Down To A Sunless Sea-Extended deadline April 02, Announcement/Casting Call

[MajorLance]

Greetings everyone, I plan to use Moviestorm with a touch of Iclone to make a spy movie entitled, Down To A Sunless Sea. The protagonist is an agent for Stratum (my fictional armed extension of ECHELON, the intelligence gathering alliance of the English speaking nations)

My log line would be:
"A missing American President, a rogue French agent, a forgotten nation, and the undead threaten to drag the world Down To A Sunless Sea."

Plot Summary: The American President disappears along with two ex presidents, and Stratum agent Matthew Long is sent to France to investigate. He encounters a French intelligence community in turmoil as all clues point to a forgotten former Soviet republic where supernatural entities have taken charge.

I am hoping to include some foreign language parts and use subtitles for those lines so if anyone speaks Russian or French you could be of great help! I can translate the Spanish parts as I am bilingual. If the foreign language parts are not filled by March 4th we may go straight English. I plan on voicing the part of Matthew Long, the main character. The following are brief character descriptions of the rest of the cast including sex, nationality, age, number of lines, etc. All lines are in English with number of foreign language lines noted in parentheses.

Sophie Moreaux



Female, French, 30. 79 lines (2 lines in French, 4 lines in Spanish.) She is a French intelligence agent. She speaks primarily English, but I'm looking for a French accent.
Audition line 1: "You lost control of the situation, Mr. Long." (said calmly while driving)
Audition line 2: "You lost someone you loved." (said seriously/softly...she's about to sleep with the person she's speaking to.)



Enrique Mataleza



Male, Spanish, 40-45. 20 lines (5 lines in Spanish.) A sort of Black-Ops Priest/Vampire Hunter. He speaks English with a Spanish accent (preferably from Spain.)
Audition line 1: " That could tell much had it spoken. The church was good thinking, but now it is angry."
Audition line 2: "Te imploro. No saben en lo que se están metiendo. Si no quieren esperar aquí pueden venir conmigo." (said in great seriousness...He's trying to warn these people that they are in some serious crap.)




Baptiste Petite



Male, French, 50ish. 16 lines (1 line in French.) Petite is the Estate Manager for La Belle Dame Irene, a pop singer.
Audition line 1: " Ah yes, Mr. Fisher from Gordon Brothers! How excellent of you to accept our invitation. La Belle Dame Irene performs her newest song tonight."
Audition line 2: " And here we have Irene's favorite garden. It was inspired by the music of Abba. Are you a fan, Mr. Fisher?"



Ivana Volva



Female, Eastern European, 40ish. 15 lines (1 line in German.) Ivana, a vampire, is Krieger's mysterious concubine. Was she Russian or was she German? Who knows? A thick accent is preferred.
Audition line 1: "Would you like to bathe in the blood of virgins?" (English is not Ivana's native tongue, and she is not asking happily nor out of curiosity. It is an invitation.)
Audition line 2: " When in Rome, Mr. Long...." (She is using the When-in-Rome-do-as-the-Romans-do phrase. The emphasis should be on the word, Rome.)



Alan Turner



Male, American, 40. 14 lines. Turner, like Long, is a Stratum Intelligence agent.
Audition line 1: "You expect me to respond to that?" (Said calmly, but he has just been accused of treason. Try raising/scrunching your eyebrows while saying it.)
Audition line 2: "All these years doing dirty work with the limeys and that special relationship crap. It never bothered you?" (Imagine pouring a drink while saying this. You're about to kill someone or he's going to kill you....you're just buying time with this bit of conversation.)



Kayad Al-Harb



Male, French-Algerian, 40ish. 11 lines (1 line in French, 1 line in Russian.) Kayad is a terrorist who has infiltrated the French Secret Service. A French accent is preferred.
Audition line 1: " Bonjour, M. Fisher. Il est merveilleux que vous soyez ici!" (excited, happy)
Audition line 2: " Yes, I am afraid so. And you are not of the faith so if you die you will die like dog." (said as if it is a matter of common knowledge.)



Sir Robert Norgrave



Male, English, 55-60ish. 10 lines. Norgrave is a Stratum Station Commander. Older British guy accent is preferred.
Audition line 1: "An unlikely suspect for our investigation. But he was seen with Joseph Callum three months ago in Paris."
Audition line 2: "Highly unusual. They've given no plausible explanation for the request." (Stress the word, highly.)

Further character images and info follow in the thread.


Recording Information:
I prefer .wav files, and you may make it a short file name by just using the initials of the character and "al" being short for "audition line" followed by the number. For example, an audition line for Sophie could be: smal01 for the first audition line, and smal02 for the second audition line. For Krieger's incredibly long name, just use K, as in: kal01 for the first audition line, etc.

Contact:
Send your auditions to: majorlance@hotmail.com

Deadline:
April 02, 2011

[primaveranz]

Sounds excellent. But there is one think that detracts hugely from the authenticity....Female UK News anchors are Scottish not English - well the best ones are

[MajorLance]

Sounds excellent. But there is one think that detracts hugely from the authenticity....Female UK News anchors are Scottish not English - well the best ones are

Ha! Okay; I'll plead Yankee ignorance. I visited the UK once but didn't get around to watching the news there.

