Film School
Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Non Paid Student Film
Deadline:
Feb 28, 2024
Auditions:
Self Tapes by Request.
Shooting starts:
Mar 8, 2024 
Shooting finishes:
Mar 10, 2024 
Shooting locations:
The Riverwood Conservancy Mississauga and 2 pipe st. Guelph ON
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
We can accept union and non-union actors through our student agreement with ACTRA. This is a non-paying student film and no permit is required. Actors will receive a copy of the finished film for their demo reel.
Meals and beverages will be provided on the shoot days. If transportation is required we can arrange for a ride for the actor during filming.
Note: Casting is open to any gender or ethnicity for all the roles please feel free to submit to the one that interests you.
Storyline
The film follows EMILE, a man whose lust to control his future consumes him. Through this lust, he will lose sight of what matters to him. After a picture of EMILE and his roommates PIPER & JASON mysteriously appear that show him his future.. EMILE pushes away his girlfriend PIPER and roommate JASON, trying to attain the life he sees in the picture, and thus changes the picture for the worse. After his friends disappear as a result of his actions the photo will reflect his loneliness, by giving up the picture he will realize the error of his ways.
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadEmileAll 18 - 22 Years old
Description
Emile is a high school grad. He's got good people around him. But he's also a determined guy. He's willing to do anything and everything to get what he wants. In this case, he wants to capture the future he sees in a picture. And I do mean literally everything. There is an obsessive nature to Emile. But his obsession is second to those he cares about.

Note: Character name/description is male, but will be changed depending gender of the actor playing them.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalPiperAll 18 - 22 Years old
Description
Piper is Emile's girlfriend. She is the most level-headed of the group. She is the most apprehensive regarding the future picture. And once she sees what it does to Emile, she's the first member of the group to start worrying. She is the one member of the group to crack the least amount of jokes, showing that she is more of the voice of reason. But she's not completely stuck up. She's willing to kick back and let loose with her favorite people. She has also just been accepted into the university of her dreams.

Note: character name/description is that of a female but will be changed depending on the gender of the actor. Since this is a secondary role, it is possible only two shoot days will be necessary for this part.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
PrincipalJasonAll 18 - 22 Years old
Description
Jason is Emile's roommate. There is a sense that even though they only live together, they have a close relationship. Jason is a carefree, happy-go-lucky jokester and is willing to poke fun at his roommate. The only time Jason sheds his jokester skin is when he sees what the picture is doing to Emile. He cares too much about his roommate to see him give up everything for the sake of a picture that he doesn't know will even come to be.

Note: Character name/description is male, but will be changed depending on the gender the actor playing them. Since this is a secondary role there is a possibility only two shoot days are required for this part.