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BPI is producing a short video and a short audio presentation for a low budget museum exhibit. We need several voices to read for different characters. Each character has just a little passage to read (see 1 of 2 scripts below). The characters are from different parts of the country, during the Great Depression. Between the two scripts, there are 11 male characters and only 1 female voice.
Because the budget is limited and each character's part is so short (only 3 or 4 sentences each), we're looking for talent that can do more than one voice and/or more than one regional accent. The character voices are not cartoon voices, but rather real people. And, regional accents should not be over-the-top, but rather more natural and subtle.
The rate BPI is able to pay will depend on how many voices each talent is able to perform.
Below is one complete script, titled "Looking For Work." [The second script, not provided here, contains voices of the workmen and foreman during the construction of the Hoover Dam, during the Great Depression.]
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SCRIPT #1 -- "Looking For Work"
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
In 1929 the stock market crashed hard, plunging the nation into the Great Depression. Now, less than a year after “Black Tuesday”, the government announces plans to build an enormous dam in the Nevada desert. Desperate for work, thousands of men, women, and children, from all walks of life, make the grueling cross-country migration to a broken down railroad stop in the middle of nowhere - Las Vegas.
Photographer (from Northeast, perhaps Boston or New York -- subtle accent):
I was a news photographer before the country fell flat on its back, belly up. The press made an announcement that the government was going to build the largest dam in the world. So I bought a car for $75, and took off for Las Vegas.”
Farmer (from the Oklahoma dust-bowl):
The drought just didn't seem to want to end. You can't survive farmin' dry dirt, so I just up and left with my family in tow. Left the land my daddy and granddaddy worked. We've never worked construction before, but I ain't afraid of workin' hard and neither are they. Before long we may just be able to get a place we can call our own again.
Job Seeker (African American man from the East):
All I've ever done is blow a horn in a dance band. But people can't afford to dance no more but I've still got to eat. So, here I am, trading my horn for a shovel. I don't have a family but I've still gotta have a job. Hey, I'll just start digging right here and now if they want me to.
Job Seeker/Family Man: (region not specified)
I brought my family here 'cause there were supposed to be jobs building a dam. Turns out that work won't start for a year or more. So we wait. We ALL wait. We make do with our tents and what little we can scrape together to eat. We're the lucky ones, though. There's some folks that don't even have a tent. They're just out there in that blasted desert.
Wife of a Job Seeker: (from rural Illinois -- subtle mid-west accent)
I'm not feelin' settled in this Nevada desert. We came from Illinois where we were poor, but it was green and you could get by on old vegetables left in the fields. Now, everywhere I look it's nothin' but brown… dirt and rock. You can smell and taste the grit when the wind gets to blowin'. There's supposed to be a job for my husband when they start to build that dam. I hope we can last that long. This place will either kill us or save us.
Employment office worker: (region not specified -- likely Nevada area)
On March 11, 1931, Six Companies Incorporated was hired to build the dam. Almost immediately, hordes of men, desperate men from around the country filled the employment office. On top of that, in the first three weeks we received 12,000 letters of inquiry from men looking for work. It's hard to say Yes to some and No to others, but that's just life, even when times are hard.
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
Construction finally began in 1931. In just over five years, thousands of strong, hardworking men erected this marvel of engineering and the human spirit - the Hoover Dam.
Sep 30, 2005 13:46:18 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Oct 20, 2005 00:00:00 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) No (click here to learn more about
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0 direct invitation(s) have been sent by the voice seeker resulting in 0 audition(s) and/or proposal(s) so far.
Because the budget is limited and each character's part is so short (only 3 or 4 sentences each), we're looking for talent that can do more than one voice and/or more than one regional accent. The character voices are not cartoon voices, but rather real people. And, regional accents should not be over-the-top, but rather more natural and subtle.
The rate BPI is able to pay will depend on how many voices each talent is able to perform.
Below is one complete script, titled "Looking For Work." [The second script, not provided here, contains voices of the workmen and foreman during the construction of the Hoover Dam, during the Great Depression.]
