Casting call for two Tri-C student films to shoot in February and March 2019. These films are final projects for students in the program and will be highly polished, suitable for demo reels. Auditions will be held on Thursday, December 20 from 4:00-5:45 PM, and Saturday, December 22 from 12:00-4:00 PM at the Louis Stokes Wing of the main branch of the Cleveland Public Library (525 Superior Ave). Sides are available by email.

Production title: Interior (previously under the working title “House”)

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Horror

Union / Non-Union: Non-Union

Production Type: Independent, Student

Project length: 10 mins

Director: Perry Billett

Producers: Perry Billett, Phil Bernstein

Audition Location: Cleveland Public Library

Shooting Location: Canton, OH (can provide transportation from Cleveland)

Email: perry.billett@gmail.com

Compensation: No

 

Synopsis:

An interior designer goes to confront a missing colleague at a client’s house, only to find the house in eerie disarray and his colleague in a state of fear -- but refusing to reveal why.

Character BIOS

[FRANK/FRANCES] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [GENDER: ANY] [AGE: 30s-50s]

No-nonsense Senior Member an interior design firm. Confronts friend, a Junior Interior Designer, at a client’s house about a project that’s taken weeks longer than scheduled.

 

[HARRIET/HOWARD] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [GENDER: ANY] [AGE: LATE 20s]

Creatively ambitious young interior designer of the same firm.  Forced to serve the Phantom and becomes trapped in the House. Struggles with this isolation.

 

[PHANTOM] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [GENDER MALE] [AGE: 30+] [HEIGHT: As tall as possible (6’5”+)]

Eerie man who haunts the house and whoever happens to enter it. Charismatic and can lure you into believing him. Plays a sadistic trick on the Interior Design Director.

Production title: The Summoners

Genre: Horror, Drama

Union / Non-Union: Non-Union

Production Type: Independent, Student

Project length: 10 mins

Director: Phil Bernstein

Producers: Perry Billett, Phil Bernstein

Audition Location: Cleveland Public Library

Shooting Location: Cleveland Heights, OH

Email: phil.bernstein115@gmail.com

Compensation: No

 

Logline:

Two occultists attempt to summon a dangerous supernatural being, but with every failure, each becomes more suspicious of the other.

Character BIOS

[GWEN] [GENDER: FEMALE] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [AGE: 20s-30s]

A medium obsessed with summoning a powerful, possibly demonic entity. She’s talented and confident, but begins to unravel under the pressure of the ritual.

 

[ALEX] [GENDER: MALE] [ETHNICITY: ANY] [AGE: 30s]

A mysterious, wealthy man who organized the summoning ritual. He’s initially friendly, but is revealed to be impulsive, aggressive, and dishonest.

KEY DATES

Auditions:

Thursday, December 20, 4:00-5:45 PM

Saturday, December 22, 12:00-4:00 PM

at the Downtown branch of the Cleveland Public Library.

 

Shooting Dates: Each project will shoot for two weekend nights in late February or early March 2019

About Us and the Project

We’re both graduates of Case Western Reserve University who are now in our final semester of the Media Arts and Filmmaking program at Tri-C. Our goal is to produce character-focused shorts that can serve as professional-grade additions to both our reel and yours.

Our previous work includes two episodes of Arcadia, a series of vignettes about a fictional Ohio suburb (episode 1: https://vimeo.com/302758606, episode 2: https://vimeo.com/302751121), and a music video for “Limit” by local rapper C.A.L (https://vimeo.com/300283709).