Seeking | Actor |
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Location | Los Angeles, California |
Status | Pre-production |
Type | Short film |
Genre | Comedy • Drama • Sci-Fi • Female-driven • Indie • Short / Digital • Independent • Short |
A young woman's fantasy collides with reality when her online boyfriend wishes to meet the person she imagines herself to be. / Auditions being held July 1, 11am-6pm; weekend shoot scheduled for September 2019 (exact dates TBA). / Greetings! My name is Tommy Garcia and I am beginning production on my latest short screenplay, LIFE TUNE--a tragicomedy/drama which has so far placed Quarterfinalist or higher in various contests and listings (Cinequest, ScreenCraft, Fresh Voices, Coverfly Red List, and more). My previous short films, AIRBAG and DISCRETION, have screened at numerous international events, including LA Shorts Fest (the world’s largest AMPAS and BAFTA-accredited short film festival) and the British Film Institute’s Flare Festival (the UK’s biggest queer film event). While this may be an ultra-low budget production, this script has received enough attention that I firmly believe in its prospects to become an award-worthy short, but first I need a fresh, exciting cast to bring it to life.
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DARREN CHESTERFIELD (18-28) - Darren has lived a rather privileged life, but hasn’t let it go to his head. His parents, though divorced, have maintained a healthy relationship and live comfortably with their new partners. An intelligent young man studying biology at ASU, Darren is nonetheless searching for “something better,” whatever that means. Lately, Darren has become smitten with Francine--his unofficially official online girlfriend from California, also his father’s current state of residence. As Darren prepares to visit his dad in Palos Verdes, he learns that Francine lives merely an hour or so away in Riverside. Could that “something better” be an internet romance come to life? Or might there be a catch? Darren is currently imagined as a “hot nerd” who fails to notice the constant parade of people who melt over him, however we are open to other interpretations so long as he is believably someone who would fail to realize “Francine” is deceiving him (albeit with the help of advanced technology in the form of a controversial new app called ‘VidTune’). DANCE EXPERIENCE IS A MUST.
FRANCINE (AKA THE DOPPELGÄNGER) NGUYEN/DELGADO (18-28) - Francine Nguyen/Delgado is not an actual person, but a figment of the imagination of Fran--a young woman who works at the grocery store and lives with her abusive mother. Francine is everything that Fran has let society convince her she is not--beautiful, fit, successful, independent, and endlessly popular. With the help of advanced technology in the form of a controversial new app called ‘VidTune,’ Fran is able to make Francine a reality--or so she’d like to think--with the help of various beauty filters and effects to create a “digital doppelgänger.” But as Fran will soon realize, fantasy is not always better than reality, and her dual lives are about to clash in explosive fashion. DANCE EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS.
Thanks Dave, will keep you in mind when we get to that!