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I'm definitely interested and am willing to voice whoever. I can give an example of my voice here(I'm the second voice):
Dice Scum, the series.
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I'm definitely interested and am willing to voice whoever. I can give an example of my voice here(I'm the second voice):
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Some things I've been thinking about.
The first episode could be them meeting, or maybe that could be a flashback episode later on, they meet in the games shop, apart from the shut-in who knows Chris from online. It's Aiden's first time DMing, he went to the shop to get a book on it and someone working there (Chris?) suggested he learn by doing, and so roped in everyone in the shop at that point.
If Aiden's stealth how will the audience know he's trans? There could be an awkward bit where someone he knew pre-transition, from school or something, comes to the shop and that's how the group finds out, but the audience should know from the first episode, maybe a conversation with family or something?
The first episode could be them meeting, or maybe that could be a flashback episode later on, they meet in the games shop, apart from the shut-in who knows Chris from online. It's Aiden's first time DMing, he went to the shop to get a book on it and someone working there (Chris?) suggested he learn by doing, and so roped in everyone in the shop at that point.
If Aiden's stealth how will the audience know he's trans? There could be an awkward bit where someone he knew pre-transition, from school or something, comes to the shop and that's how the group finds out, but the audience should know from the first episode, maybe a conversation with family or something?
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Opening scene:
Glowing scene of an unassembled, unpainted model. Almost like some holy light is beaming on a saintly icon. Three of the former basement-dwelling for are all expressing amazement, while you year "Yeaaaaaaaaahhhh..." in a bragging tone.
Circular panning, showing off the four at cardinal points, leaning over the table.
Stephen: Is that...
Aidan: Yes... it is...
Tram: No way...
Aidan: Just came in today...
Chris: ...four initial attacks on....
Aidan (interrupting, annoyedly): Yes, yes, and counter-attacks with two dice if the opponent misses...
Chris (voice creaking from interruption, as he can't handle being cut off): ...may I... may I touch it?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand scene. Quickly introduces the characters, the game that their lives revolve around, and a glimpse at the place they live in.
Then we can do flashbacks for the main characters....
Glowing scene of an unassembled, unpainted model. Almost like some holy light is beaming on a saintly icon. Three of the former basement-dwelling for are all expressing amazement, while you year "Yeaaaaaaaaahhhh..." in a bragging tone.
Circular panning, showing off the four at cardinal points, leaning over the table.
Stephen: Is that...
Aidan: Yes... it is...
Tram: No way...
Aidan: Just came in today...
Chris: ...four initial attacks on....
Aidan (interrupting, annoyedly): Yes, yes, and counter-attacks with two dice if the opponent misses...
Chris (voice creaking from interruption, as he can't handle being cut off): ...may I... may I touch it?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand scene. Quickly introduces the characters, the game that their lives revolve around, and a glimpse at the place they live in.
Then we can do flashbacks for the main characters....
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Hm... you have a preferred character? Because this voice could work with a decent chunk of them. In particular Aidan and Stephen come to mind, since while the former isn't quite done with transitioning yet, they've been on hormones and his voice has deepened. And I mostly envision Stephen's failures with a fairly normal voice. Not really nasally or strange (Chris I imagine would have a slight lisp, or is a bit high pitched. Maybe shades of OPL's voice). Tram can also work fine, since he's third generation Asian-American, so he'd have no noted accent.
As for @Orthodox Chrischanity, I actually like the idea of the webcomic guy having a Euro style accent, mainly thanks to depressing fucks like Thonis and one of my buddies who hails from North Europe. That and it'd also help explain why he uses skype, besides the crippling anxiety.
Hmm, so episode 1 opens with that, and then it cuts to the main four's different lives? That can work. I was thinking showing the four in a daily routine sort of thing, like you see them getting ready to meet for a game, and this being sort of the ending stinger. Like you see their houses and a bit of their day before they come to the decrepit game shop and get ready.
The former is how I'd do it, probably during episode two or something. You see a hint of it in episode one when you see Aidan take hormones at the beginning of his day.
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Yeah, I'm totally down for some concepting and storyboarding! All I need is the script, and maybe some insight on what people want as for looks on the characters.
