Baba Yaga's Mobile Homes (Cartoon Short)

Matthew Betley for Tortoise

Matthew Betley
Matthew Betley auditioning for Tortoise in Baba Yaga's Mobile Homes (Cartoon Short)
kairoscuro
kairoscuro

Great voice but your recording has a lot of echo to it. If you can fix this issue you may resubmit, sorry for not catching it sooner

    Matthew Betley
    Matthew Betley

    That's something I'll have to keep in mind as I'm still trying to optimize my recording setup on a budget. Not much I can do to fix it at the moment, but thanks for the listen and advice!

Tortoise
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Tortoise

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Cast offsite — this one got away.

Baba Yaga corners Tortoise who was, unfortunately, too slow to get away. Now he must suffer through her sales pitch until the end.
He's the straight man in their duo. He's serious, snarky, grumpy, tired, sarcastic. He tries to be polite but gradually gets more and more annoyed with her as the short goes on.

I image he could sound similar to  the Brain (pinky and the brain) or  David Ogden Stiers (his roles as Jumba, Mr. Maellard, or even cogsworth). Feel free to experiment with him.

The sides they read from:

  • Look, I'm sure you're a.... (looking for the right word) capable salesperson, but I'm just not in the 

    market for a house. So if you'll please LET ME GO. I'll be on my way."

    *You're trying to let her down gently. When you say "capable" you don't really believe what you're saying. You are still forcing sweetness when you say the line "so if you'll please" and then through clenched teeth say "Let me go" then back to sweet.  For context, he is trying to pry Baba Yaga off of him and she physically will not release him.

  • Please keep your razzle dazzle to yourself. 

    *this could be said in a tone like "Oh please god no" or "Not again" 

  • (Angrily) You can't just hold people hostage to sell them things they don't need!

    (Baba Yaga: But commercials do that all the time)

    I just- gah- I- UGHHH. (slight pause) Please. Just. Leave me alone"

    *He starts off angry then he makes a frustrated noise after she speaks. Head in his hands he begs her to leave him be.

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