Finger Guns

Production Company
Simon Fraser University
Producer(s)
Yousif Kairee
Director(s)
Kyle Wilton
Casting Director(s): 
Kyle Wilton & Emma Ciprian
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Film
Student Production
Yes
Compensation Details

Unpaid, IMDB Credits, Crafty Service.

Audition Location
Self-tapes (online submission). If selected, you will be required to attend an in-person audition.
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
November 21st-25th 2024
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Vancouver, BC
Submission Deadline
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Submission Instructions

All communications should be directed to fingergunsfilm@gmail.com. Please include your resume, headshots, demo reel, and the character(s) you're interested in auditioning for. Self-tapes are not required if auditioning for supporting/non-speaking roles listed in the additional characters section.

Script excerpts for self-tapes can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/fingergunsST.

Project Synopsis
Left injured and traumatized from a mill accident that claimed the life of his brother, steelworker Danny Latlow strikes a deal with the devil to be able to support his bereaved sister-in-law.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

Finger Guns is a crime drama with procedural elements. This is a capstone student production with an estimated runtime of 10 minutes.

Character 1
Danny Latlow
Age
30s - 40s
Gender
Male
Description
LEAD ROLE - Danny is a union man who's worked with his hands all his life. Family and honest work motivate him. When a cobble occurs at Buckley's Steel mill, Danny's brother is killed and he's left badly burned. Danny's out of commission, now wrestling with physical and mental trauma from the accident. He's beginning to unravel, turning to pills and booze to ease the pain of his injuries and the loss of his brother. All he cares about now is how he can provide for his sister-in-law, Sadie Latlow, and his two nephews. He's willing to abandon all morality to ensure he takes care of his brother's grieving family.
Character 2
Allan Tucker
Age
30s - 40s
Gender
Male
Description
CENTRAL ROLE - Allan Tucker is the devil you know; a cunning emotional manipulator. Slender, sharp-featured, and well-dressed, he leads a double life as a tenured detective within the VPD and a corrupt cop on Martin Davroni's payroll. He'll do whatever it takes to protect Davroni and maintain his facade, regardless of whether he needs to act as judge, jury, or executioner.
Character 3
Sadie Latlow
Age
20s - 30s
Gender
Female
Description
CENTRAL ROLE - Sadie Latlow is a warm, loving mother whose life has been shattered by the loss of her husband Bill. Without a job, she's put in the dire position of a single mother, fiercely protecting her two young children. She holds a deep hatred for Martin Davroni and the Steelworker's Union as a whole, believing that workplace mismanagement resulted in her husband's death and that the union wants to keep her quiet with money to prevent legal action. She'd sooner starve herself and her children than take money from that man.
Character 4
Martin Davroni
Age
50s - 60s
Gender
Male
Description
CENTRAL ROLE - Martin Davroni is the shady head of the Vancouver Steelworkers Union Local 68. He's worked his way up from a laborer to a mill manager, to a cozy leather chair in the VSU head office. A capitalist at heart, he rapidly climbed the political ladder by ensuring that he missed no opportunity, legal or illegal, that could grow his influence. Now at the top of the heap, Martin is a public figure with immense influence at his disposal and much of the local police department on his payroll. He's expertly maintained a squeaky clean paper trail despite using many union mills and warehouses to quietly traffic illicit goods... or worse.
Character 5
Richard Tusak
Age
40s - 60s
Gender
Male
Description
SUPPORTING ROLE - A prototypical, sarcastic, grizzled, seen-it-all police detective. Richard "Rick" Tusak is called in to lead a murder investigation- some poor schmuck shot dead at a Vancouver steel mill. Unemotional, results-driven, and hoping for an early beachside retirement, Detective Tusak (joined by rookie cop Collin Guerrero, and trusted detective Allan Tucker) is praying for an open-and-shut investigation into Danny Latlow's death.
Additional Characters

Supporting characters:
EDWARD HIRONS (30s-40s, Male) - 5 spoken lines. Martin Davroni's clean-cut, poised assistant. A small, slimy man with a permanent smirk.

COLLIN GUERRERO (20s, Male) - 2 spoken lines. Young, peppy, rookie officer. Takes himself very seriously in his uniform.

AMANDA FRING (any, Female) - 2 spoken lines. Forensic investigator. She's been around the block, very smart.

BOBBY DRUKA (20s-40s, Male) - 1 spoken line. A newly hired security guard at the mill. Not the brightest, good at following protocol.

RECEPTIONIST (20s, any) - 1 spoken line. Meek, professional.

Non-speaking roles/extras:
CRONY 1 (20-50, Male)
CRONY 2 (20-50, Male)
POLICE OFFICER (any)
POLICE OFFICER (any)
FORENSIC OFFICER 1 (any)
FORENSIC OFFICER 2 (any)