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ACTORS RVA Anne Chapman Casting & VCUarts Cinema seeking 4 actors for Non-Union Short Student Film shooting 6/21-23/2023 $185-200/day
VCUarts Cinema Non-Union Short Student Film
Production Company: VCUarts Cinema
Executive Producer: Sheree Chen
Producer: Joshua Arroyo
Director: Amaya Winslow
Writer: Gigi Jacobsen
Casting Director: Anne Chapman
Casting Associates: Gigi Jacobsen & Carly Hough
Casting Assistant: Phillip Martter
Rate: $185-200/shoot day – Final authorization for engagement of services are dependent upon university budget approval.
First Round Via Self-Tape
Virtual CB Date: April 2nd, 2023
Shoot Dates: June 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2023
Shoot Location: Greater Richmond, VA
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submitting via Breakdown Express/Actors Access is preferred.
Please do not double submit. If you have already submitted via Actors Access we have your submission!
If that is not available to you, we would still love to have you submit via the link below:
SUBMIT current headshot and resume (and reel if you have one) to:
Please include the following information in the SUBJECT LINE in this format:
C&V/Your Name/Your Location/Role you are submitting for
In the body of your email please include:
Name:
Location:
Role you are submitting for ELLA/ESHÉ/THOMAS/Ms.MELISSA:
DOB for the role of ELLA:
Phone:
E-mail:
Height:
Include your travel distance to Richmond, Virginia*:
Do you have local housing available to you*:
Confirm CB Date Availability for Sunday, April 2nd, 2023
Confirm Shooting Dates Availability for June 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2023:
*Please note, due to the limited budget for travel and/or accommodation for this VCUarts Cinema student film, make a note if you have accommodation in Richmond, Virginia and are available to self-report.
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STORYLINE:
In an imaginative world, Ella constantly hopes for a happy home life. During a tutoring session, Ella finds out that her father and tutor are more than just acquaintances and her aspiration for a harmonious home life is shattered. Assumptions arise, and she realizes her visions of a complete family will always just be fiction.
SEEKING:
[ELLA] – 10-14 yr., Black Female. Keenly observant and reserved, Ella struggles with math and sticks to herself. She’s easily distracted by the complexities of her parent’s non-traditional relationship. Frequently chooses to imagine family scenes how she would prefer them to be rather than how they actually are.
Must be comfortable going up/down stairs. Must have legible handwriting.
LEAD – Shoots: Three [3] days – $200/day – June 21st, 22nd, & 23rd, 2023
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
[ESHÉ] – Mid to late 30s, Black Female. Eshé is devoted to her work as an established novelist and publisher, she maintains the facade of her happy marriage even while questioning her husbands faithfulness. A caring mother and a headstrong writer, she would sacrifice anything for her daughter.
Must be comfortable going up/down stairs. Must be comfortable with children.
SUPPORTING – Shoots: Three [3] days – $185/day – June 21st, 22nd & 23rd, 2023.
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
[THOMAS] – Late 40s, Black Male. Thomas is a self-absorbed photographer with a wondering eye who is unconcerned by how his actions affect his surrounding world and family. A frequent drinker, he’d rather have an old fashioned over pancakes any morning. Because Thomas’ job requires him to travel so often, he tries to make up for his absence through superficial gifts.
Must be comfortable going up/down stairs. Must be comfortable with children.
SUPPORTING – Shoots: Three [3} days – $185/day – June 21st, 22nd & 23rd, 2023
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
[MS. MELISSA] – Late 20s, POC Female. A teacher, Ms. Melissa tutors on the side to support herself. She has become a nurturing figure to Ella since her transition to middle school. Unaware that the man she is seeing is married with a family. Melissa finds herself in a conflict of interest, risking her and Ella’s relationship. She would never knowingly choose to be “the other woman” and is deeply upset when that realization hits.
Must be comfortable with children.
SUPPORTING – Shoots Two [2] days – $185/day – Between June 21-23
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget
Thank you in advance for your submission!
Submitting does not guarantee an audition: You will be contacted with an audition time and location if selected.
Every submission is thoughtfully considered. Specific requirements to each role are indicated above. Anne Chapman Casting is a safe space where all voices are equal regardless of age, sex, racial, tribal, religious, linguistic, cultural or national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.