The Ark

Project Overview

Set starting on September 14th, 2010, Halo Reach has just been released. "The Ark" follows the Story of Noah Miller, a gamer who turns shut in and becomes the number one player out ranking anyone else a mere 6 weeks after his girlfriend, Katie, a fellow gamer and Classmate IRL, dumps him the day of the release.  Having not been good with socializing to begin with is what caused Noah's focus to shift to the game, but it's also what sparks the interest of Clan leader Daemon, the 4th best player, to recruit him into his clan who, with Noah's help, would become the clan with the 8 top players. Joining this clan is what leads Noah to finding an old childhood friend, Joan, who just so happens to be tailing him in the number 2 spot. 


This is a romantic comedy that gradually turns more and more serious with it's themes and it's eventual end. 

The film is set in 4 different acts, and will be released in 4 separate parts. And if the description of the plot wasn't evident enough I will make it even more clear: This Machinima takes place within a game, it is people interacting online, they make references to what they did in school or work, the character "Fred" who is child yelling obscenities over the mic is yelled at by his parents in the background. The Eventual Climax, and this is where the voice acting is EXTREMELY important, is Noah's 2 friends hearing his parents scream and cry over the mic because their son was assaulted in their home, a scene that the audience never sees but must feel the emotion from those voicing his parents to make it feel real. A good majority of each act is simply the characters conversing with one another, meaning this has to feel genuine. 



UPDATE 9/28:
I would also like to mention that for this project if you are cast for the role I would like to direct you for your role as you record the lines, you would join my discord server or we can chat over Skype (I can work around your schedule). But if that doesn't work it'd be best for whoever is cast to have a good turn around time on replying back to emails. 


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  • Casting Process

    I will first say I am extremely grateful to see such a great turn out in terms of auditions. That said with the deadline getting so close I will not make my decision the day of as to to allow new auditions as well as those who wish to re-audition. So over the course of the following week those who have been chosen will be contacted by me before I officially cast them with my expectations regarding the project. I look forward to working with you!
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Noah
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: RayaHarperVA

He's depressed but not sad, more like he talks as if nothing matters and there isn't a point to anything, but he gradually opens up and becomes more friendly. A good majority of his lines from the start are short replies, but as the story progresses he has more and more to say. 

  • Because
    no, that’s why, I’m not about to waste my time on your clan activities

  • What
    do I gain from this? Hm? What you’re asking of me is out of selfish desire, if
    there’s nothing in it for me I have no reason to join you 

  • Now
    she’s kind of a prissy semi-popular type and she didn’t like other people
    knowing she liked violent games, heaven knows why, but it was our little
    secret…. And we’d talk while we played and….(chcuckles)...Just thinking about it…. I’m so fucking pathetic…She
    was the only girl in middle school and start of high school who would talk to
    me… No joke, only one…

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Joan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: themenguin

Joan is Noah's childhood friend, she has great memories and thinks fondly of Noah, but due to past issues has put herself in a shell romantically but that doesn't make her some damsel, she's extremely competitive and doesn't take shit from anyone. 

  • Hey
    I gotta go but we should play some more sometime, you should accept my friend
    request, I really enjoy talking to you! Plus it’s nice playing with another girl
    and not some white knight neckbeard 

  • Ahhhhhh, you liked her because she was the only one who showed you attention… I see

  • Oh
    he’s probably apologizing for Owen and Freddie’s behavior and trying to flirt
    over the mic…. Believe it or not he’s desperate for a girlfriend…he does this
    with almost every single female gamer he encounters….. he’s asked me out a few
    hundred times

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Katie
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Almostangel

Katie is the Main antagonist. She is Noah's Ex and is quite annoying. Despite her love of first person shooters, she isn't good at it. She's a hypocrite with double standards, manipulative, and turns psycho at the end when things don't go her way. 

  • don’t
    set your standards low Joan, any guy who you date should be grateful for the
    opportunity!

  • Aww
    you live in California?! All my online friends live in California! Lucky!
    Living on the east coast sucks, all we get is rain, rain, and more goddamn
    rain…. I hate the fucking rain

  • Number
    one player on reach, huh? that’s rather pathetic if you ask me 

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Daemon
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: BZ

Leader of the Clan, Should sound like a leader, like he instills confidence and inspiration in his clan members. However that's just a farce, outside the game he's just a desperate lonely geek. 

