As a part of our Young Artists' Initiative, MediaContex will work with its partners to create a pilot of an audiodrama of our students' original idea:
Synopsis
Her wish comes true when she stumbles across a demonic circle, which allows her to summon Calcifer, a demon-in-training who hopes to earn his horns by terrorising the human who summoned him.
Sydney gets out of this mess by making a bargain - in return for sparing her sanity, she offers to help him target and terrorise her bullies.
At first, Sydney is thrilled to make their lives a living hell. However, this changes once her thirst for vengeance is fulfilled, and she discovers that her deal with the devil comes with a price...
Character List
sydney
Gender: Female
Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose.
Headstrong and witty, Sydney is a teenager who actively rebels against the world. Although her actions and decisions may be questionable, Sydney hopes that she may inspire change by standing up to those who abuse their power. Although making a deal with the devil isn't her best option to do so, she believes that it may allow her to achieve her goal.
Lines:
- (Neutral) Hell isn't the only place that causes mortals to suffer. Have you ever been to high school?
- (Happy) Demons like making deals, don't they? (Chuckles) Well, I've got an offer that you can't refuse.
- (Disappointed) There's so much hate in this world. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to wonder if getting my revenge was worth it.
- (Angry) I hate you. There's no way a simple apology will change that.
Calcifer
Gender: Male
Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose.
Charming and debonaire, Calcifer is a demon-in-training who hopes to become one of the most powerful entities in hell. Although Calcifer does not have much experience on the field, he is a charismatic, resourceful devil who can talk his way out of any mess. He will not hesitate to get what he wants, even if it means that his allies will pay the price.
Lines:
- (Neutral) Hmm. You're offering me five souls for the price of one? (Chuckles) You've got a deal.
- (Happy) Greetings, human! I'll be your tormentor this evening. Now, let's get started, shall we?
- (Irritated) Jeez, you're dense. I'm just a demon-in-training. If you want to see real power, you should see my superiors in action.
- (Angry) You should have thought of that before making a deal with me! Every bargain comes with a price!
Audition Deadline
Audition Requirements
- High quality recording. No pops, clicks or buzzes.
- Save the lines as “CharacterName_FirstLast_linenumber.mp3” (e.g. Calcifer_FrankL_01.mp3).
- Place lines in a zip/rar folder labeled “CharacterName_YourName_Audition” before emailing.
- Send your audition, your name, and email you wish us to contact you with, to [email protected]. Label your Email Subject as “Hell on Earth - *your name*”.
If you have any questions, please contact our casting partner - Tiffany at [email protected].
Rates will be discussed if you are shortlisted for the role.
If you have further questions, please refer to the FAQ section below.
Thank you for your support!
FAQ
Each project has its own budget, requirements, and plans for distribution. If you are cast for any of these roles, you'll be contacted by our casting representative, and will be able to negotiate your rates with them.
If you are cast, your clips will be used for internal pitching purposes. If you are cast, our students will use your clips to create pilot episodes, which will be showcased to our network of producers.
Your audition clips will not be used without your permission.
If this project generates enough funding and support from our network, we will broadcast our pilot materials to the public. Until then, selected voice actors will be paid for their work, and they will be credited in our internal pitching materials.
We are generating pilot materials for internal pitching purposes, and are currently unable to publicly disclose the cast list.
If we are able to generate enough funding and support to make this project public, we will disclose a full list of our cast and crew. Until then, our cast and crew will be paid for their work, and they will be credited in our internal pitching materials.
Please ensure that you’ve sent your clips to the right email – [email protected].
Please make sure that you haven’t incorrectly typed “mediacontext”.com instead.
If all else fails, please contact Tiffany at [email protected] for assistance.
Of course! We keep all of our auditions on record. Even if you aren’t cast for this project, we’ll contact you about future opportunities.
Alternatively, you may contact us at [email protected] and tell us what your preferred accent is. We’ll let you know if any VA opportunities come up.
If a character has a "Standard American" accent, we'd like you to use a typical General American accent for all of your lines.
Sorry, friend. Auditions will be closed after the deadline we've listed. However, we'll regularly update our auditions page with new projects, and you won't be short of opportunities.
You're welcome to submit 1-3 takes per line. Compile all of your takes for each line into a single file.
Label each line according to their line number. If there are four lines for your character, you should have four files in total.
Sure. Please separate each character’s lines into separate ZIP folders, and label each file as:
“CharacterName 1_YourName_Audition”
“CharacterName 2_YourName_Audition”
You may include all of your files in the same email. Label your email subject as: "[CharacterName1], [CharacterName 2] _YourName_Audition”
We're always looking for new talent. Feel free to share your demo reel, profile, website, etc. in your audition email.
If you're shortlisted for our roles, you'll hear back from us approximately 2-5 days after the audition deadline has passed.
Please don't hate us if we don't send you a reply. Due to the number of auditions we receive, we may not be able to respond to each email. However, we appreciate your submission, and we hope that you'll continue to support our projects!
Unfortunately, MediaContex's team has a lot on their plate, and we may not be able to deliver feedback to individual VAs. However, we're very grateful to you for reaching out, and we hope that you'll continue to support our projects!