Voice123 voice over work for Bedtime Travels crowdfunded thru Kickstarter

April 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Voice over work posted on Voice123 for the project Bedtime Travels is seeking assistance from the website Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects.

New producers, startups, directors, and entrepreneurs with creative projects need voice over talent, but may not have immediate resources to find strong investors. Recently, Voice123 has learned that a funding platform site called Kickstarter has been used, before being posting voice over work on Voice123.

Here is an exampe:

http://voice123.com/lv/Main_Character_Animated_Cartoon_Voice_Talent.html  .

What is taking place?  A "creative" is trying to get a project off the ground, and needs funding. He/she posts the creative project on Kickstarter, and asks for pledges to get it off the ground. As pledges are received, the creative director posts voice over work on Voice123 to find voice actors. For the Bedtime Travels animation project...There is a bit of a race against the clock for the creative director. " This project will only be funded if at least $35,000 is pledged by Tuesday May 22, 7:36am EDT. "

Those who pledge the most funds, now have the right to vote on who will be the chosen voice over. Why? As the project states... "Backers get to pick the voice of Buddy."

The "funders" now decide who the voice will be, or depending on how much is pledged, may have more creative control.

What does this mean for the voice talent? Voice talent are first auditioning to support a creative project, and pay is uncertain at the start. You can, if you want, assist in the funding support for the very project for which you auditioned or were hired. You build experience, a reel, and network.

So far, such crowdfunded jobs have been successful both for payment, and assist in helping voice actors network with clients.