Fengkou Finance Intern Reporter Wang Xiaoye
"Part-time dubbing can easily earn more than 10,000 yuan a month!" Have you ever seen any advertisements to make money by doing dubbing tasks? Is there really such a good thing about pie falling from the sky? Many netizens reported being tricked by this kind of advertising and not making money, but instead spent money to buy courses.
dubbing is the process of adding sound to a video or multimedia. It generally refers to the dubbing actors matching the character with voice, or replacing the linguistic dialogue of the character in the original film with other languages. With the development of industries such as advertising, animation, games, and audiobooks, a large number of dubbing talents are still needed, so online dubbing actors emerged. So, what is the real dubbing industry like? What are the thresholds and income? Recently, the reporter interviewed several voice actors and explored the real situation of the industry by understanding their stories.
"Professional" and "Part-time" Ice and Fire
0 The second season of "I Am a Special Voice" broadcast on bilibili on September 10 has attracted widespread attention. The program invited 14 voice actors to perform in the sound theater with six different themes. With the affirmation and encouragement of the audience, they worked hard to grow into an excellent sound theater troupe. As early as January 2018, Mango TV launched the sound charm competition show "Sound into the Scene". With the broadcast of various variety shows, the niche industry field of dubbing has gradually entered the public eye.
In fact, dubbing industry can be seen everywhere in our daily lives. For example, the common dubbing in the film and television industry, such as the " Huan Huan " we are familiar with in " The Legend of Zhen Huan ", which is completed by the dubbing of the dubbing actor Ji Guanlin . In fact, domestic TV series are mostly produced by dubbing; the Japanese anime " One Piece " and the Chinese anime " One Person Under " are also completed by the dubbing actors' post-dubbing; the radio promotional dubbing mainly includes the public railway stations and the promotional sound of buses; even when people usually use short video commentary or recording of funny videos, they basically use dubbing. And with the deepening of the promotion of the national project of national reading, and the wave of IP adaptation has promoted, the radio dramas, audio novels, etc. that everyone listens to have gradually penetrated into daily life.
Professional dubbing actors earn relatively high income. It is understood that audio novels are generally between 200-500 yuan/chapter, and advertisements are about 200 yuan/minute. In terms of film and television dramas, according to insiders, the price of background vocals ranges from 800 yuan to 1,200 yuan a day. The price of supporting roles is 200 yuan to 300 yuan per episode, and the protagonist is about 500 yuan to 600 yuan per episode, but not every day, and the salary is completely unfixed, but compared with part-time actors, the resources for taking orders are stable and rich, and the monthly income is generally over 10,000 yuan.
The income source of older generation dubbing actors is gradually no longer based on dubbing film and television dramas. Some will record documentaries, while others will turn to dubbing directors. Many voice actors who are well-known to the public, dubbing is just their side job.
So what is the current situation of part-time dubbing actors? The reporter contacted CC, a well-known online voice actor in Xingtai . CC said that the threshold for entry-level network configuration in this industry is not high. Mandarin is better, just have recording equipment. "I have been working in online dubbing for almost two years, and it's not very long. The second matchmaker of the TV series (let the wrong lines of the character let the dubbing actor imitate the original voice and re-record the lines) is about 300 yuan to 800 yuan per order, and the average WeChat official account business order is only 80 yuan to 150 yuan. It's quite good to do part-time jobs, but there are not many orders and the competition is fierce. If you include dubbing, editing, initial review and second review, it will take almost a day." CC said.
As for the ways to take part-time orders, CC told reporters: "I have a makeup artist friend who can take the crew's makeup, and sometimes I can ask for it. Himalaya platform can also be accepted, but there are many scammers, so you should avoid being deceived. Audio dramas mainly look at recruitment. You can go to the WeChat public account to check out Dragonfly FM, and the Maoer platform can also be used, but there are not many orders and the price is also cheap."
Mandarin standard is far from enough. You need to express your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness in voice
Some industry insiders once said: Dubbing is not an verb, not imitation, nor voice change; dubbing actors are not simple technical jobs. Its value lies in understanding, expression, and reshaping - dubbing, which is also an artistic creation.
In fact, dubbing industry has a threshold like other industries. The level of the threshold depends on the nature of your work. Just play Mandarin standards and sound good, but if you want to be a dubbing actor, you also need various connections and personal efforts.
