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2024 - SOVAS & Pandora That’s Voiceover Audition Contest!
If you’re going to That’s Voiceover Career Expo the value of your ticket just went up! Pandora & SOVAS are offering TVO attendees and serious voice actors everywhere a chance to win a spot on the coveted Pandora VO Roster. Plus, you’ll win a SOVAS Silver Membership, and 2 free tickets to the SOVAS 2025 weekend (TVO Expo and Voice Arts® Award Gala). Why is this a big deal? Because being on the Pandora Roster means you’re positioned for hire on hundreds of Pandora promo jobs in English and Spanish. And, your SOVAS Membership gives you access to a host of free career-building opportunities, including admission for you and a plus-one to attend That’s Voiceover Career Expo and the Voice Arts® Award Gala in 2025.
Contest Guidelines:
- You must upload your performance of the online script below, and choose the English or Spanish script.
- There is no ticket purchase required to audition, but do include a ticket number in the filename for a chance to win a pair of Neumann or Sennheiser studio headsets.
- Final Deadline for submissions: November 30th, 2024
- Notification: The winners and runner-ups will be announced live at That’s Voiceover! Career Expo during the Pandora workshop presentation on Friday, Dec 6th at 10am PST in the main ballroom. Los Angeles Airport Marriott
- Two winners will be chosen: Spanish and English
- You must be in attendance to qualify.
INSTRUCTIONS:
***Please slate your file with your full name and phone number (preferred) or some other sort of contact information***
Name your file as: VOTalentName_SOVAS24_ticket#_English/Spanish.wav/aiff - (choose English or Spanish script, wav or aiff)
Example: StevePogatch_SOVAS24_4356_English.wav
FILE SPECS: Mono | 24bit | 44.1Khz | AIFF/WAV
- Please submit only one take
- DO NOT master or add any compression/limiting, reverb, or effects
Please upload your file to this link below when ready : DROPBOX LINK
ENGLISH AUDITION
Direction: Casual, conversational, non-salesy, fun
Ad Copy: :60 seconds max
VO: We all KNOW too much sugar is bad for you. All the empty calories and none of the nutritional value. Then on the OTHER hand you have diet drinks. Who knows what those fake sweeteners do to you… That’s if you even manage to get past that weird aftertaste. So where is the solution to exciting hydration? The answer is actually a Hint. Hint is pure, fruit-infused water with zero sugar, zero diet sweeteners, and zero calories. Which makes it better for, and tastier to you. Hint uses unique fruit essences to create surprisingly accurate fruit flavors. And a lot of them, too! With classics like Watermelon and Pineapple or delicious smashups like Blueberry Lemon and Peach Raspberry, Hint has over 25 delicious flavors to choose from. That’s a flavor for just about anyone and everyone. You can find Hint Water at retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Kroger, or have it delivered directly to your door from “Hint Water dot com”. New customers can get Hint for just $1 a bottle with free shipping, when they order 3 cases. That's 36 bottles for $36 and free shipping. Just use the code S-O-V-A-S 2024 at checkout.
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SPANISH AUDITION
Direction: Optimistic, fun, playful, and genuine. Have fun switching up the energy for the different scenes.
:30 seconds max
[MUSIC BED: Music similar to the TVC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UiFkOJoP-8]
Ad Copy:
VO: Con tantas opciones en Booking punto com, reserva sin importar quién quieres ser.
[SFX: Nature sounds, running water, throwing a fishing pole out or reeling the fish back in]
VO (yelling from a distance, like you’re fishing and being recorded from someone standing outside of the river): Ya sea que quieras ser una aventurera mientras te quedas en una cabaña en Alaska.
[SFX: Fade in New York cityscape]
VO: O si quieres explorar tu lado artístico, ¡quédate en un hotel en el centro de Nueva York! [pause] ¡Bravo!
VO: Este verano, elige la versión que quieras ser con Booking punto com. Booking punto Yeah!
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If there are any questions/issues, please reach out to us if needed. (sometimes if the dropbox link doesn’t work for uploading your audition, clearing cookies/browser data or switching web browsers will most often fix the issue)
Thanks!