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
Against the warnings of the lighthouse’s current keeper, the ghost hunters decide to spend an entire night inside the building. Trouble brews once the team discovers a battered journal with old entries by a mysterious author, and they begin to experience phenomena that is similar to what the book describes.
Their exciting adventure takes a terrifying turn once an electrical storm hits the lighthouse, cutting off all communication with the outside world. When strange noises and strange figures begin to appear, Natalie relies on the journal’s clues in hopes of surviving until daybreak. As the night draws on and the shadows close in, she quickly realizes that some mysteries were never meant to be solved.
Character List
Natalie
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Age: 18
Gender: Female Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Natalie is a budding journalist who yearns for adventure and mystery. Adventurous and bold, she jumps on a chance to investigate her grandfather’s disappearance, without realizing that she might be the lighthouse’s next victim. Intelligent and resourceful, Natalie devises clever ways to overcome the obstacles she encounters. However, will her quick thinking last through the night? Lines:
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Antonio
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Age: 20
Gender: Male Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Antonio, the youngest member amongst the ghost hunters, has spent a good chunk of his teenage years investigating mysterious phenomena. Observant and agile, he has learnt a lot from his peers, and can hold his ground in strange situations. Unfortunately, his courage also drives him to charge headfirst into danger, without realizing that his impulse might get him killed. Lines:
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elaine
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Age: 30
Gender: Female Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose. Elaine, who is appointed as her team’s technical advisor, is in charge of handling their gear during their expeditions. Given her technological skill, she relies on her equipment to complete her tasks. However, once the storm hits, most of her devices are disabled, and she has to rely on her wit in order to get through the night. Lines:
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Author
Gender: Male
Accent: Standard American is preferred, but not compulsory. You may audition with any accent you choose.
The author of a mysterious journal that was buried underneath the lighthouse’s floorboards. Given the journal’s illegible handwriting, as well as its morbid content, we can only imagine how terrified the author must have been when they wrote its entries.
Lines:
- They're speaking again. The voices. They talk of things not of this world and of places where no one but God should tread. They're getting louder now and I fear I will soon be among them.
- I heard children laughing in the cellar this morning. I was not surprised to find the room empty as it usually was, but the faint imprint of hands, too small to be from the others, on the walls.
- Jonathan claims he saw someone standing on the edge of the cliff towards the south end of the island. Impossible with the hurricane currently bombarding us, and yet he swears to God himself.
- I'm all that's left now. My comrades have either gone insane and killed each other or taken their own lives to escape the maddening voices. I fear I too will soon be joining them. If you come to this place and find what is left of me and my friends then head my advice. Leave this place before it claims you.
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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. Antonio_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 “Witchlock - *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!