CASTING NOTICE
I’M BLAKELY
Non-Union
Short Film
Student Film
Director: Kaylee Moody
Producer: Victoria Standrich
Director of Photography: Michelle Pescina
Email: Victoria Standrich vs01048@georgiasouthern.edu
Shooting Location: Statesboro, GA & Brunswick, GA
Callback Location (by appointment only): 85 Georgia Avenue, Statesboro, GA, 30458 – Russell Union at Georgia Southern University
Compensation: 2 meals/day of shooting; 1 tank of gas/day of shooting; $75.00/day of shooting
KEY DATES
Video Casting Auditions: Submit by 8/18/2018 at 11:59 PM
Call Backs/Walk-Ins: 8/24/2018 at 6 PM, 8/25/2018 at 12 PM, and 8/26/2018 at 12 PM
Shoot Dates: Coastal Georgia – 09/28/2018; 09/29/2018; 09/30/2018
NOTES
I’m Blakely is a short film that will be ten minutes in length. The project will be produced by senior undergraduate students from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. This film is for class credit in order to graduate.
Script-IM-BLAKELY-5b5df01ce8606.pdf
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Blakely Currens has Leukemia, so she will need to appear ill through makeup and physique.
STORYLINE
Blakely Currens, an 18-year-old girl has just recently been deemed terminally ill, and decides to move in with her grandmother on the Georgia coast. Jude Laughlin, a 19-year-old boy, is also living with Blakely’s grandmother for the summer, due to his misfortunate family history. Blakely and Jude fall for one another, but Blakely does not tell Jude about her fate.
CHARACTERS
[BLAKELY CURRENS] 18 or older. Female. Caucasian (pale). Slim.
She is determined not to let her terminal illness rob her of a chance at experiencing love.
Video Auditions: Scenes 1-3
[JUDE LAUGHLIN] 18 or older. Male.
With a chip on his shoulder, he refuses to be left by anyone else.
Video Auditions: Scenes 1-3
[GRANDMOTHER CECELIA CURRENS] 60-70. Female. Caucasian. Loving, kind, free spirited.
Cares profusely for others, even if they have done wrong.
Video Auditions: Scenes 4 & 11
