Mob Pyscho 100 Abridged
Jay Alexander for Ritsu
We're looking for someone who can portray a total edgelord. Edgy North American protagonist sort of vibes.
The more edgy it is, the more likely you are to get the role.
**Update**
I realised a voice reference would be useful here.
Now anyone and everyone who knows Anime Protagonist voices is about to hate me for referencing this, but here it is all the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFfWcx9ntKQ 0:52
(Bryce Papenbrook's performance as Aren Yaeger in Attack On Titan)
(I want you to really over-act this line. Make it super dramatic and give it loads of energy.)
“Here I’ll bend it back into shape no problem. You know you should really stop doing it at the dinner table.”(Now bring that energy back down to normal levels. Give me a hint of venom in the delivery.)
“Here take it I fixed it up for you.”(Exaggerate exaggerate exaggerate. All the family members say this line at the same time. I need the WHAAAAT to be about 2 seconds long.)
“You did WHAAAAT?!?!?!”
This isn't stage theatre; there's no need to slate yourself at the beginning of an audition. Your name is displayed with your audition regardless. In fact, there are directors out there who will skip over you for doing so. As a general rule, don't slate yourself unless the director asks you to.
Don't you think everything could be stage production? I saw this movie, The Truman Show, wild stuff man. This guy, he's actually the star of a TV show but no one told him! Like they filmed his birth, this guy has no idea that they've been watching everything he's done his WHOLE life, except bathroom stuff I think.
I'm not taking a dump on you, if that's what you're thinking. I don't know why else you'd be defending yourself in such a strange way. I'm giving you advice. If you just want to blow it off and parrot the cliche "All the world's a stage" actor philosophy, fine. Don't be surprised when you get passed up for roles.
Your advice is unsolicited and subjectively inaccurate. My auditions quality is hardly undermined by my narcissistic framing device. If anything, the constant repetition of my moniker increases the meta-knowledge of the listener when associating my name with a product. TLDR: It's a marketing thing
This whole series of comments is not in good faith with the spirit of CastingCall club. You should always heed good advice, even if it might come off as a bit rude. I'd like to remind both parties that CastingCall Club always displays the username of the auditionee for every audition. Slating a name in front of an audition is, in that regard, fairly unnecessary. It consumes precious time for a casting director who has to go through potentially hours worth of audio. Of course it's entirely down to the individual as to whether they do or do not slate their name. There might even be benefits on other platforms. However, in this situation I fail to see the use. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. I wish you both all the best in your careers as aspiring voice actors.