Angels - A Graphic Audiobook
Vyn Vox for Marissa Valentine
(Strong and brave, yet playful and is secretly very vulnerable)
Will require a callback audition.
Marissa Valentine is the unofficial leader of the longest-serving scavenger group in the community she lives in. A mall called Eden that has been repurposed into a haven from the deadly fog that plagues the outside world. Being a scavenger, otherwise called a Hunter, in Eden is considered to be the deadliest job due to the dangers that hunters face in the dead city. Bandits that wander the city, the risk of suffocating from the fog, and the dangers of wandering through a fragile, destroyed city are just some of the dangers that a hunter faces daily. However, they're essential as they bring in life-saving supplies that keep Eden running.
Marissa has demonstrated her ability to lead many scavengers through her fearlessness, tenacity, and curiosity. She has been a hunter for many years along with her younger brother, whom she loves more than anything, despite being constantly annoyed by him. However, this is only a front she puts up. She has lost so many people over the years that their faces still linger in her mind. When alone, she is still a little girl who enjoys drawing anime, reading comic books, and has a secret collection of stuffies that she found while wandering the city. But, in front of her brother and the other scavengers she leads, she is fearless and fair. That is, until another scavenger joined her and her brother that reminds her of someone she had grown incredibly close to.
Eden doesn't teach their residents about love, so in terms of how the body works, she doesn't know too much, which is why she doesn't know why she likes this new person so much.
This role is a demanding one, both creatively and in practice, as Marissa becomes a central character in acts 2 and 3. Showing up periodically from Chapter 7 to 17.
She has just over 3 100 words of spoken dialogue.
- female adult
- female young adult
- Brave
- strong
- Can be goofy
- motherly
- XLR
Hey, you don’t hear me complaining about your damn snoring. It’s a miracle I even got to sleep that day. Men. Can't live with them. Can't shoot them. (Bantering with brother)
Well, that was Grace. At least to me. JJ was never one to attach himself to anyone other than me. Which makes you different since he seems to like you. Special, even. To both of us…to me. (Realizing you love this person)
Hey, listen to my voice. Come on, look at me, you have to keep your eyes open. Come on, don’t leave us. I can’t lose another one. Not you…not you… (Person might die in your arms)
heya!! First of all, awesome audition, you've got a LOT of emotional range, I'm impressed! I'd be interested in your thoughts on how Marissa feels about her brother for the first line. Personally I was getting some legit anger from the read, though I would have wanted to maybe lean more into the "banter" aspect. I'd think about how your line would resonate with someone else, are you trying to poke fun at them or MAKE fun OF them, ya know?
Another thing that kinda threw me was the start of your second line being in such a higher register, and it's not really under the middle of the line that it feels so settle back into the character. This could very well be intentional and I can see a bit of a flustered tension in the voice raising it up, but from my perspective I think it pulled a little too long and I had to wonder if you were doing a different voice at first, until it settled. And right at the end I'm curious what you felt the feeling of 'To... me' was. It was a great take, one I think I would have gone initially in a different direction, but I really liked how you did it. It felt like you sorta were surprised yourself that this person was more special than you realized, more-so than I think the direction I'd have taken which would be shyly ADMITTING that they were special to you. I didn't feel the admittance, I felt the surprise... very interesting, and I liked it! I'm curious if that were intentional or was just how it landed in your vision.
Again with this third line I have to give you major props for the wide stretch of emotions, but to ME it feels like you've shifted the voice so much that it sounds at least initially like three different characters, it didn't lock in for me that this was one solid character with a range of emotions. I think for me I'd have liked two takes of lines, one of them still showing your emotional range but focused on keeping the vocal traits very solid, and another REALLY stretching the emotional range like you did. Is there a reason you only did one read as opposed to multiple?
All around, GREAT audition. I feel most of my critiques were just personal preference things and maybe ideas for a second take. I WOULD recommend when possible to DO a second take, if it can help you show some range, which I KNOW you've got~