Twisted Tales
Castor for Narrator
The narrator is arguably the most important role in this project. The narrator will set the tone and mood, while also acting as the listeners' eyes. They will describe the scene, inner emotions, and physical queues. The current idea is to have a warm and soft voice that emulates someone telling a child a dark bedtime story with a powerful moral. Please feel free to use your own interpreted style and tone.
I'm still open to your unique interpretation, but this is and example of the engaging warmth I'm seeking by default. https://youtu.be/lhx1Cv3wfCY?si=-jzS7VhuiAVZwFDw&t=1207
Tips for narrator based on current auditions: Sloooooow down. Close your eyes, take a breath, and slow it down. There's no time slot here. Pauses and pacing will go a LONG way.
Charlie peered through the small gap in the curtains. It was just past noon, but the sun was nowhere to be found. She felt the heavy pit of anxious fear creeping from her belly up to her throat. She remembered her mother and father, always by her side. They were here now, and for the time, she felt safe once more.
It was dark and cold, but the girl's light remained, deep inside, warming her through this endless night.
She tried to brave through her waking nightmares. Oh, she tried and tried, squeezing her eyes tight and gritting her teeth. A brave girl indeed. The bravest she could be.
Hey Castor, thanks for auditioning! I'll leave the requested feedback on this submission for both of yours. I think the biggest issue I'm having is your audio quality. I'm not suggesting you go out and spend way too much money on equipment. Putting up a blanket behind you can make a huge difference. Your vocals are going to bounce off the wall in front of you, bounce all the way to the wall behind you on the other side of the room, and then bounce back into the mic. You need something to catch and absorb that bounce. Look at Darien Brown's two auditions for narrator if you have time. He submitted an original audition that had that same type of reverb issue. Then he resubmitted with a blanket up. The difference is immediately noticeable. I think it might help you too. For Derek, I think you did a pretty swell job. All I can say is that for auditions specifically, when doing multiple takes, you want them to be distinct. Some Casting Directors can be really stuck up and will write you off because they assume your multiple takes in the same style means you have no range. That might not be remotely true, but it's all they know because they don't know you outside of your audition. When doing a different take, it should basically be a reinvention of the character to show them that you can do different styles. That way, if they don't like your first interpretation of the character, they might like the second. Or I've had it happen multiple times where they liked a bit of one and a bit of two and asked me if I could combine the two styles to make a new third one that's the perfect fit. If you can't do anything else for a character or don't have any other ideas, that's okay. Just stick to one take then :)For your narration, I feel like yours was a lot more engaging than some of the others I've gotten. I like that. The only issue I had with it is that it doesn't feel like you've connected yourself with the world. It feels like you've made the script engaging to listen to, but I don't want it to feel like a script. We need to really influence the listener's emotions, and the only way to do that is to know the world you're in. Know how scary and sinister things are. It's hard sometimes with a casting call because they're vague, but until you get more context after being cast, you have to make it up in your head and see and feel the world. I do think you did great and are on a good path. Please keep on auditioning and improving!