What is this?
A fan dub of the beloved Injustice: Gods Among Us game and comic series, along with some special elements! This project is going to be edited and framed in such a way to make the experience like a movie, using the cutscenes as the basis for the story mode, as well as some of the comics to flesh out some characters. This will, in theory, make this more "cinematic" in a sense, almost like a comic book movie.
For those of you unfamiliar with the premise: Injustice: Gods Among Us is a dystopian world where the Justice League is in civil war with each other, and Batman has to call heroes from another universe to help turn the tide against a dictatorial Superman, who rules the world with an iron fist, and begs the question of what happens when our greatest heroes become our greatest threat.
Requirements:
Since this is a paid project that I am funding out of my own pocket: a significant level of technical and performance quality is going to be expected. Please ensure that your microphone is capable of recording your performance without picking up overwhelming background noises or excessive peaking/clipping. Simultaneously many of these roles are for larger than life characters who tend to emote HEAVILY- as such most roles will probably involve shouting and even a bit of hamming it up/overacting in some capacity at some time or another so if you cannot commit to the needs of a given role please do not audition as I cannot expect to select someone who cannot give the performance a role requires.
Casting in Regards to Payment:
As I mentioned above- this project is going to be funded directly out of my pocket and as such the audition deadline has been set significantly down the road to better ensure my ability to pay everyone who is selected. However, I am also not opposed to having "community members" (those who do not necessarily wish to be paid) come in and do it as a hobby. If you are cast I do not expect you to do any recording for me until you are appropriately compensated for your time, although you are welcome to send in your lines before payment (if applicable). I am open for negotiations on how to best pay you for your services if you wish to be paid, between $20 to $250 per role in each episode/chapter. Payment is going to be on a per case/episode basis: you will be paid for each case your role appears in. The listed price is the price of which you will be paid for their first appearance, subsequent appearances may change depending on total line count for a given case. After castings are complete, payments will be made as the funding becomes available- this method allows me to pay more to each role as I can garner some additional savings between each pay period at work during these times. (On a full-time basis for 2024, I am looking to make about $750 to $800 every other week, which will start back up midway through May).
Role Significance:
Obviously, leading roles like Batman are going to be paid the highest amount as they will be appearing most frequently and deserve to be accommodated accordingly, but certain "supporting" and "minor" characters have recurring appearances throughout the game, have an incredibly important impact on the events of the story, or simply have a significantly higher amount of dialogue in the fewer instances where they appear compared to other characters of similar "significance." As such the pay for such roles may vary from other characters in the same classification. This is not a mistake or oversight: each actor is being compensated according to the requirements that will be expected of them.
Payment:
Payments will be made on a per case/episode basis (i.e: when payments are made for "Chapter 1: Primeverse Batman" payment for "Chapter 2: Green Lantern" will be sent some weeks later, and so on until payments for each case are complete.) Payments will be sent through Venmo and/or CashApp. If you do not have an account with either, I strongly encourage you to make one after auditions and casting is complete.
A few final notes:
1.) I'm a huge fan of the Justice League, and the Injustice series, and as such we may be submitting our own auditions alongside all who wish to participate- I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO TRY AND IMITATE OUR PERFORMANCES. Each role will have the suggested guidance and ideal performance parameters I have in mind for each character, but the beauty of acting is taking the same premise or direction and presenting it with your own unique flair.
2.) Anything in this color down below is NOT to be read when you're auditioning for various parts- this text exists solely to give context to the lines you will be reading.
3.) Discord is not required, but it is recommended as we utilize it to deliver announcements and distribute scripts and recorded lines. (it's also been an incredibly useful tool for getting to know the people affiliated with the project and we've had a fair bit of fun with it).
4.) Many of the roles will be doubled back (meaning that there are two versions of the same characters), so it is recommended that you send two takes of each audition line. The description for each character that has a "double-back" will have instructions as to whose performances to emulate.
5.) Please be aware that the images you see for each role are what the characters look like in the Injustice universe only.
6.) PLEASE DO NOT SLATE YOUR AUDITIONS
And that's it- if more questions or concerns come up, please let me know in the comments or, if you have worked with me before, through Discord or email at [redacted].
Have fun and good luck!