award season? again?
It’s award season again and that means the start of the great voiceover debate.
There is only one real all-encompassing awards program for all voice talents, produced by the Society Of Voice Arts And Sciences. In its 4th year, the Voice Arts Awards allow voice talents, producers, engineers et al to submit their works for judging and possible award recognition.
There was skepticism when this award program came out (including on these pages) because (not unlike other awards programs) the nominees submit their works and pay a submission fee and fees to buy their awards. The skepticism and debate surround whether hubris or public relations was better served by such an opportunity.
And there will again be debate; there will again be questions as to why anyone would do this. And there will again be lots of people submitting their work for awards. I noted a while back that if this Awards program can outlast the critics and last some years, the debate will be quelled because such a program will just become the new normal.
Unless there are indignant voice talents with ferocious opinions (and usually not enough voiceover work to keep them off social media), people move on with their lives. Programs like these just need to outlast the skeptics.
If people feel the need to pay and submit for an award, ok. If you don’t want to, ok.
As for myself, I’m not submitting. That’s not an indictment, I just don’t feel the need. To each his own.
However, I might consider buying a ticket to go to the show? Why?
Well, last year, they did the awards on the Warner Bros. Studio lot. Have you ever been to the WB lot? I have and it is amazing. Uh-mazing. So many famous backdrops from so many movies and TV shows. It’s such fun.
The Voice Arts Awards web site has not yet announced if they are going back there this year but if they do….I gotta give that trip some thought.
You guys enjoy the award show, I’ll be touring the back lot!