2020 well-known dubbing actor Xiaojian said on the short video platform: For the current Chinese dubbing For actors, to become a professional voice actor, you mainly need a teacher from an industry to take you into the industry. If you know a teacher in life, it is simple. If you don’t know, the usual way is to find a training class, mainly concentrated in Beijing and Shanghai. If you learn well, the teacher may leave you behind and slowly enter this industry.
reporter interviewed a professional voice actor Baobao (pseudonym). "I have been in the industry for 11 years. The first time I came into the dubbing industry was about 2009. At that time, I thought dubbing was a medium to release my desire to perform. I should have joined the Chinese dubbing club "Wing Voice" in 2011. At that time, I was doing online dubbing and produced some dubbing works one after another. In 2017, I had the honor of meeting my own boy, so I resolutely resigned and became a professional voice actor. "Baobao told reporters that since he was a member of the club, he has been in the industry for 11 years and has played an important role in popular animes such as "Dragon Clan" and " Perfect World ". Baobao's success is not accidental, but the result of his years of accumulation and sweat. Now Baobao has become a new star in the industry.
As it is well-known to the public and has caused a large number of newcomers to enter the circle, everyone will ask a question, is it difficult to dub?
The well-known coser Qiye has participated in dubbing because of her work. She told reporters: "At that time, I was filmed a promotional video of Cross Fire and was fortunate to participate in the post-dubbing process. During the dubbing process, it is necessary to dub according to the director's needs and character settings. Usually, there is no sound at once. You may have to say the lines over and over to find the sound that best suits the character's image. In fact, the whole show is quite tiring. "
dubbing is not as easy as it can speak as advertised. First of all, you need professional equipment. If it is just amateur, then simply add a USB microphone, sound card and computer. But if it is a professional dubbing, you usually need to go to the recording studio to record. The Mandarin standard of
professional dubbing actors is particularly critical, which is the basic skill of dubbing actors. Secondly, the breath must be stable, which requires the dubbing actors to practice continuously through daily morning classes to prevent their feelings from being too full. The unnecessary trouble caused by the disorder of breath. Then the voice actors need to have a wide range and pure tone. The diversified and diverse voice-over work of voice actors determines that the voice actors need a wide range, and they can interpret or imitate different roles. Therefore, general voice actors need to learn normal vocalization and relative vocalization skills.
also has important performance abilities, and most voice actors stop at this condition. CC told reporters: "This is not just dubbing, you need to use your voice to express the happiness, sadness, anger, etc. of the character. "Dubbing may be more a skill. You need to properly integrate your feelings into it. Through your voice, you can drive people's thinking and emotions into a specific environment. This is really difficult.
At the same time, as a relatively experienced bag, it also provides some suggestions for newcomers who want to enter the industry: "For newcomers, the current environment requires newcomers to work harder privately, because the most training film and television dramas require more and more actors to dub themselves. There are not many opportunities to exercise in the studio. You can only rely on your own accumulation to seize the few opportunities to enter the studio.If you want to match a good drama, you must read and understand the original work and script, and then understand the needs with the director Party A. The important thing is to work hard to clarify the character and the relationship between the characters in the original work to see if you can add something different to the character. "
has a huge gap, fierce competition, and part-time dubbing advertising frequently appears scams
In the early 21st century, my country's entertainment industry was still relatively single, and film and television dubbing was the only choice for many dubbing actors. In 2013 and 2014, game dubbing began to show an explosive trend, and dubbing work for console games and PC games began to appear. By 2015, mobile games dubbing work appeared again, such as "Honor of Kings" 》《QQ Speed 》, etc. In 2016, audio books and self-media have had explosive demands for dubbing, and in 2017, AI artificial intelligence has also had huge demands for dubbing. Even today's content audio, the era of knowledge payment has arrived, and more and more practitioners and enthusiasts in the dubbing industry are working.
According to the prediction of iMedia Consulting , the dubbing industry will be close in the next 5-10 years. The gap of 300,000 people, the dubbing market size is predicted to exceed 30 billion yuan by 2023. As of now, at least it will still be in the peak of its kind in the past 10 to 20 years. According to incomplete statistics, as of now, the subscription volume of each well-known audio platform has exceeded 10 million after being widely hindered by major APPs, self-media, and public accounts. Note: More and more new people are entering the industry, which has led to fierce competition among peers, which has led to more serious intra-volume . It is precisely because of the fierce competition that some dubbing part-time scams with "zero cost and high returns" have also frequently appeared. Some netizens took orders and dubbing tasks through advertisements. They wanted to make some money, but they were tricked and bought courses. Therefore, industry insiders reminded the public to keep their eyes open and not to believe in "pie falling from the sky" and be careful not to be cheated.