  • Bro
    you’re like a legend, on top of every leader board and so far, you’re #1 on the
    game, we’ve already got the number 2 player, but with you we’d be unstoppable! 

  • She’s
    quite the opposition, Noah… don’t underestimate her

  • Owen!
    Knock it the fuck off! There’s no need to be an asshole!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Xavier
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: WalkiPoo

Xavier is the mature person in Clan, he's the oldest by far in his early twenties. He doesn't speak that much BUT when he does it's very meaningful, what he says has both purpose and importance to what's going on and being said. 

  • Daemon,
    you see this?... He’s pretty good…and look at his rank, he’s Inheritor

  • Everyone just shut the fuck up and focus!

  •  If these guys were solely Halo players, we’d be beneath them for sure, don’t
    let bungie.net stats determine their skill…. They’re hardcore 

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Fred/Freddie
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: kanen

If you've ever played an online game of Call of duty, you're sure to recognize this troupe of an online persona. A child that is roughly 9-12 years of age, spewing all sorts of profanity and misogynist rhetoric as you play a match or in the lobby. In this case we have Freddie who is a 9 year old, 5th best player and has no censor. 


His voice is just high pitched and whiny, if you can pull that off, you're golden. 

  • Goddammit!
    That’s fucking bullshit!

  • (whiny) Nooooooooo!!
    I don’t wanna!

  • We
    fucking lost because of a goddamn chick!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Fred's Dad
open
Unpaid

Much older sounding man, he's almost always angry because when we hear him he's disciplining his child for using profanity. This character is never seen he is only heard through the Mic of Freddie. 

  • (in
    the distance) The fuck did you just say Freddie?! I know you ain’t cuss’n in my
    house boy! I’ll put you in that fucking wall!

  • 1
    minute! It took one goddamn minute! You are grounded mister! No xbox for a
    week!

  • Dammit
    Freddie I’ve told you a thousand times to watch your fucking mouth goddammit!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Derrick
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: ThatOneLargeCat

A clan member who just enjoys playing the game. 

  • (chuckling)
    did we just witness a murder?

  • More people keep rage quitting; we must be doing something
    right! 

  • (laughing)
    embrace the suck!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Owen
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Owen is a Clan member who helps create tension that furthers the subplot between Daemon and Katie. he's not afraid to speak his mind and is also part of the comic relief, as per the third line where each part separated by the"..." is different scenes where he tells Freddie to mute himself when he's being disciplined by his father, It is a recurring Joke that harkens back to the xbox days where people would play music or just be annoying or if they take a phone call and won't mute their-self.  

  • “we”?  You mean Joan and Noah, our opponents don’t
    stand a chance but neither of us can even get on the board ourselves

  • No!
    We’re losing because this bitch sucks! We’re a clan of dedicated players, no
    mediocre, softcore amateur can replace a clan member so easily 

  • Mute
    your mic Freddie!....MUTE
    YOUR FUCKING MIC FREDDIE!!!!! JESUS!.....FREDDIE! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Roman
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Wep

Another Clan member. 

  • We’re
    the fodder that gets the other team points… when you compare us to them it’s
    hard to imagine we’re in the top 10 best players

  • and
    to top it all off they won’t even come out of party chat…what? are they too
    good to talk to us?

  • Damn…
    the game started 5 minutes ago and we’ve almost won

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Noah's Mom
open
Unpaid

This Role is EXTREMELY important despite it having very few lines. The voice acting has to be very convincing, the audience only HEARS the cries of his mother but never sees her physically reacting as this scene involves her finding her son brutally beaten in her own home. 

  • You
    have a friend at the door

  • Oh
    my god…. OH MY GOD!!!

  • (crying)
    Noah!!! Noah!!! Wake up Noah!!! (continues crying) 

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Noah's Dad
open
Unpaid

As with Noah's mother, this role must be very convincing, the father finds his son on the ground brutally beaten and must react in a genuine manner. 

  • What’s
    going—what the fuck?!

  • Noah!!
    Noah!!..... oh my god…. 

  • I
    don’t know what happened….I just heard my wife scream and I found my son on the
    ground!

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