7/20/2010

Curtin Uni 3rd Year film seeks volunteer actors

Actors needed.
Here is a synopsis:

Charlotte is a young teenager bullied at school who seeks refuge in her local library where she has become very close friends with the librarian, Maggie. However one day as she is running from a group of bullies an incident occurs, where she is nearly hit by a car in front of the library. After that she meets a young man, Will. As the film progresses, and these characters develop, we learn that Charlotte is in fact hit by the car that resulted her to be in a coma and gaining the courage to leave the library is the difference between her living and facing her anxieties.


Character breakdowns for each character is as follows:


Will:
Name: William Folks
Age: 18
Birth date: 06/06/1991
Sex: Male
Lives: With his Aunty, Maggie. In modest suburb in South Perth Area
School: Finished school last year (2009) and is taking a gap year. Has no motivation at the moment and doesn’t know what he wants to do.
Personality: is a nice guy but struggles to make friends so he puts up barriers to hide the fact that he’s pretty lonely.
Parents: Involved in the Catholic Church and went on lots of mission trips. He had to do lots of travelling with them, but they died when he was 15
Siblings: none
Friends: hardly any, no one that he would call a true friend
Interests: music, reading, drawing, outdoors.


Maggie (Librarian):
Maggie is a kind, gentle and relaxed lady who is the towns local librarian. Maggie has has formed a good relationship with Charlotte. Her nephew Will is in a coma and she constantly visits him but this is a very well kept secret from most people in the town.


Mum (Susan):
Susan is the CEO of a business. She is your typical business women who treats her work with more attention then her own daughter. Her husband left her after she would not step down to spend more time with the family. He died two years later and Charlotte moved in with her. Susan doesn't notice Charlotte's problems until it affects her. Although she loves her daughter she finds it hard to show emotion because she believes like in a business its a sign of weakness. Susan treats her personal life the same way as her working life.

Any interested actors can contact me on 0433 243 476 or (preferably) email me with a CV at claraschilizzi@hotmail.com

Regards
Clara




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