~Project Details~
"Alola Vacation" is a fan animatic project based on the popular Pokemon video game franchise. The animatic focuses on a Pokemon Trainer known as Cynthia, who is the Champion of her home region of Sinnoh, going on vacation to the Alola Region and interacting with a group of original characters I've created called "Team Buddy". There are 3 episodes in this project (which I'll detail more below!), and the overall feel of it is meant to start out as somewhat cheery and optimistic, but quickly take a wrong turn into tense and thriller territory. I wouldn't call this project a "full-blown horror movie" by any means, as there are a few comedic bits to it, but I do want the tension and suspense to be palpable in the later episodes.
The video I linked at the top is a small preview of what the final animatic will be like (Just replace the text with actual recorded dialogue haha).
~Episode Details~
There will be 3 total episodes in this "Series":
-The first episode focuses on giving the audience a look at Cynthia's daily routine on vacation, which consists of battling Pokemon Trainers on a small Alolan island, and having a few interactions with her many fans.
-Episode 2 is when the horror-undertones start seeping in as Cynthia decides to go to a day-spa with her Pokemon "Garchomp", before becoming separated and subdued by the treacherous Team Buddy.
-In the 3rd Episode Cynthia awakes to find that she's been captured by Team Buddy, but strangely enough, their plans for her have not proceeded as they expected. Cynthia must sneak around Team Buddy's hideout, find her Garchomp, and hopefully escape without anything bad happening.
~Requirements/Guidelines~
-If you are auditioning for a character (especially Cynthia) you have to have good microphone quality. Minimal to no background noise, no pops, no whistles, no puffs. Noise removal is alright, but just make sure its not overproduced because i want to hear your pure, unfiltered voice!
-Auditions will be evaluated and judged between myself and a small panel of people who are working on the animatic. Unfortunately, because of time, I won't be able to offer much critique on many of the auditions. (I'll try to when I can though!)
-You can audition for more than one role, but please don't submit multiple auditions for the same role.
-You don't have to be a huge Pokemon fan for this project, but if you are (or at least kind of know what it is) then that will definitely help.
-Try to really get into your character and emote/express as best as you can! This series will be going to some crazy places and the voices are what will be selling people on it the most!
-Have fun and don't stress too much! I know I'm making this seem really serious, but this is a fan animatic for fun, so please don't get nervous and audition as best as you can!
