Hello all,
I'm back one final time (for real this time; at least, for this series) to find a female VA for one last role.
The fandom for this non-profit machinima is that of Mass Effect, but really anyone can enjoy it (if it's your kind of humor).
The Lazy Effect is about an odd guy named Lazy who discovers he can't die. At least, not permanently. What follows is a series of wacky adventures shown through machinima and quirky voice acting.
The last Lazy Effect role: Maya Brooks (Spoilers ahead)
She's a henchman of the primary villainess of the Lazy Effect series. Brooks' role in the Mass Effect: Citadel DLC has been slightly changed for The Lazy Effect, featuring an alternate timeline of events because of the presence of Lazy and the Sinners and thus Brooks needs a voice actress to speak her resulting alternate lines.
There are two options: come with your own interpretation based on the lines and stage directions alone or emulate the game's VA's performance (I'll provide links for each line that isn't written by me)
You can pick one, the other or try out both. The best performance overall wins^^
General description of the character: She acts like she's a timid analyst that is very much startled by all the gunfire and violence she gets thrown into. In reality, she can take on almost any role: the hot seductress, the cold and calculated lieutenant, the sweet talker and even the seemingly clumsy analyst she introduces herself as. In other words, she's the perfect infiltrator. Lines have to be consistent in accent and overall voice, but the way her confidence and tone can change in a flash are part of the character, so focus on doing that well.
Here are the lines (Jennifer Shepard Clone is a character that was cast some time ago); scenes are as follows: link (if the line exists and i need a redub), scene with lines:)
(no link required)
Jennifer Shepard Clone (holding Brooks as a hostage): That’s enough! Drop your weapons or this won’t end well for her.
Brooks (angry that she got taken hostage): You ******.
Brooks (timid): If I wasn't covering my eyes, I'd be impressed.
(The next lines are preliminary; you might need to re-record them (and probably more lines as I write them) if they get altered after and if you get picked; the scripts are still underway, but I wanted to make sure to find the right audition on time; this is also where the alternate lines come in)
I've gotten some response on other forums, so I'll elaborate on which roles are still available (or future roles especially for men)
Two ‘trial episodes’ have already been put on Youtube before making the trailer, but they didn’t feel quite right. I decided using solely the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer with live monologuing wasn’t gonna cut it (it would almost feel like a let’s play) and thus I played through the entire Mass Effect trilogy, made saves at almost every turn with a custom Shepard and I also started working on my editing skills and voice acting.
I’ve been a writer for more than a decade, but I didn’t write scripts that often, seeing as there was nobody to make a movie or series out of them.
Nevertheless, oddball comedy has always been one of my favorite things to write, while mixing in a good plot and plenty of action.
The idea is to produce a new episode every two weeks or month, depending on the editing required and my work, so take that into account for when you audition and you get picked.
I’m looking for more voice actors and actresses, especially the latter because well, no matter how hard a guy tries, he can't reliably produce a nice-sounding female voice (none of my stand-in voice actors from the trailer nor I can) and I'd really welcome the diversity. I don’t have full scripts and character descriptions yet because it all depends on the voice actors that apply and what personality is right for their voices (not to mention if I don’t find a voice actress, every written female character would have to be adjusted because of the comedy involved). You’ll find roles and lines I will most probably need further down below.
Since it’s a series and changes in character roster are very probable, expect to find more roll calls a few weeks or months after this one.
Also, though you can audition for one role or multiple ones, depending on your voice and performance you could be asked to play the role of a different character or even a new character altogether.
For the moment, Lazy is voiced by me, but I’ve gotten some feedback about his voice being too squeaky, yet I can’t change too much about it as I might start mixing his voice with my other voices (like the epic (fail?) ‘read what is shown’ voice from the trailer). And of course, a chew toy protagonist must have a voice that reflects that, though I like to be corrected and outperformed by people who voice act as a hobby or more than that (I’m more of the silent type usually).
Now that you know all that, here are some of the roles and some telling lines:
Lazy- The annoying Engineer who just won’t die. To say this character is unbelievably oblivious, would be an understatement. Prone to sounding like he lives in his own little world, he nevertheless knows how to fight against the Reapers, though not as much as he thinks he does. Due to the mild brain damage he suffers every time he ‘resurrects’, he can be forgetful at times and act even weirder than usually. What never changes, is his delusion that he can and will woo any woman he fancies and she will be amazed by his self-described ‘awesomeness’. His overconfidence will only grow as he realizes the potential of his seeming immortality. He is exceptionally loyal to the crew of the Fortitude, an unassuming vessel sent on strange errands. He wields a N7 Hurricane with a ‘gay biotic deer ornament’ on top of it which he says he got from his grandpa.
