PLEASE NOTE wrote:Before I begin, we are aware that in the not too distant future, this board is going to be locked. Pixel mage is planning a fan forum, and the audition process for this project will continue there. Until then, we are going to engender the spirit of my people, keep calm and carry on. We will continue using this forum for auditions until it is no longer possible. Pixelmage will announce the opening of a new forum when he is ready. All auditions for these roles must be sent to us at the Xmas Carol Chatroom, which is here: http://www.neatchat.com/?id=448786a1a57 ... 427635e469
(Alternatively, PM Blackwolfe or Scarab for an email address.)
This post is for those wishing to apply for the parts of Mister Administrator or The Narrator in the Metaguard Christmas Carol. Please message Scarab on the Christmas Carol board, with your audition attached, or your email account.
You will need:
- A Decent Quality Mike - sorry guys we're not sure laptop mikes are going to cut it, unless you record very loudly and have little fuzz. Try and borrow one, or they can be gotten quiter cheaply at various electronic suppliers. If you aren't sure of quality, send us a test run.
- The time to record your lines. Don't worry we're not gonna force you all to do everything in two days over the biggest western holiday odf the year, but try and priorities - real life comes first, after all.
- Awesomeness. Which, lets face it, is NOT a problem for any of us around here.
NOTES.
- These are heavy dialogue parts, especially The Narrator. You will be talking a LOT, so these may not be something you should audition for if you don’t think you’re going to have a lot of time to do it.
- Please stick to the lines below. You’re welcome to add a couple of your own, to demonstrate your versatility, but please make sure you do the quoted speech.
- You may audition for as many roles as you like. I would actually advise doing a few readings of each line. Go nuts!
The Narrator.
These are the lines you guys need to read if you’re auditioning for the part of The Narrator. We have no clear idea of what we’re going for here, just think “okay, what would the narrator of a Dickensian novel sound like?” and proceed to do just that.
A Christmas Carol wrote:Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event, but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of the funeral, and solemnised it with an undoubted bargain.
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Mister Administrator.
These are the texts we need to hear for those auditioning for Mister Administrator: it consists of several of his lines from the twitter account:
“PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT "THE CARROT OR THE STICK". THEREFORE, WE WILL TRY POKING EACH OTHER WITH CARROTS NEXT.”
“THERE IS CONFUSION REGARDING THE FUTURE. THERE ARE STILL MATTERS WHICH NEED TO BE RESOLVED. WE INVITE YOU TO ASSIST US IN RESOLVING THEM.
“PERSONALLY, WE FELT THIS WAS A LITTLE VINDICTIVE ON HIS PART. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE ACTION WAS PRODUCTIVE. BUT HE IS PRIME.”
EW. WE DON'T EAT EACH OTHER. WE TERMINATE EACH OTHER. LIKE THE LAST ONE WHO RAN THIS ACCOUNT. HE BECAME FAR TOO COLLOQUIAL.
, I'm all for it in that case. 
) It's definitely something we'll discuss.