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
At first, Casey and Sei Mi are ecstatic to explore the depths of the ocean. However, their expedition takes a deadly turn when their excavation tools hit an underwater cave, and they unleash a beast that is far more dangerous than the ones they have previously encountered.
Their enterprising adventure turns into a deadly race for survival once the creature proves to be smarter than they expected. Once it demolishes key areas of their facility, effectively stranding its crew in the middle of the Atlantic, it begins to pick them off one by one.
With help from their colleagues, Casey and Sei Mi must send the beast back into hibernation. Faced with a ticking clock and a failing base, will they banish the monster back into the ocean, or will they sink in its place?
Character List
Casey
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Gender: Male
Age: 25-30 Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Headstrong and brave, Casey is a scientist with an insatiable thirst for adventure. Optimistic and spirited, he embraces his challenges with open arms. Unfortunately, this causes him to run headfirst into difficult situations without considering the consequences of his actions. Lines:
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Sei Mi
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Gender: Female
Age: 18-20 Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Intelligent and cautious, Sei Mi always has a plan for action. She calculates every risk before she approaches her challenges, and her rational mind has led her to make wise decisions. Despite her strengths, Sei Mi isn’t very good at thinking on the spot, and her anxiety gets the best of her when she’s stranded without a back-up plan. Lines:
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Alexandra
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Gender: Female
Age: 30-40 Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Witty and charismatic, Alexandra is the fearless leader of the Atlantic expedition. Given that she is an award-winning biologist with years of experience under her belt, Alexandra’s team trusts her to lead them into the great unknown. Unfortunately, her esteemed reputation has given her an ego. She ignores her subordinates’ concerns about the beast until it is too late. Lines:
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Jamal
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Gender: Male
Age: 18-20 Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Patient and reserved, Jamal is a promising biologist who listens more than he speaks. Although Jamal has several great ideas, his shy personality discourages him from sharing his opinions. However, his soft-spoken nature makes him a great confidant, which allows him to earn the trust of his colleagues. 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. Casey_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 “Tidal - *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!
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!