Daisy: Lazy’s official love interest who is very confident in her abilities and completely uninterested in Lazy. As a Cerberus Nemesis, she will take every opportunity to ‘remove [Lazy’s] brain matter’ with her sniper rifle. She is cold and distant, though something hints something else is going on.
Crazy: A positively insane Phantom who is obsessed with rekindling her relationship with her ex, Lazy. It’s a mystery to anyone as to how those two ever got together. There are very strong hints that Crazy must have killed Lazy several times during their ‘special nights’ as she does so almost every time the two meet. If possible, shares Daisy’s voice actress, though Crazy’s voice is much more distorted like in the trailer (though a bit more feminine sounding, not like my placeholder).
Here are two scenes. Record the lines for the character(s) you want to voice.
In this scene, Lazy aims to save Daisy from the evil organization she works for. She however is more interested in killing every enemy target in the immediate vicinity, including Lazy.
Lazy: Why won’t you just talk to me.
Daisy: You wanna talk? Fine. *shoots Lazy*
Lazy: *notices he isn’t dead* See, you can’t kill me, you can’t do it.
Daisy: No… your shields regenerate too quickly, I can’t put a dent in you, copperhead.
Lazy: Hey, it’s a flexible but durable outer shell of unknown material.
Daisy: Whatever, just keep still so I can headshot your flashlight.
Lazy: You don’t wanna do that.
Daisy: Oh really? *aims to line up the shot*
Lazy: *grabs Daisy to knock her unconscious* Night night.
Daisy: Screw you! *sighs as she loses consciousness*
Lazy: Wait, I didn’t kill her did I? Did I? Phew, still breathing.
In this scene, Lazy has the bad luck of once again encountering his crazy ex-girlfriend, nicknamed Crazy. Fortunately, he now has the adequate tools to deal with the hissing, psycho ninja. Who is very flexible.
Lazy: What’s that sound I hear?
Crazy: Laaaaazyyyyyy.
Lazy: Oh for pete’s sake Crazy, I told you already, we can’t be together.
Crazy: I wanna stab you, monomolecularly.
Lazy: Look, I don’t wanna get mono again and besides, you’re freakin’ psycho.
Crazy: Come heeeeeeere.
Lazy: Hand blast.
Crazy: *short* What?
Lazy: *blasts Crazy away* I don’t want to talk, about my psycho ex flame’s, flexibility.
Persephone
The CO (Commanding Officer) of the Fortitude, absolutely hates Lazy and his ineptitude but is under strict orders to not eject him out of an airlock… which is why she tries to have him killed by Cannibals after he annoys her and the crew to no end (it is implied he earned it). This soon leads to the discovery that he cannot die and they have to find a way that he can so they’ll finally be rid of him. She is very cold and stern towards people and only loses this professionalism when she talks to Kiri, the ship’s doctor, in private. Only with her (or Lazy) Persephone drops the high and mighty captain act and she is known to lose her temper (almost always because of something Lazy does or says).
Kiri
The ship’s young female doctor who is as nice as she is smart. She is exceptionally skilled at recognizing patterns in xenobiology, but she has never seen something quite like Lazy’s resurrective capabilities. Unlike the other crew members who try to repulse Lazy’s odd ways with sarcasm with a hefty dose of schadenfreude, she always acts polite towards Lazy, if a bit taken aback by his behavior. When she talks to Persephone, it’s not clear if she agrees with her about Lazy and she’s unable to say it to Lazy personally or she just doesn’t care about his fate.
Frey
One of Lazy’s female team mates who is a frequent target of Lazy’s affections and is suitably repulsed by them. Every word she directs to Lazy oozes with hidden sarcasm and a burning hope that Lazy gets transferred, no matter how. She turns to find ingenious ways to get him to pause his affections with the intent of finding a permanent way to stop it.
Here is a draft with lines for Kiri, Persephone and Frey. Lazy’s lines are also provided to give a feel of what kind of person you’re talking and reacting to.
Lazy emerges from a strange pod and stumbles on to find someone. He eventually finds a friendly face and ‘she’ asks to someone else if he has sustained brain damage.
‘Persephone!’ Lazy exclaims.
‘Yep, he’s okay,’ Persephone replies.
‘Say, why didn’t you join me on Thessia it was so much fun… Wait, it wasn’t fun at all, why didn’t you guys pick me up?’ Lazy says.
