The Spectacular Spider-Man Continued Geography 101 (Spectacle Stars)
Project Overview
The Spectacular Spider-Man TV series was prematurely cancelled after two seasons, running from 2008-2009. However that all changes now (kinda)! We're SpectacleStars, a relatively small but ever-growing team of writers, artists, animators, voice actors, composers, etc., making our own fan-made continuation of this beloved series!
The first major project we are working on as of now is an animatic/animated movie, The Spectacular Spider-Man: Geography 101, which takes place between the most-recent season of the series before it was cancelled (Season 2) and our own Season 3 continuation!
We currently have a few recastings for VAs open, and we are still very much in need of various other parts of production, such as Artists, Animators, Editors, Sound Designers, and more, so make sure to check out our open roles!
We will be accepting applications for Artists, Animators, Editors, Sound Designers, and any other potential non-VA production staff roles on a rolling basis, so if the project page closes or expires, feel free to DM us on here or on our Instagram as well! We'll also be rolling over the project page on here as well, more or less until the job is done!
You can find us on Discord, Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok, so if you're curious to see what we've come up with up until now, feel free to check them out! (Our Discord server and and Insta are our most active spots for sure, though)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The life of our favorite webslinger is at a turning point, following the death of Norman Osborn, The Green Goblin. Spider-Man's relationship with the police has deteriorated as he is implicated in killing The Goblin, who has been publicly exposed to be Norman. Peter has to deal with Harry and Gwen together as a couple while he is completely alone. When Harry invites him and most of the students at Midtown High to a spring break trip to Miami, it seems as if he'll be able to take his mind off the situation he's in. However... trouble always has a way of finding Spidey, especially while there is a frustrated Kraven there hunting The Lizard! But is there anything more to this?
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Flash Thompson, quarterback of the Midtown High football team and antagonist to Peter Parker, while also a superfan of Spider-Man.
We are looking for a voice match for the original performance by Joshua LeBar in the original series, and it is a VERY unique voice that requires a lot of mid-range, highs, and lows.
Flash can have a low jock-type tone, but he is all over the place and can go from mid-range to high falsetto when surprised or stunned. When he's in his element with his fellow jocks, he often has a laugh in his voice as well. There is also a slight New York accent in some of his words as well.
We will be looking very closely for these characteristics listed above, as it is not an easy role to nail down.
In order to get a feel for the performance, please view the videos at these links here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkNvyRjC6k and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvsWYeWr64.
The sample lines are in both videos, so make sure to emulate them to the best of your ability. Good luck!
- english
"C-minus? SWEET! The Flash completes another pass."
"Hahahahahahaha, guess all Osborn's money couldn't buy him muscle tone!"
"Yeah, yeah. Your Aunt's sick. Poor Puny Parker. Even Sally feels bad for ya, but not me. If you're hanging up on the She-Geek that proves you're still a stuck-up egghead. A guy who can't even see when his friends are trying to help."
(Pronounced "Shuh-ShAHHn Wen)
Character from the original Spectacular Spider-Man series, and currently Flash Thompson's girlfriend in our movie.
Very calm and low-key voice, specifically looking for a Kelly Hu impression from the original series.
For references, see this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvsWYeWr64
Timestamps for the lines below are 26:09, 28:34, and 33:15
- english
- voice match
- female teen
"I know who you are, Flash. We're in Bio together. Look, I've never seen you throw a pass. But I've seen you set off the sprinklers in the lab...twice.
"That seems unlikely since...you aren't on the list."
(with a bit of humor in the voice, at Flash's expense) "I don't think you'll be needing much rehearsal. You just agreed to play Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Trust me, you have that role nailed."
Officer Jean DeWolff, a police officer in the NYPD in The Spectacular Spider-Man Animated Series.
A somewhat soft but stern female voice, she is a no-nonsense cop that believes Spider-Man to be a problem for the city rather than a solution.
Looking for an impression or voice match of Irene Bedard's performance from the original series. For sample lines, see link here: https://youtu.be/SmYgyLWg1r8
- english
- female adult
(trying to figure out the situation after Vulture drops Norman Osborn from above) "What's going on?"
(questioning, slightly rhetorical) "What makes you think your costumed vigilante isn't a 'big bad' himself?"
(stern and serious) "Look, Sarge. We've been through this. Spider-Man means well, probably. But when he takes the law into his own hands, he goes too far."
We are looking for an Assistant Voice Director with some level of experience to assist with the directing, recording, and editing of voice acting lines by our many talented VAs in our cast!
Looking for some amount of experience here. If you have only amateur voice acted BUT have some level of acting/theatre experience, that would be a plus for consideration.
Good candidates will be able to:
- Oversee virtual recording sessions with or without the head Voice Director, giving direction on delivery, cadence, annunciation, emphasis, tone, etc.
- Cut down and separate voice lines and takes, also the ability to edit voice lines is a plus.
- Maintain DM conversations with multiple Voice Actors, keeping up with progress on recordings (if the VA records on their own), editing, direction questions, etc. Drafting documents or spreadsheets for different plans or tracking progress of team members
- Take a script and produce Line Read Sheets for each VA and their character(s). (All sheets for Geography 101 are already produced, but having this ability will be crucial down the line as we move onto our Season 3 continuation.)
- Oversee castings and recasting with the head Voice Director when applicable, though final decisions will be made as a collective effort between team leadership.
- Utilize Discord, as it is our main source of communication among the team.
- Prior viewing of the Spectacular Spider-Man animated series is not required, but is certainly a plus. If the candidate has not seen the show, they will be required to view it in order to familiarize themselves with the various returning voice types that they will be working with.
