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
In order to rid herself of her unwanted guest, Carly learns that she must complete his “unfinished business”. From unclogging his grandmother’s clogged toilet, to bathing his aunt’s rabid chihuahua, Carly is forced to complete a bucket list that is designed to torture her.
At first, Carly assumes that these are just meaningless chores. However, as time passes, she discovers that there are deeper aspects to his list.
From informing his little sister of the college fund he opened under her name, to delivering a letter of apology to his estranged father, Carly gradually develops a heart for the people she meets. To make things stranger, she questions if she would be ready when it’s time to say goodbye.
Character List
Carly
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Age: 19
Gender: Female Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Selfish and spoilt, Carly spends her father’s fortune and lives in the lap of luxury. Although Carly has everything a girl could want, she secretly wishes that she could spend more time with her father, and often acts out in order to get his attention. Gradually, her new friend teaches her to focus less on her own desires, and more on the needs of others. Lines:
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Samuel
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Age: 19
Gender: Male Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Spirited and kind, Samuel has a heart for those in need, and hopes to become a vet when he graduates from college. Although he is killed before he gets a chance to chase his dream, he hopes to live vicariously through Carly. Although the selfish heiress fights him every step of the way, he continues to hope that she has a good heart, even though he has to dig deep to see it. Lines:
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Rebecca
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Age: 30
Gender: Female Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Rebecca is employed as a secretary by Carly’s father. Strict but compassionate, she watched the girl grow up without a mother and tried her best to guide her. Although they were fairly close when Carly was younger, the heiress grew distant once she became a teenager, and regarded Rebecca’s attempts to help her as an invasion of her privacy. Lines:
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Guardian
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Age: 30
Gender: Male Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Guardian, a supernatural entity that guards the gates between life and death, serves as a guide into the afterlife. Although he ushers ghosts into the afterlife, he also gives them a choice to return to the mortal world to complete their unfinished business. Mischievous and cunning, he ensures that a ghost’s “second chance” comes with a catch, such as being tethered to a mortal who’s predicted to drive them crazy. Lines:
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Audition Deadline
Audition Requirements
- High quality recording. No pops, clicks or buzzes.
- Save the lines as “CharacterName_FirstLast_linenumber.mp3” (e.g. Samuel_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 admin@mediacontex.com. Label your Email Subject as “Soulbound - *your name*”.
If you have any questions, please contact our casting partner - Tiffany at hello@story-sight.com.
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!
Backgrounds are used with permission from the following parties: © Konett (Angel Wareman), 2017
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 – admin@mediacontex.com.
Please make sure that you haven’t incorrectly typed “mediacontext”.com instead.
If all else fails, please contact Tiffany at hello@story-sight.com 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 admin@mediacontex.com 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!
