Innerself Audition

Innerself – martial arts comedy musical – phase I audition info

Please read this carefully. Deadline 10/20/2016

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A ROLE, PLEASE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING:

• Recent headshot
• Actors Resume (Must include best Email and Cell to contact)
• Audition Video (See Guidelines below)
• Email all materials to innerself@mdifilm.com
• You will be notified for a call back if selected, it not you will have the option to participate as an extras*

VIDEO GUIDLINES**:

1. Less than 2 minutes, NO EDITING
2. Medium Shot (Upper half of the body)
3. Film in a WELL LIT room, we want to see your face!***
4. First state your Name and Role you’d like to play
5. A short monologue if you’ve prepared one before (<1min)
6.  Sing or Rap whichever is your best skill set/style
7. Upload your youtube video as “UNLISTED”
8. Email youtube link and all other materials to: innerself-@-mdifilm.com (take out the – between @)
9. no singing video needed if it’s for non singing roles.

*Extras include backup dancers with minimal singing (e.g. Humming)
**Phone videos are acceptable
***DO NOT FILM IN BATHROOM, try a room with the most furniture for best sound

NOTES:

• This is a feature film.
• Film will be directed by Johnny Wu, lensed by Peter Sampson with possibility of 2nd or 3rd units planned.
• Producers: Johnny Wu, Peter Sampson, Kyle Znamenak, Jason L. Wang, Cynthia Graham and Jeff Yanik.
• Unlike non-musical films, this movie will have a different scheduling:
  • first audition while finalizing the songs,
  • followed by actors in studio to record their songs,
  • then to martial arts training/rehearsal,
  • filming of the movie,
  • schedule possible ADR or reshoot,
  • cast/crew wrapped party,
  • focus group viewing, and
  • finally released to sales agent for distribution.
• We expect you to commit to your roles and the time for the entire production until after post production.
• This is planned to be shot in late April 2017
• This movie will be filmed all over Cleveland: Cleveland AsiaTown, Solon, Westlake, etc.
• This movie will be filmed on weekends (Sat/Sun) and based on majority’s availability
• This is a non-SAG, no-budget project, volunteer and passion is what matter.
• You will get a copy in bluray or dvd (which will include bts and others) plus IMDB credit
• Film should be readied for distribution opportunity at late 2017 (Fall).
• We understand your time is important, so we will try to schedule only for the your time(s) needed.
• Please do not waste your time if you can’t commit.

Characters breakdown:

Character Breakdown:

• ED, (singing role), mid to late 20s, – Self-centered, knows it all, learned martial arts all from watching it via TV and still thinks he can do it. Back story of him was that he has been ‘bullied’ because he was a bit slow or maybe just different from the rest of the group, and living in a small city where everyone knows everyone, it was hard not be ‘harassed’ by peers. He lives with his Mom, and whenever he’s home, he always stay in his room, turns the TV on watch martial art movies and mimics their moves. Inside his mind, he thinks he’s learning and becoming a better martial artist. (Yet, he doesn’t know the name of the techniques or what style they are)

• Dave, early/late 30s – The dojo’s owner/master, a prodigy, he mostly seen cleaning the school or do not much, since he is the one that owns the school, he does internal martial arts (Taichi, Hsing Yi, and Baqua) so he is always not eager to do anything.

• Sensei Birch, mid/late 20s-30s is Dave’s number one student and also the one that teaches the classes, he/she is calm but not as calm as Dave would be, he/she wears karate ki all the time even outside on the street.

• Sean, (singing role), mid/late 20s, grew up along Ed and they used to play together, until he got annoyed that Ed is ‘slow’ and he felt that he is a jock and Ed is holding him back. Sean has a small following of people that do whatever he asks them to do, at the same time, they ‘pushes’ Sean to go overboard with things, and Sean for being a leader and not wanting to show weakness, would do such things to ‘make this passé follows him more’.

• Ed’s Mom, (singing role), late 40s but young at heart, feels that she is yet to experience life and almost out and about every night. No martial arts training needed. 🙂

• Peter, late 40s, Ed’s mom’s new bf, they have been dating for about a month. Peter has an alternative motive… Some martial arts understanding/training needed.

• Peter’s son, (singing role), mid/late 20s, whom also a longtime friend of Ed and Sean but stopped hanging out with them when young , he’s goal is to make sure he is better than Ed and Sean. Acrobatic.

• Day players:
  • Sean’s friends (total of 4 or 5), no need to sing, some have a line or two, some should be able to do some skateboarding/parkour, or acrobatics.
  • Martial Arts Students, 10, background or foreground, including two young girl. Some will do some martial art sparring with main/supporting actors
  • Background players/extra

THANK YOU, hope to work with you soon!