The Lost Tapes Episode 1 - Papa
2SHY for Mama
This is Mama. She's been cooking and cooking and cooking and...all these years waiting for Papa to return. Why didn't he take her with him? Didn't she deserved to go?
Mama as a character requires a pleasant and warm voice in the beginning. She hides her pain and her anger behind her beautiful smile and delicious cooking.
As you can see from the lines, her character progressively becomes darker and scarier while still maintaining her joyful housewife persona.
Voice: The best example of what I'm looking for is: The Other Mother from the movie Coraline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyaGIaJsmTg
Age: Young Adult to Early Thirties.
Have fun with this one. Do not forget the maniacal laughter for the last line. It's very important. She is literally trying to kill him and is relishing at the fear in his eyes.
(She opens the front door and finds her long lost husband, Papa, smiling at her. She's missed him all these years).
Oh, dear. It's been so long.
(Whisper) I missed you.
(In shock, Papa dropped his plate of food that Mama cooked for him.)
Oh look, you’ve made a mess. All
that work, cooking and cooking and
cooking and cooking...for all
these...years. Waiting for you to
come home. From your adventures...
Didn’t think to take us did you?
(She turns around and
walks towards the kitchen
sink. She starts to cry.)
You don’t care about any of us!(Papa tries to escape but the door is sealed. He turns around and mother is sharpening her knives with a frightening grin on her face. Her eyes are wide. This is the happiest he's ever seen her)
You won’t escape this time! No
adventures for you, honey!I’d say
it’s time for a family dinner!Mama will need to do a progressively long
frightening laugh. Starting low pitch to high pitch. It gets
higher and louder the closer she gets to PAPA
That is the scariest laugh I've ever heard! Amazing!
Aww! Thank you so much 😄 I’ll take that as a compliment 😊
You nailed the laugh! I like the accent as well. It's going to be very fitting for the second episode featuring a foreign fortune teller. I'll DM you soon for your contacts.