#RUSH #CASTING: #NONUNION #VOICEACTOR (#VO) FOR A #SCIFI #AUDIOBOOK

Otis Solarin. Character Sketch. Copyright 2016 Ellie Maloney

VOICE OVER RUSH CASTING – SUBMIT ASAP. 5K WORD SCI FI PIECE
Jalapeño Publishing is an independent publisher of fiction seeking a non-union Voice-Over male actor to narrate an approximately 5,000 word fiction piece for a promotional video.
About the project: TSUNAMI is the first chapter of the upcoming debut sci fi novel ‘329 Years Awake’ by Ellie Maloney. The text can be accessed here http://www.jalapenopublishing.com/ellie-maloney.html in a PDF format or for preview online.
SETTING:
Year 2275, West Africa; Alien planet Lenauri in the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy.
CHARACTERS:
Narrator: male, deep voice (think Rod Serling or Laurence Fishburne).
Otis Solarin: in mid 40s, in a great shape, black male, originally from West Africa. Intellectual, measured, authoritative. Professor of space history.
Ny: mid-40s, black female from West Africa. Professor as well.
Ennuturat: an alien, cranky, curt, dismissive, a scientist of the Unkari species. Age in human frame of reference: mid-50s.
Hundigar: young alien, arrogant, with lightly veiled contempt to his older colleague Ennuturat. Age in human frame of reference: early 30s, with a rapid career above his age. Dies in a spaceship crash because of his careless mistake.
Immirtau: an alien elder, in 80s, weak, shaky voice, wise counselor.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Male, 30-45, strong actor. Level of experience: beginner to medium. Must possess a demo reel of previous work or record a few paragraphs from the beginning of TSUNAMI (the final text may be slightly edited based on the suggestions of the voice actor). Must possess access to a professional studio. Non-union voice actor.
We are looking for a male actor able to read all these parts with distinction. The project may have continuation and the actor selected for this project will be our first pick to narrate the entire audiobook.
PROJECT DETAILS
Submission deadline: December 15, 2016.
Location: Remore Recording.
Rate: $150 full buyout. No agency fee.
USAGE: Broadcast via youtube and other platforms. Actor gets full credits and may use the resulting product for self-promotion. The video will be distributed free of charge.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Fill in this application form.
http://www.jalapenopublishing.com/careers.html
In the type of submission pick ‘other’ and mention the ‘VO for TSUNAMI’ in the cover letter. In the cover letter: list studio equipment; your experience in VO acting, agency/rep name/email/cell-phone; links to audio work, headshot.
Only qualifying talent will be emailed with further questions.