BE SURE TO SUBMIT A VOICE MESSAGE DOWN BELOW INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND LISTING OUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'D BE PROFICIENT AT, THANKS EVERYBODY IN ADVANCE :D
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Similar to the Producer role posted here, but if you're an animator by trade with knowledge of animation pipelines, this role could be for you!
We are looking for someone with a background in animation and animation pipelines who could be of great help to manage the progress of our Art/Animation Department, and has the know-how to get the animation from a blank page all the way to a finished deal! Storyboards, animatic, backgrounding, layout, key animation, cleanup/in-between, digital ink and paint, compositing, you'll oversee all of these!
We have a team of 25+ artists and animators of various skillsets, and a core of about 4 Lead Artists/Lead Animators who are our bedrock in terms of expertise and input on the team.
That said, since we've been a passion project for so many years and these 4 magnificent individuals have IRL stuff to deal with, it has usually been a rotation of a few of them being present to oversee things at once.
And while all of them of them can produce breathtaking results with regards to the art and animation, we could really use another individual who is familiar with the nuances of an animation pipeline, and is able to juggle the demands with overseeing the day-to-day management of an entire team or department of artists and animators, including various tasks such as DM check-ins, progress management, holding voice chat meetings, quality assurance, etc.
Even if you are not adept with the animation style of the Spectacular Spider-Man at the moment, deferring to our veteran leads for the quality assurance portion of this role as needed is absolutely possible.
However, a MASSIVE plus here would be submitting an audition with both:
- a finished animation sample (made on a team or individually), and
- a voice message and/or list of your prior work and background experience
While this role would not be paid at the beginning, we are working to get more of our Leads' time by paying them once crowdfunding is a-go and this would be an extension of that as well.
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DISCLAIMER: READ THE ENTIRE DESCRIPTION BELOW AND DETERMINE WHETHER THIS ROLE FITS YOUR SKILLSET AND EXPERIENCE BEFORE APPLYING. We will not consider anybody from Instagram or other social media who are fans of Spider-Man or SSM and simply saw our project, got excited, and "wanted to help out in any way they could" ;P While we are absolutely grateful of support like this, simply being a fan of SSM is not enough for a role of this magnitude. We need those with experience and drive here for sure.
We are looking for additional organized and responsible hands who are willing to do some of the more "managerial" side of production, which can include any number of tasks that our producers/execs normally undertake.
Having prior experience with overseeing other productions or projects is something we'd be very keen on with this role, and being proficient with the more "nitty gritty" tasks would be huge here as well.
Something our team could also potentially use is further knowledge with building or maintaining "team culture" in a virtual environment, as we have our own methods that we've developed over time but would be very open to additional insight. Though, this is not necessarily a mandatory thing.
Because of the importance and higher-up nature of a role like this, building trust with the current management staff will be king with whomever would take on this role, as we have a team of producers in place that has been around for a few years, and welcoming newcomers into this kind of fold will likely be a slow process. But as trust is built, confidence is built as well :D
Lastly, this role is not a "creative" one in any general sense. Our producers on the writing team oversee the direction that the project goes in narratively, our voice directing producers handle castings and voice direction, and our producers that are artist/animator leaders will oversee the visual aspects of the production.
Normally, people will have a certain niche expertise in one of the usual fields for animation production where they developed management experience over top of it, and that original expertise will be immensely helpful in addition to the skills we're looking for in this role.
That said, decisions on the creative direction of the project aren't something that we're looking for in this role. If you happen to pitch something, it will obviously be considered and might even be used! But at the same time, compromise is key on a team of our size, and something that you specifically would want to see in the show won't necessarily be something that the writers have in mind or that the original writers Greg Weisman and Victor Cook intended.
Various tasks for this kind of role can include (but are absolutely not limited to):
- DMing team members for regular check-ins, whether it be for a department or on a certain task
- Overseeing announcements to team members
- Monitoring progress of various departments
- Drafting documents or spreadsheets for different plans or tracking progress of team members
- scheduling and hosting various team meetings, especially with a huge variety of team members' time zones kept in mind
- Potential social media tasks or management if that is a strength
BE SURE TO SUBMIT A VOICE MESSAGE DOWN BELOW INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND LISTING OUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU'D BE PROFICIENT AT, THANKS EVERYBODY IN ADVANCE :D
*Say something you think would fit*
Animators on our project largely plan to use ToonBoom Harmony and ToonBoom Storyboard Pro as the main programs, but as long as the assets that are produced by our animators are able to be converted and utilized later on for the project, any program you prefer should work as long as we sort out the conversion details beforehand for consistency, flow, and Quality Assurance purposes!
Also, if any chosen newcomers are unsure of how to use ToonBoom or want to learn how to use it, our lead animators can absolutely help bring them up to speed on the software and teach them the basics of it as well!
In short, no worries if you're inexperienced or unfamiliar with the program! DM us for more details on this for sure if you have questions.
We are currently in progress on storyboarding our movie, so if that is a strength of yours, make sure to audition!!
For any other questions, make sure to send us a message on here or on Instagram. Thanks!!
Say something you think would fit
Animators on our project largely plan to use ToonBoom Harmony and ToonBoom Storyboard Pro as the main programs, but as long as the assets that are produced by our animators are able to be converted and utilized later on for the project, any program you prefer should work as long as we sort out the conversion details beforehand for consistency, flow, and Quality Assurance purposes!
Also, if any of our newcomers are unsure of how to use ToonBoom or want to learn how to use it, our lead animators can absolutely help bring them up to speed on the software and teach them the basics of it if needed as well!
In short, no worries if you're inexperienced or unfamiliar with the program! DM us for more details on this for sure if you have questions.
We are currently in progress on storyboarding our movie, so if that is a strength of yours, make sure to audition!!
For any other questions, make sure to send us a message on here or on Instagram. Thanks!!
Say something you think would fit
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