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The Shipyard × SexyHair · Voice Casting · Round 01

Who is Flow?

Hi, this is Flow. You've reached the SexyHair Hotline. What's your name, gorgeous? … Maya. Okay. So this line's for one thing. What did your hair make you do? … That is not a crime, that's a strategy. We're blaming the hair on that one. Now. What's your hair actually doing for you these days?

12 candidates4 directions3 takes eachOne script

Same words, every time

Every candidate reads the identical script, so you are judging the voice and not the writing.

Listen for three things

Does she sound like she has heard it before. Can she land the joke without pushing it. Would you keep talking to her at midnight.

Watch the clock

The target call is ninety seconds. A slower read eats the budget before the product ever lands.

Direction 01

The Insider

Measured30s average

Early thirties. Low, slightly husky, unhurried and dry. Close-mic late-night radio, talking to one person rather than an audience. Never bright, never perky.

Closest to the deck. She sounds like she has heard the story before and is faintly amused by it.

Take 127 sec
Take 230 sec
Take 333 sec
Direction 02

The Bartender

Measured23s average

Mid thirties. Warm and round with a smile in the tone, conversational and quick. Easy laughter underneath the words.

The friendliest read. Lowest risk, least edge. Would age well across a long campaign.

Take 121 sec
Take 224 sec
Take 325 sec
Direction 03

The Siren

Slow36s average

Late thirties. Deep, smoky, resonant. Slow and deliberate, using silence as much as words. Seductive but completely in control.

The most on-brand on paper and the biggest format risk. Watch the clock on takes 2 and 3.

Take 128 sec
Current pick
Take 235 sec
Take 343 sec
Direction 04

The Best Friend

Fast21s average

Late twenties. Bright, quick, conspiratorial. Telling you a secret at a party, leaning in, always on your side.

The most energy and the least mystery. Reads younger, which may or may not be the target.

Take 120 sec
Take 220 sec
Take 323 sec

Pacing is a casting decision

Identical script, wildly different clocks. Flow has to fit a greeting, a name, a confession, a reaction, two hair questions, a product recommendation and a close inside ninety seconds.

The slowest take is more than twice the length of the fastest. That is not a stylistic preference, it is whether the activation works.

DirectionTakesAverageRead
The Insider27s, 30s, 33s30sMeasured
The Bartender21s, 24s, 25s23sMeasured
The Siren28s, 35s, 43s36sSlow
The Best Friend20s, 20s, 23s21sFast