Voice Guild Malaysia
Rate Card
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Rights of Usage
Digital Voice Manipulations and Reproductions
- Voice Over Talent's compensation shall only cover the use of the original voice assets or recordings as recorded. Use in any manner that would allow a Producer or any related company or person to manipulate or otherwise modify the original words spoken is strictly prohibited.
- Producer or any related company or person may not create digital reproductions of any Voice Over Talent in connection with the Project. Producer or any related company or person may not use any digital reproduction of any individual, living or deceased, as a character or in place of Voice Over Talents in the Project without Voice Guild Malaysia or the Voice Over Talent's consent. The foregoing restriction includes any voice reproductions.
Digital Voice Simulations, A.I. Voice Cloning / A.I. Voice Generating / A.I. Voice Training / A.I. Voice Creations, Voice Synthesization, Digital Double / Voice Double, Machine Learning, Composite Voice, and alike
- Any attempts to acquire digital simulation or digital creation rights is void and unenforceable until the terms have been negotiated with Voice Guild Malaysia or the Voice Over Talent(s) involved.
- Any company or person may not extract or copy the voice assets or recordings, of any Voice Over Talent, living or deceased, for the use in any manner that is not according to the agreed usage of recordings, without Voice Guild Malaysia or the Voice Over Talent's consent.
Commercial / Broadcast Marketing Material
(Television, Radio, Cinema, Social Media Platform, Online Radio, Podcast Platform)
0 – 15 seconds
RM300
Subsequent
16 – 60 seconds
RM20
per second
Subsequent
61 – 90 seconds
RM10
per second
Subsequent
91 seconds & above
RM5
per second
Additional Charges
- Characters
RM100 for third character, including announcer - Re-record
RM300 or 50% of original fee (whichever is higher) for commercials not yet broadcasted.* - Rejection
RM300 or 50% of original fee (whichever is higher) - Cut-down
Full payment based on duration of cut-down version - Format conversion
Full payment based on duration of format-converted material
Buyout Rates
- For single country
RM3600 or Original fee of longest duration x6 (whichever higher) - For 20 countries & below
RM6000 or Original fee of longest duration x10 (whichever higher) - Worldwide
RM15000 or Original fee of longest duration x25 (whichever higher)
Notes
- *Amendments to broadcasted/published materials are considered as new recordings
- Fees are calculated based on full duration of output material, NOT duration of VO
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single version, single format (visual material and audio material are considered two different formats) on multiple platforms (television, cinema, social media etc), for use in a single territory / country (based on where commercial is advertised / boosted / geotagged). Full rates apply for usage in each additional territory / country (based on where commercial is advertised / boosted / geotagged).
- Any subsequent form of editing from the final original material is regarded as a new version and shall be charged accordingly (i.e.: 30 sec visual material being edited into a 30 sec audio material)
- Payment is due before the recording session
Corporate Video / Non-broadcast Material
(Internal Usage, User's Manual)
5 minutes & below
RM700
Above 5 minutes
RM100
per minute
Additional Charges
- Re-record
RM350 or 50% of original fee (whichever is higher) for up to 7 lines of an unused/uncirculated video.* - Cut-down
Full payment based on duration of cut-down version - Format conversion
Full payment based on duration of format-converted material
Notes
- *Amendments above 7 lines for the same video are charged as a new recording
- Fees are calculated based on full duration of output material, NOT duration of VO
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single version, single format (visual material and audio material are considered two different formats), internal usage (i.e. company lobby, company domain website as company profile video etc, and shall not be used on any platform that possesses the coverage of audience for viral/broadcast capacity)
- Any subsequent form of editing from the final original material is regarded as a new version and shall be charged accordingly (i.e.: 3 min visual material being edited into a 3 min audio material)
- Once the recorded material (or part of the recorded material) is broadcasted/published, the rate calculation on this category is no longer applicable, please refer to Commercial/Broadcast Marketing Material
- Payment is due before the recording session
Demo, Guide VO,
Research, Stealomatic
60 seconds & below
RM300
61 - 180 seconds
RM500
181 seconds & above
To be negotiated
Notes
- Fees are calculated based on full duration of output material, NOT duration of VO
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single version, single format (visual material and audio material are considered two different formats), internal usage (i.e. in meeting as presentation, on video’s rough-cut as duration marker etc, and shall not be used on any platform that possesses the coverage of audience for viral/broadcast capacity)
- Once the recorded material (or part of the recorded material) is broadcasted/published, the rate calculation on this category is no longer applicable, please refer to Commercial/Broadcast Marketing Material
- Payment is due before the recording session
I.V.R. / Voice Prompt, Training Module
