Introduction:
Artifact-Escape "The Wooden Heart" is an audio-drama experience following an established team of escapists. This narrative is set in a unique urban-fantasy backdrop, focused on exploring the daily life of an escapist. The run-time of this production will be between 7 & 11 minutes. Lastly, we're looking for long-term voice-performers, especially up-n-coming talent.
IP Premise:
The story takes place between Earth & a foreign planet known as Shojirra. One of the most prominent research & tech companies discovered Shojirra & are offering their investors new technologies excavated from this world. In the process of harnessing & refining these new technologies, they realized the process was more costly than they initially projected. Realizing that the once abundant investment capital had quickly become insufficient, they decided to hire youth. Artifact-Escape is a program that recruits youthful prodigies in varying fields and offers them an escape from their real-world issues. These young prodigies are known as escapists. The escapists assist in varying tasks ranging from collecting resources to managing Shojirra's ecosystems. While many staff and investors were initially skeptical of the proposed idea, the escapists have surpassed expectations.
About Us:
We are an independent entertainment studio that thrives on pushing boundaries and exploring new frontiers in storytelling & worldbuilding. Our creative focus spans across various mediums, including animations, immersive audio-dramas, stylized webcomics, and well-crafted audiobooks. We believe in the power of creativity to inspire, entertain, and encourage introspection, and we're searching for like-minded individuals to embark on this exciting journey with us.
Requirements
- Quality Microphone
- Must Be 18+ Years Of Age
- Minimal Background-Noise
- Available For Future-Episodes
Additional-Info
- Enjoy the process!
- Payment via Paypal
- Live-Directed (via Riverside)
- Please include your discord-handle (If applicable)
- This standalone story's characters will be transitioned to supporting/minor characters within the main series
- Please perform two takes for each line following the AABBCC format
We want to thank everyone again for the overwhelming amount of submissions!
VAs who auditioned for Sam and Mira are making things especially difficult in a good way! We have things narrowed down and are working through our final list. We expect to have selections made late this evening (USA/CST timezone)
Thank you again to everyone who auditioned and we looking forward to working with more of you in the future!
We want to thank everyone for auditioning! Casting decisions will be made by Monday August 5th. The live directed studio session will follow shortly after.
Crystal Storm (Director)
Narrative Role: Narrator
Approx. Lines: 20
Voice Descriptors; Composed, but with inflections during intense/dramatic scenes
"The escapists teleport just outside a massive tree. A group of tree humanoids with long, leafy tendrils and hollow eye sockets guard a door carved into the wood."
"Mira walks up to it and flips her palm upward, manifesting her Iko stone in a burst of light. It hovers in her palm as she lightly taps it against the artifact, which it glows white before disappearing."
"He holds out an arm to keep the other three behind him. Down the hall, a miniature tree humanoid stops dead in its tracks when it sees them."
Narrative Role: Lead
Approx. Lines: 25
Personality Descriptors; Leader, Mediator & Kind
Age: Late-Teens
"Stay close. If you step out of my artifact’s range, every one of those things will be on us in an instant."
"You’ll be fine. Who knows? Maybe the artifact will be assigned to you once we retrieve it."
Narrative Role: Lead
Approx. Lines: 25
Personality Descriptors; Prideful, Insecure & Academic
Age: Late-Teens
(Hushed) "It’s not abandoned; it’s a nursery! That’s why the guards are guarding the tree!"
(LOUDER & FRIGHTENED) *Whimpering*
Narrative Role: Lead
Approx. Lines: 25
Personality Descriptors; Pacifist, Gentle & Intuitive
Age: Late-Teens
"It’s so fascinating that we can stand right in front of them and they can remain unaware of us... Most blind creatures only evolve that way because they live underground or in dark caves. But these are always in the light."
"They’re innocent creatures, Sam! Why do you want to hurt them?!"
Narrative Role: Lead
Approx. Lines: 25
Personality Descriptors; Tomboyish, Playful & Rough
Age: Late-Teens
(Interrupting) "Enough nature-watching! Let’s just break in already!"
"I want excitement. I know YOU’RE content with being a nerd, but-"
