Bubblegum Crisis: The Audio Drama (arcs 4 & 5)
Project Overview
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
The original Bubblegum Crisis, is a sprawling anime video series focusing on the adventures of a band of high-tech mercenaries, known as the Knight Sabers. It was steeped in corporate intrigue, commentaries on what it means to be human, and fast-paced rock 'n roll action. It was also an early proving ground for some of the biggest names in anime over the last three decades.
Set in the year 2047, the Bubblegum Crisis Audio Drama (or BGCAD) is an original take on the cyberpunk anime classic. We're drawing from the mythology of both the original video series and the Tokyo 2040 TVseries, as well as their various offshoots. It will feature a great deal of the original music from all the various anime, as well as a few other sources to create a truly unique vision of the world o fMegatokyo.
Despite the title, this production is more of a “podiobook” than a traditional audio drama, which means that some roles in this production are quite large. At the moment, the first “arc” of 30-60 minute episodes has been released at forwardmomentumproductions.com/bgc. The second and third arcs are post production. This casting call is for the final episodes of the series.
The stories are told first person, with the narrating character changing scene to scene. As such, the amount of work can shift from as much as half the dialog, to only a few lines on an episode by episode basis.
THE DETAILS
One caveat.... this series depicts realistic portrayals of violence and carries an explicit tag for language, adult content, and violence.It's used only in a realistic manner, no dropping swear words just for the rating. However, none of these roles contain language worse than PG. One of these arcs deals briefly with the sexual assault of a young woman.
All auditions should be in mp3 or wav format, at or near CD quality if you can manage it. Naming convention is the standard “CharacterName_YOUR NAME.mp3”. Both audition lines for a character in a single MP3 is fine. Critiques available upon request.
General advice: this project is NOT Pokemon, or MLP. Cute, chirpy voices are not appropriate for any of the roles.
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Systems operator in a large company
(utterly shocked)
“How can you possibly know that?”
Someone reading the news over the TV/Radio. Looking for a voice with a calm, steady demeanor.
(Reading a breaking news headline. Genom rhymes with Venom. It is NOTpronounced “Gene-om”)
“Continuing our coverage of developing stories... Person, or persons unknown have declared war on the Genom corporation.“(A twist in the story. Genom rhymes with Venom. It is NOT pronounced “Gene-om”)
“But the story does not end there. Later, at around midnight local time, the same 'bright light' shown briefly down on the Genom corporate headquarters here in Megatokyo.”
A radio talk show host in the Rush Limbaugh/ Dr. Laura style. VERY heavy on the sarcasm.
“I mean, there, they have these, well, I guess we have to call them anarchists really, who go around attacking office buildings. Seriously, they've leveled two, maybe three of the things in less than a year. They call themselves Knight Sabers, or something ridiculous like that, and they go about terrorizing everyone.”
Very young child. Scared that her mom is being taken away form her.
(Terrified)
“Mommy,no! Don't do it! Don't let the bad man take you away!”
Biofrom the show's website - “Mackie has the best life in the known universe. An eighteen year old kid who spends his days tinkering with motorcycles and high-tech gadgets, and his nights fighting crime surrounded by babes in powered armor.
At least, that's what he tells himself. In actuality, he's the Knight Saber's chief grunt. He drives the truck, does the lion's share of the maintenance on their equipment, and more less lives at his sister's beck and call.
It's easy to underestimate Mackie. The boy is something of a goofball.He's always making jokes, or scheming about how to get cameras into the changing rooms... In other words, he's a typical teenager.
He seems very content to just drift along through life. He just finished high school and has no plans to go on to college, nor any desire to go get a job... but the fact is, he doesn't have time. Mackie is as dedicated to the Knight Sabers' cause as the girls are.
While not as apparently gifted as Celia is in the brains department, Mackie is no slouch. She may have designed the the Hardsuits, but Mackie is the mad genius behind the auxiliary weaponry and augmentation systems they use in combat.”
Note:This is a recast of a character who has had many previous appearances, so we're trying to match the voice as close as possible.(Here's a sample of the voice at the 18:30 mark, the young male voice.)
(Five feet of angry red head is pointed right at him and he's trying to talk her down.)
“Nene...you, you know the rules. We CAN'T call you from here while you're at work. It's a security risk...”(Someone asked if he had a crush. He's protesting too much.)
“For Nene? No way! She's rude, and abrasive and stuck on herself...”
Callahan is a small man in a big job. He coordinates the various member-states of the United Nations space projects for the USSD. In effect, he's a paper pushing middle manager. Which he is only too happy to throw in the face of kidnappers when he and his daughter are abducted. That said, the man is hiding an evil secret. He's been abusing his teenage daughter, because he thinks he can get away with it.
Callahan is described as a large, very bluff man. I picture his voice assounding a lot like John Wayne, with less of a slow drawl. However, that's only a starting point. Feel free to experiment.
(He's mocking his kidnapper)
“My title sounds grand, but the U.S.S.D. is basically a CIVILIAN agency.I just liaise with the major powers of the U.N. For all intents and purposes, I'm a MIDDLE MAN, you twit.“So break out the serrated knives and bulbs of acid. Or, if you'd like to not waste time, I can tell you we have 106 fully armed satellite weapons, roughly 400 spy satellites belonging to various member states, and three operational space stations deployed in orbit right now. Of course, that's all public record since, you know, telescopes still exist.”
(He's in pain form being tortured, and is grudgingly revealing some secrets.)
“After the incident at the Cybergenics building last year... the U.S.S.D.Put new safeguards in place for all tactical satellites. Boomers couldn't be trusted anymore, they'd been hacked from somewhere on the ground.”
Largo is a charismatic madman. A Human-Boomer hybrid (basically a cyborg), he's a new type of life-form who sees himself as a messiah figure for the oppressed Boomer masses. Largo is suave, manipulative and utterly ruthless.
Note: it's a bit of a spoiler, but basing Largo's speech pattern off the character of Mason (Click here for a Sample at the 16:05 mark) would be an excellent idea. However, this not required.
(He's talking about lethal hunter-killer androids.)
“All my children are special, but these... They stood apart. Sleek and lethal, they had been made for a single purpose. It was a shame really. Should the old fool at Genom have his way, they would never realize that goal, and it was one we shared.”(He's very annoyed that his enemies are making him work.)
“It's truly amazing how you people continue to piss me off.”
Police support staff. Usually happy, but she encounters bad news.
(Trail off as you finish this, she realizes he just got fired)
“Inspector McNichol! How are you today....”
Business higher-up who feels threatened by a newcomer.
(patronizing someone they think is quite dumb. The proper name is pronounced “Rosen-CROyts”)
“That's what Chairman Rosenkroitz arranged.”(Stiff, but agreeing)
“Of course, this is the true target after all.”
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