The Secret in the Roses || Sims 2 VO Series
Project Overview
Rules
1: Please have a good quality microphone. I don’t want to have a bunch of popping in the lines. It will disrupt the emersion and throw the audience (and me) off.
2: Try to use some program like Audacity to remove the background noise. Trust me, I know how awful it is to not get cast in something purely because there’s too much background noise.
3: Accents are perfectly fine. None of the characters had one when I was imagining the series but I really wouldn’t mind using somebody with an accent. Accents are really interesting, so why not?
4: Try to be dedicated if you get a part. I’m currently on summer vacation so it’ll be pretty easy for me to be able to get episodes filmed and edited as well as posted, however it won’t always be like that. So please try to bare with me through the series. It won’t be too long. And I’ll give fair deadlines for when the lines are due.
5: Have emotion. The characters of this series are going to be dealing with a lot of things, so you’ll need to be able to scream, cry, laugh, and all things in between. However, don’t overdo it. Make it believable.
6: Be okay with LGBT themes. There are quite a few characters who aren’t straight. So, if you audition, please make sure you are fine with playing a character who possibly likes the same gender.
Plot
A simple rose left in front of your door with a meaningless-seeming note couldn't be all that dangerous seeming. Well, in this case, it means that you're in danger and are doomed to be killed. Is there any way to avoid this fate? Is it at all possible to discover the identity of this murderer and convince him or her to not kill you?
This Sims series follows August Denn over a span of about 3 months in which he undertakes about a dozen elaborate murders.
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Age: 30
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: August is the main character aka our murderer. He’s basically a psychopath with a soft spot for his younger sister due to having to practically raise her himself both before and after his parents’ deaths. He despised his parents’ existence and while he’s happy they are both gone, he’s rather upset that he wasn’t the one to end their lives. He is uninhibited, sly, secretive, a bit protective, influential, and obsessive.
Line 1: “This is what I always deserved. This is what I always imagined. The originals were already dead, but it wasn't at my hand. That pissed me off.”
Line 2: “Blood. Death. Murder. These things always intrigued me. I could never figure out why.”
Line 3: (frustrated) “Pathetic, lying bitch.”
Age: 18
Voice: High-Medium Pitch
Description: Kinsley is August’s younger sister who shares both the same parents with him. Ever since she was born August has felt a great need to protect her due to the nature of their father, thus making the two extremely close despite the fact that they are 12 years apart in age. And after the passing of both their parents, August took custody of her, practically raising her on his own her entire life. She is timid, helpful, sensitive, courteous, pleasant, and comforting.
Line 1: “August, you’ve been acting strange lately. What’s wrong? Please tell me. I’m worried.”
Line 2: (cheery) “Oh Hi Raelynn! Long time no see!”
Line 3: For this line just make choking noises, attempting to breathe. Her part requires a lot of this at one point. She needs emotion.
Age: 33
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Teagan is August’s older sister who shares both the same parents with him. As soon as she turned 18 she left the house, leaving August and Kinsley alone with their father. This made August resent her as he felt that she just abandoned them and practically left them there to die. He never stopped feeling as though she only cared about herself. She is professional, self-sufficient, fearless, clever, knowledgeable, and a workaholic.
Line 1: “So August, Kinsley, how have you two been since I last saw you? Gosh, it’s been years.”
Line 2: (sincere) “August, I want you to know that I wanted to bring you two with me when I left. I wanted to so so badly, but I couldn’t.”
Line 3: (calling out) “I don’t know who you are, but stop messing with me, got it? I don’t have time for your bullshit!”
Age: 36
Voice: High-Medium Pitch
Description: Silas is August’s older brother who shares both the same parents with him. Similar with Teagan, he left as soon as he turned 18. However, before leaving he gave August advice on how to make sure he and Kinsley stayed safe from Titus. He knew that Teagan would end up leaving them behind as well in a few years, so he wanted to make sure that August would know how to take good care of himself and Kinsley. This made August resent him much less, as he felt that Silas did actually care at least a little bit. He is soft-spoken, compassionate, merciful, encouraging, adventurous, and goofy.
Line 1: (confused) “What the hell..?”
Line 2: (cheery) “Damn, who gave you guys permission to grow up on me?”
