Legend Book 1 (MALES NEEDED)
Blu J for Day
Little background information, Day is a really smart street kid type person, he has charm to him, he is cunning, and he is very athletic. He has Tess who runs around with him, and he thinks of her like a sister, and worries about her constantly, and June is the one he ends up falling for. He has an older brother John who looks out for Day and tries to keep him out of trouble although that doesn't work to well most of the time. And a younger brother Eden who contracted the plague and will do anything just to get him the medicine he needs.
Voice type: I think he should have a lower type voice, one that still sounds like a teenager, but at the same time is still mature. He should also have a sweet sounding voice to match his charming nature, but also a bit of roughness to his voice because he has had hard life. I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone can figure out how to do this, they would defiantly make the perfect Day.
*This character will have no cues on how to read because I want to leave it up to you to flow with it, and just be able to take what you can from the words written by the author.
"My mother thinks I’m dead. Obviously I’m not dead, but it’s safer for her to think so. At least twice a month, I see my wanted poster flashed on the Jumbotrons, scattered throughout downtown Los Angeles. It looks out of place up there. Most of the pictures on the screens are of happy things: smiling children standing under a bright blue sky tourists posing before the Golden Gate Ruins, Republic commercials in neon colors. There’s also anti-Colonies propaganda. “The Colonies want our land,” The ads declare. “They want what they don’t have. Don’t let them conquer your homes! Support the cause!”... (There are more lines in here that I had to take out)
In other words, the Republic has no idea what I look like. They don’t seem to know much of anything about me, except that I’m young and that when they run my fingerprints they don’t find a match in their databases. That’s why they hate me, why I’m not the most dangerous criminal in the country, but the most wanted. I make them look bad."
"“If you want to leave in the morning, just go,” I said to her. “You don’t have to wake me up or say good-bye or anything.” My eyelids were growing heavy, but she stayed wide awake, staring unblinkingly at me, even as I fell asleep.
She was still there in the morning. She followed me around as I scavenged in garbage bins, picking out old clothes and edible bits of leftover food. I tried asking her to leave. I even tried shouting at her. An orphan would be a huge inconvenience. But although I made her cry a few times, when I looked over my shoulder she’d still be there, trailing me a short distance away."
"Tess looks around, bewildered. She tries to take a step back into the crowd, but they block her path. When I see Kaede nod her head in Tess’s direction, I rise up from my crouch. This trot’s going to choose Tess.
Oh, hell no. Not while I’m watching. Not if Kaede wants to live.
Suddenly, a voice rings out from below. I pause. Some girl has made her way to the front of the ring, where she stares at Kaede."
A couple of things, this is really good. Your voice is very close to what I have in mind for this character. The thing is though your breaths are very audible. Try minimizing them a little bit, by either editing them out or something to that effect. And I could use a little more emotion in some of the spots because it tended to get dry at the end of each phrase. And this is a small thing kaede is pronounced like (key-de). But other than that I think this has great potential.
Well I was trying to make it sound like I was brooding lol. What parts do you want me to add more emotion to exactly?
Okay that makes sense. Although I wouldn't say Day is a very brooding character. He is very complex with many layers to him, so I think it was closer to the end of the lines when you started to drop emotion. Honestly I think it all could have a little more emotion to it. And one thing (I don't recall if it was you or not) but people have been taking anything that is quoted and changing the voice for that section. And I don't want that, his voice needs to be the same throughout, no matter if it is in " " or not. (Again this was something that I noticed A LOT of people doing, you might not off. But I think it's a good thing to add to try and get less of that in some of these auditions.