‘There were complications. For example, you weren’t on Thessia,’ Persephone says.
‘Well, I did find there to be a distinct lack of hot blue asari babes,’ Lazy says.
‘That’s because it was on Ilium we left… that you were deployed to. There were asari in that area before the Reaper’s forces attacked. They’re holding steady for now, but eventually they’ll be overrun. Hence why we extracted you,’ Persephone says.
‘Well thank yooooou. Don’t forget to extract me on a planet again okay?’ Lazy says.
‘Yeah, sure. Ready for the next mission?’ Persephone says.
‘Absolutely. Is it against Cerberus?’ Lazy asks.
‘No,’ Persephone says.
‘Why not?’ Lazy asks.
‘Because… there are already other teams on that,’ Persephone says.
‘But I wanna kill some Guardians!’ Lazy whines.
‘Hey! Do you wanna take things up with command? If not, be ready for the next drop, got it,’ Persephone says.
‘Yes sir. Ma’am. Sirma’am,’ Lazy says.
Lazy leaves and ‘Persephone’ talks to another officer, ‘Kiri’.
‘Did you find out how he survived that drop yet? I don’t care what command tells us, I want that screw-up ditched,’ Persephone says.
‘No objections here Ma’am, until recently,’ Kiri says.
Second officer Kiri holds up a datapad.
‘What did you find?’ Persephone asks.
‘It seems he has somehow gained the ability to resurrect himself albeit suffering mild brain damage every time he does this,’ Kiri says.
‘I knew it, I knew he was a pain in the ass, but this… He’s like a kamikaze on infinite repeat,’ Persephone says.
‘Yes, though his brain damage causes him to not think things quite through. Once he figures things out, his overconfidence will drive him right into becoming a plant after near 50 times of dying and resurrecting,’ Kiri says.
‘Well then, let’s make those 50 times happen shall we. Send ‘Frey’ and ‘4’ along with him to keep him in check. I’ll handle command,’ Persephone says.
A shuttle drops the squad in hostile territory.
‘Your mission is to invade a facility which has sensitive data on the Alliance. Get in, defeat all hostiles and ignore anything they say. Report says they’re indoctrinated. And get out with the data intact, not like last time,’ Persephone says.
Everyone looks at Lazy.
‘What’s everyone looking at me for,’ Lazy says.
‘Remember last time you were supposed to extract data from a server?’ Frey asks.
‘Alright alright I get it, less porn, more bullets,’ Lazy asks.
‘Ssh, we got hostiles,’ Frey says.
The squad ducks as the enemies walk past.
Lazy gestures wildly, but ‘Frey’ doesn’t understand. When the enemies are out of range, ‘Frey’ asks:
‘What were you trying to say?’
‘If this is over and we’re not dead, could we get dinner?’ Lazy says with the same wild hand gestures.
‘Heck n… you have no idea,’ Frey asks.
‘So, it’s a date?’ Lazy asks.
‘Whatever you want Lazy, just get that intel. They spotted us fire!’ Frey says.
They defeat the enemies as Lazy makes odd quips.
‘Now, let’s have a look at this data,’ Lazy says.
‘Command told us not to, do you wanna get exec… do you wanna get your contract terminated?’ Frey asks.
‘It’ll only take a second, relax. Wait, why are they talking about Cerberus…’ Lazy asks.
‘We gotta go, come on!’ Frey yells.
Daring escape ensues.
Note: Any machinima actors are also welcome, as are people with other certain skills (to be able to machinima act for the series requires owning one or more of the games and downloading Bandicam to record things in the games I can't).
Any audio-only format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker and has a decent size for its length will be accepted, though be sure the quality is high enough, otherwise we can’t hear how good you are.
Send your audition along with your forum name to my profile or to: InventorOfTheBizarreProductions@hotmail.com
Hi, just watched the above episode. The male voice is barely understandable; it's very garbled and the volume is much lower than those of the female voices. You may want to concentrate on making sure the voices are clear and all at the same relative volume in the future.
First of all thanks for replying and I'll be sure to work on it. Was trying a bit too hard to avoid a very high-pitched voice (the original voice used in the trailer), but I'll make sure it improves for Episode 04, coming out in two weeks.
With an amazing team of three voice actresses, we produced two more episodes before college exams (causing a Winter Stop until February), which can be found here:
I’m so far very pleased with my team and what we’ve been making^^ But we need more characters, so if you're interested in voice acting, keep reading.
