Fictitious Events E01: "They're Doing The Exorcist" (An Audio Drama Pilot)
Project Overview
PLOT:
When supernatural beings known as “the Inciters” begin recreating films in the real world, the underfunded Fictional Events Response Unit (FERU) rush to a house in Prescot, where a twelve year old girl appears to be reliving the events of ‘The Exorcist.’
Film obsessive Matt analyses the “plot,” hardened operative Sarah pushes for a decisive ending, and children’s hospital chaplain Father Chris is dragged in as the unwilling spiritual lead.
The possession escalates, as Matt worries that their latest edition to the team may face the same fate as Father Karras.
Sarah Bledel/The Whisper
Father Christopher Gilmore
Matthew Jackson
Ricky
Liz Pockham
Amy Pockham
The Caller (ROLE FILLED)
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
Evil meets Torchwood meets The X-Files and Whitechapel.
This is an audio drama series that I have been wanting to make for years, but for now, I am solely focusing on making a Pilot Episode. The script is finished and I’m genuinely so proud of it. If you reach out, I’d be happy to send it to you, to peruse! I have experience writing/editing audio dramas and truly believe in this Pilot.
My intention is to make the Pilot, post it on all the good podcasting apps, then make the decision whether or not to continue it as a series. Each episode will follow a different movie, doing a pastiche on the events that occur. The first episode focuses on The Exorcist!
I do have plans for series 1 including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws, Smile and The Blair Witch Project: so it would be great if you would be willing to return to the role that you apply for!
Sarah, Chris, Matt and Ricky are the recurring characters. We follow them each episode, as they make up the team!
The show is set in Northern England, so British accents are preferred... but feel free to audition regardless of accent! (If I'm blown away by your audition, then I may consider rewriting the part...)
Feel free to contact me on:
DotStudiosProductions@ gmail.com
Note: absolutely no AI will be used in the making of this project. Yuck.
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SARAH
LINES IN PILOT: 105
The Head of FERU (The Fictional Events Response Unit). A trained operative.
- Pragmatic, decisive.
- Haunted by her own prior encounter with the Inciters.
- Hasn’t slept properly in 11 months. Constantly experiencing headaches.
- Pushes people to breaking point.
- english
- female adult
- female young adult
- english (northern)
- Stern
- radio drama
- all english accents
- Cold
- generic scottish
- irish
FERU is a clandestine operation, investigating a series of unexplained incidents in the area. Eleven months ago, a power surge compromised the server facility of a movie streaming service. A group we named The Inciters extracted the data in seconds.
(THE WHISPER) ...I know exactly where we are...
(BITTER) You take the form of some shitty little film from the seventies and think it’s okay to harass the residents of this house?
CHRIS
LINES IN PILOT: 116
A children’s hospital priest pulled into something far bigger than parish duty.
- Believes deeply, but not blindly. His faith is thoughtful, studied, earned.
- Compassionate.
- Wants to do good
- english
- male senior
- male adult
- all english accents
- english (northern)
- Priest
- radio drama
- warm
- kind
- generic scottish
- irish
I am not the right person for this. There’s a hundred churches between here and Liverpool. What about Father Donnelly from St Nick’s? Or Father Owen from the Parish?
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
(STRESSED) Wh- Yes! Yes, Every Catholic diocese has an exorcist, but I can't pretend to know how to do it. If it has to be done, it has to be done correctly. I am not your guy. But I do have contacts, I-
MATT
LINES IN PILOT: 119
Film critic and horror obsessive, recruited as a pattern recognition tool. Processes the world through cinema.
- Fast talking, excitable, sarcastic.
- Hides fear behind trivia and film logic.
- Desperate to believe he has plot armour.
- Is secretly thrilled that his pop culture knowledge finally makes him useful.
- english
- english (northern)
- radio drama
- male adult
- Excited
- all english accents
- male young adult
- Age 20 to 40s
- fast talking
- generic scottish
- irish
I swear to God, the Sixth Sense was a happy accident! (EMPHASIS) Swear to God! (NORMAL) There's the makings of a decent film in there somewhere, he just never finds it. He's too busy making every bad decision imaginable, whether that's a writing decision, a direction-
How painfully cliche and unoriginal. I'd rate this three stars and the writer would be grateful for them. (YELLS) It’s so not kino!
They’re skimming their catalogue, looking for Ouija board scenes, and landing on the same words: “get out.” (PAUSE) Or it could be more simple than that. We could be moving it ourselves. (BEAT) We know the cliches...
RICKY
LINES IN PILOT: 18
FERU’s tech operator. Constantly distracted by food.
- Dry, irreverent, oddly competent.
- Clashes with Matt. (The second Joker in the pack)
- Treats every problem in an administrative way.
- english
- Ages 30s to 50s
- male adult
- all english accents
- radio drama
- Dry
- english (northern)
- laid back
- irish
- generic scottish
If we’re allowed to choose our own subject like Mastermind, I’d pick the bleeding obvious... I’d walk it. John Humphrys wouldn’t know what hit him!
Evening, Father. I’ve got a bunch of confessions if you’ve got a moment.
(SARCASTIC) We are. Can't you see the taxpayer's money at work?
LIZ
LINES IN PILOT: 38
Single mother, exhausted by small town stagnation.
- Resentful, restless.
- Feels invisible. Craves attention.
- english
- radio drama
- exhausted
- all english accents
- female young adult
- Ages 20s to 50s
- female adult
- english (northern)
- caring
- Secret villain
- wicked
Yeah, she’s bedrotting over there… Whatever that means.
(TEARFUL) I prefer romantic comedies. (PAUSE) Wait, so if these ghost things are recreating a horror film… then what’s going to happen to our Amy? What happens in the end of it?
The Inciters are our friends. (BEAT) They offered us a gift... salvation.
AMY
LINES IN PILOT: 48
Twelve year’s old. Bright. Loves English.
- Spends most of the episode possessed by a demon.
- Playful, sharp, imaginative.
- When possessed, she becomes theatrical, cruel, performative.
- english
- female child
- english (northern)
- The Devil
- Young female child
- Childish
- Demonic
- all english accents
- radio drama
- all american accents
Liz, can I go out and play with my friends?
(DEMONIC) You think they won't notice... (MOCKS) Oh he's not scared. Not Matthew, never. (BEAT) Keep joking, hotshot. See where that gets you.
(DEMONIC SCREAM)
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