❀ Q - (Not part of the survey) Would you like your answers to be credited (if so, to what username?) or would you like to remain anonymous? ❀ A - You can credit me as @pitifuleternal !! ❀ Q - How long have you been voice acting? ❀ A - I've been doing VA stuff on Scratch for about 4 months and 2 weeks (2025-11-27). My very first audition was for a Warriors comic called "The Cursed One" , in which i secured my first role. I've been gradually improving since imho ❀ Q - How do you most frequently find a series to audition for? ❀ A - Usually when looking for auditions, i'll skim through some studios dedicated to such things, (i.e: Open Voice Auditions Studio) ❀ Q - What makes you choose to click a casting call? ❀ A - A good thumbnail, usually. You can usually tell if a casting call is high quality based off a quick skim of the thumbnail and description. ❀ Q - After viewing a casting call, what makes you decide whether or not you want to audition for it? ❀ A - A multitude of things, kind of extends from my last point. It is Scratch afterall, and you're going to run into alot of projects that are uh. Subpar, tbf. I'll usually audition for something if the voice descriptions are detailed, and the lines aren't totally ridiculous. Good artwork and a well thought-out description also plays a part. ❀ Q - What is something (or multiple things) that will make you immediately choose not to audition for something? ❀ A - If the host is actively begging people to audition, spamming invites out to people, or casts people long before they've got enough auditions to fill all the roles in; those are usually big nonos, for me. Beyond that, i may also just not audition if it doesn't particularly interest me. ❀ Q - What component(s) make a casting call (not someone’s audition) high quality? ❀ A - Good voice descriptions, detailed description (Instructions/Notes & Credits), visual representation of the characters, aswell as gender, age range, ect. The more information we get the better tbh, makes it feel less like a stab in the dark. ❀ Q - What do you like to know about a series you’re considering auditioning for? ❀ A - I don't tend to look too much into things i audition for, unless they're major; but to me it's pretty important to know how long the series will be spanning, and just like.. a general idea, of the themes, maybe? ❀ Q - Do you like to have a visual of the characters? ❀ A - Yes, yes yes yes. Absolutely; it matters so much for voice acting. Si. ❀ Q - What is important to include in a character’s voice description? ❀ A - Pitch, demeanour, personality, rough age range, masc/fem voice, that sort of thing. It's good to reference existing voices as reference, aswell. ❀ Q - What’s your favorite kind of character to voice act or audition for? ❀ A - Hard to tell, though what i will say, is that it's pretty relieving when i'm able to be casted for a role with my natural Scottish accent. I play Foxstream (TCO) and Charon (FLEUR), both very old scottish guys. So, i suppose there's your answer? Elderly scots? I'm deadd ❀ Q - What should a casting call include? ❀ A - Overall, every reasonable thing the host is willing to share about their characters. Visual representation, voice description + age, lines with good directions on tone, all of that stuff. Nothing i haven't already said icl ❀ Q - What do you want to know about the character(s) you’re auditioning for? ❀ A - Pretty much just.. age, gender, and personality. Unless there's anything particularly notable outside of that, which could change how they're played; nothing else really matters. ❀ Q - Is it important for a casting call to be high quality and why or why not? ❀ A - ..Yes. A general rule of thumb is, if the casting call is good quality, alot of the auditions are also gonna be good quality. It scales; if your reference for your work is crappy, it's never gonna turn out amazing, no matter what you put into it. ❀ Q - What is the best way for a series creator to give you lines you need to record? ❀ A - If i was to be getting lines through Scratch, then the easiest way would be a project with readable text that contrasts the background well enough that i'm not squinting in order to decipher what i'm reading. I see this alot, where lines will be inside of the project as a big 'ol notebox, or they'll be in the project description, forcing you to scroll through it endlessly. Please, for our sanity, just.. don't. ❀ Q - What would you want the creator of a series to know about when it comes to VAs? ❀ A - Time constraints. Alot of people are juggling tons of roles at once, and it can be hard to stay consistent with certain niche characters, or to pump out lines for them at a moment's notice. Organization keeps everything afloat, so series creators should take notes, in that regard.
