Valedictorian

Valedictorian

Project Overview

Benji is a 17-year-old boy from Seattle, Washington, USA. He's involved in a lot of... (well, there's no other way of saying it) nerdy things. Model UN, chess club, student council, student debate - you name it; Benjamin Price probably has it under his belt. You see, it's been Benji's life goal to get accepted into Princeton, and ever since Adam fucking Cohen (his words, not mine) decided he shared that goal, Benji's had to work harder than ever to maintain his precious spot as valedictorian (ha, get it? That's the name of the show!) of Emerald Valley High.

For now, we're working on only the PILOT for this animated show. If it garners enough success, I'll open casting much farther and wider and start the pay negotiation.

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  • Looking for Immediate Artists

    Valedictorian in partnership with Artifakt Animation is looking for artists to start working on promotional art for both the series and the animation studio. Those who are interested in helping with branding material can reach out via my discord (susie.buster) or send a message in the official Valedictorian server: https://discord.gg/ZMjpE5Hx

    Those who help with this promotional art will likely be guaranteed hire as we continue working on the series, whether it's with merch or continual branding. I will assign a role to each person who reaches out:
    -Youtube/CCC/Bluesky display picture

    -Youtube/CCC/Bluesky banner

    -Website layout and design + art

    -Shareable poster displaying the title of the series along with main cast

    -Thumbnail for both the trailer and the pilot


    I hope you're all having a wonderful day! Thank you for your interest in Valedictorian.

    -Susiezilla

Project Roles: Benji Price Adam Cohen Mei-Xia Owen Various Voice Actor Position Cover Artist, Advertising Art, etc. Animator Script Writer Audio Engineer
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Benji Price
open
Unpaid

Main character and protagonist - along with voicing Benji's character, you will also voice his inner monologue. **18+**
Benji is a 17-year-old boy from Seattle, Washington, USA. He's involved in a lot of... (well, there's no other way of saying it) nerdy things. Model UN, chess club, student council, student debate - you name it; Benjamin Price probably has it under his belt. You see, it's been Benji's life goal to get accepted into Princeton, and ever since Adam fucking Cohen (his words, not mine) decided he shared that goal, Benji's had to work harder than ever to maintain his precious spot as valedictorian (ha, get it? That's the name of the show) at Emerald Valley High.

Benji also considers himself fluent in Spanish, so if you have experience with Latin languages, that's also a bonus!!

I'll review any voice type for him and choose the one that I find fits his personality best. Bonus points if you can borrow a scene partner to read the lines with you! Thank you!

Language:
  • english
  • spanish
Voice description:
  • male teen
  • male young adult
  • pacific northwest
  • american
  • animation/character

  • (Benji is recounting his conversation with Adam Cohen to his best friend, Mei-Xia) The most annoying part- *Mei-Xia slams her locker shut* is that he didn’t even act like he didn’t like me. (Mei-Xia confirms that this was "Even after you threatened to choke him to death?") Even after I threatened to choke him to death.

  • (Benji encounters Adam on his path to a college course, where Adam uses his full name) My name’s Benji, if you want to stop sounding like the love interest out of a teen romcom. (the conversation continues, until Adam rolls his eyes at Benji's "stuck-up"edness and walks away) I’m stuck up? Look in a fucking mirror, Adam fucking Cohen.

  • (fuming) Adam fucking Cohen. (with far more flavor:) Adam fucking Cohen. When I say I’m going to kill you slowly over the course of… (trails off, realizing he's missing a large part of information) What even is your middle name? (Adam replies with 'Benjamin') Benjamin? (a pause) That's just not cool.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Adam Cohen
open
Unpaid

Secondary main character and antagonist/love interest. Likely the second most amount of lines in the show. **18+**

Adam is also a 17-year-old boy, but he's what you would often describe as more of a jock. So, it was to Benji Price's utmost surprise that Adam also raised his hand in 7th grade to say he wanted to go to Princeton. Ever since then, Benji's seemed to have some sort of vendetta against Adam, even going so far as to call him an "archnemesis." Adam has always been a bit too calm and collected to outwardly reciprocate Benji's rage toward him, especially as Adam begins (against his will, believe him) to fall just a little bit for his "archnemesis." There's just something, I guess, about his nerdy, hotheaded personality that draws the cool and smooth "heartthrob" (not my words) in. 

While Adam is a jock and quite popular around Emerald Valley High, he's also an insanely intelligent rival to Benji, currently outcompeting him for the role of valedictorian - along with being a history geek and a linguistic maniac, Adam also has ADHD. 

MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH FRENCH!! Adam is a huge French geek and uses the language multiple times throughout the script. Anyone auditioning must have an acceptable accent and be able to pronounce words in French.