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SCRIPT #1 -- "Looking For Work"
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
In 1929 the stock market crashed hard, plunging the nation into the Great Depression. Now, less than a year after “Black Tuesday”, the government announces plans to build an enormous dam in the Nevada desert. Desperate for work, thousands of men, women, and children, from all walks of life, make the grueling cross-country migration to a broken down railroad stop in the middle of nowhere - Las Vegas.
Photographer (from Northeast, perhaps Boston or New York -- subtle accent):
I was a news photographer before the country fell flat on its back, belly up. The press made an announcement that the government was going to build the largest dam in the world. So I bought a car for $75, and took off for Las Vegas.”
Farmer (from the Oklahoma dust-bowl):
The drought just didn't seem to want to end. You can't survive farmin' dry dirt, so I just up and left with my family in tow. Left the land my daddy and granddaddy worked. We've never worked construction before, but I ain't afraid of workin' hard and neither are they. Before long we may just be able to get a place we can call our own again.
Job Seeker (African American man from the East):
All I've ever done is blow a horn in a dance band. But people can't afford to dance no more but I've still got to eat. So, here I am, trading my horn for a shovel. I don't have a family but I've still gotta have a job. Hey, I'll just start digging right here and now if they want me to.
Job Seeker/Family Man: (region not specified)
I brought my family here 'cause there were supposed to be jobs building a dam. Turns out that work won't start for a year or more. So we wait. We ALL wait. We make do with our tents and what little we can scrape together to eat. We're the lucky ones, though. There's some folks that don't even have a tent. They're just out there in that blasted desert.
Wife of a Job Seeker: (from rural Illinois -- subtle mid-west accent)
I'm not feelin' settled in this Nevada desert. We came from Illinois where we were poor, but it was green and you could get by on old vegetables left in the fields. Now, everywhere I look it's nothin' but brown… dirt and rock. You can smell and taste the grit when the wind gets to blowin'. There's supposed to be a job for my husband when they start to build that dam. I hope we can last that long. This place will either kill us or save us.
Employment office worker: (region not specified -- likely Nevada area)
On March 11, 1931, Six Companies Incorporated was hired to build the dam. Almost immediately, hordes of men, desperate men from around the country filled the employment office. On top of that, in the first three weeks we received 12,000 letters of inquiry from men looking for work. It's hard to say Yes to some and No to others, but that's just life, even when times are hard.
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
Construction finally began in 1931. In just over five years, thousands of strong, hardworking men erected this marvel of engineering and the human spirit - the Hoover Dam.
Sep 30, 2005 13:46:18 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Oct 20, 2005 00:00:00 (GMT -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) No (click here to learn more about
)
Closed
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94
0 direct invitation(s) have been sent by the voice seeker resulting in 0 audition(s) and/or proposal(s) so far.
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SCRIPT #1 -- "Looking For Work"
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
In 1929 the stock market crashed hard, plunging the nation into the Great Depression. Now, less than a year after “Black Tuesday”, the government announces plans to build an enormous dam in the Nevada desert. Desperate for work, thousands of men, women, and children, from all walks of life, make the grueling cross-country migration to a broken down railroad stop in the middle of nowhere - Las Vegas.
Photographer (from Northeast, perhaps Boston or New York -- subtle accent):
I was a news photographer before the country fell flat on its back, belly up. The press made an announcement that the government was going to build the largest dam in the world. So I bought a car for $75, and took off for Las Vegas.”
Farmer (from the Oklahoma dust-bowl):
The drought just didn't seem to want to end. You can't survive farmin' dry dirt, so I just up and left with my family in tow. Left the land my daddy and granddaddy worked. We've never worked construction before, but I ain't afraid of workin' hard and neither are they. Before long we may just be able to get a place we can call our own again.
