 587

All those mighty fine 16 million reads (Colin/Travis/Michael/Dave - Super production Colin)

I'll add my production to the Mix

Scott Pollak · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008, 18:41 (GMT) Post subject:

Beautiful, Thom. You Wilkins'ed it. Did you get rated?

Marian Hussey · **Voice Talent** Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

Wow, I've been waiting for an opportunity to post something here. I've rarely seen anything that I've auditioned for. I'm still pretty new, been doing this fulltime for 5 months. Anyway here's my version of the Top Ten LA gig...I got a 5... but then again everyone seemed to be rated pretty high. Have a great weekend everybody!

Thom Wilkins · **Voice Talent** Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 587

JC Haze · **Voice Talent** Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 86

WoW, Thom.
I wish you would post MORE. That was AMAZING.
Wonderful job!

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

Yes, Thom, beautifully eerie -- wow. (But, Thom, if you don't look at your ratings and tell us all, how will we know if you're really as good as we think you are? Wink

)

And since they cited Twilight Zone, that was a good way to go. However, since 4s and 5s were dispensed freely to disparate reads, ranging from straight and sincere to sexy, who knows what they had in mind.

I'd love to know who gets this one.

Connie Terwilliger · **Voice Talent** Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 409

Thom - I will echo the sentiments of the others - great stuff - the production really sucked me in.

Marian, I was playing Thom's background track in my head while listening to yours and I thought you did a nice job on it too.

I either didn't see the lead or passed on it for some reason, but the copy was very interesting.