The idea is to produce a new episode every two weeks or month; depending on the editing, scriptwriting and filming required and my own voice work needing to get done; so take that time schedule into account for when you audition and you get picked.
Also, though you can audition for one role or multiple ones, depending on your voice and performance you could be asked to play the role of a different character or even a new character altogether.
Now, I’ve been planning to introduce more characters (big plot twists coming soon), so in order to expand the cast, I need voice actors to voice these new characters, naturally. To this effect, I wrote a few introductory scenes for these characters, though they are subject to change as the story goes on, but I wanted to make sure I found voice actors in time for them and they give you a good idea of what they’re like and how they should sound. They are:
Note: The roles of Lazy and Frey are already filled, their lines are there to give you an idea of what your character is responding to.
Sinners: characters who are based on six of the seven sins; four of those six are set to appear in The Lazy Effect
Phenton Phase
Gender: Female
Sin: Greed
Personality: Only works for money and own continued existence, steals things from every victim AND client, loves tricking people (especially with her gender), likes mystery
Occupation: Mysterious mercenary
Lazy: Hey, can I ask you something?
Phenton: For a bit of the good stuff. *gestures for money*
Lazy: Eh sure, here.
Phenton: Thank you. Yes.
Lazy: Eh, okay. Do you know where I can find Phenton Phase, the mercenary?
Phenton: Payment upfront.
Lazy: Eh sigh, fine. Here.
Phenton: 335, 336, 337 credits. All there. Yes.
Lazy: … Can you tell me where he is?
Phenton *gestures for more money*
Lazy: … Here!
Phenton: Thanks. No idea.
Lazy: Okay, can I get my money back? I need to find this guy.
Phenton: Don’t think so.
Lazy: What’s your problem?
Phenton: Give me money and I’ll tell you. If you want to find Phenton.
Lazy: … Here. Now tell me.
Phenton: I’m Phenton, the female mercenary. How can I help you?
Lazy: … Give me some of this *gestures* and I’ll tell you.
Phenton: Haha kid. *pulls gun* How deep are your pockets?
Thomas More
Gender: Male
Sin: Gluttony
Personality: hoarder of bullets, food, etc; very possessive, paranoid, grim view of the world, is used to fending for himself; does seem to want to help people, but expects backstabbing
Lazy: I’m out of ammo and I’m pinned down, do you have some?
Thomas: No. I’m gonna get some more. *gets ammo and gets back*
Lazy: Can I have some ammo now?
Thomas: No.
Lazy: Why not?
Thomas: What if I run out of ammo?
Lazy: You go get more ammo?
Thomas: You go get your own ammo!
Lazy: I’m pinned down!
Thomas: You know, the kids in Africa would be overjoyed if they were in your luxurious position.
Lazy: Those are some pretty weird kids.
Asura Langley
Gender: Female
Sin: Wrath
Personality: Sadistic, easy to anger, physically and verbally aggressive, revels in killing and wounding (especially Lazy), self-righteous, self-destructive without regard for own or anyone else’s safety
Asura: Are you… eating my sandwich? I’m gonna smash your face!
Lazy: What? No, this is my sandwich.
Asura: Oh, okay… Wanna have a bite out of my sandwich?
Lazy: Eh, sure? *takes a bite*
Asura: Did you just eat my food!
Lazy: What, but you…
Asura: Wraaaaaah!
Lazy: Aaaaah!
Shade Freude
Gender: Male
Sin: Envy
Personality: Needy, narcissistic, has little appreciation for what he has (biotic talents, friends, attention, possessions), sticks to the most successful people only to hate them
Shade: You are such an idiot, you couldn’t shoot something with that sniper rifle if you had auto lock-on.
Lazy: Fine, you be the sniper, I’ll be the spotter.
Shade: You couldn’t spot a thing even if it was highlighted in red.
Lazy: Do you want to be the spotter?
Shade: No.
Lazy: The sniper?
Shade: No.
Lazy: Are you going to stop complaining?
Shade: Nope.
Foreman Epps
Gender: Male
Personality: Quiet, hard worker, a lot of patience, high pain resistance, follows orders
Frey: What are you doing with that harpoon gun?
Foreman: … I’ve been waiting a long time for this. I was silent all this time and now… Stand still you!
Alien characters
(I might need to do voice modification for some, so you don’t have to do that; but they do talk in a certain way and tone that I’m looking for; also, their personality should be reflected in your voice)
Karn
Race: batarian (see link for an example of what their voices are like)
Gender: Male
Personality: Holds to a code of honor, polite, educated, only gets annoyed by one human: Lazy
Lazy: Wait… so you don’t want to kill me? I thought all batarians hated humans.
