Casting Call
Everlasting Films is a group of professional, semi-professional,
and amateur actors who have been making film and audio dramas since 1974.
We are currently holding a
casting call for voice over artists for our production of the
audio drama The Tigers'
Second Quest, the second in a series of five audio dramas in this series.
This is a non-union production. Pay rates and royalties are listed along with the sides. Funds are in US dollars.
Terms are Net-30 with royalties paid according to terms of the contract.
Per-line and per-song pay will be dispersed
when all lines have been received and verified. Percentage payments will be
made according to terms outlined the contract.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE AS WELL AS THE
CHARACTER (SIDE) PAGE FOR COMPLETE CASTING INFORMATION. BOTH
PAGES CONTAIN SPECIFIC AUDITION REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE
FOLLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED.
Yes, we know it's a lot. We have a lot of people with varying levels of experience, so we have to be sure we cover everything. We apologise if we cover ground you already know.
Audition Stats: Just so you know, when we were casting for Tigers' Quest, we have over 3,600 people start out for only 27 roles. 200 people made it to the final audition. Does this mean that only the experienced should try out? Certainly not! Two of the roles were given to people with no professional experience. One person had never acted before! So please, you are more than welcome to try out.
Audition guidelines:
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Auditions shall be submitted either as a
high-quality mp3 file which we will download from your web
space or you may e-mail to us. Submit auditions to
audition@tigersquest.com. Please label your e-mail
subject line as "SECOND QUEST". We use a very aggressive
spam filter and sometimes it discards things that it
shouldn't. Labeling your subject properly will help us
find your e-mail. If your e-mail is actually bounced by
our spam filter (very rare, but it happens), please post a
note on our message board at
http://www.dwad.net/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=9
and we'll be certain to contact you. (You
don't have to register to post messages.)
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Please Use the following convention for naming
your files: "<character name> - <your
name>.mp3" where <character name> is the name of
the character you are auditioning for and <your
name> is your name. Thus, if you were auditioning for Firberan and your name was John Jeff, the filename would be "Firberan - John Jeff.mp3". Yes, we know it all sounds very
obvious, but you would be surprised what comes to us if we
don't spell things out. Please use a different file for
each character. Hundreds of people audition for these
productions, so please bear with us as we try to keep
things organised.
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You must have a good quality microphone and
a good sound card. Record one second of silence with the
microphone turned on before beginning your lines (for
noise reduction purposes). Files are to be submitted in
mp3 format, 16-bit, 44100 Hz, 64 Kbps, mono, or as close
as you can get to that. If your software doesn't have
those exact parameters, choose a higher quality rather
than a lower one. If you have any questions regarding how
to do any of this, please do not hesitate to ask. We know
a lot of people are unfamiliar with this aspect of their
computers, and we can help and provide some direction in
this regard.
- In addition to recording your lines for your audition,
please also state your name. This will be used by the narrator to pronounce
your name correctly in the credits should you be chosen for the role. If
you are trying out for multiple roles, please state your name in each file.
We only keep the audition which wins you the role, so this way we'll be
certain to have your pronunciation instead of accidentally losing it.
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Those selected will be required to record
their lines using their own equipment and submit them by a
deadline, as well as be available to quickly re-record any
lines deemed necessary by the director. Please do not
audition if you are not able to meet this commitment. Most
personal computers today are very capable of recording
very good quality sound files, so there is no need for
anyone to be using an expensive studio anymore except for
very high-end productions.
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Very
important: Please let us
know where you found your casting call notice. Our casting
notices are proliferated to numerous agencies and often
they are edited without our knowledge or permission.
Telling us where you found our casting notice will help us
to know if you have all the information or not. Your audition
may be bounced if it does not contain this information.
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Be sure to "audition" your own
recordings before sending them in. Auditions will be
bounced (sent back) if there are technical problems we can not
filter out. (Distortion, background noise, and echo are
the three biggest problems.) By listening to your own
sound files, you can find and correct these problems
before sending them in. For some basic help in avoiding
some of the more common problems,
click here. (Please note that
the link takes you away from the The Tigers' Second Quest
audition page. Use your browser back button to return
here. Do not use the link which says "Return to previous
page", because it won't bring you here.)
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If you have to re-submit an audition
because it was sent back, please send all the
information and attachments again. (Where you found
the casting notice, auditions
and demos.) Due to space limitations, we can not
archive bounced auditions. Please forgive us for
making you re-submit stuff you already sent, but this
will prevent your audition from getting bounced again
because we forgot you already sent something.
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Please note that we acknowledge
all auditions
and
everyone who
auditioned will be told whether they got the role or not.
(Being actors ourselves, we always hated being kept in
limbo.) So if your audition isn't acknowledged, something
happened and we didn't receive it. If we've received your
audition and you still haven't received an e-mail telling
you the results, you're still in the running. If more time
has gone by than you think should have to get an answer,
please don't hesitate to ask. It doesn't bother us, and
sometimes it's true that some internet black hole eats
e-mail messages.
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Because of the size and complexity of
this production, it may take a couple of weeks before
everyone receives their notification. Again, if you
don't hear from us, you are still in the running. If
you feel the need to drop an e-mail asking the status
of your audition, please feel free to do so.
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If you have any questions, please send an
e-mail toaudition@tigersquest.com. We will be happy to assist
you.
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For those who would like to view a copy of
the contract they will be signing for this production,
they may download a template of it by
clicking here. Please
note that this is only a template and yours will be customised.
We look forward to working with you!
To receive future notifications of casting
calls, you may join the Yahoo group
Everlasting Films Call Board.
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to character synopsis and sides
Auditions close 11:59 PM, PDT, 23 July 2007. You must have
all audition material submitted and accepted by then.
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