Melbourne Film production
Tue, 16 Mar 2004, 10:19 amNeil2 posts in thread
Melbourne Film production
Tue, 16 Mar 2004, 10:19 amHello
I'll be shooting a film [approx 40 minutes] late June on Digital with definate intentions for the festival circuit that requires a number of actors. This is a 3rd Year RMIT student production that will take place over 2 weeks - shooting days of variable length. A small [token, of course your talent is priceless...] fee can be negotiated however more important is film credit and involvement with passionate talented people. Deferred payment is also negotiable. A tape, stills etc will be provided. No on-screen nudity of course however the script is a serious drama that requires professionalism and passion.
Please respond with C.V's [only if you haven't already] to
Lotos Production
PO BOX 1380
Carlton 3053
Thank you.
Neil
Kane
Kane is an 18 year old in his final year at an exclusive private boys boarding school. He is extremely intelligent, bound to top his year at school, however matches this with wit and insight which results in an idiosyncratic charm people either accept or reject. He has an attraction which one wants to automatically possess so as to almost claim as their own and heÂ’s conscious of this effect he has on people. Kane is a bisexual and has an unquestioning love for his mother that serves as the catalyst for the film. KaneÂ’s relationship with his father is one of extreme hostility however he masks this and has done so for his entire life. The communication between them is militaristic and direct and shows little warmth or intimacy. Kane is bestowed with many of his fathers characteristics save for his self-obsessed egotism.
Richard
Richard is Kane’s father a mid thirties prosecutor who’s used to being heard and not to listening. In many ways he’s isolated the people around him, subsequently perpetuating their hatred of him. He lives in a large house in an expensive residential area and has sent Kane to the school he went to 20 years earlier. In Kane he sees only an image of himself and through him wishes to relive his life, almost trivialising Kane’s own unique personality. His love for Kane seems to be that of one colleague to another and poor by standard of ‘expected’ parenting. Richard suffers from self-delusion of his own personal capacity. People unassociated or not in immediate contact with him often overstate his strength. Due to his wealth and position Richard has been insulated from certain life realities and Kane delivers this resoundingly at the films conclusion.
Julie
Julie is KaneÂ’s mother. SheÂ’s in her early fifties and has suffered from a degenerative neurological condition for a number of years. SheÂ’s bestowed upon Kane her strength and insight which he pointedly draws from. Her condition has somewhat abated however she suffers from depression at the hands of Richard who has openly severed any emotional involvement with her. Her physical frailty is matched by her emotional intelligence and intellectual prowess and although conscious of her condition, doesnÂ’t allow it to become the focus of her life.
Donna
Donna is Richards’ mistress, bright energetic youthful – all the traits he feels lacking in himself. She’s intelligent and independent and begins to see Richard’s manipulative intentions through Kane. She’s somewhat oppurtunistic however this doesn’t plague her until Kane requests she ridicule his father. She too is manipulated by him as she admires the youth and vitality of Kane’s being. She buckles under her affections for Kane – those tacitly premeditatedly by him and this becomes her Achilles heel; the insidious need to consume youth ravenously.
Darren
Darren is KaneÂ’s boyfriend. They attend the same school and one gets the impression that there is an eternal bond based on shared experience. HeÂ’s influenced Kane toward the theatre and through this given him a renewed reserve of confidence and self-expression. HeÂ’s socially openly homosexual [within the confines of a boarding school] whereas Kane isnÂ’t and understands KaneÂ’s complexity as nobody else can.
Principal
The principal, Steve, is a bumbling nervous man of weak will, fearful of those with more power than he.
Doctor
The general practitioner, Pete, is an old friend of the family who has the benefit of distance to all situations. He accepts blindly the cohesion of the Monroe family and assumes the best in all matters related. Pete admires Kane’s intelligence as he would his own son and shares Richards sense of ‘success’.
I'll be shooting a film [approx 40 minutes] late June on Digital with definate intentions for the festival circuit that requires a number of actors. This is a 3rd Year RMIT student production that will take place over 2 weeks - shooting days of variable length. A small [token, of course your talent is priceless...] fee can be negotiated however more important is film credit and involvement with passionate talented people. Deferred payment is also negotiable. A tape, stills etc will be provided. No on-screen nudity of course however the script is a serious drama that requires professionalism and passion.
Please respond with C.V's [only if you haven't already] to
Lotos Production
PO BOX 1380
Carlton 3053
Thank you.
Neil
Kane
Kane is an 18 year old in his final year at an exclusive private boys boarding school. He is extremely intelligent, bound to top his year at school, however matches this with wit and insight which results in an idiosyncratic charm people either accept or reject. He has an attraction which one wants to automatically possess so as to almost claim as their own and heÂ’s conscious of this effect he has on people. Kane is a bisexual and has an unquestioning love for his mother that serves as the catalyst for the film. KaneÂ’s relationship with his father is one of extreme hostility however he masks this and has done so for his entire life. The communication between them is militaristic and direct and shows little warmth or intimacy. Kane is bestowed with many of his fathers characteristics save for his self-obsessed egotism.
Richard
Richard is Kane’s father a mid thirties prosecutor who’s used to being heard and not to listening. In many ways he’s isolated the people around him, subsequently perpetuating their hatred of him. He lives in a large house in an expensive residential area and has sent Kane to the school he went to 20 years earlier. In Kane he sees only an image of himself and through him wishes to relive his life, almost trivialising Kane’s own unique personality. His love for Kane seems to be that of one colleague to another and poor by standard of ‘expected’ parenting. Richard suffers from self-delusion of his own personal capacity. People unassociated or not in immediate contact with him often overstate his strength. Due to his wealth and position Richard has been insulated from certain life realities and Kane delivers this resoundingly at the films conclusion.
Julie
Julie is KaneÂ’s mother. SheÂ’s in her early fifties and has suffered from a degenerative neurological condition for a number of years. SheÂ’s bestowed upon Kane her strength and insight which he pointedly draws from. Her condition has somewhat abated however she suffers from depression at the hands of Richard who has openly severed any emotional involvement with her. Her physical frailty is matched by her emotional intelligence and intellectual prowess and although conscious of her condition, doesnÂ’t allow it to become the focus of her life.
Donna
Donna is Richards’ mistress, bright energetic youthful – all the traits he feels lacking in himself. She’s intelligent and independent and begins to see Richard’s manipulative intentions through Kane. She’s somewhat oppurtunistic however this doesn’t plague her until Kane requests she ridicule his father. She too is manipulated by him as she admires the youth and vitality of Kane’s being. She buckles under her affections for Kane – those tacitly premeditatedly by him and this becomes her Achilles heel; the insidious need to consume youth ravenously.
Darren
Darren is KaneÂ’s boyfriend. They attend the same school and one gets the impression that there is an eternal bond based on shared experience. HeÂ’s influenced Kane toward the theatre and through this given him a renewed reserve of confidence and self-expression. HeÂ’s socially openly homosexual [within the confines of a boarding school] whereas Kane isnÂ’t and understands KaneÂ’s complexity as nobody else can.
Principal
The principal, Steve, is a bumbling nervous man of weak will, fearful of those with more power than he.
Doctor
The general practitioner, Pete, is an old friend of the family who has the benefit of distance to all situations. He accepts blindly the cohesion of the Monroe family and assumes the best in all matters related. Pete admires Kane’s intelligence as he would his own son and shares Richards sense of ‘success’.