The NEXT OPPORTUNITY for AWS Actors:
PROJECT:
Short Film
SYNOPSIS:
The film concept is: In a battle between generations, a group of teenagers in 1964 decide to challenge what is acceptable in society for music. Relationships are torn between teens and their parents when they decide to get the genre of rock and roll to the public through their garage radio station.
OFFER:
Copy, Credit, Meals.
SHOOT DATES:
Late April/Early May
AUDITION:
Cold read. Sides are available to download and bring with you. Bring headshot and resume, and know what role you are auditioning for.
HERE ARE THE SIDES. CLICK BELOW:
Script-Rickey-1.pdf
Script-Tammy-1.pdf
Script-Dean-and-Rickey-1.pdf
Script-Richard-Milton-1.pdf
Script-Linda-and-Robert-1.pdf
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
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Ricky (teen). This main character is the leader of the group. He is enthusiastic about music, very dedicated, focused and ambitious. He has a lot of knowledge about music and how music works. He inspires the group to start a radio station and becomes the disc jockey for the station. His powerhouse personality keeps the group interested in an almost unrealistic goal of starting a radio station from a garage.
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Tammy (teen). Female lead. Respected girl who keeps the boys in check. Has a “social media mindset” and is very up to date with the culture and is constantly in the know about the new trends and exciting happenings of the 1960’s. Even though she is super trendy, she is also very composed and fits into an all guys group as “one of the guys”. Although she is tough enough to hang out with them she still tries to look good wearing new trendy outfits each day of that era.
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Dean (teen). Best friend to the main character. Dean is able to get the radio station on its feet. He has a father who is a radio programmer which leads to him getting the support and encouragement to buy a radio station. His personality is funny. He is loyal to his friends.
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Richard Milton (adult). Cool dad is a radio programmer for a local radio station. He becomes the father figure for this group of kids and is the main encouragement for them. He inspires them and contradicts the ways that most parents reacted to the new cultural movement.
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Linda and Robert (adults). Parents of the main teenage boys. They are strict, traditional, and old fashioned. They encompass the fear of change which the film is about. They are scared of tradition and very confrontational about their ideas of society.