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Id be happy to voice Aidan or Stephen if you think my voice fits best. I admittedly am better at voicing the "straight man" characters, but I can manage a nerdy weeabo as well. Hmm...
How about this? I'll voice Aiden if we don't manage to find a transman VA(that was part of the reason to make this show, right?) and if we do find someone willing, I'll take Stephen.
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Have Aiden leaving the house to go to the game and a family member show concern?
"Are you sure you're gonna be okay? This is the first time you'll be spending time with people that don't know about your transition..."
Also, if we could avoid the stereotype of "complete rejection by bigoted family" trope, that be awesome. Members of the family can still be a bit uncomfortable with it or not full understand Aiden's reasons for transitioning, but having the family go ultra conservative Christian on the kid has just been done way too often(like Gen Zed).
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@falsely_rendered offered first for Aidan. And I chose Aidan because it was mentioned that that's the stereotypical tucute name for truscum FtMs. And of course, Assigned Male had something to do with that...
As for the "reveal", we can do that, too. Originally I had the idea that they lived in the same apartment, but I like them living separately better, now.
Edited to add: With how this is developing, maybe "Generation Kill Yourself" is better. Or, since people are in school, "Passing Grades". Get it? Passing? Autistic button is down there...
As for the "reveal", we can do that, too. Originally I had the idea that they lived in the same apartment, but I like them living separately better, now.
Edited to add: With how this is developing, maybe "Generation Kill Yourself" is better. Or, since people are in school, "Passing Grades". Get it? Passing? Autistic button is down there...
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My apologies, @SteelPlatedHeart :")
Ah -- my voice is utterly non-passing, so depending on where the writers go, I guess Aidan's VA can be picked... later? Or rather, once the plot's settled and we have a direction to go with these characters. We should probably at least send in test audio clips at some point (and I'll have a jolly time explaining to the folks in the next room what all this racket is about). Might even turn out that my mic is too shitty to work, in which case I'll be out of the running. And if it turns out we need a passing voice, I'll step out while I still can.
... Should probably go test that mic at some point.
Ah -- my voice is utterly non-passing, so depending on where the writers go, I guess Aidan's VA can be picked... later? Or rather, once the plot's settled and we have a direction to go with these characters. We should probably at least send in test audio clips at some point (and I'll have a jolly time explaining to the folks in the next room what all this racket is about). Might even turn out that my mic is too shitty to work, in which case I'll be out of the running. And if it turns out we need a passing voice, I'll step out while I still can.
... Should probably go test that mic at some point.
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No worries, man. I'm cool with voicing whoever.
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Right then, so we have the following on (tentative based on verbal agreement and current info) staff:
As for a name for the show, how about Society's Dregs? Or Citizen Zeroes?
The First Episode's Synopsis so far (I'll do the rest of the synopsis either tomorrow or later in the night. Then I'll script it afterwards. Why? Effort.):
The episode begins by following our four main protagonists waking up and getting ready for their day. Aidan finishes working on some of the homework he was given in one of his classes and gets ready for his first gaming session with new people at the agreed upon place, a book/comic store in a down and out area. His room is similar to many college kid rooms; somewhat sloppy and with some take-out food stacked in the trash bin in his room. There are a couple of nicknacks in the room, mostly involving space and astronomy. Aidan's pride and joy is a rock from the actual moon, along with a replica of a Saturn V Rocket. He accrues the DMing equipment that he owns, including his dice, his folder with notes for a campaign, a wipeaway map, marker, empty character sheets, and a variety of minis in a toolbox he appropriated from his dad, along with a new unpackaged one he was dying to get for weeks. Then he takes a quick shower, all silhouetted of course. Along the way he injects his hormones, being the first real clue in the show that Aidan is FtM, and he has a quick meal with whose left in the house, his father who is on workman's comp after cracking his neck and arm while roofing. His dad and him mostly have some small talk about Aidan's schooling, and get a bit into talking about motorcycles and cars. As Aidan finishes cleaning the dishes and prepares to head out, his dad wishes his son luck, although he slips up a bit and almost calls Aidan his daughter. Aidan laughs it off and accepts his dad's wishes and packs his stuff in a carrying bag on his motorcycle.