Karn: Not all of us do. I understand how much the Hegemony was at fault and I also understand the humans of this generation cannot be blamed for what happened then. But I still want to kill you.
Dary
Race: vorcha (see link for an example of what theirvoices are like; do note that this vorcha must sound much more educated and intelligent than his kin)
For the scene with the asari (small one-time role) and female quarian that inspired this character:
Gender: Female
Personality: Clumsy, loyal, naïve, hard worker, akward, inexperienced due to young age, looks up to her employer or caretaker instinctively
Note: Small one-time role for someone who can voice an asari (and maybe future asari roles).
Lazy: Is there a problem here?
Asari: No problem, just working out a contract of indentured servitude.
Lazy: *looks at female quarian* She’s a slave?
Asari: No, she’s…
Lazy: I’ll buy her, how much?
Naeli: Thank you, thank you so much. 30,000 credits, I don’t know if…
Lazy: There you go *hands 30,000 credits*
Asari: Okay?
Lazy: Now, I’m hiring you because I need you to do something very important… Can you give me a hand, my back is killing me.
Naeli: I’m sorry, what?
Lazy: *points to back*
Naeli: Eh, sure? *rubs back*
Lazy: Ah, much better, thanks. Anyway bye.
Naeli: Wait, my contract, this isn’t… *runs after Lazy*
Note: Any machinima actors are also welcome, as are people with other certain skills (to be able to machinima act for the series requires owning one or more of the games and downloading Bandicam to record things in the games I can't).
Any audio-only format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker and has a decent size for its length will be accepted, though be sure the quality is high enough, otherwise we can’t hear how good you are.
Send your audition along with your forum name to: InventorOfTheBizarreProductions@hotmail.com
Deadline: 31th December at midnight sharp. Because I can:p
Editado por Maximillion46, 12 diciembre 2013 - 06:48 .
Since I saw some voice actor activity and this is after all a forum for fans of all things Mass Effect (and other Bioware titles true enough), gonna try to... *bump* this topic and highlight the latest casting call in particular. Any critics or comments on the newest episodes are also highly appreciated.
Still looking for male auditionees, but voice actresses especially, only got one for the two female Sinners I'm casting:) Deadline extended untill 31st of January.
I saw your thread in the MP forum^^
I guess I could do some not-too-long scenes after this week (exam on friday), I do have a headset, so if you still need people, feel free to add me
I saw your thread in the MP forum^^ I guess I could do some not-too-long scenes after this week (exam on friday), I do have a headset, so if you still need people, feel free to add me
I'll be sure to let you know in time if I need any MP scenes for episode 06. Probably none for episode 05, but hey, better start recruiting early than late, right?
Well, I've been recruiting on here, two voice acting forums and newgrounds... also looking for machinima actors for mp scenes (see mp section of the forum) on here, since this is the most likely place to find people playing ME3 mp naturally:p
Hm, can't seem to find a recruitment subforum or something like that...
still looking for at least one additional voice actress, but meanwhile take a look at Episode 05:D
I've had a lot of unexpected delays, but finally it's here! It has taken a long time, since I also had exams in January and had to study for them in December, so to say it's good to back and ready to stick to our bi-weekly schedule, is an understatement.
For the guys that auditioned before on this forum, you can audition for these roles. Sent a mail to you all before, but since I didn't get any replies, I'm not taking any chances and holding auditions right now. Need several voice actors for these... So here goes...
Note: Wow, lots of extras I've got planned for the next six episodes... Might extend the deadline for later roles, but make no mistake: if your audition is only so-so and you're the only auditionee... You're not hired and I rather do the line myself. Seeing as how this place is brimming with talent though, I'm confident I'll hear some great auditions.
One-time role: Guard (will ask you to do the lines of future guards if you're good and available)
Guard scans Lazy.
Guard: Hold on, this thing says you’re dead, Jack.
Lazy: Yeah, I get that a lot, don’t worry about it.
Lazy walks on as the guard shrugs.
Guard (mutters): Thrice in one year…
Three-time roles: Perverted guy and Sensible guy (do note the sexually tinted humor, if you're not okay with that).
Perverted guy (convinced): Oh, he’s a regular Bang-bang Bond the Third.
Sensible guy (trying to see how naïve his friend is): You don’t really believe all that stuff about the Shepards, right?
Perverted guy (slightly insulted, yet unwavering in him being convinced): Believe? I got proof!
Sensible guy (curious yet skeptical): What kind of proof?
