Hello,<div><br></div><div>I'm looking to meet/audition interested people beginning May 19th. My goal is to shoot everything by the end of June. Because this is a graduate student project, there will be no pay. Food will be provided.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I've cut and pasted details below:<br clear="all"><div><br></div><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial"><b><u>THE
VEIL </u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Julie Casper Roth</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>The Veil </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">is a short experimental video that combines
documentary-style interviews with fictional narrative. The finished video will be compromised
of vignettes and interview snippets related to gender and sexual identity as
they, in turn, relate to the experience of being Mormon (a member of Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS Church). This video is being produced, in part, for fulfillment of my
Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Albany.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">This is a no-budget
project. Volunteers/crew/actors
will receive credit for their work on the film and food on shooting days. I am also willing to barter services. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Crew: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"> Looking
for those who can help with shooting, lighting, and sound. I have a Canon 7D and some lighting and
sound equipment. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Additional: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Looking for someone who can provide a sparse score
for the film.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Actors: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">I’ve listed the acting roles available with each
vignette description.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Locations: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">I am looking to secure the following locations:
1830s/40s era farmhouse. Rural, wooded property. All locations/settings listed
with vignettes.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Shooting dates: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">I would like to begin shooting in late May and finish
by mid June. I’m flexible with days.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>About the artist: </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">I have a background in experimental video,
documentary, and broadcast. My
work has been screened at festivals and galleries throughout the country and
internationally. I’m a 2008
recipient of the NYFA Fellowship in Video and a 2012 College Art Association
Fellow (one of 5 in the country). In addition to completing my MFA, I am an
adjunct instructor in Documentary Studies at the University of Albany. Look
here for more information: <a href="http://www.juliecasperroth.com">www.juliecasperroth.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"><b><u>Vignettes</u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">1.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">1827 – A precocious tomboy farm girl, Harriett, wrote
a fantastic story to challenge the religious beliefs of her family. Her family finds the story and
disapproves. They tell her to bury
the book in the woods. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Farmhouse and woods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Harriett – late teens/early 20s. Father –
40s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">2.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">1827 – Joseph is a treasure hunter who spends many
hours combing the woods around his home for money or treasure. Joseph and a
friend discuss the possible goldmine of getting a religious following. Later,
Joseph stumbles upon a teenaged girl burying a book.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Farmhouse or barn and woods.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Joseph – early 20s. Male friend – early 20s.
Harriett (see above)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">3.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">1840 – A husband and wife argue about the Mormon
Church. The husband has joined the
religion but the wife has not. The husband introduces the idea of baptizing the
dead to church leaders to ensure that his wife will one day be a Mormon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Farmhouse and wooded path</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Mary – late 30s/early 40s. Orson – late
30s/early 40s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">4.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Mid-1960s.
Two Brigham Young University women relay to each other that they are
against the Vietnam War (making them a minority on campus). One mentions that
men can have sacred symbols sewn onto army regulation undergarments to stand in
for the church’s sacred garments. The women joke and then sew sacred symbols
into a bra and underwear. One friend urges the other to try the ‘sacred
garments’ on to see if they will protect her. She leaves and puts on the bra. The two women giggle, fall into
an awkward silence and then kiss.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Faux 1960s apartment or dorm room.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Lisa and Deborah 19-Early 20s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">5.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">2005 - A young man struggles and prays to understand
his gender identity. He asks
repeatedly – in prayer – to receive a sign that he can transition in to being a
woman. A short time later he goes
to the Mormon temple for the first time to receive his endowments. Part of the ceremony includes receiving
a secret name. The young man
accidentally receives a woman’s name.
He takes this as a sign.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Room with floor-length white curtains.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Glen, early 20s. Guy, any age 30-60.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">6.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">2008 - A Mormon woman pays her 10% tithe to the
church on a regular basis. She
learns that some of this morning is being funneled in to Proposition 8 (the
California ban on same-sex marriages).
Her son is gay and is in a devoted relationship. Instead of paying her tithing, she puts
money in to efforts to fight Prop 8. This comes up during an interview with a
church leader.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Office</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actors: Susan, 50s and Brother Lee, 40s.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-family:Arial">7.<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">2012 - A Mormon woman is an unhappy, OCD church
housewife. Pills and household
tasks are not making her happy.
She is asked to volunteer more time to the church, which she does
reluctantly. She is introduced to a collection of repressed history that must
be destroyed. Over the course of
her work, she discovers a film reel from a group called The Byrd Society – a
reel that professes the history of a secret underground group of gay and
lesbian Mormons. She realizes this
is extremely rare and does not discard of it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Location: Storage room</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.25in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:7pt"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial">Actor: Liz, 30s</span></p>
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