1st Page
RM400
Subsequent page
RM150
Buyout Rates
- For 20 countries & below
Original fee x10 - Worldwide
Original fee x25
Notes
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single territory/country
- Rate calculation is based on A4-size sheet, double spacing, one-inch margin, Times New Roman 12pt font (English/Malay), Kai Ti or Fang Song Ti 14pt font (Chinese)
- I.V.R. = Interactive Voice Response
- Payment is due before the recording session
Announcement
(In-store, Themepark, Museum, Event, Gallery, Award & Nomination)
30 seconds & below
RM300 flat rate
per announcement
31 - 90 seconds
RM500 flat rate
per announcement
91 seconds & above
RM700 flat rate
per announcement
Buyout Rates
- For 20 countries & below
Original fee x10 - Worldwide
Original fee x25
Notes
- Fees are calculated based on duration of VO, of a single announcement
- Rates are based on usage of a single announcement, in physical store, on-ground event, one-off virtual event and gallery/themepark/museum, that does not possess the coverage of audience for viral/broadcast capacity, single territory/country
- Once the recorded material (or part of the recorded material) is broadcasted/published, the rate calculation on this category is no longer applicable, please refer to Commercial/Broadcast Marketing Material or Audiobook, depending on the nature of final output material
- Payment is due before the recording session
Program Narration
(Television Program, Documentary, Online Program / Content Production)
30-Minute Show
(24 - 26 min content)
RM1000
per show / episode
60-Minute Show
(48 - 52 min content)
RM1600
per show / episode
90-Minute Show
(72 - 78 min content)
RM2100
per show / episode
120-Minute Show
(96 - 104 min content)
RM2500
per show / episode
Buyout Rates
- For single country
Original fee of longest duration x6 - For 20 countries & below
Original fee of longest duration x10 - Worldwide
Original fee of longest duration x25
Notes
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single version, single format (visual material and audio material are considered two different formats) on multiple platforms (television, cinema, social media etc), single territory/country
- Payment is due before the recording session
A.D.R. / Dubbing, Animation, Video Game
(Film, Series, Shorts, Animated Film / Series / Shorts, Video Game)
1st working-hour
RM500
Every subsequent
HALF working-hour
RM250
Notes
- Working-hour = time spent in recording booth and on discussion/meeting/briefing regarding character/direction/performance
- Minimum 1 hour, maximum 4 hours, per session, per project
- Total working-hour is rounded to the closest higher half-hour or hour
- Vocally stressful sessions should be limited to 2-hour sessions
- Rates are based on lifetime usage of a single version, single format (visual material and audio material are considered two different formats) on multiple platforms (TVC, cinema, social media), single territory/country
- Once the recorded material (or part of the recorded material) is broadcasted/published as marketing material, an additional fee for the marketing material may be applicable. For the rate of broadcast marketing material, please refer to Commercial/Broadcast Marketing Material
- A.D.R. = Automated Dialogue Replacement
- Payment is due before the recording session
Audiobook
1 - By Latin Letter Wordcount
(Fees EXCLUDE Recording & Editing Services)
10,300 words & below
RM1000 flat rate
Every subsequent word
RM0.065
2 - By Chinese Character Wordcount
(Fees EXCLUDE Recording & Editing Services)
18,000 words & below
RM1000 flat rate
Every subsequent word
RM0.037
3 - By Finished Hour
(Fees INCLUDE Recording & Editing Services)
1 finished hour & below
RM1000 flat rate
Every subsequent finished hour
RM700
Additional Charges (For All Sub-Categories)
- Re-record
Hourly rate applies (refer A.D.R. / Dubbing, Animation, Video Game)
Notes
- For 1 - Fees are calculated based on wordcount, of Latin letter words.
- For 2 - Fees are calculated based on wordcount, of Chinese-character words.
- For 3 - Fees are calculated based on finished-hour, which is the full duration of VO, AFTER all the mistakes being edited out.
The duration of edited VO which isn’t a complete hour, is rounded to the closest higher finished-hour (i.e. 76 minutes of VO is considered 2 finished-hours).
Typically, at normal reading speed, one finished minute is around 155 words (Latin-letter words) or 270 words (Chinese-character words). - Rates are based on lifetime usage
- Once the recorded material (or part of the recorded material) is broadcasted/published as marketing material, an additional fee for the marketing material may be applicable. For the rate of broadcast marketing material, please refer to Commercial/Broadcast Marketing Material
- Rates are not inclusive of mixing, music and/or sound effects
- Payment is due before the recording session
Studio Work
(Basic VO Recording & Editing)
1 recording session,1 language, 1 version
RM150-RM350
Editing of recorded VO
Free of charge
Audio file of edited VO
Free of charge
Notes
- A recording session shall not last longer than 2 hours, for one version and one language of job
- Additional time for editing would be needed after the recording session ended
- The editing work is only free of charge when the editing is meant for the VO recorded by the respective voice over artist/voice actor, and is immediate after the VO is recorded. Editing work for anything other than that is chargeable. Please discuss for rate.
- Rates are not inclusive of mixing, music and/or sound effects
- Payment is due before the recording session