Torn: Audio Drama PILOT EPISODE
Project Overview
NOTE: The emotional range can go from subtle tense conversations to going all out. This might be the practice you're looking for.
Foster Knox, a 27-year-old cop who upholds the law to prevent his self-destruction, finds himself in the grips of a serial killer who tests his reverence for the sacredness of life through horrific tasks. Will he destroy himself in the process, or find righteousness in the havoc he wreaks?
This show will embark on an exploration of existentialism and will touch upon heavy topics concerning self-harm and abuse. You must be over 18 to audition as these things are sensitive.
Of course, there's a touch of humor. This project isn't drowning in emo.
This show is going to last 6 episodes, varying in length, and if reception goes well, the second season will be made (already planned out and written).
REQUIREMENTS:
These characters are all based in Texas. It is important you retain a southern drawl as you read out your lines. But don't go overboard. Sound subtle, like Josh Brolin from No Country for Old Men. It's there, but not overpowering.
No echoing, background noise, or plosives.
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A new recruit to the APD, he has to quickly come to grips with his new reality. The comedic relief, he pushes at Foster's buttons in hopes of cracking his seriousness, not knowing the darkness underneath. he uses modern slang. A complete 180 from other characters.
- english
- male adult
Hyped up: What up, this the POHLICE-- (Calm) APD. Sorry. There's a... situation with unit 46B. I need to see your CCTV footage from the last three days.
Talking up a girl: Yeah. Seriously. We could... go on a nice date, see the sunset, ride a rollercoaster, and then after...
Afraid of imposing huge suspects: HANDS-HANDS IN THE FUCKING AIR OR I WILL F-F-FIRE!
Suffering from domestic abuse, she pleads to the APD for help. New to the US, she doesn't know her way around and can't just up and leave her abusive boyfriend. The accent is up to you!
- english
- female adult
Afraid: He'll- Jonah, he'll be back soon. He... uh... He broke the wall, over there. Threw some of the... uh... the plates over there if you can see and... Uh... Is there- You guys, can you guys do something?
Terrified: Oh please! Please, he's gonna kill me! I know it. You have to do something!
Your best plead for help, like you're about to die: PLEASE!
Doing a variety of voices, either in a crowd or a bystander to a crime scene, this requires a range from old to young.
Heckling from the audience: That ain't a lick funny.
Annoyed: Don't say such crazy things.
Does a variety of voices, $3 dollars per line. In a raging crowd, or a bystander stumbling upon a crime scene, this requires a range of voices, from old to young.
Seething rage, but keeping it low: I'm going to kill those no-good sons of bitches with my bare hands-
Pissed off, heckling from crowd: The fuck's boy laughing at?
Screaming: I'M GOING TO FUCKING... KILLLL YOUUUUUUUU!
A mother of two, she can be harsh yet heart-warming. About the same age as Foster, maintaining that southern accent.
- english
- female adult
- texan
Uncomfortable, laughing: I just have a sixth sense for these things.
Casual: Cute everything. We must be in the north. Feels a little bit more chilly.
His voice is youthful at 27, but throughout the show, he will break. He is intensely emotional, on the verge of committing suicide but goes in to work to keep his demons at bay. Among the right people, he is calming and funny.
- english
- texan
- male adult
Serious: Until then, everyday I got work, I'm going. (Pause) It's the only way I can KEEP going.
Sarcastic Comedy: Who cares if you save a son? Save a daughter, and you might just get a nifty reward.
You just got a friend killed: I want to hear your most enraged and heart-wrenching "FUUUUUUUCK!"
Youthful, in her mid-twenties. A nurse whom Foster Knox confides in since childhood. She's able to knit stories to fit the situation and comfort everyone. Someone who can nurse in all respects in all situations.
- english
- female adult
- texan
Pissed off: If my grandson said this about my kids I'd-- UGH! Listen to your goddamn grandparents, ya hear? Think about it. Would you let someone taint your kids' funeral?
Contemplative: To live with it, not hide from it. Because what haunts us can pierce through all that you put between it and you.
Afraid for her life, breaking down : Oh God.
A senior detective who's been in the racket a while and can smell danger from a mile away. He's a great interrogator.
- english
- texan
- male senior
Inquisitive: He could be targeting people you know, but this is only one DB and a threat. Do you know anyone who'd be after you?
Stern: This is not about you. This could give us a sense of if she's felt disturbed by someone else. Understand?
Raging, under immense amounts of stress: EVERYBODY! FUCKING MOVE! FUCKING IDIOTS!
Older, in his sixties, he has the spirit of a grandfather gracing the main character with the wisdom he's cultivated over the years. His voice is like gravel.
- english
- male senior
- texan
Tentative, like approaching a bear: Mind if I crack open a beer with you?
Serious: When my parents kicked the bucket... I couldn't go to work. It'd be dangerous-like.
Serious: You go into work, half THERE, half OUT THERE, someone will get hurt. You're a train and you'll barrel down whoeever is on the rail road tracks. No brakes to save ya.
Youthful, mid-twenties. Working for the Austin Police Department. Cunning, he can see straight through lies and is up for a promotion if he keeps up the good work.
- english
- male adult
Chuckling: Maybe not THAT catastrophic. I'm pretty new Detective.
It just seems hecka ill-thought 'bout. The guy seemed to have planned everything, but this.
Being Foster's APD partner, he's older but wise. He has a cynical worldview, but very grounded in reality. He takes charge in most suspect encounters, leading Foster through the frey.
- english
- male senior
- texan
Serious: If you ain't there for me for a second, I could die. You hear me? So don't be finding comfort in that.
Angered, pressured: HELP ME THINK!
Shouting over gunfire, trying to find partner in chaos: FOSTER! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
She handles Austin Police Department dispatch. Clear in pronunciation, but with a sense of urgency as she has dozens more reports to give out.
- english
- female adult
Six-Lincoln-Six. Ten-Fifty-Four. 2-3-0 Gorgon Street, Unit 46 Boy. Code two.
Older and bitter, he has a gravelly voice of a man who's gone through hell.
- english
- male senior
- texan
Badass: Imma bust yer ass, son.
Shouting: Well, I'll be damned. We TOLD YOU NOT TO COME!
Seething with rage: You say somethin' all grandiose-like, and I'm guttin you.
Calmer, more so than her counterpart. An older woman, she's less filled with anger and more about spirituality.
- english
- female senior
- texan
Pleading: C'mon, John. Let him speak.
Kory's husband, he's playful but for her, he can calm her with a sentence. He has that relaxing tone to him.
- english
- male adult
Banter: Three hour flight? We must be in New York.
Pleading, almost broken: It wasn't me, okay? It wasn't me, baby.
One of the suspects accused of murder. Heavy, HEAVY Texan Southern Drawl, sounding like he's lived on the countryside his whole life.
- english
- texan
- male adult
Screaming: I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU! YOU HEAR ME? BITCH?
Trying to stay calm: Ah did some weighing of mah options and decide t'just leave a message.
Casual: No. Ah watched the entahya movie then headed straight home.
Around his forties, he's been in the Austin Police Department awhile, having climbed the ranks to Captain. There to scold his subordinates, he has a powerful and heavy voice.
Stern: This is so you can learn to fucking lead. Austin's never made a complaint, but I can SEE it.
Annoyed: I thought it'd be a nice gesture, a nice little thing you would just take, but you just- (sighing) Fucking go, Knox.
The children of Kory Kayman.
*Say something you think would fit*
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