Casting Talents for "Our final Chapters Of Innocence" Short Film
ONLY LOCAL ACTORS ACCEPTED Volunteer and independent short film; resume experience. Shooting dates are discussed and decided upon after input from actors is received. Teenage girls Delilah, Florence, and Charlotte are struggling with the aftermath of their friend Maren’s death. Due to their grieving, the girls have grown apart over the past two years. In an undesirable attempt to commemorate their late friend’s life, the girls are thrown into a sleepover plagued by ghostly events, a vision from Maren ultimately warning them of their own inevitable doom. Despite their worries that they are going crazy, they choose to accept their friend's warning. In a desperate attempt to feel alive, themes of girlhood, grief, and death are explored through poetry and varying points of view. “Our Final Chapters of Innocence” is a haunting tale leaving audiences with a changed perception of demise and adolescence. Audition lines included in PDFS attached.
4 roles
SYMBOLS: Ophelia, Sylvia Plath, Black Cats. Leading Role. DELILAH is a fourteen-year-old girl, plagued by thoughts of death. She has been accused of romanticizing her hardships or even the death of her friend, something she silently knows is true. She glamorizes because she doesn’t know how else to cope. She is seen as awkward, or odd. She often finds herself in arguments with her friend FLORENCE, their opposing strong wills creating hardships for the both of them.
SYMBOLS: Marilyn Monroe, Renaissance Paintings, Pink. Leading Role. CHARLOTTE is a fifteen-year-old girl, struggling to be seen. She is quite shy, often mediating between DELILAH and FLORENCE. She is quite lonely, feeling as if no one truly cares about her feelings. Flashback scenes portray heavy religious trauma.
CHARACTER AGE: Unknown SYMBOLS: Spirits, Ghosts, Girlhood. Supporting role. A ghostly figure, attempting to guide or protect her still-living friends. Rarely but not indefinitely shows vulnerability, or what she truly was at the time of her death: A girl.
Minor Role. Boys attempting to mock or bully the protagonists. Small role with partially improvised lines.
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