Voice-actor Dispute continues

There is a great story in the LA Times about Video-game voice-actors. My favorite quote from the story, “Although it’s down this year amid the recession, U.S. video game industry revenue has more than doubled since 2005 to $21 billion in 2008 — about twice the amount of movie ticket sales in Canada and the U.S.” Greatly contrasts this other great quote from the story, “Despite his extensive credits, Wittenberg earns roughly $30,000 a year from his video game work and, like most of his peers, supplements that income by doing voice work for animated TV shows.” The below links describe the arguments from video-game designers (see my crocodile tears… etc) to the viewpoint of voice-actors (where’s my piece of the pie… etc)

Here is the Viewpoint from Hollywood Actor Prep, a Website run by voice-actress Dana Kaminski.

Link of the story from an industry perspective: Story of AFTRA being approved; while SAG turned down

SAG members not ratifying contract.

Maybe a little unrelated – but describes a weird conflict -Product integration and conflict (voice-acting) Okay, I’ll admit it, linked mainly because it mentions David Hasselhoff.

From game-makers perspective
Describes the conflict:

From a voice-actor:

Game magazine’s take on the controversy:

And the requisite how-to: Video games and Voiceover

Here are some more precise figures about how much the Talent actually makes:

From Voice.com
SAG rate sheets
And lastly on this story: another salary study

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2 Responses to “Voice-actor Dispute continues on “Voice-actor Dispute continues”

  • Glad you used my website, Hollywood Actor Prep as a resource. Wonder if I can ask you to please credit the site, or me, in the body of the article. It seems a bit more fair, to me. Thanks, Dana

    JayMoffitt Reply:
    December 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    No problem. I tend to use so many links that sometimes I just use the link and a reference to the topic without a full blog name and author name. Sorry it took me a little while to approve your comment; I went to your Website, your voice really is amazing, and believe it or not I do remember that BL Stryker bit. Good luck with everything and I’d love if you could comment on what’s a very important and obviously complicated issue for voice-actors.