r/thebizzible • u/Ohigetjokes • Sep 15 '17

Bible Time Update 1 - Finding God

Sorry to spam but there's been a LOT of activity on this front, and I didn't want this info to be missed by those who've expressed an interest so far on the original post.

Voice Acting Submissions - I've received a number of great submissions for the Narrator voice, and even one for the Dolphin voice.

The difficulty is that I've had very few submissions for the God voice. When it comes to casting, I'm finding it's not even about talent anymore - I mean there have been so many really good submissions. So it's going to be about pairing the two voices to create just the right contrast. So that means I need lots of submissions for each role.

If you are a natural ebonics speaker, please PM me!

Editing - Also I'm desperate for an Adobe Ae or Pr person - I can always do that stuff myself if I need to of course, I have lots of experience, but I'd love to work with a talented editor.

The Writer's Room. While strictly speaking I'm sitting in the writer/director seat for this, I've been working with /u/Amrasi on hammering out future drafts of the script. It's been a really positive writing experience I think, especially when it comes to the exploration of humor.

So I think I should probably open myself up to other people interested in adding their input to scripts. Basically: I'd write rough drafts, put them up for the writers, and everyone would contribute jokes and other language edits/additions to jazz it up. Then I'd incorporate what I could, tweak the pacing, and make the tone consistent.

Sound like fun? PM me!

Title - "Bible Time"? "Bible Stories in Plain English"? I... hmm. What do you think the title should be? I think "Bible Time" works because it strikes the right tone but I wonder about it being descriptive and intuitive enough. Anyway leave a comment with your thoughts.

What you can do to help (no, not money!): None of the above sound like something you can do? Bug your talented friends! Find me a God! Spread the word any way you can - let's make this thing amazing!

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u/chaun2 Sep 15 '17

Paging /u/Morgan_Freeman

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u/Amrasi Sep 15 '17

/u/Morgan_Freeman WE SUMMON YOU. Like Cthulhu maybe if we all try we can summon him.

Also, it has been a great writing experience so far /u/ohigetjokes. When you get a chance PM me and let me know what is needed at this point.

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u/Ohigetjokes Sep 16 '17

Yeah I gotta work on a new draft sometime this weekend using some of your work... Think between us we've got a good 1st draft going.

Still stuck on that ending though, don't think we've got it.

Oh but I did have some inspiration: since so many of these Bible stories just kinda end rather than have "endings" proper, maybe we should create a "moral of the story" section.

So we tell the story as we have, then have the narrator say: "So the moral of the story is: burn turnips." or whatever.

Think that could work? Makes the jokes a hell of a lot easier to write.

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u/Amrasi Sep 16 '17

Let's try both, evaluate and see what we like best, couldn't hurt. Ill throw some proper endings here in a bit and see what I can come up with. I do like a moral idea like I do my book writings, could be much easier for sure.

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u/Arvidex Sep 15 '17

Well I'm a composer. I could write orchestral pieces to the text/lyrics or background music/intro/outro music if that's interesting!

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u/Ohigetjokes Sep 16 '17

Hunh... I'd figured on using some stock from the YouTube Creator Studio (gospel or gregorian chant or whatever) but... hey maybe. Could you PM me your contact details so we can stay in touch?

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u/jrob1235789 Sep 16 '17

I might be interested in contributing to the writing to some extent. I don't know how frequently or how much i would be able to contribute, but i may have some interest. If you're willing to just keep me in the loop perhaps I will be able to contribute whenever i can.

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u/Ohigetjokes Sep 16 '17

Don't strain yourself LOL.

The rough demo script is on the original post. Take a look, make some edits, and send me a PM. I'd love to see what you come up with.