NYS OLA CAMPAIGN (VO PSA)- RUSH CASTING: NON-UNION VOICE-OVER

*STILL SEEKING VO TALENT BELOW. PLEASE DO NOT RESUBMIT IF YOU ALREADY RECORDED.

**SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOUND BELOW

***DEADLINE TO SUBMIT SELF-RECORD: 1 pm EST, Monday 8/14/23

NON-UNION PSA (VO)

Project Name: NYS Language Access Awareness Campaign
Client: NYS Office of Language Access
Producer/Director: Christa Calcari
Production Company: NYS Media Services
Casting Director: Johanna Tacadena, CSA
Casting Assistant: Julianna Austin
Record Date: Week of 8/14 (date tbd)
Location: remote recording
Usage: socials + website (full buyout, in perpetuity)
Rate: $800/session + $300 buyout + 10% talent agency fee

STORYLINE:
This campaign promotes the new NYS Language Access Law and the Office of Language Access, which oversees the law, to inform New Yorkers with limited English proficiency of their right to receive language services. The campaign will be presented in the top NYS languages.

Please only submit if you have native or near-native fluency in one of the below languages, and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language.

SEEKING:

[CHINESE MANDARIN VO ARTIST]
25 to 55 years old, any gender. Seeking seasoned VO artist, nuanced with range, MUST BE FLUENT in Chinese Mandarin, has native or near-native fluency and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language. 1 script, 6 versions- :30, :15, :10, :06, :06. There will be an English version (for casting purposes only) as well as the Chinese Mandarin script (vetted by the language experts). Remote recording. ONLY CLEAN, RAW FILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL TERMS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.

[HAITIAN CREOLE VO ARTIST]
25 to 55 years old, any gender. Seeking seasoned, VO artist, nuanced with range, MUST BE FLUENT in Haitian Creole, has native or near-native fluency and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language. 1 script, 6 versions- :30, :15, :10, :06, :06. There will be an English version (for casting purposes only) as well as the Haitian Creole script (vetted by the language experts). Remote recording. ONLY CLEAN, RAW FILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL TERMS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.

[KOREAN VO ARTIST]
25 to 55 years old, any gender. Seeking seasoned VO artist, nuanced with range, MUST BE FLUENT in Korean, has native or near-native fluency and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language. 1 script, 6 versions- :30, :15, :10, :06, :06. There will be an English script (for audition purposes only) as well as the Korean script (vetted by the language experts). Remote recording. ONLY CLEAN, RAW FILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL TERMS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.

[YIDDISH VO ARTIST]
25 to 55 years old, any gender. Seeking seasoned VO artist, nuanced with range, MUST BE FLUENT in Yiddish, has native or near-native fluency and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language. 1 script, 6 versions- :30, :15, :10, :06, :06. There will be an English script (for audition purposes only) as well as the Yiddish script (vetted by the language experts). Remote recording. ONLY CLEAN, RAW FILES WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL TERMS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE.

3. Submit a minimum of three separate audio files (English script for casting purposes only), two different reads as directed below and one or more scripts that you are fluent in.

a. ENGLISH, TAKE 1 – conversational, natural and personable with warm and friendly tones
b. ENGLISH, TAKE 2 – spokesperson, effortlessly confident as the expert on the subject matter
c. SCRIPT(S) IN YOUR SPECIFIC LANGUAGE(S) (to be vetted by language specialists) – conversational, natural and personable with warm and friendly tones. You must have native or near-native fluency and enunciation/pronunciation that can be widely and easily understood by native speakers of that language.

4. SLATE YOUR NAME ONLY before each take. Please do not record any contact info as doing so will render your audition unusable.

5. Please separately note the following info:

a. representative name, email and phone number
b. location base and time zone
c. confirm availability for the week 8/14 and specify any conflicts
d. confirm that you have free access to a pro studio.
e. confirm that your recording studio for both the audition and booked session (if chosen) will be the same location. Please note, this is mandatory for audio quality continuity.

6. Label files:
a. OLA_English Take 1_Full Name
b. OLA_English Take 2_Full Name
c. OLA_Specify Language_ Full Name
d. repeat (c) if submibng for more than one language

7. Include your materials (headshot, resume and reels, if available).