The Purgatorians 'Prequel before the sequel' miniseries
Carolyn M for Sophia Anderson
Sophia Anderson
Sophia is a typical child. She gets bored very easily and really dislikes school. She loves her parents and always tries to behave herself.
Accent allowed - American or British – Preferably with as little dialect as possible but not posh.
Age range – 8-10
Sophia needs to be able to portray love, warmth, friendliness, happiness, and fear.
Line 1 - This is to show me how you can immediately switch emotions. Excited to begin with into feeling down that you wish your dad could be there with you on Christmas Day.
Line 2 - Sophia knows her father is upset but has no idea why. She needs to show concern as a child would while trying to cheer her father up.
Line 3 - The cycle is ending and death is imminent. The winds are strong. Sophia is terrified and is holding on for dear life, if she lets go, she's gone for good and she knows it. This needs extreme fear and sadness in her voice. Her mums just died and now she may too. This scene needs to be very tense and dramatic.Think of a disaster movie when the disaster hits. Sophia needs to be extremely terrified as to what is happening. Crying, extreme fear. Put yourself in her shoes. How would your react as a child?
- english
- voice actor
- child
- 8-10
- female child
- british
- many ranges
- american
(Very happy) Yay, Christmas. I love Christmas.(A little down) I never see daddy at Christmas though, he works all day. I wish you could spend one of them here with me.
(Concern) What's wrong daddy. It's Christmas Eve. Nobody should be unhappy at Christmas time.
(Extremely scared. Calling out) DADDY. HURRY, PLEASE. I CAN'T HOLD ON. MUMMY'S NOT SMILING. WE HAVE TO MAKE HER SMILE AGAIN. HELP DADDY HELP.
Line 1 - I actually preferred the first delivery of 'Yay Christmas, I love Christmas'. Same with the next part of the line, I preferred take 1, take 2 sounded a little more like you are explaining it to someone rather than just giving your own thoughts.
Line 2 - I liked both of these takes. It shows a childlike concern, not as much as adults get, but just enough for a child.
Line 3 - More fear, her life could end at any moment and she knows it. The storm is raging behind your voice, they cycle is ending, everyone is dying, she needs help and she needs it now. She would be absolutely terrified. All the cycles end scenes need to be very tense and gripping and have the viewers on the edge of their seats. Think of a disaster movie when the disaster hits. They are much more scared than this.
Overall, it was really good but line 3 needs to take it to the next level and make the viewers aware of her emotions, the fear, the terror, the urgency, in her voice. Since this is an audio drama, we only have voices to let the viewers know what emotions this person is feeling. Unfortunately we don't have the luxuries of body language or facial expressions.
Hey, thank you so much for the feedback! Would you be interested in me auditioning again given this feedback?
I welcome submissions with feedback taken on board. There are some cast currently part of the show that provided 3 or more submissions, listening to feedback. Without them doing this, they may not have been cast. Six year old Mason for example. The first submission was too old, the 2nd too anime, the 3rd perfect.
I give feedback to give people the best opportunity to show their best portrayal of the character to give them the best chance of being cast. I fully understand that these are just out of context lines on a page to those who audition. Just because I know the scripts and what's happening doesn't mean you all do :)
Thanks! I'll be putting in another submission, I appreciate how much you interact and provide tips.
Just letting you know that there is maybe 2 hours left before I cast people if you want to resubmit based on feedback given :)
Thank you. No matter how many auditions I hold, i will always provide feedback to those who give me their time to audition