Casting call! Three actors wanted for David Williams' next film

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Exeter filmmaker David Williams, whose film Making the Difference won the audience award at Two Short Nights 2008 and was then selected as part of the final 12 films for Virgin Media Shorts 2009, is looking for actors for his next project.

David is searching for several roles -check out the synopsis below. The film has been awarded an Exeter Phoenix Digital Short Film Bursary and will be shooting in HD in late July in Devon. It will premier at Two Short Nights 2010 and then go on to the international film festival circuit.

He’s looking for actors to volunteer their services for the film as this is an expenses only project.

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Male / 20-30 yrs / Caucasian. The lead role, 20-30 year old ‘anti-hero’, a likable funny character slightly lacking in self confidence, clean cut, loyal and honest. Relationship with the best friend character is very important, a duo that have worked together before would be ideal to help convey the life long friendship.

Male / 20-30 yrs / Caucasian. Best friend character, second most important role in the film, 20-30 year old, a self centered person who thinks he’s funny, who takes life and all that it offers for granted. Not a bad person, but doesn’t consider others unless they can service him in a mutual manner or if life forces him to. Relationship with the lead character is very important, a duo that have worked together before would be ideal to help convey the life long friendship.

Female/ 60+ / Any Ethnicity. A frail old woman, quiet, friendly, trusting, who’s confused and a little more than worse for ware.

Here’s a brief synopsis: What would you do if, driving home one stormy night in your two-seater sports car, you happened upon a bus stop in which, hiding from the storm, was the girl of your dreams, your best friend who once saved your life, and an old woman who looks like she’s about to shuffle off this mortal coil.

Who would you choose to release from this most inhospitable situation via a lift in your sporty little number? This is the rather serious dilemma that confronts our hero. Little known to him, he’s being very closely judged on his response to this tricky moral dilemma, and little known to us, these entire events are imagined scenarios that form part of a job interview.

The film is about job interviews and the ever growing trend to use psychological questions and techniques to gage and pigeon-hole interviewees, and how they often rely on text book answers that inevitably fall by the wayside to human nature. There will be four sections to the film, with each possible solution played out, with the reality of the job interview acting as introduction and conclusion to the film. Each choice plays out to a rapid and unfortunate conclusion, each time with our ‘hero’ finding himself arriving back at the bus stop to make yet another ill-fated choice. When he returns for a fourth attempt, he realizes another option, wherein he can save the old woman, and still get the girl.

In the meantime, check out one of David’s latest flicks Day of Rest, and to see more, shuffle along to his Vimeo page.

Day of Rest from Williams & Oxley on Vimeo.

If you think you’re a suitable candidate for one of the roles, contact David Williams on williamsandoxley@googlemail.com

(Image: still from Making the Difference)