Line 3: (awkwardly composing himself) “Oh.. Right, sorry. Sometimes I forget that you're not like... Little anymore.”
Age: 16
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Nala is one of the twins who caused Amelia’s death. She and her twin sister Mira were both put into an orphanage after birth and ended up being adopted by separate families. Due to this, they have never met each other. Nala is well aware of the fact that she’s adopted, however, she doesn’t mind and she has no interest in searching for anything about her birth parents. She is sassy, blunt, pushy, overdramatic, uninterested, and spiteful.
Line 1: (snappy) “Listen, ‘Sir’. My family and I aren’t interested in your bullshit excuses. Please leave.”
Line 2: (scared, emotional) “I’m sorry, okay?! I’ve never apologized to anyone. Please! Leave me alone!
Line 3: (calling out) “Yeah, I’ll be out in a minute!”
Age: 16
Voice: High-Medium Pitch
Description: Mira is one of the twins who caused Amelia’s death. She and her twin sister Nala were both put into an orphanage after birth and ended up being adopted by separate families. Due to this, they have never met each other. Mira, while unaware of the fact that she was adopted by people she may have never met otherwise, is aware that her parents aren’t her birth parents. However, she just believes they are some other relatives. She is awkward, quiet, naive, clumsy, ditzy, and happy.
Line 1: (a bit awkward) “Oh, nice to meet you August. My name is Mira.”
Line 2: “Aw how sweet, somebody left roses for me.”
Line 3: (slight confusion and disbelief) “My.. Demise? What?”
Age: 38
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Eden is one of Titus’ children from a previous relationship. She was his final child before he settled down with Amelia. She and her brother Jett stayed with their mother after their parents split up, so they hardly had to endure any of the abuse that Titus was capable of dishing out. She is mature, poised, uptight, functional, put-together, and coordinated.
Line 1: (disgusted) “What kind of a sick joke is this?”
Line 2: (offended) “How dumb do you think I am? Stop with the pranks. Grow up!”
Line 3: “I don’t even remember what my father looked like. The one thing that sticks in my memory is the fact that he was a straight up dick! I don’t plan on regaining contact.”
Age: 41
Voice: Low Pitch
Description: Jett is one of Titus’ children from a previous marriage just like Eden. He was his first of two children in his final relationship before Amelia. He and his younger sister Eden stayed with their mother after their parents split up, so they hardly had to endure any of the abuse that Titus was capable of dishing out. He is guarded, instinctive, too trusting, impressionable, fearful, and broken.
Line 1: (defensive) “You can’t just pop into my life saying you’re my brother and expect me to trust you right away. For all I know you could be some crazy person who just got loose.”
Line 2: “All I’ve got is my mom. She’s the only person who hasn’t abandoned me yet.”
Line 3: (serious) “I have work, August. Leave me alone.”
Age: 21
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Journee is August’s youngest half-sibling after Nala and Mira. Amelia kept her around in secret for 2 years until she discovered she was pregnant with Kinsley. Then, she knew she’d have to send her away so she put 2-year-old Journee into foster care in hopes she would be adopted. Luckily by the age of 3 Journee was adopted by a lovely lesbian couple. She was raised believing that being a lesbian was both the best and the most normal sexuality. She is a bit edgy, loud, a low-key bitch, bold, aggressive, and considered a misfit.
Line 1: “Is there something mentally wrong with you? People don’t usually approach me. Look, if you’re trying to fuck me I’d give up now. I’m about as straight as a rainbow.”
Line 2: (yelling) “Hey you can come out of hiding now! You’re really fucking funny! Such a creative prank giving the lesbian a bundle of roses.”
Line 3: (sarcastic) “Yep, you’re definitely the person I want to be talking to right now. Can’t you find some other random girl in the street and say you’re her brother?”
Age: 27
Voice: Medium Pitch
Description: Henley is Hudson’s twin sister as well as one of the first children born after August. She and Hudson’s father had simply been feeling lonely and needed something when he hired Amelia, so when he heard from her that she was pregnant he was more than happy to take the twins and raise them. Henley and Hudson have been practically joined at the hip their entire lives so even after graduating college they are still living together. She is lively, carefree, daring, spontaneous, energetic, and quirky.
