The Rookie: A Halo Fan Film
Valkie for Rani Sobeck [Voice Impression: Olivia Burnette] (Female)
RANI SOBECK [Voice Impression: Olivia Burnette]:
Official Depiction Overview [How she is presented in the canonical work]:
Rani Sobeck first appeared in the Halo universe during the Halo 2 “ilovebees” ARG campaign; in which a lengthy Halo story was told through a series of short audio logs. Bungie (the game developers) themselves would ring public payphones which when answered by any random passerby would play these audio stories on the other end. Her role in this ARG was an involvement with some of the Office of Naval Intelligence's shady activities, and she was the plucky and energetic personality attempting to navigate it.
Our Depiction Overview [How she will be presented in our film]:
Rani is part of a section of ONI which would put her at the forefront of this covert mission explained in the primary description and in other voice role descriptions. Since she was young at the time the audio logs took place and some time has passed, this voice may only need to be reminiscent of Olivia’s, and not necessarily perfectly mimic her. However, that being said, that time passage has only been a few years.
How She Sounds
Her voice as it's depicted in the official media can be heard in its entirety in this video, I've also timestamped the link so that the first thing you will hear will be her voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCbceFb2Yjk&t=13807s
If I get time I will update this section to include further timestamps and examples. The video itself actually does have helpful timestamps labelled with each of the protagonists names, if you scroll through you'll be able to find many other "Rani: " clips.
From what I can hear of her voice, she has a softer register with a slight southern accent, and she will be more of an energetic voice to contrast the characters also in her scene for the film.
Ultimately I'm open to hear different interpretations of her character, including somewhat older sounding voices. However only a couple of years have realistically passed since her appearance in the audio drama, so as close to as possible would be preferred!
I look forward to hearing your auditions!!
- english
- warm
- female young adult
- female adult
- american (southern)
- friendly
- light
- slightly energetic
- general american southern
- Olivia Burnette
- Audacity (Noise Reduction) preferred
We're dusting off a bit of old ONI tech to make that happen, as much as Parangosky doesn't like the idea, gives us more loose ends to tie up.
But this is Section 1, we're no strangers to breaking rules... Last chance to back out Corporal.
It'll be Dares OP, but you're on the ground. We'll be watching. Good luck kid.
Really great audition here! I can definitely hear a bit of Rani in your voice, albeit a little older, which works nicely for the timeline!
I might have a couple of notes when it comes to vibe/personality for a complete take on her lines if you're chosen, but for now I think your voice sounds like an ideal choice for her! I'll shortlist this one as well and evaluate more closely nearer the deadline!
Sounds good! Thank you!