Casting Call for Teaser

PRODUCTION TITLE: “NO SLEEP”

MEDIA: PROOF OF CONCEPT TEASER

STATUS: NON-UNION

CASTING BY: GLORIA MANN CASTING

AUDITIONS/CASTING: BY SELF TAPE

SHOOT DATE(S): AUGUST 8 AND/OR 9

SHOOT LOCATION: WE WILL BE SHOOTING IN THE HAMILTON AREA

PAY RATE: $175.00 PLUS HST

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CASTING NOTES:
• IF THIS SERIES IS AWARDED TO THIS PRODUCTION COMPANY, WE MAY USE SOME OF THE ACTORS THAT WE CHOOSE FOR THE BELOW CHARACTERS FOR THE PRINCIPAL OR ACTOR ROLES AT THE PROPER RATES FOR THE FINAL SHOOT.
• WE WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, OR THE PURCHASE OF ONE GAS RECEIPT.
• AS WE ARE NOT MATCHING FACES, ANY HAIR OR EYE COLOUR IS OKAY FOR EACH CATEGORY

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CASTING:

“INTO THE UNKNOWN”

TEENAGER #1 – MALE – AGE RANGE 13-14 – BLACK
LIVES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS HIS FRIENDS. HE IS SEEN BIKING THROUGH A PARK WITH HIS FRIEND WHEN HE DISCOVERS AN UNUSAL OBJECT FLOATING IN THE WATER.

TEENAGER #2 – MALE – AGE RANGE 13-14 – HISPANIC
LIVES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS HIS FRIENDS. HE IS SEEN BIKING THROUGH A PARK WITH HIS FRIEND WHEN HE DISCOVERS AN UNUSAL OBJECT FLOATING IN THE WATER.

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“DADDY’S LITTLE MIRACLE”

ZACK – MALE – AGE RANGE 28-32 – WHITE WITH LONGISH CURLY HAIR
• HAIR IS NOT A DEAL BREAKER BUT NO BALD OR VERY SHORT HAIR SUGGESTIONS
• GOOD LOOKING
• TALL AND FIT
• HIS NAIVETY AND VULNERABILITY MAKES HIM SEEM UNTHREATENING, ALMOST BOYISH.

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“STARLIGHT”

CARNIVAL BARKER – MALE – AGE RANGE 50’S
• A TRUE, OLD FASHIONED CARNIVAL BARKER.
• UNIQUE, COULD BE AWKWARD, COULD BE VERY TALL ETC.
• THE HOST OF A NEW GAME SHOW “MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION”.
• HE LIVES HIS LIFE LIKE A GAME. TO HIM EVERYTHING IS A GAME. THE PEOPLE HE CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE, THE QUESTIONS HE ASKS AND THE FATES HE DOLES OUT. HE KNOW THAT HIS ACT IS A LIMITED ONE AS HE IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE OVERLORDS WHO CALL THE SHOTS. BUT THIS ROLE HE PLAYS, THIS GAME HE PLAYS IN UNLIKE ANY OTHER. AND HE WOULD DIE TO KEEP IT RUNNING.

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“PLASTIC SMILE”

SUSAN – FEMALE – AGE RANGE MID 30’S – WHITE
FAST TALKING, LANKY WOMAN WITH CHEAP TATOOS (MAKEUP CAN PUT ON TATOOS IF THEY DON’T HAVE IT). SHE IS WITHERED AND WRINKLED AND LOOKS TWICE HER AGE DUE TO THE YEARS OF DRUG ABUSE. SHE LIVES WITH A TRIBE OF JUNKIES AND WHEN SHE’S NOT USING OR DEALING, TRIES TO MAKE TIME OR HER DAUGHTER ABIGAIL. IF IT’S A CHOICE BETWEEN DRUGS AND HER DAUGHTER, THE DRUGS WOULD WIN.

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“FIXED FREQUENCY”

JUAN – MALE – AGE RANGE 15-17 – HISPANIC
HE IS A TECH WHIZ AND WANTS TO WORK IN THE COMPUTER OR TECH INDUSTRIES WHEN HE GETS OLDER. HE’S AN INTROVERT WHO GETS VERY GOOD GRADES AND IS WELL LIKED BY HIS TEACHERS AND OTHER PARENTS. HIS SOCIAL LIFE IS A BIT OF A STRUGGLE. HE IS INCREDIBLY CLOSE WITH HIS MOTHER AND IS OBEDIENT WHEN SHE SETS THE RULES.