Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
$50 a Day
Deadline:
May 17, 2022
Shooting starts:
May 28, 2022
Shooting finishes:
May 29, 2022
Shooting locations:
TBD
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Storyline
Two sisters flee an isolated religious household, pursued by their sadistic and abusive older brother, and traverse through a cursed forest in order to find their way to freedom.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Older Sister | Female 18 - 24 Years old |
Description As the older sister, she wrestles with her own strength, attempting to fulfil her duties set by her faith and position, whilst trying to mitigate the abuse in the life of her younger sister. She shows fierce love and protection towards her sister, filling the role that their mother has seemingly abandoned. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Younger Sister | Female 10 - 12 Years old |
Description Despite facing the brunt of the abuse at the hands of her older brother, this has not damaged her own strength, nor blackened her heart. She holds love for her doll, and is attached to her older sister at the hip. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Brother | Male 18 - 24 Years old |
Description In the wake of his father’s death, the brother becomes the new head of the household. He takes to this new position with the same predatory brutality and misogynistic perversions as his father. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Mother | Female 35 - 40 Years old |
Description Mother, wracked by years of malicious treatment, is a shell of a human. She delves into needlework in an attempt to have some semblance of control in her life, letting everything else, including her duty as a mother and caregiver, fall to the wayside. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Burlap Girl | Female 10 - 15 Years old |
Description The youngest of the forest children, burlap girl is an inbred wretch. She covers her deformities with a burlap sack and communicates with primal noises. Despite her outward appearance, she is a curious child, and has an affinity for dolls. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Forest Children | All 10 - 18 Years old |
Description The exiled, inbred children of the farming community. Cast into the forest, they have developed their own method of communicating via primal grunts and sounds. They wear burlap sacks around their heads in an attempt to hide their deformities, but also in an attempt to be like the dolls of their former faith, ‘made the same under God’. They scour the farms at night in search for food, and have a penchant for ruthless violence when provoked. | ||