Greater Philadelphia Film Office

Black Lens Cinema is currently working with a film collective to shoot five 1-minute short films. We will be casting for approximately 15 roles for an upcoming production. We are looking to shoot the short films during a weekend in January.

Non-union, volunteer actors/actresses are needed. These will be 1-minute films that will be immediately released online. One full day of shooting on 01/21 and 01/22. The location is TBD but will be in the area of Montgomery County, PA (Philadelphia Suburbs).

Volunteer only, with IMDb and on-screen credit provided. There will be food on set. Actors will receive a copy of the final product for their reels.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS:

BLACK LENS CINEMA
Character #1 – Any Gender, Age range: 21-35, Any ethnicity, someone that can show emotion (family member passing away)
Character #2 – Any Gender, Age range: 21-35, Any ethnicity, someone that can show emotion (family member passing away)
Character #3 – Any Gender, Age range: 21-35, Any ethnicity, someone that can show emotion (family member passing away)
Character #4 – Any Gender, Age range: 21-35, Any ethnicity, someone that can show emotion (family member passing away)

5 SHORTS PROJECT
Character #1 – Zoe – Black female, Age range: 25-35, characteristics: confident and strong
Character #2 – Sy – Black female, Age range: 25-35, characteristics: the life of the party
Character #3 – Saint – Black male, Age range: 25-35, characteristics: cool and confident; hipster

AMPLYFIED REALITY
Character #1 – Black male, Age range: mid 20s
Character #2 – Black female, Age range: mid 20s

KJ Productions
Character #1 – Lark – Black female, Age range: 25-30, characteristics: quiet and laidback
Character #2 – Arianna – Black female, Age range: 25-30, characteristics: outgoing/ratchet
Character #3 – Lamar – Black male, Age range: 25-30
Character #4 – Goddess Esme – Black female, Age range: 40s, characteristics: an eccentric look and a powerful presence

IAMBrand Productions
Character #1 – Byron – Black male (light skin), Age range: 20-30
Character #2 – Young Byron – Black male (light skin), Age range: 10-13, characteristics: confident presence
Character #3 – Young Elijah – Black male (dark skin), Age range: 7-13, characteristics: calm/quiet

If interested or with any questions, please send a headshot, resume, and links to your work to blacklenscinema@gmail.com by 01/09/2023 (Please attach the company/role you are interested in as well, in the body of the email).