Not An Actor Podcast
The Idea
The idea is simple, hopefully, various casting directors are sent various auditions and the casting directors must deem if they'd cast them or not, why and any advice they'd give to the auditioner.
The goal with this is to help Voice Actors realise what the standard is so that they themselves can continue to progress further into the voice acting world.
There will be 3 CD's and 5 Voice Actors, each Voice actor with a different gimmick. Each Voice Actor will read 3 different monologues, so there's some overlap, but not too much. This way, we get a bit of variety. Each monologue should add up to around a minute of time.
Word count and minutes are averages.
Requirements
Please read the entirety of the role before auditioning, it is vital you intake all of the information listed,
Please be over the age of 13, there is no prejudice here but since this will be getting published on several platforms, I need to know that understand what this is,
Communication is key, if you cannot communicate with me, I can not expect you to give trustworthy input into this project.
(Marked as Director, though they require a microphone)
Casting directors should have at least one published project that is either finished or in progress. You should be able to communicate effectively and either be active on CCC to catch messages or on Discord.
Please provide a link to either a project or a portfolio.
Say something you think would fit
(Marked as Director, though they require a microphone)
Casting directors should have at least one published project that is either finished or in progress. You should be able to communicate effectively and either be active on CCC to catch messages or on Discord.
Please provide a link to either a project or a portfolio.
Say something you think would fit
(Marked as Director, though they require a microphone)
Casting directors should have at least one published project that is either finished or in progress. You should be able to communicate effectively and either be active on CCC to catch messages or on Discord.
Please provide a link to either a project or a portfolio.
Say something you think would fit
You must be understandable, please at least make sure of that. If you have background noise - it actually doesn't matter since it's supposed to be an example!
Your goal is to sound like you're reading with minimal to no emotion. You can add some very small emotion every so often if you'd like, think of it as "I can't get into character."
You stayed the same, I evolved. You never changed. The same way we were in our teens is exactly how you remained. It’s like you haven’t developed to the next chapter. I evolved. I changed. I moved to the next chapter. I’m married, have a house and work hard. I have commitments. Do you understand?
I study ’em, people, get a glimpse of their thoughts, when I see ’em looking at all the covers of books, watch their minds turn and then it happens, like a light going on in the dark and they reach for it, hold the book in their hands, feel its texture, the weight, its shape…they might read the back first or the introduction or my favourite, the select few who turn to a random page and start reading…their eyes narrow, and I wait for the most magnificent moment of all, at least I hope for it to occur, that moment when a random stranger starts to bond with a random book, like destiny.
So much time invested into that boy. Listen to me, Jacob is a grown man, isn’t he? I have dreams, so many dreams of how I wish things to be, the more I make the effort to capture those dreams the more I seem to lose my grasp of it. I sometimes work myself up to the point of excitement and I’m free and happy and live in my own fantasy world of how my relationship can be with my one and only son and I fool myself into thinking it’s real, until the bubble gets popped and reality sets in and I’m back where I started
You must be understandable, please at least make sure of that. If you have background noise - it actually doesn't matter since it's supposed to be an example!
Be very dramatic, emphasise things that may not exactly need emphasis - make everything over the top! Go wild!
So much time invested into that boy. Listen to me, Jacob is a grown man, isn’t he? I have dreams, so many dreams of how I wish things to be, the more I make the effort to capture those dreams the more I seem to lose my grasp of it. I sometimes work myself up to the point of excitement and I’m free and happy and live in my own fantasy world of how my relationship can be with my one and only son and I fool myself into thinking it’s real, until the bubble gets popped and reality sets in and I’m back where I started
You melted all my worry away and for the first time in a long time I could feel my heart beating again. I was staring into hope, I began to believe again in possibility and it was all because of you. You changed everything. My life, it was over…I was just waiting to die.
And there it is, captured, I cherish it…they look up at me and ask the most exciting question, “How much?”…and deep down I already know I can give them any silly price, it won’t matter, cause their mind’s already made up. Ain’t that love?
You must be understandable, please at least make sure of that. If you have background noise - it actually doesn't matter since it's supposed to be an example!
For this role, look at the audition lines - work out what emotion it may be and then completely ignore it!
You didn’t do any of that and there’s nothing wrong with your life because it’s the way you’ve chosen to live it and that’s fine but you don’t respect my choices and who I am today. You think I’m still teenage Billy and I’m not.
I’m not who I used to be, Mel. You keep trying to pull me back to who I used to be and I’m not going. I’m not walking back there with you, even for a second because I like who I am now.
Ahh love…love comes in many shapes and forms. I like books. Always have. You’ll find me on the block here with ’em books on tables. Takin’ great pleasure in offerin’ up my library to strangers and see what their interests are…I study ’em, people, get a glimpse of their thoughts, when I see ’em looking at all the covers of books.
Why can’t I make it real? Why am I not strong enough to make my vision come to fruition? (beat) Apparently, I’ve lost my influence on him. Worst thing for a parent to experience...
You must be understandable, please at least make sure of that. If you have background noise - it actually doesn't matter since it's supposed to be an example!
Awkward pauses, peaking, clearing your throat, moving your mic, leaving messed up takes in... these are just some examples I can think of off the top of my head, make it as bad as you possibly can. It would be really interesting to hear their advice on this.
Their eyes narrow, and I wait for the most magnificent moment of all, at least I hope for it to occur, that moment when a random stranger starts to bond with a random book, like destiny, like a pair of soul mates coming together for the first time. And there it is, captured.
Staring at the walls in this room, wondering how I can possibly work up the strength to somehow rise past the latest heartbreak and it’s in those moments, moments of complete loss, when I know how much I love our son.
I was just waiting to die. But when we met, it was like witnessing, how can I say this, it was like I was deliberately placed in a different storyline and I was transitioning into playing a new character and it felt good, it felt right and I don’t know, felt like my destiny…you, you’re my destiny.
You must be understandable, please at least make sure of that. If you have background noise - it actually doesn't matter since it's supposed to be an example!
Treat this exactly how you treat a regular audition, do the lines how you interpret them - got a voice you're really confident with? Do it! Got an age in your head? Do it! Do it!
You never changed. The same way we were in our teens is exactly how you remained. It’s like you haven’t developed to the next chapter. I evolved. I changed. I moved to the next chapter. I’m married, have a house and work hard.
I always feel like I’m behind the eight ball, trying to keep up with you and all the others and I’m on my own…working my stupid job, going to school, in debt, it’s all on me and some days I feel buried alive. Some days I literally don’t want to open my eyes in the morning…I’m like a zombie.
Do you realize that dog sent me to the hospital on two separate occasions? Nearly bit my finger off and the other time put a hole in my leg for life. That dog was a little monster. Whenever I’d come by the house, the dog would attack me like its life depended on it. Always out for my blood.
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