Get a Well-Known Voice Actor to Narrate a Series of Cinamatic Commercials

[SpongebobFan1994]

Although it'd be a challenge to do so (because of how many offers they receive on a daily basis), I'd like to see someone like James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson, or Peter Cullen narrating commercials for the newest versions of Mint, newest games on Mint, newest programs on Mint, etc, and put them on both TV or social media.

[cliffcoggin]

If you are volunteering to pay for the commercials you will need deep pockets.

[antikythera]

Or Rob Brydon who will do 6 voices for the price of 4

[SpongebobFan1994]

If you are volunteering to pay for the commercials you will need deep pockets.

I'm well aware of that. I would set up a crowdfunding campaign, but I never much luck with that, and because of how PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard responded to WikiLeaks, I've become distrustful of all payment processing companies. Instead, I'll look into wiring them the money once I'm able to do so.

[cliffcoggin]

So how much money are you personally going to donate?

[SpongebobFan1994]

So how much money are you personally going to donate?

I wasn't going to donate the money, instead I'd pay them by wiring it to their bank account. I was thinking $500 for the minimum payment and $700 for the maximum payment, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[cliffcoggin]

Does that mean you are unwilling to pay even a penny of your own money towards the cost?

[antikythera]

Also there's a lack of females above so Dervla Kirwan, Joanna Lumley, Keeley Hawes, Camilla Arfwedson, Kaye Wragg, Sharon D. Clarke, Angela Griffin

I don't think 500-700 dollars would secure any of the people mentioned even for a 30 second advert.

[SpongebobFan1994]

Also there's a lack of females above so Dervla Kirwan, Joanna Lumley, Keeley Hawes, Camilla Arfwedson, Kaye Wragg, Sharon D. Clarke, Angela Griffin

I don't think 500-700 dollars would secure any of the people mentioned even for a 30 second advert.

I was listing James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson, and Peter Cullen as examples of voice actors, so excuse me for being "politically incorrect" :^) Also, I was guestimating on how much I'd pay them. If they want $2000, fine by me.

[lsemmens]

Give me your 700 bucks I'll do it for you. A voice actor ain't gonna be seen on screen so any numpty could do it.

[DAMIEN1307]

Celebrities are always way over scale and can range from $10,000 to $100,000 a session – not including residuals and/or points. The debate on the ROI benefit of hiring famous people for voiceover is still alive, but it appears it’s more a waste of cash rather than a boon for moving product or people.

In other words, "not happening"...lol...DAMIEN

[all41]

+1 for David Attenborough as spokesperson even though.
He is well spoken for penguins

[SpongebobFan1994]

Give me your 700 bucks I'll do it for you. A voice actor ain't gonna be seen on screen so any numpty could do it.

Do you have a link to a video of you voice acting?

[cliffcoggin]

Do you have a link to a video of you voice acting?

A video for an audio recording? That will be interesting.

I'll gladly send you a recording of my voice just as soon as you send me the 700 dollars.

[SpongebobFan1994]

Do you have a link to a video of you voice acting?

A video for an audio recording? That will be interesting.

I'll gladly send you a recording of my voice just as soon as you send me the 700 dollars.

Not every schmuck can be a voice actor/actress. If you clearly have talent, great. If you don't, I'm not going to blow $700, as I already made enough bad financial decisions when I was younger.

[Vladimir00]

Although it'd be a challenge to do so (because of how many offers they receive on a daily basis), I'd like to see someone like James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson, or Peter Cullen narrating commercials for the newest versions of Mint, newest games on Mint, newest programs on Mint, etc, and put them on both TV or social media.

Sounds good. But i think Mint can't afford it Such advertising will cost real money. It is unlikely that community Linux Mint will be able to collect the required amount of money through donations.( No so many people use Mint ).

[SpongebobFan1994]

Although it'd be a challenge to do so (because of how many offers they receive on a daily basis), I'd like to see someone like James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson, or Peter Cullen narrating commercials for the newest versions of Mint, newest games on Mint, newest programs on Mint, etc, and put them on both TV or social media.

Sounds good. But i think Mint can't afford it Such advertising will cost real money. It is unlikely that community Linux Mint will be able to collect the required amount of money through donations.( No so many people use Mint ).

Then you obviously didn't read any of my comments in this post, because I said I'd look into hiring and paying them myself

[Vladimir00]

Although it'd be a challenge to do so (because of how many offers they receive on a daily basis), I'd like to see someone like James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson, or Peter Cullen narrating commercials for the newest versions of Mint, newest games on Mint, newest programs on Mint, etc, and put them on both TV or social media.

Sounds good. But i think Mint can't afford it Such advertising will cost real money. It is unlikely that community Linux Mint will be able to collect the required amount of money through donations.( No so many people use Mint ).

Then you obviously didn't read any of my comments in this post, because I said I'd look into hiring and paying them myself

I wish you success in this. But if you don't have a lot of money, you are unlikely to succeed.(I think 700 or 2000 dollars will not be enough even to pay for a 15 second video featuring a famous person.)

[SpongebobFan1994]

Sounds good. But i think Mint can't afford it Such advertising will cost real money. It is unlikely that community Linux Mint will be able to collect the required amount of money through donations.( No so many people use Mint ).

Then you obviously didn't read any of my comments in this post, because I said I'd look into hiring and paying them myself

I wish you success in this. But if you don't have a lot of money, you are unlikely to succeed.(I think 700 or 2000 dollars will not be enough even to pay for a 15 second video featuring a famous person.)

Again, I was guesstimating on how much they'd be willing to get paid. While I understand that them wanting a hefty sum is based on their experience, I doubt they're greedy enough to want $2,000,000 for a 30 second advertisement.

[DAMIEN1307]

Remember when i posted this ?

Celebrities are always way over scale and can range from $10,000 to $100,000 a session – not including residuals and/or points. The debate on the ROI benefit of hiring famous people for voiceover is still alive, but it appears it’s more a waste of cash rather than a boon for moving product or people.

This was a quote from one of the agencies that represents these famous people.

Hope you have got serious cash available...DAMIEN