Heya! I'm Victoria Soh (or just Vic c:) and I'm an animation student at RMIT University currently in the midst of producing my final thesis film: 'Entwined'!
I'm hoping to find 4 amazing voice actors and a marvelous composer to help bring my film to life 💕
Synopsis:
Yun Chen visits a vintage photo emporium and shop with a senior from theatre. While searching through shelves of cameras and marvelling about all the vintage costumes, he gets drawn to an ornate box; imbued with intricate patterns and drawings on camphor wood. Seeing Yun Chen's fascination, the store clerk gifts it to him.
As he looks through the mysterious contents of the box, he gets thrown into a river of memories. He relives moments of a life gone too soon and learns about a love of the past.
Some extra context about the film:
- The setting is similar to 1920s-30s HongKong/Shanghai so all the characters have Chinese names and anyone who can speak Mandarin or is willing to learn the pronunciations would be a bonus! (The script is fully in English though, so it's really just the names)
- There's a bit of references and nuances to classical Chinese literature, namely 'The Butterfly Lovers' and the story plays around with that narrative. I'm more than happy to talk about all the references and symbolism in the film!
Characters:
Ai Yun Chen (Yun Chen)
Ye Qiu (Xiao Ye)
Xue Jie
Old Ye Qiu
Here's a look into some scenes of the film!
Voice Cast Production Details:
- If you are located in Melbourne, we could carry out in person recording sessions! This would be preferred but I'm aware there isn't a huge possibility for that.
- If you're not in Melbourne, we'd likely be carrying out the recording sessions over Discord! Some prerequisites for that would be: good quality microphone/ Good audio quality (Or able to record at a recording booth near you, which I will do my best to compensate monetarily)
- I will likely ask for a Discord ID if you are casted, just for ease of communication with each other( as well as the full cast), but if there's any issues regarding that, we can discuss and figure something out!
- I would prefer that the recorded audio have no pops, squeaks and no significant background noise.
- I kind have the characters' voices set in my mind but I'm very open to suggestions and experimentation! I'm not opposed to accents but I'd prefer if it's not too heavy/easily placed.
- I will be showing the full animatic (as well as my not very well done audio demo) as well as the pre-production art document to the final cast!
The film is due to be completed by the end of the year. I do have the script and animatic finalised, but should there be any changes, I will be paying the same rate if any re-recording is necessary.
Composer Production Details:
- The music I'm looking for leans quite abit to more Chinese Traditional type of pieces. The story does revolve around a Chinese Opera afterall hahaha! So if you have any existing tracks or is interested in this genre it would be great!
- Here's a link to a playlist of the music I've been using as placeholders in my animatic if you'd like to get a feeling of the type of compositions I'm looking for!
link: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FLdJfxtw77mG-4oTO_Bgo9mQEFdgb9c&si=W3Z_tFbKm0qwO_TK
- I'm open to experimentation and suggestions!
- As for the timeline/deadline for the music, we'd likely be working on it throughout the production process, which would take up to 2-3 months. So there's no huge rush.
That's all for now! Phew that was a lot hahaha 😅 Thank you for reading through all that and for your interest in my film! I do hope that you would give my characters a try and help bring them to life!