Perverted guy (picking up on the curiosity and baiting his friend into continuing the topic): Look, do you wanna hear what I pieced together, or not?
Sensible guy (quickly giving in): Fine, go ahead.
Perverted guy (quickly going over the ‘basics’): So, you already heard about Sha’ira the Consort, Ashley Williams, Jack, Tali’Zorah and Miranda Lawson, right?
Sensible guy (calm, then amazed): Wait, the first two were a while ago, but he’s slept with all three in six months while being detained?
Perverted guy (nailing the punchline): Oh no, befooore he was detained.
Sensible guy (dropping his amazement for continued skepticism): What? Yeah right.
Perverted guy (merrily continuing): His sister ain’t a pushover either. Kaidan Alenko, Liara T’Soni, Jacob Taylor, Garrus Vakarian and Thane Krios. And don’t get me started on how Kelly Chambers fits into all this.
Sensible guy (affirming his earlier suspicions about his friend’s sanity): You have serious issues, man.
One-time role: Alien (may be salarian, asari, or batarian or turian if you can mimic the last two (might need voice modulation for the turian))
Lazy (curious and suspicious): Eh hello, have you seen a small, green rodent with six whiskers that can eat through anything and has a deadly odor?
Alien (sounding worried): No…
Lazy (first sounding like an oddball, then like he was being serious): Ha, me neither. *quickly looks around* Just let me know when you do.
One-time role: Salesman (really sell the one line!)
Lazy: I’m Lazy and this is my favorite store on the Citadel.
Salesman: … Get out.
One-time role: Saleswoman
Lazy (polite): Hello, I’m looking to buy some flowers for a girl I like.
Saleswoman (excited): Oh, if it’s an asari, you can buy her the Aphrodite Flower. If she’s turian, there’s the strong and thorny Venus trap. Batarian, the Janus Daffodil. Hanar? Water weed. Quarian? Crystal bonsai. Volus? Roun-roun hatchling. Elcor? Anchor Tulip. Drell, Ganymedes garlic. Vorcha? Try feeding her first. Salarian and she’s a dalatrass? Well, good luck.
Lazy (deadpan): Eh, just human.
Saleswoman (disappointed, thinking ‘boring plain human?’): Human? Well, you could buy her plain, boring daisies.
Lazy (intrigued, extrapolating with his weird random logic): Daisy? Rhymes with Lazy! I’ll call her that.
Saleswoman (thinking I’m gonna ignore that’): Eh yeah, so you want to buy some? I’ll put it on your account, Jack.
Lazy (polite): Yes please. You sell pets too?
One-time role: Gimp commander, Gimp squad members (think Power Rangers meets GI Joe for an over the top military speak parody)
Gimp commander: Listen up men, who are we?
Gimp squad: Gimp squad, sir!
Gimp commander: What is our mission?
Gimp squad: To kick ass and remain fabulous!
Gimp commander: Exactly! Now move out!
One-time roles: C-sec officer #1 and C-sec officer #2
Lazy (musing): Today I don’t feel like doing anything, I just want to lay in my…
C-sec officer #1 (stern): Sir, you can’t fish here.
Lazy (slightly mocking): Why not, who are you, the citadel police?
C-sec officer #1 (deadpan): Yes. Yes we are.
C-sec officer #2 (good cop routine): Now if you’ll excuse us, Jack, but we need you to leave.
Lazy (confused): Why does everyone keep calling me that? I’m…
C-sec officer #1 (very threatening in a comical way): Are you saying you took the identity of Jack Harper and somehow fooled all our biometric scans? After cleaning out your account?
Lazy (shoddy acting): No, no not at all…
C-sec officer #2 (good cop again): Then, mister Harper, I would like to ask you to leave. And let us confiscate that fishing rod. Where did you get one anyway?
Lazy (shrugging): What can I say, I’m L… I mean Jack Harper.
C-sec officer #1 (uncaring): Whatever, go somewhere else, it’s almost the end of my shift.
One-time role: Bartender.
Bartender (bluntly): Pick your poison.
Lazy (confidently, yet missing the point): Yeah, that’d be a good one to start. I can handle everything.
Bartender: *shrugs* If you say so, have one of these.
One-time role: Garrus (impersonated); this includes doing your own voice modulation to get the Garrus Vakarian voice.
Garrus: Could you show me to the bathroom.
One-time role: Mercenary #1.
Mercenary #1: Would I be standing here if I were?
Lazy: Good point… *suddenly goes all shifty-eyed* Unless that’s what you want people to think.
