Actors Wanted for Campus Movie Fest!
Team Leader: Soweto Bosia
Email: <soweto.bosia@gmail.com>
Phone: 404-213-6965
Title: “An Ungodly Experience”
Genre: Comedy/Drama
A minister of a local church finds himself at a crossroad, he has converted to atheism. He wants his good friend and mentor Deacon Walker to accept him. His problems increase when he is confronted by a church member who wants him to pray for her sick son.
Shooting Dates (best guess): February 24th, 25th, 26th
Areas of Atlanta region you’re shooting in : Midtown and Buckhead
Principal Characters:
Terrance Hall: mid-30s is very neurotic, smart and is an avid reader. He loves to help people but feels like he’s living a lie by preaching to his church about God because he’s become an atheist.
Phillip Walker: mid-40s loves God and Christianity even though he doesn’t follow all of the teachings, especially the one about being faithful to his wife. He is older than Terrance and has been his mentor and friend. He is very headstrong and has a temper.
Sharon Buckner: late 20s – early 30s is a single mother, her husband died while working the beat as a police officer. She is very strong but often looks for other people to help her when she is in need. She has a sick son so she’s been going through a rough part of her life. She wants her son to get better but she knows deep down nothing can be done for him.
Tabitha Willis: 30’s – 40’s, God-fearing Christian. She’s a waitress that doesn’t mind giving her two cents.
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Team Leader: Denny Wellman
Email: <dwellman21@gmail.com>
Phone: 770-792-0890
Title: “Writer’s Block”
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Katrina is a struggling TV writer trying to come up with a spec script for a children’s program. Despite his best efforts, her laid-off husband Benjamin can’t calm her down so she can write. Only the memories of an old childhood toy are able to get her out of her funk and so she can continue writing once more.
Shooting Dates (best guess): February 23, February 24, February 25, February 26
Areas of Atlanta region you’re shooting in: Kennesaw, Marietta
Principal Characters:
Katrina Dalton: African-American woman age 45-53. Katrina is a semi-professional Scriptwriter for the local TV station but she hasn’t had a really well paying assignment for months. Her husband Benjamin has just lost his job due to his employer’s downsizing. Katrina fears that she won’t be able to carry her weight financially and that she and Bill won’t be able to retire. She also worries that they will have to depend on the support of their daughter Candice, a recent college graduate, and this could prevent Candice from having a fully independent life on her own.
Benjamin Dalton: African-American man age 50-55. A Network Engineer, Bill was recently laid off. Whenever Katrina loses her grip and begins to stress out, Benjamin does his best to take the pressure off of his wife and put it all on his back, even at the risk of breaking down himself. He is the provider and protector of the two most important women in his life (Katrina and Candice) and will do whatever is necessary to keep them safe and sane. Sometimes he becomes too chivalrous, but Benjamin is a true family man with his heart in the right place.
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Team Leader: Devin Carter
Email: <dcarterfilms@gmail.com>
Phone: 678-670-3325
Title: “All for Some Kicks”
Genre: comedy/action
Synopsis: The story is about Joel who is tricked to get a pair of shoes for his sick brother. Joel meets an abundance of characters throughout the story that try getting the shoes from him since he received the last pair. Joel goes through many trials to get the shoes to his brother whom he later finds out is faking his illness, so Joel keeps the shoes for himself.
Principal Characters:
Joel: A young man who is charming and charismatic and still has a youthful innocence about himself. Age 15-16 no taller than 6 feet. A carefree, individual, innocent high school student, he’s very loyal to his big brother.
Bill: A skinny old teenager dirt bag, age 17-19, who is selfish, conniving and thinks only about himself. He has bad posture.
A deceptive individual, Bill uses others to get what he wants and doesn’t care about them. He gets what he wants by any means necessary
Melissa: A pretty young high school seductress, age 17-19, who will do whatever it takes to get the shoes for one of her boyfriends. She uses what she has to get whatever she wants or needs.