Sparkholder Media - Fall of Stormcrest Now In Production

For this fine #audiodramasinday we bring you a voice acting tip: don’t stuff your voice in the basement (unless you’re really good at it)!

There’s a longer version on our Patreon (patreon.com/sparkholdermedia) that goes into more detail.

Oh and- The Fall of Stormcrest is in production now! 😤

Hello #voiceactors ! We need more Asian voice actors to audition for some of our supporting roles! We have south, southeast, east, and north Asian roles so please, get your voices in! Most of these require masculine voices OR actors who are comfortable portraying male and masc nonbinary characters ✨

CASTING — ATYPICAL ARTISTS

What's that? We're casting AGAIN? It's true!

We're currently looking for LA-based actors/musicians for our project PHANTOM PULSE, about a 90s rock band that exorcises ghosts with their music. More info on our website! www.atypicalartists.co/casting

Sliding under the wire for #audiodramasunday, we have a new Patreon update! Our voice actors are poised to sweep you off your… ears? Get the whole story- Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

Get more from Sparkholder Media on Patreon audio dramas that spark inspiration

Tomorrow our cast gets together (virtually- they’re all over the globe) for the table read. 🤩

Want to be in on the action before it gets cool? We publish weekly updates on our Patreon- Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

The Fall of Stormcrest- coming this autumn to a platform near you. #audiodramasunday

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Want to follow along with our little one-shot fiction audio drama? There’s no better place to do it than on our Patreon.

Or you can just view the little summaries here on Bluesky. You’ll get the idea at least.

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Not yet, but soon. Today went off the rails so sending notices is now a nighttime project. 🦇

We have our final cast selections.

Notices will be sent to the actors tomorrow/later today (it’s after 1am here).

But for now- sleep, if only so we don’t send out silly mistakes. 😴

The second guessing is real. Too many great options to choose from. 😵‍💫

We have tentative selections for the judges. Casting is hard, y’all.

Next up: reviewing the selections for Hylín and Sir Voxian, just in case they somehow magically became less awesome in the last hour.

Sir Voxian came down to a tie, close enough that we went back to the first audition for more material to compare…

But we have our pick. 😤

Next up: selecting our Judges.

We’ve made our selection for Hylín. We’ll move forward and review the finalists for Sir Voxian next, then come back and listen again to be sure.

But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t crazy excited. This person nailed it. NAILED. IT. 😍

The auditions for the Judges have been sorted according to which one each performance is best suited for. Because even tho the 3 judges don’t have names, they do have distinct personalities.

Next up: final selection for Hylín.

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Sir Voxian is down to the final 8, with a strong favorite. All their auditions will be reviewed again before final selection is made.

A quick break, and then we’re cycling back to the Judges to select the final 3. 🤩

Hylín is now down to the final 9 contenders and I have to go walk around for a minute until the adrenaline subsides. 💀

All of the performances- literally all of them- gave me the anxiety, which is EXACTLY what was supposed to happen. Narrowing these down is painful bc I wish we could cast you all.

Going through the callback auditions for Hylín and the performances are so believable that I can feel my anxiety rising. Noice.👌

Might as well live skeet the process as it gives me an excuse to go stand next to the AC.

The casting pool for the judges has been whittled down to 18 candidates/ 6 potential actors for each available role.

Fun fact: one of the finalists didn’t audition for a judge, but we put them there anyway.

Just so we’re not keeping anyone in suspense: we won’t be announcing the picks right away. Please don’t feel the need to hang on waiting for them! The cast will go public closer to our release date this autumn.

Audition stats: Judges Edition!

723 total auditions b/w the online form and CCC.

Some were discarded due to not following directions. 😔

68 made it to the initial shortlist. There will not be any callbacks- the three judge roles will be chosen tonight, along with Hylín and Sir Voxian. 🤩

The library’s AC is cranking and it’s just *fine* instead of *cold* in here. We’re not built for this in the Midwest. 🫠

But also thank you. 😄

A bald Asian woman wearing studio headphones and a black t shirt and glasses sits in front of a cafe display.

When your usual work space is over 90 with the AC running so you abandon ship and continue sifting through auditions at the local library/café combo.

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When the audition volume is suddenly VERY LOUD.

Voice actors, let’s talk about accents. If you put on an accent for the first three words of an audition line… you really need to keep using it for the rest of them.

That is all. 🙏

A few days late, but we have a public post on our Patreon about our casting process. As a bonus feature, you can hear my kid hollering in the background. I’m hiding from him in my hallway, hence the superior production values. 👌

www.patreon.com/posts/few-wo...

Back from vacation and back to audition reviews! Random observation that there are so many of you with absolutely BEAUTIFUL voices that we could listen to all day. 🥰 (Follow up observation that acting is still what makes or breaks an audition!)

We're not doing feedback at the moment, there's just too many to go through. We may revisit the possibility in the future, tho!

And to all who didn’t this time, please know that there were WAY more people who offered wonderful performances. We just can’t cast everyone!

The judges have yet to be reviewed at this time. We’ll work through that pile over the coming week with intent to announce next Sunday. 🤞

Audition stats- Callback Edition!

Between Hylín and Sir Voxian there were a total of 765 auditions submitted.

36 were invited to do a callback for Sir Voxian, and 35 were invited for Hylín.

Congratulations to all who advanced! (cont. below)

Whittling down the shortlist before sending out callback notices and y’all have made this job so hard 😩🥹

Audition stats: Sir Voxian Edition!

352 total auditions b/w the online form and CCC.

Some (30ish) were discarded due to not following directions. 😔

59 made it to the initial shortlist, which will be whittled down further before callbacks go out.