Language:
  • english
  • french
Voice description:
  • pacific northwest
  • male young adult
  • animation/character
  • male teen
  • american

  • (Benji, upset with being ghosted by Adam, barges into his house after waking up, hungover) *haughtily) Now you’re breaking and entering. (Benji yells at him for being blocked) I didn’t block you. My phone died. Because I was at the hospital all night. Because my sister had a leukemia relapse. So yeah, sorry if I’m acting a bit like a dick right now.

  • (Arguing with Benji, emotional unlike his usual precise banter) “I don’t mean to treat you like shit! I don’t fucking mean anything, jesus. Do you not understand? I’m trying my fucking hardest to keep everything together and then you come along, and goddammit. God. Fucking. Dammit.

  • (Bringing Benji to a party as a deal they made, explaining how Benji needs to act) *hesitantly* By the way… these are jocks. (Benji quips back, saying he can obviously tell) Obviously. But, just… try not to be so insufferably nerdy? Like, for instance, don’t say ‘insufferable’ or, or… fucking ‘facetious. (Benji whines about how his favorite word is 'insufferable') Of course it is.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mei-Xia Owen
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Aeri

Benji's best friend - secondary character, still has a ton of lines. 

Mei-Xia is... kind of a punk. As in, she tries her best, but down to her core, Mei-Mei is an Asian American girl smarter than most of her peers, even if it's just for the sake of her parents. Fluent in Cantonese, hair dyed a light purple, Mei-Mei is the perfect best friend... if you don't consider her sarcasm, tendency to overshare about feelings she has for guys (spoiler alert, Benji does not want to hear about which guys on the football team she would screw), and overall brattiness. 

Must be able to study and speak Cantonese with near perfect pronunciation for just a few exclamations. I'd 100% prefer somebody who is already of Chinese descent and can nail the accent!! She grew up in America, so her default speaking accent is American, but she does speak Cantonese at times.

Language:
  • cantonese
  • english
Voice description:
  • female teen
  • female young adult
  • american
  • animation/character

  • (Bowling with her friends Jasmine and Benji. She is not doing well, to say the least) Honestly, who the fuck thought bowling was a good idea? *pointedly, at Jasmine* As the lesbian of the group you’re not allowed to choose what we do anymore. (Benji tells her he's enjoying watching her get mad) Fuck you, Benji. Literally nobody asked.

  • 勁 (ging6)!

  • (explaining why Benji and Adam should be friends) You’re both nerds. And I know you don’t think so, but you actually have an alarming amount in common. Like. French pastries? That’s totally something you would do (Benj detests) It absolutely is. If Adam spoke French in front of you, you’d probably fall in love on the spot.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Various Voice Actor Position
open
Unpaid

If auditioning for this, please just submit some of your favorite lines/your favorite monologue so I can get a feel for your voice type. Please also include some demos. I'll also take a look at your profile to better sort you into a role.
Roles that this audition covers:

-Jasmine (Black and proudly masc lesbian, best friend of Mei-Xia and Benji)

- Amelie (popular white girl who somehow got looped in with Benji and Mei-Xia by some miracle)

- CJ (Adam's very cool baller older sister)

-Benji's homophobic father

-Benji's homophobic mother (can you spot the trend?)

-Lacy (Adam's younger sister, about 4 years old)

-Various teachers and side-characters, which may be cast as voice actors already voicing a character for sake of payment ease.

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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Artist
Artist
Cover Artist, Advertising Art, etc.
open
Unpaid

This will cover any type of promotional art, including a title screen, poster, Youtube banner, and more. If you like creating large pieces of art like this, I think it would be perfect for you!

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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Animator
Animator
Animator
open
Unpaid

This will be an entirely animated series, with episodes around 15-20 minutes long. We need talented and efficient animators. For the animation, I'm thinking a Lackadaisy vibe with 100% 2D animation. I want it full of life - the characters need to have real emotions. 

Please look at Lackadaisy's pilot to get a feel for what I want the animation to look like: https://youtu.be/vffu6FG4YP4?si=BG5p1-9f2Hs6ux0h

I will be assigning one person to be the head of animation since I know zip about animation and how it works. If you're interested in delegating the animation processes, please say so in your audition. If you can get the animation style down, we'd love to have you on!

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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Writer
Writer
Script Writer
open
Deferred: Profit Share

You will NOT be writing any original content - the source material is in novel format, so I need somebody to write it into a script form that will still convey the same message and feeling that the writing does. Somebody experienced in script writing would be a great fit for this. This role also requires heavy communication with me.

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer
Audio Engineer
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Unpaid

As the creator of Valedictorian, I will be composing the music. But I'd prefer if I could send sheet music over to somebody who has access to... actually making music sound good in the context of an episode, so I'll need somebody who knows their way around both a DAW and sheet music so that we can balance the sound design. If you can make it all sound good for me then you have my heart!

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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