Short Film

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Details

Union:

Not designated

Area of media:

Short Film

Network:

Indie Film

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

$200 flat rate for all voice actors

Deadline:

July 30, 2024

Auditions:

This is a remote audition.

Callbacks:

May 31, 2024

Shooting starts:

July 28, 2024 Stop-motion animation shooting on weekends

Shooting finishes:

Sept 22, 2024

Shooting locations:

Windsor, Ontario

Cities for response:

Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna

Storyline

This 7-minute horror-short stop-motion animation film will follow Grace, a young woman who struggles to eat lunch in the office lunchroom after having flashbacks from her traumatic childhood. Her flashbacks illustrate her childhood experience of getting bullied by her peers while eating her lunch, as a 3rd grader with a larger body. Her present-day encounter in the work lunchroom intensifies as the lines of reality and her deepest fears begin to blur, sending her into a terrifying world manifested by her anxieties. She finds herself as a ballerina on a stage, in front of an audience of replicas of her co-workers. As they cheer and scream for her to perform, she begins to dance against her will.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Lead	Grace (adult)	Female 25 - 35 Years old
Description Voice acting for Grace (adult), who is a woman age 25-35. She is one of the newest hires at her office job. She is hyper-aware of herself as she tries to eat lunch while sitting among her two co-workers, Male Co-worker and Female Co-worker. She suffers from anxiety but tries her best to chime in and engage during their lunch hour.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Female Co-worker	Female 30 - 40 Years old
Description Voice acting for Female Co-worker, age 30-40. Female Co-worker is playful and confident. Like Male Co-worker, she attempts to talk to Grace, but her demeanor is teasing, on the verge of sarcasm. Note: In Scene 5 when she is part of the audience, her voice sounds assertive, ravenous, and commanding.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Male Co-worker	Male 40 - 50 Years old
Description Voice acting for Male Co-worker, who is around age 40-50. He is confident and outgoing. He has worked at this office for many years (15+), and speaks to Grace in a teasing, almost condescending way. Note: In Scene 5 when he is part of the audience, his voice sounds assertive, ravenous, and commanding.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Female Classmate	Female 7 - 10 Years old
Description The Female Classmate is 9 years old. She is Grace's (child) bully, her lines are incoherent whispering about Grace (child) to her Male peer, giggling, and laughing. Her whispers are directed toward her Male peer sitting next to her; she is whispering something mean about Grace but we cannot hear what she is saying. Her giggles and laughter are taunting as she appears to be making fun of Grace while seated directly across from her at the table.

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