Short Film
Mavis is Dead
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Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Short Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Deadline:
Aug 18, 2024
Shooting starts:
Oct 12, 2024 three days on October 12, 13 and 14
Shooting finishes:
Oct 20, 2024 three days on October 18, 19 and 20
Shooting locations:
Vancouver, BC
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Storyline
Mavis, a college student is brutally murdered by who she thought was her closest friends. Luck is on her side however as she is given another chance in life... as a witch. Armed with her talking spell book, Mavis takes her revenge on the night of her funeral.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Mavis | Female 19 - 25 Years old |
Description Mavis is an intelligent, sassy and caring person. she is devoutly loyal and is out for revenged on those who betrayed that royalty, she has recently discovered she is an all powerful witch and is utilizing her abilities for her sweet revenge. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Claudia | Female 19 - 26 Years old |
Description Claudia is a quintessential mean girl, she is jealous of Mavis and has made it her life's mission to ruin mavis’s life. she is deeply insecure, often putting others down to remain on top. she is very uncontrolled and sadistic, she is prone to violence and thinks irrationally.Character is a smoker. There will be depictions of drugs on set (all cigarettes and drugs will be fake) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Nora | Female 18 - 26 Years old |
Description Nora was mavis’s best friend, they grew up together however Nora is insecure and a pushover, she saw how cool Claudia seemed and wanted that. she is inherently a coward and puts herself above others always. she believes she is innocent and rarely accepts when she has done something wrong. she is always the victim.On set depictions of drug use | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Billie | Non-binary 18 - 26 Years old |
Description Billie grew up with Mavis and Nora, and while they are funny and charismatic they are deeply insecure, they latched onto Claudia because they need the spotlight, they are avoidant and can’t handle confrontation, much like Nora they are perpetually the victim and never see fault in themselves, they are addicted to drugs and Claudia enables their behavior while Mavis was encouraging them to go to rehabSMALL SPACES- character gets buried alive depictions of hard drugs on set | ||