Zekra

Middle aged male, with a timeless, whimsical, mid-to-deep timbre, smooth voice quality, with a posh/transatlantic accent (Encouraged to apply: Black American, queer)

Voice References:
A mixture of the below examples:

• This guy's voice for the red colored text

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DetyaLtvjX-/?dlrf=aTJrZ2lmdmc0a3A2

  
  

• Dr. Facilier from "The Princess and the Frog"

  (Less sinister, more charming and slightly silly, with a more fatherly tone)

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPz6H-k6dVw&ra=m

  1:03 - 1:13

  
  

• James from "Pokemon"

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5CSb1GguiE&pp=0gcJCbgCo7VqN5tD&ra=m

  (More-so the whimsical nature to his vocal performance, and not necessarily the voice itself)
  
  Moderate Voice Lines (but under 10 minutes of finished product).
  
  This character should come across as whimsical, and someone who seems very wise in a mysterious, cosmic sort of way---like someone who knows a lot more than they let on. He is a wonderful fatherly figure to Kiah, and does his best to keep her giggling and cheery despite their circumstances. He's very forgetful despite his knowing-presence, and seems outwardly to portray some resemblance to someone in the early stages of Alzheimer's/Dementia despite how young he seems. He spends this animation speaking to child Kiah and consoling her later on. He has a posh way of speaking, but not necessarily in a British way. Think more transatlantic accent... He is someone who can easily lift someone else's spirits, while still remaining moderately composed and charismatic for the most part.
  
  Line Context/Acting Help:
  1. This is supposed to start as what the audience thinks is the narrator forgetting the script, and is the first dialogue in the entire animation, and is heard even before any visuals are shown. It should be an animated performance, but not overly dramatic as to sound fake or too cartoonish. Just like a somewhat eccentric person reminiscing.
  2. This is the end of the confusing spiel shown in the intro by Zekra as the narrator, and it's revealed he's speaking to a little girl (Child Kiah). The vocal performances for both lines should reflect how it is to speak to a little kid in cadence and tone, while not sounding like baby talk. If you have little cousins or siblings, you may know what I'm talking about.
  3. This is one of the last lines of this segment of the animation, where Child Kiah falls asleep mid-Zekra-pun. He should sound very sure of himself and entertained by himself as well, with the last sentence about "electron jokes" sounding more disgusted/annoyed as he has a distain for science/math, and almost can't believe he made that joke.
  
  Requirements:
  Please have a decent mic setup and record in a quiet space/somewhere with little to no background noise.
  Be able to send your audio as .wav and .mp3 files.
  Be comfortable with progressive themes in storytelling, including characters that may be LGBTQIA+ or of different minority ethnic groups.
  Most importantly, have fun! I'm very open to any character interpretations you may have!

Thank you for auditioning!