[Capdist-auditions] Film Auditions

[Richard Lounello]

Basic Entertainment/DV Productions is Casting an upstate New York independent feature film shooting in September & October.
Paid roles (Listed below).  Please email headshot and resume to ventresca.dan at gmail.com <mailto:ventresca.dan at gmail.com> to schedule an audition appointment. 

Shooting in the Albany area.

The film is inspired by a real person, and a real situation I experienced. The visual documentary style, along with the digital black and white film-noir look, underscored by the electronic horror score will create the atmosphere needed to elevate this Psycho-Drama into a realm all its own.  

The story is about an emotional predator who ensnares our lead character into a psychological mind game of deception and manipulation, which leaves him fighting for his sanity. Through a cycle of idealization, devaluation, and ultimately a discard, our emotional terrorist secures her supply source of both positive and negative emotions, which is needed for her survival. This is a disordered individual who wreaks havoc on her targets, and how her targets come to understand and deal with what is happening. It touches on what it means to long for a connection, and how often we ignore those tiny red flags in order to see the good in the people we love and want to be loved by, and sometimes with life threatening outcomes. 

Compensation:
Lead Roles: $1,000  total compensation. (Both rehearsal and filming days plus meals for filming days and Sunday rehearsal days). Plus 5% ownership in the film. 

Supporting Role: $500  total compensation. (Both rehearsal and filming days plus meals for filming days and Sunday rehearsal days). Plus 5% ownership in the film.

Seeking Talent:

Sam (Lead): Male, 30-45

Sam was briefly married to a wonderful woman named Lily. His high school sweetheart, the one who truly knew him. She died unexpectedly and has left Sam with a deep void that’s not be filled. Most his friends have since left town or have families of their own. He’s searching, like all of us, looking for deep connections to enrich his life. 

He struggles with adequate self-love, as a young kid he was left to comfort himself. A father who was always working, and a mother too self-involved to put her child’s needs before hers. He grew up watching their toxic relationship consisting of arguments and fights, regular manipulation and passive aggressive conduct has left Sam being somewhat codependent, and really struggling to form healthy romantic relationships. He’s outgoing, and for the most part, confident, but just below the surface always battling jealousy and self-esteem issues, which makes him susceptible to manipulation by women. 

Eve (Lead): Female, 28-40

At an early age, Eve decided that who she was, as her authentic being, was not capable of getting her needs met. So, she completely divorced and separated from her true self, and created a fabricated false self, a grandiose self, an actor who can get their needs met. She became the ultimate chameleon. 

She has since become someone who doesn’t care about the feelings of others. She lacks empathy, is abusive, exploitative, upholds a false grandiose self-image, and doesn’t put logic and being reasonable or rational first. She puts herself, her needs and obtaining supply first. Supply is attention, applause, other people’s positive or negative emotional reactions. Sadly, she doesn’t know how to be happy. Instead her internal reward system is feeling a sense of power. She uses both her mind and body as tools to hook targets in, and then ultimately destroy them when they no longer serve her needs. 

What she presents to the world, her false-self that is, is a sweet, warm, helpful, smart, charming, and friendly woman. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with her…

Hernando (Supporting): Male, 35-50

Hernando is a character unto himself. He’s slightly off-center, but it’s endearing and somewhat charming. He thinks he’s very funny, but most wouldn’t agree with him. He’s likeable and is pretty much average in most ways. He has an even temperament, which suits him as he’s middle management. He’s married, and wishes he was back in the “good” old days, but overall content with his life.

Also casting multiple non-paying day player roles. 

Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations:
Filming dates:
Saturday, September 14, 2019																																																												Sunday, September 15, 2019																																																												Monday, September 16, 2019
Tuesday, September 17,, 2019                                                                   																																																			Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Sat & Sunday, September 21 & 22, 2019																																																									Sat & Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2019																																																									Sat & Sunday, October 5 & 6, 2019																																																										Sat & Sunday, October 12 & 13, 2019																																																									Sat & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 2019
 
Rehearsal dates; 2019:                                
Sunday, August 11th-12pm-5pm
Monday, August 12th-7pm-10pm
Tuesday, August 13th-7pm-9pm
Wednesday, August 14th-7pm-9:30pm 
Sunday, August 18th-12pm-4:30pm
Monday, August 19th-7pm-9pm
Tuesday, August 20th-7pm-10pm
Wednesday, August 21st-7pm-9pm
Sunday, August 25th-12pm-6pm
Monday, August 26th-7pm-9pm
Tuesday, August 27th-7pm-9pm
Sunday, September 8th-12pm-4pm

Audition Location & Information
Monday, May 13, 2019 
3pm-7pm 
Albany Visitors Center
25 Quackenbush Square 
Albany, NY 12207



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