CASTING CALL FOR FEATURE FILM!
FEATURE FILM: "The Silver Game"
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Brendan Cescon
PRODUCED BY: Kate Cescon
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Elroy & Bobby (www.elroyandbobby.com)
GENRE: Dark comedy/farce
LOGLINE: In the aftermath of a heist, three bumbling thieves must improvise after one of them veers off plan and kidnaps a child.
RATE: Non-union, $160/8hr day. Lunch & dinner provided.
NOTES ON THE PROJECT: "The Silver Game" is a dialogue-heavy, contained story with lots of incompetent characters entering and exiting at the least convenient moments. Taking place in real time over 90 minutes, "The Silver Game" is "Reservoir Dogs" meets "Noises Off." We will likely be filming in Federal Way and Redmond, Washington over the course of 2-8 days in November of 2025, mostly on weekends. We will be moving incredibly fast, and because of this, we're looking not just for the right actors, but actors with the right attitude! Productions go better when everyone is positive and easy to get along with (that goes for crew as well, believe me!). Making a movie is cool, but not worth it if everyone's miserable the entire time. So let's have fun and make something rad!
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 18th 2025, 3pm.
SUBMISSION METHOD: Please send a self-tape (downloadable video or streaming link) to info@elroyandbobby.com. Slate in, full body shot, and then two versions of the scene -- one reading where you play the character as "caffeinated" as possible, and another reading however you'd like (your own instinctual interpretation).
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Generally we'd like applicants to be in the BALLPARK range of the characters as written. In the sides, the ages are more specific, but that's all flexible. If it says 30s but you're in your 20s or 40s, that's fine. The descriptions as written are merely jumping off points. If you're interested in applying but don't match the character description perfectly, who cares? We don't!
CREW CALL: We've already got most of our crew figured out, but if you're interested in any on-set or post-production jobs regardless, always feel free to send your info/reel/portfolio our way! Just shoot us an email with your details at: info@elroyandbobby.com
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
LUCAS, a nebbish neurotic in his 20s-30s. Clad in an all-brown delivery driver uniform and cap, he's a man constantly in over his head. Desperate to prove he's the smartest person in the room, Lucas tends to act impulsively -- making decisions out of fear and then rationalizing them later.
JANE, a street-smart 20-30 something dressed in a slutty construction worker costume -- hard hat, crop top, short shorts, and neon green reflective suspenders. Rational, level-headed, but constantly down on her luck, Jane will do just about anything to escape her current circumstances, and she's not gonna let anyone screw it up.
ZANE, a pretentious and bespectacled intellectual in his mid-20s-30s. Disguised as a fisherman, he's wearing tight leather pants, a utility vest, a cap that reads "Master Baiter," and -- inexplicably -- a sheer fishnet long-sleeve shirt. Well-read yet deeply out of touch, Zane ensures that he's always the smartest person in the room, which in the long run may be a stupid decision.
ANDY, a muscular prepper in his 50s-60s. Camo pants. Skin-tight shirt. May have been an army lieutenant or a mob enforcer in his early days -- probably both. Either way, he's spent the first sixty years of his life intimidating people, and the last few regretting it.
CHARLIE, a pizza delivery guy in his early-20s. Uniform. Name-tag. His overly-polite demeanor hides big emotions and a chaotic interior. No doubt he's watched dozens of "How to Talk to Girls" videos, and none of them have helped him. He wishes he were a lion, but he'll always be a goddamn honey badger.
VICTORIA, a chill stoner in her 20s-30s. Oversized-tee. Hair adorned with curlers. Bong in her hand. Forever bored, Victoria's always looking for a good time. Sometimes that means doing drugs in a foreign country. Sometimes it's doing drugs in this country. Tonight it's doing drugs right here.
ELEANOR, a precocious 7-12 year-old girl who has been kidnapped and held hostage. Her hands are bound together with a man's belt, and a canvas tote covers her head, screen-printed with the phrase Live, Laugh, Love. Condescending, passive-aggressive, and argumentative, she drives everyone around her insane -- especially her captors. No, she doesn't use TikTok. Yes, she's read all the classics. In multiple languages.