Feature Film
MELODY FOR A BEAR - Search for Lead
Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
ACTRA + 135% buyout / prepayment.
Deadline:
Nov 6, 2024
Auditions:
Initial auditions via self tape.
Shooting locations:
In and around Montreal, and surrounding areas.
Cities for response:
Montréal, Ottawa
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadMELODYFemale 12 - 14 Years old
Description
The character is female, 13 years old. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OLD AS OF JANUARY 2025! Melody is 13-years old. She is a real big-city girl from California. A young teenager with an extraordinary strength of character. After the recent death of her mother, she doesn’t like to show her vulnerability. She stands firmly on her own two feet, a foundation which, through sheer will, is as solid as possible. Melody is a very pretty girl, sophisticated for her age, without being superficial. She is a natural caretaker whether it be herself, her loved ones, or her surroundings: she innately knows how to make a house into a home. She has always carried the weight of the world on her shoulders, without showing how it has affected her. She strives to be as perfect as possible. Growing up fatherless doesn’t appear to bother her. Now she is mourning her mother. Once again, she remains strong. But when her aunt sends her away to live with her father whom she doesn’t know (and had never heard of), for the first time in her life it is too much. Her shell starts to crack. But this is what is going to allow her to “shed her skin” and grow.


Melody uses humor to protect and distance herself from painful situations. Nothing can touch her, she’s a rock. As she is also very intelligent, her biting remarks often hit home and her unique perspective on life can leave a profound, indeed transformative impression on people, notably her father.


Melody is strong, but when she breaks down it is in an equally spectacular way. Both heart wrenching and perplexing. She plays at being an adult, but the frightened young child inside her appears when she lets her guard down
: when she is asleep, snuggled up with the bear cub Heaven, her emotional twin and support.


Although Melody has always forced herself to be an adult, in reality she only has one dream: to be able to just be a child. Her father’s child.


She is unaware that her spirit animal is the bear. Yet from the very beginning, this is what creates her unbreakable link to this life. Here, Melody will discover her destiny.