Comments on: SAVOA – Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/07/savoa/ All About Your Voice & Marketing It Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SaVoa Cred from Taji's Voiceemporium | Dave Courvoisier's Blog http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/07/savoa/comment-page-1/#comment-255 SaVoa Cred from Taji's Voiceemporium | Dave Courvoisier's Blog Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:22:33 +0000 http://voiceover-casting.com/emporium/?p=1345#comment-255 [...] website shows how global this VO community is.  The Egypt-based author recently put up a wonderful summary of SaVoa’s criteria for becoming a member…along with a compelling argument for [...] [...] website shows how global this VO community is.  The Egypt-based author recently put up a wonderful summary of SaVoa’s criteria for becoming a member…along with a compelling argument for [...]

]]> By: Excellent thoughts on SaVoa » The Voiceover Boblog http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/07/savoa/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Excellent thoughts on SaVoa » The Voiceover Boblog Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:31:34 +0000 http://voiceover-casting.com/emporium/?p=1345#comment-254 [...] a voice actor based in Egypt, blogs about voiceover at Taji’s Voice Emporium. He has written an excellent article about SaVoa on his blog. Well worth your time, especially if you’d like to get a point of view from someone outside [...] [...] a voice actor based in Egypt, blogs about voiceover at Taji’s Voice Emporium. He has written an excellent article about SaVoa on his blog. Well worth your time, especially if you’d like to get a point of view from someone outside [...]

]]> By: Michelle Summers http://www.voiceemporium.com/archives/07/savoa/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Michelle Summers Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:19:09 +0000 http://voiceover-casting.com/emporium/?p=1345#comment-256 Taji: I truly feel that this is a great tool for all VO talent & clients. It shows clients that you have been through a strict screening process & not only is your voice & experience at the caliber that it should be but your studio capabilities are as well. In the days & age of anyone with a mic & garage band thinks they can do VO - I feel that clients who care about quality will begin looking to this more as a sign of professionalism. It is said that anyone in the union is of this caliber. Well what if I don't want to be limited to only union projects? What if like you Taji - I am out of the country? This is a stamp of approval for clients. I am so committed to the Savoa stamp of standard that we are currently in talks with the Savoa board on how we can benefit each other & create a lasting relationship to promote this level & caliber of talent to the industry. How does it benefit you when you are niched down to the Arabic language? To be honest - I really don't know of any specific results as I do not know other out of the country talent who have used this mark of approval in their career. But this is my honest take on the matter. When you are working in the American market - you can knock out any kind of preconceived notions that US clients might have about working with out of the country talent because you have a familiar mark of approval. They know that your voice & studio capabilities has to be of a higher caliber because you have this stamp of approval. I have so many clients that ask for specific languages like this but want American based talent. It drives me crazy because A) most times with specialties like this US talent can be limited B) why not go straight to the source where you will find in my humble opinion - many times the best because their language is practiced everyday because they are living in that culture - not in the US market where they are probably speaking English most times C) I don't think a client should limit their options like this - the key is to get the best voice for the project wherever that voice may be located. I think it would be a fabulous idea for you to establish a relationship with them Taji & open up the screening process to out of the country talent. I believe it would be a tremendous benefit long term. I would love to get your feedback after you have heard more & researched more. Enjoy the rest of your vacation! Taji:

I truly feel that this is a great tool for all VO talent & clients. It shows clients that you have been through a strict screening process & not only is your voice & experience at the caliber that it should be but your studio capabilities are as well. In the days & age of anyone with a mic & garage band thinks they can do VO – I feel that clients who care about quality will begin looking to this more as a sign of professionalism. It is said that anyone in the union is of this caliber. Well what if I don’t want to be limited to only union projects? What if like you Taji – I am out of the country? This is a stamp of approval for clients.

I am so committed to the Savoa stamp of standard that we are currently in talks with the Savoa board on how we can benefit each other & create a lasting relationship to promote this level & caliber of talent to the industry.

How does it benefit you when you are niched down to the Arabic language? To be honest – I really don’t know of any specific results as I do not know other out of the country talent who have used this mark of approval in their career. But this is my honest take on the matter. When you are working in the American market – you can knock out any kind of preconceived notions that US clients might have about working with out of the country talent because you have a familiar mark of approval. They know that your voice & studio capabilities has to be of a higher caliber because you have this stamp of approval. I have so many clients that ask for specific languages like this but want American based talent. It drives me crazy because A) most times with specialties like this US talent can be limited B) why not go straight to the source where you will find in my humble opinion – many times the best because their language is practiced everyday because they are living in that culture – not in the US market where they are probably speaking English most times C) I don’t think a client should limit their options like this – the key is to get the best voice for the project wherever that voice may be located.

I think it would be a fabulous idea for you to establish a relationship with them Taji & open up the screening process to out of the country talent. I believe it would be a tremendous benefit long term. I would love to get your feedback after you have heard more & researched more.

Enjoy the rest of your vacation!

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