Voice Actor Audition, Inheritance of Silence
Step 1: Save your info once. Step 2: Record as many roles as you want below.
Step 1, Your Info + Permission (do this once)
Step 2, Record your takes
- Option A (recommended): Use the recorder under each role to Record or Upload a voice memo.
- Option B: Email a voice memo to podcast@careimpact.ca and include your name and email.
- No need to submit anything else. Just don’t delete your recording unless you’re redoing it.
Role 1: Court Dramatization (Lawyer)
Dramatized reading based strictly on Winnipeg Free Press reporting (Nov. 1985).
LAWYER (measured, reading from file):
“Earlier that day, the accused telephoned Mrs. Alcorn. He stated that he was coming by the residence to see the boys.”
A pause. Papers slide. A brief courtroom hush.
“That call is part of the Crown’s evidence regarding the events leading up to the fatal shooting.”
Sound Design: courtroom air, distant paper shuffle, microphone adjusting.
Role 2: News Reporter
Measured newsroom read, like an evening news court recap (not true-crime narration).
REPORTER (measured, newsroom tone):
“From the Court of Queen’s Bench today—
testimony revealed that Eve Alcorn had endured years of violence before the shooting in Lord Roberts.
She told the jury her husband would come home drunk after union meetings, sometimes attacking her,
sometimes forcing himself on her.”
“On January 8th, she said, he left the family home, taking his clothes—and a rifle.
Days later, she told the court, he phoned to say he was thinking of killing both Don Gretsinger and himself.”
Role 3: Police Scanner
Archival-style radio traffic. Procedural, clipped, unemotional.
Police Scanner (archival-style):
“Suspect not on scene. Repeat: suspect not on scene.”
“Three children reported inside the residence.”
“Units en route.”
Role 4: Child (Schoolyard)
A single line. Casual, offhand, unthinking, not acted up.
Child: “Murderer’s kid.”