Carnival: Animated Thesis Film
Project Overview
Carnival is an animated thriller thesis film with themes of perfection, love, and hunger for praise. The story follows two perfectly complementary circus performers. As the act continues, their loyalty to their craft, their audience, and each other is tested. Will they escape this ritual in one piece?
It's a 3-minute long 2D animated film (with some moving 3d backgrounds!)
Voice Actor
~15-20 lines. Character is offscreen/ a narrator of sorts.
1920s Style of radio voice, like a typical carnival announcer. Clean audio please, I will add the filters. Male voice preferred, with good range between high and low pitch. Should be bright and cheery at the start, slowly becoming more dark and intimidating.
Shifts from diegetic to non-diegetic.
- live announcer / inshow narration
- male adult
- radio
- male senior
- american (southern)
- creole
- male young adult
- british
- american
Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls of all ages! Welcome... to the Carnival!
There! Did you see it? A stumble. A tremor. A little imperfection. How precious! What is performance without a little danger?
The flesh may be discarded. And all that matters... is the spectacle.
Musician
If hired, you would create about 3 minutes of original music/ score for the film, plus music that can be looped during credits (can be repeated/ an extension of the main film music).
I have scratch music already in the animatic, and a spotify playlist you can find here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26dQaySeJEhz82Rm0ANyW8?si=ef21e31149f34fc9
For the backstage beginning, I’m imagining a gentle but melodic piano. I have Mia and Sebastian’s theme in the animatic as scratch music currently.
When they start performing, I’d like to be bright and bouncy, like typical circus-fare. Instrumentally, I’d love it if we could replicate the sound of those mechanical music-makers you usually find at carnivals. Right now I have a mechanical cover of Golden Brown in the animatic.
As the story gets darker, I’d like the music to become more mysterious, distorted, and creepy, indicating some illusion or psychosis. Right now I have the instrumental of Prom Queen by Insane Clown Posse.
Please submit your general portfolio and/ or specific pieces you'd like me to hear.
*Say something you think would fit*
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