Mercenary #1: Do you need a bullet to shut it?
Lazy: Déjà… *look from the mercenary* Going.
One-time roles: Cerberus Trooper #1 and Cerberus Trooper #2
Cerberus Trooper #1: Phenton Phase, surrender now. We have orders to bring you in at any cost.
Lazy (stating the obvious): Was there something you forgot to mention?
Cerberus Trooper #2: Wait a minute, that’s Lazy, he’s even more valuable!
Phenton Phase (dry): I could ask you the same question.
Might have more roles in a week or so, so watch your mail (if you're hired this time or before) and the forum for updates.
Note: Any machinima actors are also welcome, as are people with other certain skills (to be able to machinima act for the series requires owning one or more of the games and downloading Bandicam to record things in the games I can't).
Any audio-only format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker and has a decent size for its length will be accepted, though be sure the quality is high enough, otherwise we can’t hear how good you are.
Send your audition along with your forum name to: InventorOfTheBizarreProductions@hotmail.com (and please mention what forum you're from and with what name you wish to be credited).
Deadline: 10th of March. Your auditions, if you are accepted, also count as your actual lines for the episode, because of the one-time nature.
New note: now still hiring a load of extras! Male and female!
The Lazy Effect
Third roll-call part 2: voice actors recruitment
The fandom for this non-profit machinima is that of Mass Effect, but really anyone can enjoy it (if it's your kind of humor).
The Lazy Effect is about an odd guy named Lazy who discovers he can't die. At least, not permanently. What follows is a series of wacky adventures shown through machinima and quirky voice acting.
The trailer can be found here:
And check out my account/channel that posted it to see the 6 episodes that have been made so far (four with people from this very forum!)
Note: Wow, lots of extras I've got planned for the next five episodes... The deadline is extended for later roles, but make no mistake: if your audition is only so-so and you're the only auditionee... You're not hired and I rather do the line myself. Seeing as how this place is brimming with talent though, I'm confident I'll hear some great auditions.
One-time role: Gimp commander, Gimp squad members (think Power Rangers meets GI Joe for an over the top military speak parody)
Gimp commander: Listen up men, who are we?
Gimp squad: Gimp squad, sir!
Gimp commander: What is our mission?
Gimp squad: To kick ass and remain fabulous!
Gimp commander: Exactly! Now move out!
One-time role: Omni-rod enthusiast
Enthusiast (like well, an enthusiast of omni-fishing-rods): Wow, how did you get the latest, superspecial invisible omni-rod!
Lazy: Money?
Enthusiast (dumbfounded admiring (as he doesn't have this awesome thing called 'money') in a humorous fashion): Wow, you're so lucky.
One-time roles: C-sec officer #1 and C-sec officer #2
Lazy (musing): Today I don’t feel like doing anything, I just want to lay in my…
C-sec officer #1 (stern): Sir, you can’t fish here.
Lazy (slightly mocking): Why not, who are you, the citadel police?
C-sec officer #1 (deadpan): Yes. Yes we are.
C-sec officer #2 (good cop routine): Now if you’ll excuse us, Jack, but we need you to leave.
Lazy (confused): Why does everyone keep calling me that? I’m…
C-sec officer #1 (very threatening in a comical way): Are you saying you took the identity of Jack Harper and somehow fooled all our biometric scans? After cleaning out your account?
Lazy (shoddy acting): No, no not at all…
C-sec officer #2 (good cop again): Then, mister Harper, I would like to ask you to leave. And let us confiscate that fishing rod. Where did you get one anyway?
Lazy (shrugging): What can I say, I’m L… I mean Jack Harper.
C-sec officer #1 (uncaring): Whatever, go somewhere else, it’s almost the end of my shift.
One-time role: Bartender.
Bartender (bluntly): Pick your poison.
Lazy (confidently, yet missing the point): Yeah, that’d be a good one to start. I can handle everything.
Bartender: *shrugs* If you say so, have one of these.
One-time role: Garrus (impersonated); this includes doing your own voice modulation to get the Garrus Vakarian voice.
Garrus: Could you show me to the bathroom.
One-time role: Mercenary #1.
Mercenary #1: Would I be standing here if I were?
Lazy: Good point… *suddenly goes all shifty-eyed* Unless that’s what you want people to think.
Mercenary #1: Do you need a bullet to shut it?
Lazy: Déjà… *look from the mercenary* Going.
One-time roles: Cerberus Trooper #1 and Cerberus Trooper #2
Cerberus Trooper #1: Phenton Phase, surrender now. We have orders to bring you in at any cost.
