Twisted Tales
atscherningVA for Charlie (9 Years old)
Charlie (Charles if male, Charlotte if female) is a 9 year old kid that's coming back from their first day of fourth grade. They're very excited, brave, strong, and proud. Charlie loves their parents very much.
I'm hoping to get someone that can portray a child-like voice with all the humanization and speech patterns that distinguish children from adults. Feminine VAs that can pull off a male-child's voice are highly encouraged as well.
- english
- child
- Inquisitive
- Scared
- male child
- female child
- energetic
- Excited
- childlike
- Brave
(Charlie is very excited to tell their parents about a fun game they played at school) School was so fun! We all played a really fun game with Ricky, and we were all running around, and it was so loud with everyone screaming, but so exciting! Ugh, it was just so much fun!
(Charlie is afraid at this point. Nothing seems real anymore) I don't want to play this anymore! I want to wake up! I want it to stop! Make it stop! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!
(Charlie is reflecting on their short life which feels like an eternity to them) I was going to be something special. Mommy always said I could do anything, and Daddy promised to support me no matter what. I could have been a king/queen! Or maybe a prince/princess. That seems like less work (laughs).
Amber, my goodness, that was absolutely incredible!!! Listen, I'm happy to offer feedback, but I can 100% acknowledge when someone is more advanced than me, so PLEASE take anything I say as peer to peer. I have no "lessons" for you so to speak lol. You're just better and I respect it! I'll post everything under this audition because honestly the other one was perfect (so was this one, arguably). Your ability to FEEL and BECOME is outstanding. Extremely believable and moving. I mean that genuinely because while I was listening to both submissions, I felt inspired with the script. And what I have planned for the script brought me slight tears because I could HEAR you in my head bringing that to life with a passionate performance. Your improv was wonderful. I feel a lot of people that are new to that sort of thing struggle with the "oh god oh god what now!? Keep it going! Say something!!!" and jumbled meaningless words come out, but your improv was with emotion and direction. It was precise. By that I mean, I truly believed you were talking TO someone and not just to me. I love that. I like how you interpreted why mom is starting to sound so distant. Robotic, if you will lol. While I can say the truth is far more heartbreaking, you showed me you'd be able to fit into that currently vague puzzle piece with ease. I'm retyping this part a third time as I reevaluate and reflect: the only constructive critique I could think of might not even apply to you! If you were going for an older Charlie (about 12) well done. Nailed it. The tone felt younger, but the pacing, energy, etc. felt younger. I feel slightly conflicted on that end. I feel like sometimes we don't consider everything that makes a child SOUND like a child. Sometimes they process what they're going to say too fast and stumble on words. They might mispronounced longer words. Sometimes they process their sentences too slow and take their time thinking of the next segment of a sentence. I feel like that kind of thing gets overlooked a lot. But even still, I'm not sure what age you were going for. So you might have done exactly what you intended to do portraying a 12 year old kid. Either way, I loved it. Thank you so much for auditioning.
Thank you for your kind words. I will try and remember to add more of a child like stumble and characteristics of them when I do my lines. I really enjoyed portraying Charlie, Charlotte, and the mother. A mother without love such a hard one to do but glad you loved it.
I don't consider myself advanced, but appreciate again the wonderful words you stated. I can always learn. I look forward to your casting and wish you the best as well!