Line 1: (pleading and slightly teasing) “Come on Hudson! I thought you were brave!”
Line 2: (calling out) “Hey Hudson! Somebody left flowers for the both of us!”
Line 3: “Can we go out somewhere? Please, please, please? I wanna go for a walk like we used to! C’mon I know you remember how to get to that pond through the trail in the woods.”
Age: 27
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Hudson is Henley’s twin brother as well as one of the first children born after August. He and Henley’s father had simply been feeling lonely and needed something when he hired Amelia, so when he heard from her that she was pregnant he was more than happy to take the twins and raise them. Henley and Hudson have been practically joined at the hip their entire lives so even after graduating college they are still living together. He is optimistic, bubbly, outgoing, brave, enthusiastic, and sincere.
Line 1: “I’m back... Hey, where did Henley go?”
Line 2: (angry and afraid) “I knew we shouldn’t have come! You’re crazy and fucked up August!”
Line 3: (terrified) “Henley! Answer me! Stop messing around!”
Age: 46
Voice: High-Medium Pitch
Description: Nicholi is Titus’ first child. Until Nicholi was born Titus was still a rather decent and kind man, however, his birth kind of threw him off the handle. Titus wasn’t prepared for a child yet so he had a tendency to fight with Nicholi’s mother in the hopes to convince her to get rid of Nicholi. When she refused Titus left. Nicholi never had to experience the abuse Titus was capable of but he also never ended up with a father figure in his life as his mother never married. He was raised by his mother alone, making him act a bit differently from other guys. He is a bit feminine, funny, kind, friendly, dorky, and charming.
Line 1: (mildly annoyed) “Yeah yeah, I’m actually 5 there's no way I'm 46. I got it. I’ve heard it all before.”
Line 2: (politely) “Hello, ladies. Are you enjoying your food? Can I get you anything?”
Line 3: “I told you not to bother me at work, August. Can this wait?”
Age: 25
Voice: High-Medium Pitch
Description: Raelynn is August’s younger half sister. She is one of the few who actually knows that Amelia was her mother. She was also rather close with August and Kinsley when they were little as her adoptive family lived down the street from them. However, as she got older she grew more and more introverted and much more anxious about being around people so she only really speaks with August and Kinsley if she runs into them by accident in the store or on the streets. She is lonely, imaginative, innocent, cautious, smart, and calm.
Line 1: (a bit nervous) “Oh, sorry. You must forgive me, I'm not very good at talking to people.”
Line 2: (panicky) “Did you see who left these at my doorstep?! Please tell me you saw who it was!”
Line 3: “I don’t know August... I mean we’ve hardly spoken in years and now you suddenly want to stay here for the night? Can’t you stay with Silas or Teagan?”
Age: 40
Voice: Medium-Low Pitch
Description: Amelia was married to Titus for 20 years during which he forced her into becoming a prostitute to make more money. This caused her to have an additional 6 kids besides the 4 they had together (August, Kinsley, Teagan, and Silas). All of these 6 kinds were rejected by Titus, thus causing them to be put into foster homes or forced into the lives of the fathers. Amelia passed away while giving birth to her last 2 children (twins Nala and Mira). She was caring, depressed, seductive, a bit fragile, used, and soothing.
Line 1: (defensive) “I’m doing this for you, honey. Stop treating me like an object! I’m a person!”
Line 2: “At least I’m making money unlike someone in this family!”
Line 3: (exhausted and apologetic) “You guys are gonna have to find something for dinner yourselves again, I’m sorry. I promise I’ll cook actual dinner tomorrow.”
Age: 62
Voice: Low Pitch
Description: Titus was Amelia’s husband and August, Kinsley, Teagan, and Silas’ father. He had 3 children (Nicholi, Eden, and Jett) in 2 previous relationships before finally settling with Amelia. He forced Amelia into prostituting herself because he didn't think they were making enough money. Titus passed away 5 years after Amelia due to alcohol poisoning. He was cynical, greedy, testy, manipulative, rude, and abusive.
Line 1: (kind of drunk) “What are you doing home you filthy whore?”
Line 2: “Aw how sweet. Little August here thinks he’s some big tough guy that can protect his sister.”
Line 3: For this line just mutter some random slurred sounding words and make yourself sound drunk.
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