Next person that we follow is Stephen, whose room inside a rather nice two story home is a fucking pigsty. Trash is on the floor, plates are piled up with forks, and there is stains in the carpet. The room is done in a mockery of a Japanese sitting room, with a futon, a low slung table, and hanging scrolls of copies of very common subjects in Japanese paintings. In particular is a slightly torn one of the Great Wave of Kanagawa, adorned with twin Wakazashis underneath it in a crossbones style sitting. Stephen gets up from his unmade futon in only his underwear, and curses in very bad Japanese that he'll be late: words should be something like "Kuso! I will be late desu!" in a poor rendition of Domon Kasshu from G-Gundam. He dresses in clothes that look like he wore them previously from the floor, with the Mon of the Uesegi clan on the back and says fuggit to showering, before he pops in a ramen cup into the microwave for a quick and shitty breakfast. His mom comes in notes that he woke up finally, since by this point it's the fucking afternoon. He just says yep, scarfs down his food, complains about how it's not as good as the Ramen they got from that one place (when it was actually a Chinese dish). He then lets his mommy drive him to the game store, even though the mother is concerned with the neighborhood being a bit sketchy.
Next we see Tram, who is enjoying his day off from work by playing a video game on his phone. His room is relatively neat, but small and sparse, with one or two models of buildings built entirely with toothpicks sitting mostly completed. This was possibly either done out of fun or for school, considering you can one or two textbooks on architecture on his desk table. It's a one room studio apartment and in the kitchenette is a small mini fridge and an electric stove. He's already dressed, showered, and ate, and is mostly just killing time until the game is about to start. He finishes playing his phone, puts it away, and walks to a small hindu shrine he has in his living room, chanting a small hymn to watch over the rest of his family that lives on the other side of town, and then walks out of the room, ignoring an argument brewing in the next room over from the occupants of that apartment room. He gets on his bicycle, and rides off.
Lastly is Chris, who is fastidiously finishing the painting of a Lamenter Terminator he was commissioned to do by a person online. His room in the slightly unkempt single story home is actually fairly clean, although it looks more like it should belong to a kid than a man in his twenties. Toys from a variety of series line the shelf of a wall, and some merchandise surrounding kids show are on display. He's regularly mumbling the stats to said unit from Warhammer 40k before his elderly mother tells him his game with his friends will be starting soon. This jolts Chris out of his reverie as he rocks a bit in excitement before calming himself. This has been the first time in a while he was invited to a game, and he memorized the rules for their particular game before hand to make sure it's perfect. He quickly changes out of his pajamas into his clothes, though like Stephen Chris does not clean himself up, ignoring things like stubble and deodorant. He then eats some waffles his mom made beforehand, hugs her, and leaves to drive a car he supped up by painting it kind of like Optimus Prime.
Director
Clusterfuck Anarchy
Producer
Kiwi Farms
Concept Artist/Storyboard
@rookie
Animator:
N/A
Writers:
@Adamska
@Orthodox Chrischanity
Voice Actors:
Aidan: @falsely_rendered / @SteelPlatedHeart (I'm not too picky, I just need to hear voices to either confirm or figure out where to put someone)
Stephen: @SteelPlatedHeart
Tram: N/A (Tram would have a normal voice. It's not like he just came off the boat; his family has lived in the US for three generations since they fled 'nam)
Chris: @Girlfriend-free Boy
Frank: N/A (Older sounding voice preferred. Sounds vaguely stoner-like due to being on a lot of drugs. Minor character)
Max: @Orthodox Chrischanity
Gloria: N/A (Elderly lady who comes off as easy going. Minor Character)
Hayden: N/A (Masculine, but comes off with a childish whine when "she" doesn't get what he wants. If no one takes this one I'll probably do it. I'm good at being a whiny bitch.)
