Fell Swoop is an indie animatic series about gig workers struggling to scrape by in a fantasy world. Kinda like Waiting for Lefty meets The Legend of Zelda. It's also a musical!
This specific casting call is for the prologue, which I'm planning to have done by 8/10, so it's a pretty fast turnaround.
The scene features a few lines of dialogue and one song.
Hey guys! I'm so sorry, I only just now realized the audio tracks I posted were the wrong versions; the song is actually in a higher key. I've updated all the links, and if anyone who already auditioned feels up for it, you're welcome to re-submit with the updated track. If you're not able to do that, no worries! You're all still in the running either way.
Voice Actor
I'm looking to have this role cast and recorded by 8/10, sorry about the quick turnaround! Pay is $100 USD.
Denaya Elaran and her husband Jasper are the owners of a dangerous mining operation. Denaya is someone who has compromised basically all of her morals to support the life she wants for herself and her family, and is very defensive of that. In the prologue, she sings a lullaby-like song to her young daughter to illustrate what she thinks is a necessary moral compromise.
Denaya is someone who wasn't born wealthy and married primarily for security and due to social pressures. The environment she grew up in was very socially conservative, and she still clings to those trappings like a security blanket, even if she's keenly aware of how they've made her someone she wouldn't recognize as a child.
Denaya profoundly loves her daughter, and is willing to do anything to give her the life she thinks she should have. There is nothing sinister in her love for her daughter, and the struggle her daughter will have as an adult is processing the cognitive dissonance of how loving her parents are with how many lives they're willing to destroy to prove it.
The recording session will be self-directed, I have the animatic finished so I think the best way to do it will be to treat it almost like a dub, but timing can still be adjusted by me depending on choices made.
Song demo, instrumental, and sheet music are here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vNaus2b701rHhHY2kBAQyfvBQjMvYn3s
I only need to hear the first verse, so don't feel the need to overachieve lol
That's kind, Cyndil, but... you know... it's Malsie's parents' responsibility to feed her.
We have what we have because we made choices. We created opportunities, and we worked VERY hard to make the best of them. Not everyone does that. But we did. We are. That food, this house, your toys, we slaved to get to the point where we could have those things, and I will NOT have you just tossing them away.
(hugging her daughter, who is about to move to the big city) We're going to miss you, and worry about you, every second. Promise me you won't forget who you are. What you mean to us.
Singer
Reinwin (early 20s) is a burnt-out former "gifted kid." After losing her scholarship to a prestigious magic academy, she's been working herself to the bone to save up enough for tuition. Anxious, easily overwhelmed, she only partially succeeds at covering her deep self-loathing with her intelligence and wit.
The tone of the project's dialogue is very grounded and messy, so feel free to improvise, play with tempo, self-interruptions, stuttering-- Reinwin especially is someone who struggles to express herself with words.
In the future full project, Reinwin's queerness, ADHD, and depression will be further explored. There will also be harsh language and intense moments, akin to a TV-MA rating. No explicit sexual content is planned.
This specific casting call is for a short that will be featured as part of 810nicle Day's "Beyond Bionicle" segment. The deadline for the completed segment is 7/8, so it'll be a pretty quick turnaround.
The scene features a few lines of dialogue and one song.
For this specific clip, the pay is $100 total. For the full pilot and future appearances, the rate is $3/line with a $100 minimum.
Here's the WIP version of the scene and song with temp audio for your reference:
Here's the instrumental track and reference track for you to use with your audition:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m7OQv_Ndew6LIKMsaAlH650EqjDUYEX8?usp=drive_link
Key can be adjusted upon request!
Lyrics:
Can't go back to the college
No magic prospects in view
Just stuck here with the knowledge
That I am not good enough for you
And I'm losing this job soon
Can't even sweep floors right
Better clean out my room
Where the hell am I gonna sleep tonight
(Confronted about keeping leftover food from her job) I'm sorry, I-- I just thought-- If no one was gonna eat it, then...
I think I... I miss... the walls. The dorms, the mess hall... I miss structure.
(chewing through mouthful) Oh-- it's calories. To help cast the spell. I don't have any schema, so it's-- I have to-- (She swallows.) I have to cast it manually, I just need... fuel... for the spell.
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