Open Casting / Screentest for Australian Feature Film 2 Minute Teaser

This is a screentest which means your audition will be filmed and reviewed. To help us organise the day and ensure you are not having to endure long wait times, please register your audition online here (copy and paste into your browser): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2BcuYKiROSHZOU54mbk5ag_3d_3d.

Actors will be paid as per MEAA award rates. Payment details to be advised after outcome of audition.

Film Synopsis

One Liner:
Dillan MacIntosh is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary dream to play professional Australian Rules football. The only problem is…Dillan MacIntosh is a girl.

Actor Requirements

Dillan MacIntosh
Sex: Female
Role: Protagonist
Age Range: 15-20 years (must look 17 yrs)
Other: Athletic, preferably can play Aussie Rules Football or a similar ball sport Breakdown: Dillan is a down-to-earth free spirit; passionate, driven, witty and unsatisfied with mediocrity. She has struggled with being an outcast all her life. Growing up in rural centres of Victoria and being brought up within single parent family consisting of a father and two brothers, she finds it difficult to relate to girls her age and is much more comfortable having a kick of the footy with boys. Dillan has an extraordinary dream, but she continues to struggle against society and her father to achieve it. She is not afraid of a fight, but still maintains deep seated doubts about her self worth since her mother abandoned the family when she was 4.

Fred Myers
Sex: Male
Role: Supporting Age Range: 50 – 60 years
Other: Has the look of a wise but tough coach/mentor character Breakdown: Fred was a football lover from before he was born and a player from before he could walk. He grew up in the bustling miner’s colony of Bendigo but moved to the big smoke of Melbourne as soon as he finished school. He was drafted in the AFL at 20 and played half a season before being so severely injured doctors told him he would never play again. Not realising Dillan is a girl, he sets into motion events that will change Dillan’s life and eventually lead him to become her mentor and friend. Fred believes in fair play, in working for what you want and in never giving up. However it is out of guilt that he initially supports Dillan in her quest to become a professional footballer – his own daughter had wanted a similar career but he had ignored her wishes and she ran away from home, never to return.

Job Details

Melbourne Casting:
When: Saturday 1st AND Sunday 2nd of March from 9am to 4pm

Where: Unit 3, 31 Wedge Street, Epping, Melbourne

Bring: A copy of your CV and photo. Comfortable sports clothing required. Eg: Footy training gear or shorts/tracksuit pants and a t-shirt/singlet top is suitable.



Bendigo Casting:
When: Saturday 8th AND Sunday 9th of March from 9am to 4pm

Where: Kangaroo Flat Football Club Oval, Bendigo

Bring: A copy of your CV and photo. Comfortable sports clothing required. Eg: Footy training gear or shorts/tracksuit pants and a t-shirt/singlet top is suitable.

Process:

1. When you arrive at the venue, please follow the signs to the waiting area

2. Sign in with the host in the waiting room, have your digital photo taken and put on file and submit your CV and photo if you have one

3. Sit quietly in the waiting area until you are called into the audition room.

4. Once you are called through you will be asked to read the script. Please bring your own copy if possible.

5. You may be stopped mid way through the script. This does not necessarily imply the outcome of your audition.

6. You will receive notification via email within 3 days of the outcome of your audition and those who have been successful will be invited to attend a second audition.

7. Second auditions will be held in Bendigo on the 15th March 2007 and in Melbourne on the 16th of March 2008.

8. You will need to be available for a weekend location shoot in Bendigo in last week of March or first week of April. If you are from outside Bendigo, food and accommodation will be provided.