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NORFOLK – CASTING FOR STUDENT FILM – CAKE SOAP – JULY 9-13 – PAID

 

Primary Contact: Henderson Brathwaite

Primary Contact Phone: (757) 287 – 2902

Primary Contact Email: HBrathwa@Pratt.edu

 

Production Title: Cake Soap

Synopsis: Bouchon and Lougarau want to move up in the world out of their circumstances but they cannot survive in a professional environment until they meet D’Leau. The two hustlers convince D’Leau to teach them how to hustle at higher levels. But is the method they’re using to appear professional changing who they are or just how they look?

Type: Ensemble Film

Genre: Crime/Thriller/Dramedy about a group of Caribbean-American immigrants learning how to adjust to the social norms of American society while trying to make sure they do not waste their opportunity to be in the States.

Production Type: Student-Film

Production Company: Trafelgar Pictures

Setting: Tidewater Area (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake)

Production Dates (flexible based on your schedules): July 9-July 13
[5 Day MAXIMUM, may be less depending on Production pace.]

Production Days: 8 Hours
[MAXIMUM, may be less depending on Production pace, crew and talent]

Producer: Glen Mason

Director: Henderson Brathwaite

Writer: Troy Nichols

DP: Yusef Hussien

Please send Headshots/ Acting Reels / Resumes
to HBrathwa@Pratt.edu

Food, Drink and Accommodations on set will be provided

Transportation and Housing negotiable for Co-Leads Only if needed

Anyone interested in EXTRA work please send email as well

Please add Role you’re applying for and Stage Name in “Subject” of email like “ ROLE | NAME”

Any emails with missing items will be ignored,

Thank You For Your Time.

*ALL ROLES ARE PAID*

LOUGARAU ($200 / 5 Day / Co-Lead) – 20-25yo, Light-Skinned Attractive Afro-Latino or West-Indian Male

Luca is a Trinidadian man living in the states, he is close/childhood friends with Butch and they both plan to start a business together. He jokes around, a lot, but he does it to make those around him comfortable. He would love to talk seriously, but no one is ever willing to go as deep as he goes.

OFFICER KAINE ($120 / 3 Day/ Co-Lead) – 20-30yo, Ruggedly Handsome Light-Skinned Male

Kaine is a fair-skinned police officer/detective that is trying to get his fellow officers to take him more seriously, so he is extra hard on potential criminals that look like himself and darker in order to prove his loyalty to the precinct.

OFFICER CAROL ($80 / 2 Day) – 20-30yo, Athletic Afro-Latina or West-Indian Woman

OFFICER LEVY ($120 / 3 Day) – 20-30yo, Ruggedly Handsome Dark-Skinned Afro-Latino or West-Indian Male

VENDOR ($80 / 2 Day) – 20-25yo, Bubbly, Quick-witted Woman

YELLOW PERSON [ZOMBI] ($80 / 2 Day) – 20-30yo Male/Female Talent must be willing to be painted with colored body paint.

BLUE PERSON [ZOMBI] ($80 / 2 Day) – 20-25yo Male/Female Talent must be willing to be painted with colored body paint.

GREEN PERSON [ZOMBI] ($80 / 2 Day) – 30-40yo Male/Female Talent must be willing to be painted with colored body paint.

RED PERSON [ZOMBI] ($80 / 2 Day) – 50-Elderly Male/Female Talent must be willing to be painted with colored body paint.

PURPLE PERSON [ZOMBI] ($80 / 2 Day) – 20-25yo Male/Female Talent willing to be painted with colored body paint

FAT HUSTLER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Plus-Sized

AFRO HUSTLER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Afro hairstyle not required but encouraged.

DON ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Stoic kingpin.

LOC HUSTLER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Locs (dreadlocks) hairstyle not required but encouraged.

BIG FIEND ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Plus-sized drug fiend who is smarter than he seems.

FLASHY HUSTLER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Fashionable street man.

SHORT HUSTLER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Vertically challenged street smart man. Shorter talent encouraged.

SKINNY HUSTER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

SLICK FIEND ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Has a unique way of talking.

SMART FIEND ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Fiend with high vocabulary

YOUNG FEIND ($40 / 1 Day) – 18-23yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Youngest fiend on the block ends up dying in powerful overdose scene.

ASHANTI ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Female Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Fictional Owner and manager of MP Island Cafe, She has dark sense of humor and rules with an iron backhand.

CHURCH CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-50yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Irate customer at restaurant.

DISH WORKER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

COOK ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

MAN CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

EERIE CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Creepy looking customer who enjoys making others uncomfortable.

SHY CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Female Afro-Latino or West-Indian

PLUMP CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male (or Female) Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Plus Sized.

HUSBAND CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 30-35yo Male, Open Ethnicity

WIFE CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 30-25yo Female, Open Ethnicity

NICE CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Female, Open Ethnicity

STARVING CUSTOMER ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

MAN WITH GLASSES ($40 / 1 Day) – 30-40yo Male Open Ethnicity, Talent with glasses preferred.

MIDDLE AGED WOMAN & SMALL CHILD – ($80 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Female Afro-Latino or West-Indian and Child around 7-10yo. Quick scene accommodation can be made for talent and child.

OLD MAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 50-Elderly Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian preferred.

SLENDER WOMAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Female Afro-Latino or West-Indian

YOUNG ADULT WOMAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Female Afro-Latino or West-Indian

STYLIST ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, Very flamboyant and sassy.

SERGEANT ($40 / 1 Day) – 40-55yo Male Open Ethnicity, Fair-skinned preferred. Strict sergeant of the police force.

MAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Open Ethnicity

MIDDLE-AGED MAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 30-40yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian

SHORT MAN ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-30yo Male Afro-Latino or West-Indian, preferred shorter Talent

SECRETARY ($40 / 1 Day) – 20-25yo Male Open Ethnicity, Fair-skinned preferred