Job Seeker (African American man from the East):
All I've ever done is blow a horn in a dance band. But people can't afford to dance no more but I've still got to eat. So, here I am, trading my horn for a shovel. I don't have a family but I've still gotta have a job. Hey, I'll just start digging right here and now if they want me to.
Job Seeker/Family Man: (region not specified)
I brought my family here 'cause there were supposed to be jobs building a dam. Turns out that work won't start for a year or more. So we wait. We ALL wait. We make do with our tents and what little we can scrape together to eat. We're the lucky ones, though. There's some folks that don't even have a tent. They're just out there in that blasted desert.
Wife of a Job Seeker: (from rural Illinois -- subtle mid-west accent)
I'm not feelin' settled in this Nevada desert. We came from Illinois where we were poor, but it was green and you could get by on old vegetables left in the fields. Now, everywhere I look it's nothin' but brown… dirt and rock. You can smell and taste the grit when the wind gets to blowin'. There's supposed to be a job for my husband when they start to build that dam. I hope we can last that long. This place will either kill us or save us.
Employment office worker: (region not specified -- likely Nevada area)
On March 11, 1931, Six Companies Incorporated was hired to build the dam. Almost immediately, hordes of men, desperate men from around the country filled the employment office. On top of that, in the first three weeks we received 12,000 letters of inquiry from men looking for work. It's hard to say Yes to some and No to others, but that's just life, even when times are hard.
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
Construction finally began in 1931. In just over five years, thousands of strong, hardworking men erected this marvel of engineering and the human spirit - the Hoover Dam.
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
In 1929 the stock market crashed hard, plunging the nation into the Great Depression. Now, less than a year after “Black Tuesday”, the government announces plans to build an enormous dam in the Nevada desert. Desperate for work, thousands of men, women, and children, from all walks of life, make the grueling cross-country migration to a broken down railroad stop in the middle of nowhere - Las Vegas.
Photographer (from Northeast, perhaps Boston or New York -- subtle accent):
I was a news photographer before the country fell flat on its back, belly up. The press made an announcement that the government was going to build the largest dam in the world. So I bought a car for $75, and took off for Las Vegas.”
Farmer (from the Oklahoma dust-bowl):
The drought just didn't seem to want to end. You can't survive farmin' dry dirt, so I just up and left with my family in tow. Left the land my daddy and granddaddy worked. We've never worked construction before, but I ain't afraid of workin' hard and neither are they. Before long we may just be able to get a place we can call our own again.
Job Seeker (African American man from the East):
All I've ever done is blow a horn in a dance band. But people can't afford to dance no more but I've still got to eat. So, here I am, trading my horn for a shovel. I don't have a family but I've still gotta have a job. Hey, I'll just start digging right here and now if they want me to.
Job Seeker/Family Man: (region not specified)
I brought my family here 'cause there were supposed to be jobs building a dam. Turns out that work won't start for a year or more. So we wait. We ALL wait. We make do with our tents and what little we can scrape together to eat. We're the lucky ones, though. There's some folks that don't even have a tent. They're just out there in that blasted desert.
Wife of a Job Seeker: (from rural Illinois -- subtle mid-west accent)
I'm not feelin' settled in this Nevada desert. We came from Illinois where we were poor, but it was green and you could get by on old vegetables left in the fields. Now, everywhere I look it's nothin' but brown… dirt and rock. You can smell and taste the grit when the wind gets to blowin'. There's supposed to be a job for my husband when they start to build that dam. I hope we can last that long. This place will either kill us or save us.
Employment office worker: (region not specified -- likely Nevada area)
On March 11, 1931, Six Companies Incorporated was hired to build the dam. Almost immediately, hordes of men, desperate men from around the country filled the employment office. On top of that, in the first three weeks we received 12,000 letters of inquiry from men looking for work. It's hard to say Yes to some and No to others, but that's just life, even when times are hard.
Newsreel Announcer (in the style of “Movie-Tone News”):
Construction finally began in 1931. In just over five years, thousands of strong, hardworking men erected this marvel of engineering and the human spirit - the Hoover Dam.
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