Clusterfuck Anarchy
Producer
Kiwi Farms
Concept Artist/Storyboard
@rookie
Animator:
N/A
Writers:
@Adamska
@Orthodox Chrischanity
Voice Actors:
Aidan: @falsely_rendered / @SteelPlatedHeart (I'm not too picky, I just need to hear voices to either confirm or figure out where to put someone)
Stephen: @SteelPlatedHeart
Tram: N/A (Tram would have a normal voice. It's not like he just came off the boat; his family has lived in the US for three generations since they fled 'nam)
Chris: @Girlfriend-free Boy
Frank: N/A (Older sounding voice preferred. Sounds vaguely stoner-like due to being on a lot of drugs. Minor character)
Max: @Orthodox Chrischanity
Gloria: N/A (Elderly lady who comes off as easy going. Minor Character)
Hayden: N/A (Masculine, but comes off with a childish whine when "she" doesn't get what he wants. If no one takes this one I'll probably do it. I'm good at being a whiny bitch.)
As for a name for the show, how about Society's Dregs? Or Citizen Zeroes?
The First Episode's Synopsis so far (I'll do the rest of the synopsis either tomorrow or later in the night. Then I'll script it afterwards. Why? Effort.):
The episode begins by following our four main protagonists waking up and getting ready for their day. Aidan finishes working on some of the homework he was given in one of his classes and gets ready for his first gaming session with new people at the agreed upon place, a book/comic store in a down and out area. His room is similar to many college kid rooms; somewhat sloppy and with some take-out food stacked in the trash bin in his room. There are a couple of nicknacks in the room, mostly involving space and astronomy. Aidan's pride and joy is a rock from the actual moon, along with a replica of a Saturn V Rocket. He accrues the DMing equipment that he owns, including his dice, his folder with notes for a campaign, a wipeaway map, marker, empty character sheets, and a variety of minis in a toolbox he appropriated from his dad, along with a new unpackaged one he was dying to get for weeks. Then he takes a quick shower, all silhouetted of course. Along the way he injects his hormones, being the first real clue in the show that Aidan is FtM, and he has a quick meal with whose left in the house, his father who is on workman's comp after cracking his neck and arm while roofing. His dad and him mostly have some small talk about Aidan's schooling, and get a bit into talking about motorcycles and cars. As Aidan finishes cleaning the dishes and prepares to head out, his dad wishes his son luck, although he slips up a bit and almost calls Aidan his daughter. Aidan laughs it off and accepts his dad's wishes and packs his stuff in a carrying bag on his motorcycle.
Next person that we follow is Stephen, whose room inside a rather nice two story home is a fucking pigsty. Trash is on the floor, plates are piled up with forks, and there is stains in the carpet. The room is done in a mockery of a Japanese sitting room, with a futon, a low slung table, and hanging scrolls of copies of very common subjects in Japanese paintings. In particular is a slightly torn one of the Great Wave of Kanagawa, adorned with twin Wakazashis underneath it in a crossbones style sitting. Stephen gets up from his unmade futon in only his underwear, and curses in very bad Japanese that he'll be late: words should be something like "Kuso! I will be late desu!" in a poor rendition of Domon Kasshu from G-Gundam. He dresses in clothes that look like he wore them previously from the floor, with the Mon of the Uesegi clan on the back and says fuggit to showering, before he pops in a ramen cup into the microwave for a quick and shitty breakfast. His mom comes in notes that he woke up finally, since by this point it's the fucking afternoon. He just says yep, scarfs down his food, complains about how it's not as good as the Ramen they got from that one place (when it was actually a Chinese dish). He then lets his mommy drive him to the game store, even though the mother is concerned with the neighborhood being a bit sketchy.
Next we see Tram, who is enjoying his day off from work by playing a video game on his phone. His room is relatively neat, but small and sparse, with one or two models of buildings built entirely with toothpicks sitting mostly completed. This was possibly either done out of fun or for school, considering you can one or two textbooks on architecture on his desk table. It's a one room studio apartment and in the kitchenette is a small mini fridge and an electric stove. He's already dressed, showered, and ate, and is mostly just killing time until the game is about to start. He finishes playing his phone, puts it away, and walks to a small hindu shrine he has in his living room, chanting a small hymn to watch over the rest of his family that lives on the other side of town, and then walks out of the room, ignoring an argument brewing in the next room over from the occupants of that apartment room. He gets on his bicycle, and rides off.