Lazy (stating the obvious): Was there something you forgot to mention?
Cerberus Trooper #2: Wait a minute, that’s Lazy, he’s even more valuable!
Phenton Phase (dry): I could ask you the same question.
Note: Any machinima actors are also welcome, as are people with other certain skills (to be able to machinima act for the series requires owning one or more of the games and downloading Bandicam to record things in the games I can't).
Any audio-only format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker and has a decent size for its length will be accepted, though be sure the quality is high enough, otherwise we can’t hear how good you are.
Send your audition along with your forum name to: InventorOfTheBizarreProductions@hotmail.com (and please mention what forum you're from and with what name you wish to be credited).
Deadline: 25th of March. Your auditions, if you are accepted, also count as your actual lines for the episode, because of the one-time nature.
Think this is some rookie's very bad mass effect parody? Think again!
Well, if you compare it to the professionally made games... that's not really fair, is it?
Note: Wow, lots of extras I've got planned for the next four episodes... The deadline is extended for the even later roles, but make no mistake: if your audition is only so-so and you're the only auditionee... You're not hired and I rather do the line myself. Seeing as how this place is brimming with talent though, I'm confident I'll hear some great auditions.
One-time role: Omni-rod enthusiast
Enthusiast (like well, an enthusiast of omni-fishing-rods): Wow, how did you get the latest, superspecial invisible omni-rod!
Lazy: Money?
Enthusiast (dumbfounded admiring (as he doesn't have this awesome thing called 'money') in a humorous fashion): Wow, you're so lucky.
One-time roles: C-sec officer #1 and C-sec officer #2
Lazy (musing): Today I don’t feel like doing anything, I just want to lay in my…
C-sec officer #1 (stern): Sir, you can’t fish here.
Lazy (slightly mocking): Why not, who are you, the citadel police?
C-sec officer #1 (deadpan): Yes. Yes we are.
C-sec officer #2 (good cop routine): Now if you’ll excuse us, Jack, but we need you to leave.
Lazy (confused): Why does everyone keep calling me that? I’m…
C-sec officer #1 (very threatening in a comical way): Are you saying you took the identity of Jack Harper and somehow fooled all our biometric scans? After cleaning out your account?
Lazy (shoddy acting): No, no not at all…
C-sec officer #2 (good cop again): Then, mister Harper, I would like to ask you to leave. And let us confiscate that fishing rod. Where did you get one anyway?
Lazy (shrugging): What can I say, I’m L… I mean Jack Harper.
C-sec officer #1 (uncaring): Whatever, go somewhere else, it’s almost the end of my shift.
One-time role: Bartender.
Bartender (bluntly): Pick your poison.
Lazy (confidently, yet missing the point): Yeah, that’d be a good one to start. I can handle everything.
Bartender: *shrugs* If you say so, have one of these.
One-time role: Garrus (impersonated); this includes doing your own voice modulation to get the Garrus Vakarian voice.
Garrus: Could you show me to the bathroom.
One-time role: Mercenary #1.
Mercenary #1: Would I be standing here if I were?
Lazy: Good point… *suddenly goes all shifty-eyed* Unless that’s what you want people to think.
Mercenary #1: Do you need a bullet to shut it?
Lazy: Déjà… *look from the mercenary* Going.
One-time roles: Cerberus Trooper #1 and Cerberus Trooper #2
Cerberus Trooper #1: Phenton Phase, surrender now. We have orders to bring you in at any cost.
Lazy (stating the obvious): Was there something you forgot to mention?
Cerberus Trooper #2: Wait a minute, that’s Lazy, he’s even more valuable!
Phenton Phase (dry): I could ask you the same question.
Note: Any machinima actors are also welcome, as are people with other certain skills (to be able to machinima act for the series requires owning one or more of the games and downloading Bandicam to record things in the games I can't).
Any audio-only format that can be used in Windows Movie Maker and has a decent size for its length will be accepted, though be sure the quality is high enough, otherwise we can’t hear how good you are.
Send your audition along with your forum name to: InventorOfTheBizarreProductions@hotmail.com (and please mention what forum you're from and with what name you wish to be credited).
Deadline: 7th of April. Your auditions, if you are accepted, also count as your actual lines for the episode, because of the one-time nature.
Episode 09, the best episode so far! Featuring this forum's very own SDW as Kiri AND Naeli, doing a superb job and being the critic who always pushes me to make the series better:p Thank you.
Meanwhile, take a look at some new side roles that are coming up in the first post.
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