Commercial

Fast Food Project

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Details

Union:Non union

Area of media:Commercial

Paid?:Yes

Rates:Rates in CDN
Wardrobe $50.00
Session (12hrs) $500.00
Session OT ($75/hr )
Usage - 6 month web + TV $750 minimum

Deadline:Apr 30, 2024

Cities for response:

Halifax

Commercial 1

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	REHAM	Female 25 - 50 Years old
Description REHAM, female, Syrian speaks Arabic concentrating on learning English. So much of Reham’s story is about the unique place this food establishment has occupied in the life of a new Canadian. Amongst the morning rush, there’s Reham, piecing together English phrases, beverage in hand. But there is something much larger at play, for Reham and every other customer in the story, this place offers a bit of sanctuary. A place to connect and to belong. REHAM shows strength, resilience and vulnerability.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	BEN	All 60 - 80 Years old
Description BEN, elderly, can be female or male. BEN born and raised in his small east coast city. Early morning, enjoying his breakfast reading the paper, giving off a feeling of loneliness, weathered yet warm. Longing for connection in his smallest gestures. Shows care and tenderness to the recently immigrated REHAM.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	REHAM'S CHILD 1	All 6 - 9 Years old
Description ROUS an excited 7 year old Middle Eastern child, son of REHAM. (Ideally Syrian specifically). Able to speak English fluently, with some proficiency in Arabic. Can deliver a wide range of emotion/energy, from boisterous and excited to tender and thoughtful.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	REHAM'S CHILD 2	All 4 - 6 Years old
Description HAIDAR an independent Middle Eastern child (ideally Syrian specifically) age 4, plays independently. REHAM's youngest of two. Able to speak English fluently, with some proficiency in Arabic. Can deliver a wide range of emotion/energy, from boisterous and excited to tender and thoughtful.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	EMPLOYEE	Female 30 - 45 Years old
Description Friendly EMPLOYEE of a food establishment. Pleasantly serving a REHAM. East Coast resident (or can pull off the nuances of an East Coast accent). Conveys a genuine sense of authenticity and warmth.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	BEACH DAD	Male 35 - 45 Years old
Description A DAD sits and watches his roughhousing kids. A man with a sense of kindness. East Coast resident (or can pull off the nuances of a East Coast accent). Conveys a sense of genuine friendliness.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	COWORKER	All 25 - 55 Years old
Description COWORKER works with REHAM at a local factory. They are likely a floor foreman speaking to and directing other employees. Befriends REHAM in the break room. East Coast residents (or can pull off the nuances of an East Coast accent). Working class Canadian.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	BEACH KIDS	Female 6 - 8 Years old
Description BEACH DAD watches his BEACH KIDS roughhouse on the beach. Kids being kids. Can deliver boisterous and excited energy, convey like they’re having fun well.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	MOM	Female 30 - 45 Years old
Description Realizes daughter has something nice shares a smile of acknowledgement with DAD. A multi-tasking mom of 3 with one of her twins on the hip. Projects loving warmth while conveying a profound sense of exhaustion/feeling overwhelmed and frazzled.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	DAD	Male 30 - 45 Years old
Description Realizes daughter has something nice shares a smile of acknowledgement with MOM. A busy family life for MOM & DAD. Projects loving warmth while conveying a profound sense of exhaustion/feeling overwhelmed and frazzled.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	TWINS	All 0 - 1 Years old
Description Fraternal or identical.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	UNA	Female 4 - 8 Years old
Description UNA (5) frizzy hair and beyond her years. Her curiosity keeps her busy. Any ethnicity. Should be able to convey a wide range of emotions, from: quietly contemplative, to hurt and confused, to curious, to sneaky and sly, to exciting, to loving.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	GRANDPARENT	All 60 - 80 Years old
Description Projects a feeling of warmth, caring, and kindness, but be able to communicate a sense of fun/playfulness/whimsy with a twinkle in their eye.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal (PP)	CAB DRIVER	Male 45 - 55 Years old
Description CAB DRIVER a local East Coaster, picks up REHAM and family and drives them to their new home in Canada. He speaks to them full of kindness unknowingly that they do not understand his English. East Coast resident (or can pull off the nuances of a East Coast accent). Conveys a sense working class Canadian, genuine friendliness.