[andy_price]

sounds like a good projec, I will be happy to supply any of the english male voices for you

[MajorLance]

sounds like a good projec, I will be happy to supply any of the english male voices for you

Thank you Mr. Price. I've been out of town a lot the past several weeks. I'm planning on updating with audition lines, and I think I'll post some photos of the characters too. Right now I'm trying to see if there are ways to do less of the project in iclone and more in Moviestorm. Any ideas who could come up with a Russian general's uniform? I have an iclone puppet decked out in a Soviet uniform, but it doesn't look that great.

[dpickett]

Sounds like quite an epic as others have said!
Would love to be involved with the music, just drop me a message, email or whatever!

[MerryPaw]

I can help with a voice (Once I'm over this dang cold) My voice is mostly neutral American with a bit of a southern twang that comes out when I'm tired or excited. (Born and raised in the South). I have done alot of live improve as well as being the only Dame at the Arizona Renassance Fair two years running quite a few years ago.

[MajorLance]

Further images of characters:


Gérard Dupont



Male, French, 45-50. 9 lines (2 lines in French, 3 lines in Russian.) Dupont is a former French agent turned terrorist and head of security for Le Club de la Belle Dame Irene.
Audition line 1: " Американец здесь. Он ищет мы."
Audition line 2: "It wasn't supposed to happen. It....look, I can explain." (He's staring at a man with a gun who is really pissed at him. He's not crying, shouting, or begging, but he is trying to talk his way out of being shot.)



Aleksi Kaluzny



Male, Ukrainian or Russian, 40s. 8 lines (4 lines in Russian.) Aleksi is a smuggler who speaks English with a thick accent.
Audition line 1: " Где люди?"
Audition line 2: "He said some went to war, and the others are in a castle."



General Stanislav Razvalyaev



Male, Russian, 50s. 8 lines (2 lines in Russian.) Stanislav is head of Krieger's military force. His English should be heavily accented.
Audition line 1: "You think you are clever. Only your president can launch the missiles."
Audition line 2: "Пойдите! Пойдите к фронту!"



Bill



Male, American, 60s. 7 lines. Obvious parody of Bill Clinton...Clinton impersonations welcome.
Audition line 1: "There's gotta be a place you can get pancakes around here."
Audition line 2: "George! This is Kaiser Bill I told ya about."



Joseph Callum



Male, English, mid 40s. 6 lines (think Maccum or Geordie) Callum is a goon from Sunderland.
Audition line 1: "Ya really got your friends fishing."
Audition line 2: "Ya get the other half when it's over."



La Belle Dame Irene



Female, French, 19-25. 6 lines (including a bloody scream.) Irene is a young French pop singer.
Audition line 1: "I'm ready for your critique, Mr. Fisher." (said seductively...she's lying on a man's bed, and the man has just entered the room. She really wants him to critique her body.)
Audition line 2: "Baptiste tells me you insure my legs, and..." (said with a pout.)



George



Male, American, 60s. 4 lines. Obvious parody of George W. Bush....Bush impersonations welcome.
Audition line 1: "Kaiser. Yeah. Heh heh..."
Audition line 2: "Oh Kaiser! Nooooo!"



The President



Male, American, 45-50. 3 lines. Obvious parody of Barack Obama....Obama impersonations welcome.
Audition line 1: "What have we done?" (imagine being highly disturbed by an action.)
Audition line 2: "Why?"



Callista Barnes



Female, English, 25-30. 3 lines. She is an information analyst whose lines come in the context of giving a presentation (think power point.)
Audition line 1: "To sum up: the president disappeared at the exact time of the explosion."
Audition line 2: "Unfortunately, Mr. Turner is unavailable for interrogation."

[MajorLance]

...and the anchor:


Female News Anchor



Female, English, 30ish. 1 line. Television news presenter.
Audition line: "The First Lady, dressed in what must be her husband's shirt sans accessories...It's just so sexy!" (stress the word, so.)

[andy_price]

my voice might suit Sir Robert Norgrave , I am mid 40`s and English, I should be able to add a few years to my voice. I will get your audition lines done in the morning.

one thing though, Audition line 1: "An unlikely suspect for our investigation. But he was seen with Joseph Callum three months ago in Paris." in an english accent would scan better as "An unlikely suspect for our investigation. But he was seen in Paris, three months ago, with Joseph Callum.."

is it ok if I do it both ways and you can chose which you think is better

[MajorLance]

my voice might suit Sir Robert Norgrave , I am mid 40`s and English, I should be able to add a few years to my voice. I will get your audition lines done in the morning.

one thing though, Audition line 1: "An unlikely suspect for our investigation. But he was seen with Joseph Callum three months ago in Paris." in an english accent would scan better as "An unlikely suspect for our investigation. But he was seen in Paris, three months ago, with Joseph Callum.."

is it ok if I do it both ways and you can chose which you think is better

That is okay with me Mr. Price. I like hearing different ideas and takes on things.

[D.L. Watson]

Looks like a big project. Definitely looking forward to seeing this. Keep us posted!

[MajorLance]

Looks like a big project. Definitely looking forward to seeing this. Keep us posted!

Thank you Mr. Watson. I received some Russian language auditions today, and that surprised me. I have been considering just going all English which is still a possibility.

[andy_price]

here is my audition for Norgrave:

http://machinimamania.com/andyprice_norgrave_auditon.wav

[MajorLance]

here is my audition for Norgrave:

http://machinimamania.com/andyprice_norgrave_auditon.wav

Thanks for the audition, Mr. Price!

[MajorLance]

Current Cast:

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J. Pierce



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Benjaminz



Dimitri



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Izbeyatsk



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Vampire Assassin
(image pending)

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