Skynetessa: Steampunk Audio Adventure [2018 Reboot]
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Project Overview
A non-commercial episodic
adventure set in a steampunk fantasy setting. Created and written by
"Hero of Time" composer George R. Powell, and produced by
"Bacorium Legacy" author Nicholas Alexander. This is a
renewed project, aiming to complete the unfinished audio drama
started in 2012. Most of the original cast are returning, and I am
currently looking for actors to fill the parts that are open.
Synopsis:
Set in Awyr City, a
steampunk utopia populated by humans and an elven race called the
Ymroi, the story follows college professor/proficient inventor
Alexander Tordill. Tordill is a man with a great ambition to
understand the Ymroi technology that the city is founded upon, and
wishes to follow the rumors spoken about in academic journals that
there are ancient Ymroi ruins outside the city filled with secrets
long forgotten. The problem is: leaving the city is strictly
forbidden by the tyrannical Ymroi emperor, Lord Caerwyn.
When Tordill's friend
Alistair Slocombe, the college's dean of Anthropology, offers aid in
illegally leaving the city by introducing Alex to his contact in
Ceisio (an underground Ymroi rebellion organization), he is pulled
into an adventure he could never have imagined.
With the company of Emily,
a young girl he found in an alley who has no memory of where she came
from; Iola, the Ymroi chieftain of Ceisio; and Ymroi espionage-artist
and former-assassin Garnock, Tordill embarks on this journey where
they encounter friends and foes, secrets and hardships, victories and
defeats all of which lead up to revelations of what the world of
Skynetessa really is and what role they all play!
History:
The original Skynetessa
production began in 2012. George R. Powell wrote, directed, and
produced two full seasons of content consisting of 12 episodes. And
despite the need to recast several key roles in the third season, he
continued on with another two episodes in 2015. However, while
working on the 15th episode, a combination of real-life
issues and a hard drive crash resulted in the project coming to a
halt. George moved on to other projects, setting Skynetessa aside to
return to it another day.
Fast forward to late 2017,
when cast member Nicholas Alexander (who took the role of Garnock in
season 3), came to George with an offer. Wanting to get started in
audio drama production himself, and having been disappointed in not
getting to see Skynetessa through to the end, Nicholas asked to take
the reins and redo Skynetessa from the beginning, to which George
agreed.
The
original episodes are still on youtube, and can be viewed on the channel "Skynetessa". Keep in mind that this new
production will be different in several ways, the main being that it
will be a traditional audio drama, with no visual element.
Requirements
and Details:
The currently open parts
are four characters of intermediate importance: each appears in about
6 episodes of 18 (for reference, an episode is about 10 minutes
long). If you do not think you are a good fit for any of the open
parts, do not be afraid to send in an audition or demo reel anyway,
as there are also various extras that appear throughout the series,
the requirements for which are looser. You may also be considered for
future projects. Details on the open parts will be found below.
As this production is not
being worked on at an episode-by-episode basis, you will be free to
record and send your lines at whatever pace works best for you. There
are no strict deadlines, but if you have reason to believe you will
be unable to finish your recordings in a reasonable amount of time,
please have the courtesy to mention this.
Clear audio is a must.
Your microphone must be one of respectably professional quality, and
your recording environment must be free of background sounds (such as
computer fans and street noises). For reference, I myself use a Blue
Yeti USB mic, and will use this as the quality standard for all the
other parts.
George’s original
production had the cast using english accents, and had strict guides
on how to pronounce the many character and location names. I
personally don’t mind what dialect you use, as I think trying to
force an accent can hinder an actor’s performance. If you are cast,
I will provide guidance on the pronunciation, but for the auditions
just say them however you want. Don’t sweat it.
Your audio will need to be
sent as 16-bit, 44.1KHz samplerate WAV files. Audition lines can be
sent as MP3s if need be, but if you are to be cast you must be able
to provide lossless recordings.
You will be credited by
name, not your online handle. If you do not want to use your real
name for this, please give me either a pen name or alias to use.
Going uncredited is only acceptable if you are playing extras.
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The dean of Anthropology at the Machlud College. He is over the division where Tordill teaches, and is a great friend to Tordill. Alistair is an idealist of sorts who believes in the notion that the people of Skynetessa should be free. This is why he allied himself with Ceisio and offered their help to Dr. Tordill in hopes that it would spark some movement in the right direction.
Voice range: Warm and fatherly
(trying
to encourage Tordill in his disappointment from the seminar)"Sadly,
not very many are as ambitious and passionate as you. I'm afraid
some people feel more comfortable being told what to believe."(Laughing at how
silly Tordill sounds opposing his offer) "Come
now, Alex. Don't be silly. You didn't think that you could lead an
excavation team and just waltz right out of the city's front gate?"(Pleading
for
his friends’ lives) "Yes!
Please, let them go! I am the
one you want. I'm the one who has been in contact with Ceisio!"
Hawthorne is Ceisio's human frontman. He runs the photography studio that acts as a front for their underground headquarters. He is a very dirty-minded man who believes that his rudeness is actually quite funny.
Voice range: Rough and Low
"Welcome
back to Gwyll Daguerreotypes!
I got the call that you'd all be coming this evening! Here for a
late-night photography session?""Heheh,
my little "extra-curricular activities.
Everyone needs a hobby ,right?""Is
"gettin' outta here" still the plan?
I'm sure there'll be plenty of time for tongue wrestling later!"
The heart of the Neurex race (a race of machines). She is a cyborg-like mechanism that thinks and acts like a machine, though she occasionally makes failed attempts at trying to appeal to "organics".
Voice range: Monotone and robotic
Do note that as Meta is a robot, the voice lines for her will be digitally altered to sound more robotic. Don’t worry about this in your audition, though, just send in clean lines.
"State
your reasons for disrupting the floral growth process!""Meta
wanted to test theory that Professor Alexander Tordill would soil
himself if put in life-threatening
circumstances."(throws a projectile
that hits someone else)"Meta
was actually aiming for Caerwyn. May need to recalibrate accuracy
mechanism."
Wren's sister and general of the Imperial Army. Maelona is a sexy femme fatale with an insatiable lust for blood.
Voice range: Mid to low. Sneery and cocky. Vocally speaking, enjoy every single inch of your evilness.
(giving
a public execution speech)"Alistair
Slocombe, dean of Anthropology at the Machlund College; Alexander
Tordill, professor at the Machlud College; and Iola, district
chieftain of Ceisio - you are all found guilty of conspiracy to high
treason, the punishment of which......is death!"(as
if she feeds on the prisoner's fear)"Perhaps
I could use this scalpel here and CARVE the truth out of him."(sneering)"Pathetic
to hear that from Awyr's number one killer! (spits)You are truly
worthless after all!"
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