The Energon Pub

Hello again everyone,

As some of you may know from other forums, I’ve been working on making an animated version of the Transformers comic “The War Within.” So far I’ve shown two rough cuts of an opening sequence to show what I had in mind. These rough cuts were mostly a learning curve as I tried to figure out what software programs would work best for me and what the programs themselves can actually do.

Now I’ve finished my third demo, and I think most of you will agree that it’s a vast improvement. Rather than re-film the destruction of the tower from page 1 (it will be re-animated at a later date—I think I’ll be able to use some shots from the Megatron: Origin comic that have Sentinel Prime in them, once the issue is out), I went ahead and filmed the next third of the issue.

Included in this version is the discussion between Prime & Bluestreak and the first big battle where the Autobots loose Altihex. As there is no recorded dialogue yet, some of you may wish to skip over the Prime & Bluestreak discussion bit and go straight to the battle sequence (only so exciting one can make mouths moving, after all ;D ), though I do try to make things a bit interesting with droids moving in the background, etc.

I tried to take in a lot of folks comments about pacing and animating smoke—smoke is now there, and moves (and is transparent, in some cases!) and as 1/3 of the comic is over in 3 min., I think it moves at a decently quick pace.

A youtube link to it is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRO-dZJEs_4

Is this a finished cut? No… but it’s getting a lot closer to it. And as such, I believe it’s a good time to start opening up the calls for voice actors!

I’d like if at all possible to have the characters sound close to the “feel” of the characters as possible: that doesn’t mean you have to sound exactly like the G1 cast, but have a voice that fits the same characteristics (for example Kup in the movie and Kup in the cartoon were voiced by 2 different guys, but both voices were in the same vein).

Here's a list of the characters...

Major characters (for issue 1):

Optimus Prime: Looking for someone who can make a before/after matrix Prime voice (pre-matrix Prime should sound somewhat younger, post-matrix like the Prime we all know)

Megatron: Can be like Welker, or just have shades of Welker. Or even something different, if you think it will fit. Surprise me!

Grimlock: Looking to experiment more with his voice. Should not sound “stupid,” as comic book Grimlock is not the dummy from the cartoon, but a tough non-nonsense warrior.

Minor characters:

Narrator (open to interpretation)
Gravitas (learned old robot voice / open to inter)
Skywarp
Thundercracker
Bluestreak
Ironhide
Kup
Prowl
Jazz

Bit parts:

Bumblebee
Trailbreaker
Hound
Tracks
Skids
Darklight
Un-named assassin
Un-named blown apart robot
Various neutrals

And that’s just Issue 1! If you would like to do more than one voice, that’s perfectly fine. There’s lots to choose from, so should be something for everyone, should you be interested.

Those interested can send a “small” demo to my email address at Nigelandbecka@bellsouth.net or email a link to find it if you’ve got the ability to post it elsewhere.

Comments, suggestions, good dirty jokes… all are appreciated.

Thanks in advance all!

PS--the very last frame of the battle (the cars rolling out of the smoke) has not yet been animated, but a placeholder pic was included for now to finish the portion for upload purposes).

I like it-i have seen plenty of "real" manga that is not half as good-and i would love to take part, as soon as i figgure out how to put my voice onto an mp3 you will get an audition for every single characetr from me!

how could i not! If u do this good a people start to watch it id have a place in the WarWithin!!!

I'm sure we can find a place for a Discworld fan somewhere

Maybe. I'm doing a voice Macross DYRL dub for a friend (Roy Focker). When I finish that I'd be interested in whatever you have open.

Unfortunately I would not be suitable for any voices (an Aussie ocker accent really doesn't fit anywhere ), but seriously, that clip rules!

Awesome work mate. Well bloody done! I can't wait to see the finished product.

One thing though: When Thundercracker and Skywarp attack, you have Skywarp do the sonic boom and Thundercracker fire the missiles. The book has it different, for obvious reasons of the sonic boom. Was it an intentional change?

The scans that I have are from when it was first released and the inker had them backwards. They did fix this in the graphic novel version, but my scanner isn't good enough to do a HQ scan of the book so I've been relying on other scans.

I was going to just swap lines out, but as you're the second person to notice, maybe I'll change their colors out for the final release.

Looking good. I would like to do a voice over, but I'm only 13, so my voice may sound a bit young, so I was wondering if there is any point in trying for a role?

Not bad, not bad at all...
I might be interested in doing a voice or two... I'll check back later,

Frimal--don't let age keep you from auditioning: you might have the right voice for everyone's favorite kid brother 'bot Bumblebee.

And as for an Aussie accent... that might work really good for the assassins... (shrug)

I've seen names for the assassins somewhere

One was Umbera or something like that, he was the one that turned into a gun.

I can't seem to find it...I will post again when I find it.

Yay! Could you PM me some lines then please, as I don't have the comic to read from. Thanks

Venomous Prime wrote:I've seen names for the assassins somewhere

One was Umbera or something like that, he was the one that turned into a gun.

I can't seem to find it...I will post again when I find it.

Darklight was one.

Mulla™ wrote:

Venomous Prime wrote:I've seen names for the assassins somewhere

One was Umbera or something like that, he was the one that turned into a gun.

I can't seem to find it...I will post again when I find it.

Darklight was one.

Darklight, Umbra and Backbite were the three names, if memory serves.

As for the demo clip, I really enjoyed it. I will make a point of watching the completed version once it's, er, completed...

Whisper wrote:

Mulla™ wrote:

Venomous Prime wrote:I've seen names for the assassins somewhere

One was Umbera or something like that, he was the one that turned into a gun.

I can't seem to find it...I will post again when I find it.

Darklight was one.

Darklight, Umbra and Backbite were the three names, if memory serves.

As for the demo clip, I really enjoyed it. I will make a point of watching the completed version once it's, er, completed...

I was close

Hmmm... I knew about Darklight, but I didn't know the other two had been named! Which one is the one with the big square red eyes? (I'm off to google, I suppose...)

Check wikipedia, it'll probably have something on there.

The trailer looks simply Awesome! I'll gladly audition for this!

Where do you want me to upload clips at eh? I will try Optimus bumblebee and megatron. You wanted a welker type thing but well i can only do a kaye but hey ill try anyway.Also I doo a good starscream not g1 but armad type and if I dont get those role ill try out for another character.

Hi dude
I would love to audition for this!
I will send you an mp3 today of many voices.

Sub


i just sent a link to a folder of voices.

below is a link to them too

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=193453ccf74af85c3b0405de809511354a1dec42ec6512bf

Sounding good guys, keep up the good work!

I'll send you a thing for Narrator.

Because for some reason, I sound kind of like Victor Carolli.

I'll also send Starscream. It's more like Armada (Because I can't do Latta, nor do I want to.), but I add a little of my own bizarre personality to it.

Got 'em. Sounding very good!

Huzzah!

Can't wait to get started on this.

Wow that was cool!
PM me pleas some lines since I haven't got any WW comics exept volum 2 isues 2-6, I want to be part of that!
May I use Audaicity to let my voice sound robotish?

Ah, just saw your post--yes, if you would like to use voice modulation, be my guest.