Batman: Death of the Family Motion Comic Episode 1
Mr EMC for Fake Joker/John Claridge
Son of Henry Claridge, the first person Joker killed publicly.
In the scene that John appears, Joker has used him as puppet, leaving John in front of a camera, but Jokers arms in place of John (Johns arm was tied behind his back).
John is incredibly scared and nervous. He is being forced to read the words that Joker gave him and his voice is wavering due to his emotional duress.Breathing hard as well. There is a point where Joker tells him to try harder or he'll kill him, so John forces himself to be louder.
I still would love if you watched the Rough Draft but I did add a filter over the images like that of an old TV station so it's hard to see it. Although it'll give you more of an idea of what to do.
(Scared, Stammering, John is forced to pretend his is Joker on TV. Johns voice is weaker than the words he says) H-hell...Hello gothamites...It's s-so good to be b-back. What? Don't you recognize me? It's J-J-Joker. I was awaAhhh (slight groan, liking being hurt but not loudly as Joker hits Johns head)
(After Joker threatens John, John tries harder but still obviously very scared) It's me! Joker! I was away for a little while, yes, but I'm back!
(Little louder, almost a yell, trying desperately to not be killed) NOW I'M BACK! The city was calling to me, you see!? Calling me back to serve! So here I am, and I come bearing news from afar! And that news is this: Mayor Hady dies at midnight. The Joker has spoken.
The first take was pretty darn close. While I imagine John sounding slightly older, the acting was good. Thing is that this character, his scene is fairly unique, and it's difficult to know straight off the bat what will work best (like more energy, or more subdued, more crying or less crying). The only real change from the first take is that in the third line, I think John being louder would be more consistently loud rather him slowly going back down to normal tone. The acting scared, stumbling on words and such would remain the same, just louder due to John knowing if he didn't do what he was told, he would die. Still, really good man.