Lastly is Chris, who is fastidiously finishing the painting of a Lamenter Terminator he was commissioned to do by a person online. His room in the slightly unkempt single story home is actually fairly clean, although it looks more like it should belong to a kid than a man in his twenties. Toys from a variety of series line the shelf of a wall, and some merchandise surrounding kids show are on display. He's regularly mumbling the stats to said unit from Warhammer 40k before his elderly mother tells him his game with his friends will be starting soon. This jolts Chris out of his reverie as he rocks a bit in excitement before calming himself. This has been the first time in a while he was invited to a game, and he memorized the rules for their particular game before hand to make sure it's perfect. He quickly changes out of his pajamas into his clothes, though like Stephen Chris does not clean himself up, ignoring things like stubble and deodorant. He then eats some waffles his mom made beforehand, hugs her, and leaves to drive a car he supped up by painting it kind of like Optimus Prime.
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The European shut in guy could have a stereotypically foreign sounding name, considering he's essentially a parody of Quilliam
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Some names for the guy: Danil, Kuba, Ruslan, Egor, Kirill, Marcin, Stelios, Konstantinos
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Some names for the guy: Danil, Kuba, Ruslan, Egor, Kirill, Marcin, Stelios, Konstantinos
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Sounds good, minor point though, testosterone is injected, it doesn't come in pill form.
I'm up for voicing whoever, though I am FtM if we're looking to do the trans actor thing.
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Noted. Let me change it to injected. And I'm perfectly okay with people trying out for characters. I just need to hear samples of their voices typically to figure out who'd fit what.
I went with Max, which is short for Maximilian. I was thinking German due to @Orthodox Chrischanity having a Viennese accent.
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That'd be nice actually.
I plan on working on all the scripts for the season (which to honor the base series will be based on the British notion, so seven episodes) before we get to the story boarding and animating. Episode length... about 5 minutes or so. Mainly because it takes a lot of frames to animate even a single minute with smooth frames (1,440 at 24fps), let alone writing and lines.
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If we're aiming for 5 min episodes, maybe those character intros should be like side or mini-eps. Each main character has like their own short into video, so that way we don't have to bog down the first episodes with introducing everyone.
Also, Stephen would totally be the guy to eat toast with every meal just to do the "run with toast in mouth" trope for when he's late.
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I'm feeling kinda useless. I'm very good at proofreading-not writing or editing jokes, no, but minor typos.
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I got an idea for an opening/short. They're playing a GURPS-type "real life" game where they're DEA agents on the trail of a cartel drug ring. They've infiltrated the warehouse that's connected to a cross-boarder tunnel. Things are tense as they relay the information to the assault team going in. And then the cartel gunmen start heading towards their position, guns drawn.
And then Stephen (who's character looks like some animu bishi ninja, in contrast to all the other guys in TAC gear), rushes out of cover, directly towards the ruthless cartel gunmen, waving his katana.
Aiden: "....what?"
Stephen: "What do you mean what? I'm going to take them out with my stealth ninja tactics."
Aiden: "...You do know that they can see you and that they have guns, right?"
Stephen: "That's why I'm doing gymnastics and shit, I'm dodging their line of fire! They can't hit me!"
Aiden: "...."
(Sound of dice rolling)
Auden: "Okay, not only did your spectacular show of gymnastics fail to distract the cartel gunmen, it causes you to inpale yourself with your katana."
Stephen: "THAT'S BULLSHIT!"
(Sound of dice)
Aiden: "The cartel gunmen don't miss, and they inflict..."
(Sound of dice)
Aiden: "Oh, wow. Enough damage that your character has been reduced to a, quote, 'hamburger slushy'"
Stephen: "THAT'S COMPLETE BULLSHIT THAT'S NOT FAIR WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU RACIST AGAINST JAPAN YOU ASSHOLE!"
(Sound of Stephen flipping over the table and spazzing out)
Also, there needs to be an episode where the Vietnam Vet plays a Call of Duty spoof, starts having a flashback, and drives off in a hijacked Prius. The gang has to track him down and drag him out of the McDonalds PlayPlace he's using as a fortress.