Double Zeta Update 5/30/13: Robot Carnival Project

Time for an update on the Double Zeta site!

While I do have video reviews planned, including more Late Night Humor and Hitch Plays, there's one big project I want to work on and it mixes into my college work.

One of my classes in college was Scriptwriting II, where I wrote a late of material for the purposes of using them later down the road. If you want a current example of my writing check out my short Penny, which was written and directed by me. But the second biggest project I'm proud of that came from the class was my adaptation script.

The assignment was to write a 15 page script based around a short story or a short film. The twist on the project was we could not recreate the story in script format, and it was demanded that we make changes to the story and not follow the story beat per beat. Being the dork that I am, I picked the animated short, Starlight Angel from the movie, Robot Carnival.

If you haven't seen it, take ten minutes and watch it.



The biggest change I made was that I added dialog. I also made some changes in the ending, which I'm currently keeping to myself. Outside of that, its pretty much the same story about a girl falling in love with a robot at an amusement park.

The final draft I turned in to the class and presented was well received and I was mostly marked off for my grammar and spelling. More importantly though, I am extremely proud of this piece and I want to display it on my website as further example of my writing ability.

Well here's the problem. I don't want to post my scripts online. I don't like the idea of posting my professionally written scripts and someone using it to taking credit for my work. If they asked me about it, I'd talk, but very little people on the internet ask permission for things that aren't their's.

So my work around not putting up the script is to make a video using the script, and this is where I need help.

I HAVE LITTLE CONNECTIONS TO VOICE ACTORS

I have some friends who might be willing to help out with the project, but I would like to search outside my normal circle to get help on this one.  So I'm putting this out there.

If anyone is interested in helping me with some voice work, please contact me via e-mail at cjhitchcock@doublezetaproductions.com

What do you get out of it?

Simply put, I have no money and the best I can offer is letting those who help me with this project use the final product in any way they see fit after its posted. So let's say your an up and coming voice actor, and your building your demo real to present to FUNimation for that upcoming audition for the role of Ranma in their new redub of the series (a guy can dream can't he?). Well if you work for me, you are more than welcome to use the audio and video (your choice which you wanna use) from this project in your demo real. Also if you want to use me as a reference, go for it. I'm all about helping people who help me out and this is the best way I know how I can help. Again if you can think of something else, hit me up on my e-mail and we'll talk.

What am I looking for?

There are 6 parts I'm looking to fill. They are:
Allison - A shy 16 year old girl
Molly - A 16 year old tomboy (Female)
R.O.B. - The charming 16 year old male robot (with both robotic and human voices)
Child 01 - A young bratty child
Announcer - The booming voice that rings over the park
Fred - The sleazeball ex-boyfriend

If your interested in a part, please contact me telling me which part your interested in, along with an example of your voice work, and I'll contact you.

Is There a Deadline?

As of right now, no. I'm not sure how many responses I'll get from this, but I'll keep this blog and my twitter updated on where I'm at with the project.

What will the script look like?

Here's a pic, and I'll send all those interested the whole file via e-mail

This is a big project and if this goes well, I'd like to try something similar with another series of scripts I have.

Anyhow, thank you for your time and please feel free to contact me.