Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
grandprairiecasting@gmail.com
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Non-union $200/day role dependent.
Deadline:
Nov 4, 2024
Shooting starts:
Jan 15, 2025
Shooting finishes:
Feb 28, 2025
Shooting locations:
Calgary, AB
Cities for response:
Comments
Actors should not be discouraged if not available for the entire shooting period. Work days per actor will be around 5-7 days. Schedule is flexible.
The budget only allows for local Calgary and Edmonton talent. Unfortunately, production cannot cover any travel costs.
The budget only allows for local Calgary and Edmonton talent. Unfortunately, production cannot cover any travel costs.
Storyline
'Grand Prairie' is a captivating visual odyssey shot on IMAX 70mm, set in Alberta, Canada. A hybrid docu-narrative, the film explores how our identity is connected to and shaped by the landscape around us. The film hypnotically moves through a diverse cast of all ages and backgrounds, each small story emblematic of a distinct tie to the land the character has. These moments poetically weave together with stunning shots of the different landscapes that personify each, to create an immersive non-linear experience.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | ANGELA | Female 16 - 21 Years old |
Description ANGELA is in high school. She's dreamy, like from the virgin suicides. She expresses herself through dance. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring Principal | EVAN | Male 14 - 18 Years old |
Description 14-16. Angsty teen phase. Greasy hair. Wears a hoody and headphones. His parents don't understand him. He's lonely. He's quite popular with his friend group but can't find a way to access them, trapped in the suburbs and too young to drive a car to them. A small bubble of hatred for his family is slowly growing. He smokes weed and walks around aimlessly looking for answers. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring Actor | MERLE | Male 44 - 50 Years old |
Description 50s. Semi-retired. He wears a Hawaiin shirt, lei-flowers, and drinks Mai Tais completelty un-ironically. It is impossible to tan his pale Albertan skin. It only burns. He has not shaved his mustache since he first grew it at age 19. He left Grand Prairie and moved to 'the big city' of Edmonton, to start a small business with his high school sweetheart Mary Anne. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring Actor | MARY ANN | Female 44 - 50 Years old |
Description 50s. She has the 'mom cut'. Speaks in platitudes. She is afraid of truly being herself, living under her husband's thumb. She seeks comfort and drinks to numb her own curiosities. She has a 'life is a cabernet' painting on her kitchen mantle and genuinely loves it. She loves her son but doesn't know how to get through to him. She's a good person. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | LEANNE | Female 26 - 30 Years old |
Description Leanne is open to interpretation and the ideal candidate will also audition with 2 of her own young children. Open to candidates without children as well. Leanne is a lightly humorous character--bringing physical comedy in how she and her children walk to the mall, how they dress alike. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | KELSEY | Female 16 - 18 Years old |
Description Kelsey lives a short bus ride from the West Edmonton Mall and got a summer job there that turned into a full time position. She recently graduated High School and finds herself at a strange cross-roads...at a job she has no future or interest in, in a place she looks compeltely out of place. It could be interesting if Kelsey's visual makeup was in striking juxtaposition to the park. Is she a goth? Is she Gen Z (hunter schaefer euphoria makeup?). Open to striking faces and all identities.She’s quiet and introspective but carries herself with a subtle confidence. Beneath her bold exterior, there’s a sense of vulnerability, especially when she’s caught in isolating moments, like being stranded in a snowstorm after leaving the mall or when she eats alone in the food court. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | TERESA | Female 19 - 22 Years old |
Description Teresa is a 19-21-year-old, petite, and classically pretty blonde. She’s flirty, often wearing revealing clothing like short leaopard print or leather skirts, even in winter, giving off a carefree, party-girl vibe. Teresa is just barely on the club scene, embracing the nightlife with shots and bottle service, but there's more going on beneath the surface.Emotionally, Teresa is going through a breakup or some personal turmoil. One night, after drinking heavily, she gets behind the wheel of her oversized vehicle, crying and singing along to Shania Twain’s “You're Still the One.” Despite the cold, she’s dressed for the club, her short skirt and clunky heels contrasting with the winter weather. She drunkenly drives home, parking crookedly in her driveway, still singing, lost in the emotional mess she’s trying to outrun. Teresa feels young, impulsive, and raw, clinging to her flirty exterior while struggling with heartbreak. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | MABLE | Female 80 - 99 Years old |
Description We meet Mabel on the eve of her 100th birthday, at a retirement home on the outskirts of town. We see her shoebox of a room, filled with pictures, bird carvings; small memories of a big life and the only things she’s chosen to keep on this final stage of her life. ThroughMabel we can film a beautiful portrait that is a direct reflection on growing old and looking back. As we watch her and the other residents go about their day and ultimately celebrate her birthday at a ‘concert’ with an Elvis Impersonator, we get a privileged view into old age, something almost taboo that is rarely filmed. Is Mabel lonely? How does she feel about the long life she’s lived? As she falls asleep we rest on a beautiful close-up of her face and delve into her memories and dreams of her life back in the town of Grand Prairie. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | MARIA | Female 18 - 24 Years old |
Description Maria is a Hutterite living in a small colony in Alberta. Her life is orderly, peaceful, and very adult. Although she lives a life of tradition and discipline, she does have frequent contact with the modern world through social media and is allowed a smartphone and computer. Maria represents a fascinating way to explore the lines between new and old, faith and chaos. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Non Speaking | EMMETT | Male 4 - 6 Years old |
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Non Speaking | CHARLOTTE | Female 6 - 8 Years old |
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress. | ||
