Designation: Iron Maiden
Project Overview
Hello, everyone, my name is Landon J! This casting call is for the prospective Season 1 of "Designation: Iron Maiden." The mini-series follows Fireteam Hydra as they deal with a subterranean threat currently occupying a steel mine which is detrimental to the survival of New Haven. Equipped with Chassis, a personnel based heavy armament system, Fireteam Hydra seeks to destroy this unique brood of the Chitin threat.
I am casting for a wide range of voices to be used throughout the story. If you're not cast for a main role, but your voice fits an extra character, I may ask you to provide lines for supporting roles in the production.
All roles are in the English language. Voice actors must be comfortable using profane language, as this is a mature series.
Series Overview
Designation: Iron Maiden takes us to a theoretical future ravaged by War, Pestilence and Death. The majority of the world has reorganized into a number of larger countries after a world war wrought devastation. New Haven took strides forward with the development of their heavy armor suits named Chassis. These new Chassis allowed the remnants of humanity to survive in the ever worsening environment of earth, as well as serving to be the first line of Defense against the newest threat of extinction, Chitin.
Deadlines and Auditions
The deadline for auditions is September 21st, 2020. There are currently no plans to extend this deadline, as the script for season one is nearly perfected to release for vocal talent. I'll notify voice actors who have been cast in roles by 1700 CST, September 21st. I hope to begin production on our pilot episode as quickly as possible, and will be in contact with the selected talent to add you to the Discord.
What To Expect
Expect to be warmly greeted by yours truly! At this point, you'll be part of our team where we can discuss various things about the story, share memes, and most importantly make connections friends!
We communicate exclusively through Discord. If you are unfamiliar with this application, you can still audition; however, we strongly, strongly recommend participation through Discord, as there are Dry Reads/Rehearsal Calls before recording deadlines are set to test the scripts for fluidity, pacing, and character chemistry. These Dry Reads also serve to give you direct and immediate response from the Director regarding questions you may have about the script and your roles.
What We Ask Of You
First and foremost, have fun! As a writer and producer, I like for people to take joy in the work I put out, both in consumption and creation of said work.
Secondly, and nearly as important; Please communicate with us. We understand that life is crazy, everchanging, and out of our control. We expect our Deadlines to be met once they have been set, however if something comes up and you need an extension, we will do everything in our power to work that out with you.
Please submit clean recordings on Blue Snowball mics or better (please make every attempt to soften the noise profile of the room when you record, pillows and blankets do surprisingly well if other sound dampening methods are unavailable to you -- we do not mind performing noise reduction on your files, however too much clean-up reduces the quality of your voice). Please do not add effects to your lines, we have a fantastic audio engineer on this project who will handle the post-production. Thank you.
Feel free to cut your lines to your best/favorite takes. Three is the gold standard. We have a few voice actors that would rather give us more takes, and that is okay, too. However please at least remove the takes you do not want to be featured on the podcast.
Please submit your recordings as one .wav file to the respective channel within the discord, or to my email (which you will receive if you are cast). If a file is too large for both email and Discord, please use google drive links.
We do occasionally ask for line re-dos, but we do this sparingly and only after great consideration - we realize your time is valuable, and we won't ask for anything we can't work around in edits. We will be hosting dry reads to minimize any requests for rerecords.
Lastly, there is no confirmation that any seasons will be made after the first; however, if following seasons are made, any number of the characters from season 1 have the potential to return. We ask that you be open to continue with us if we make the decision to continue with this prospective series. Furthermore, I like to source from within when looking for talent on projects before opening castings up to the public
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Nathan Devich is the leader of fireteam Hydra, and the pilot of Tank Class Chassis The Iron Maiden. Devich is very much caring about his team and more or less the archetypical hero. Any voice is fine.
“well.. Yes sir, I just- I’ve never been stuck here during an op before and it’s making me nervous.”
“Damn it, well you’re acting commander. You have the power to authorize usage of the Chassis, you should just-.”
(Determined, wont take no for an answer attitude) “Alli, I’m taking the Iron Maiden.”
Marshall Kulloch is a slightly older man, and is the acting onsite commander for this chassis forward operating base. He has a slightly older and generally calm voice, he is about forty years old and is obviously experienced. Somewhat similar to Colonel Quaritch, from the Avatar movie
“They haven’t even reached the mining site yet, and aren’t you supposed to be on bed rest, Devich? It was a nasty fall you took the other day.”
“Good copy, O’Donnell. Reports say that the infestation was a click beneath the surface, go slow and keep your wits about you. We all know how those cretins like to dig.”
“Devich. Enough, I get that you’re worried. You can sit in if it’ll make you feel better, but that is the last I will hear of it until the situation at hand changes.”
Blakely is the resident hot head of the team, and as such the Demolition class Chassis suits him perfectly. Bordering on insubordination at times, he is quick to question his superiors, however he will not disobey an order. (Very vulgar) The vocal profile I have in my head is similar to frank woods from black ops two (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3djGLAbtU_w) However, don’t be discouraged from auditioning if you can't do that or have a different voice in mind.
“Hey guys, I think I found a claw.”
“A handful of claws, looks like it leads further into this offsh- SON OF A BITCH, GET DOWN!”
"Leo, grab Ness we need to get the fuck out of here! I’ll cover your retreat.”
Sikorski is a fairly quiet russian man with a slightly deeper voice, he tends to stay quiet and observe more often than not. Whenever he speaks he is very particular in the way he delivers his words, being perfectly precise as to not waste his breath or anyones time; this leads to him being slightly monotonous.
“Sir, This is Hydra-4. With all due respect, I believe the miners were incorrect about their threat assessment of the Chitin’s infestation of this mine. However, their error was not that they discerned the threat to be larger than it actually was, it seems they undervalued the danger that this brood truly posed.”
“In a quiet Lagoon, Devils Dwell.”
“Devich, you sukin syn (Soo-kin Sin), I don’t think I have ever been happier to see that damned Chassis.”
Allison Hatano is the on site Chassis Engineer at the forward operating base, and is exceptionally smart. However this leads to her stumbling over herself and needing to backtrack over her words to make sense. Somewhat like Abby from Ncis, in speaking gait at least
(Slightly confused) “Devich, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be on bedrest?”
“Wait, wait, wait, You can’t take the iron maiden, I mean, on a normal day shes a death trap but you and I. W-We both know, well you may not know,(Stumble over your thoughts here briefly) look, She’s not ready yet. The heads up display is down, reload assistance is down, pilot movement assistance is down, and thats not even-”
(The first part is just her repeating a question asked by Devich) “What about the main systems? Well, they’re active but- Please Devich, there has to be another way, right? Can’t you just take Drake or something?”
Master Caelestis is an old seasoned equivalent to a four star general, almost sixty years old this New Haven military official sounds similar to Ronald Reagan in his speaking gate.
(Frustrated at the Marshall) “Marshall Kulloch, I want immediate details about why you have gone against my explicit orders not to activate any of the Chassis.”
(Slight shock) “Let me get this straight Marshall, you are requesting an elevation of the threat level from three to four point five?”
“I have spoken to Seneschal Jone, and it is with great dismay that I am approving your request to elevate the threat level to four point five and authorizing usage of all available chassis.”
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