From the studio that brought you The Switch are casting for their new series a science fiction called Synthesis.
Trembling Void Studios is now casting for its new series Synthesis. This project is working under a UBCP ultra-low-budget agreement.
All Actors to submit a 1-2 min video statement about what they think makes a better world. Please also send your picture, resume and reel if you have one. Please submit all materials to Seasonzero@tremblingvoid.com no later than Wed. June 9th by 5:00pm
This project shoots in and around the Lower Mainland. Tentative shoot dates are June 27- July 2 All roles are $150/day based on an 8 hour day.
ROLES:
A’ida — Flight Engineer (17-22F, Southeast or East Asian, South Asian, African, or Middle Eastern) A’ida is young, vivacious, mischievous, and intelligent. Her love of technology is eclipsed only by her love of getting away with things she’s not supposed to. She wears a headscarf at all times and often makes unsanctioned ‘updates’ to her uniform.
A’ida was raised on a predominantly Muslim, technologically-driven Utopian aquatic world called Rumah. She was brought up to be a respectably disreputable part of her family’s “business empire” as it slowly converts from a criminal syndicate to a legitimate tech company. She has the sharp mind to be her grandmother’s successor but hates the thin veneer of legitimacy that her family believes is so important.A’ida views life as a grand adventure, and her arc is all about coming to grips with the fact that her actions have consequences. A fling with Xing leads to hurt feelings on his part, and the mutual need to keep working cheek by jowl in cramped quarters. Her constant tinkering with a weapons drone puts the crew in danger.
She’s forced to shape up with tests and crises as what seemed like fun capers land her in more danger than she ever counted on, and when an accident leaves her badly injured, she confronts her mortality.
We aim for inclusive casting that represents the range of humanity. ALL looks. ALL sizes. ALL accents. Mixed-race actors, trans/NB actors, and actors with disabilities are encouraged to apply.We would love to find someone with a personal, family, or cultural connection to Islam. If this applies to you, be sure to mention this in your application.
Tomas — Staffed Mission Security Specialist (40X, open) WOULD PREFER ACTORS ON THE TRANS SPECTRUM
As is the custom on his homeworld, Tomas’s gender is defined by his job (that of a soldier) rather than his sex assigned at birth. Tomas can be played by any gender-diverse spectrum actor who can self-identify as such. Tomas works for a large militaristic empire and just wants to finish his tour and get home to his wife and kids. His family values define him. Though he is a soldier, he’s not a stoic or a sociopath but the sort of functional team member who excels at life in uniform. Repeated front-line tours taught him that violence is unpredictable, unfair, and long-lasting.
Tomas is the kind of soldier who prefers to only fire his gun at the range and prefers to prevent, circumvent, or de-escalate violence. Left without alternatives, he can and will neutralize foes—quickly, certainly, and from a distance. No duels, no machismo, just results. Tomas is gentle, powerful, and wise. He feels like someone’s dad, with all of the responsibility that goes along with that.
In the trailer, this role is Silent on Camera. 1-2 days. Ethnicity preferred. We aim for inclusive casting that represents the range of humanity. ALL looks. ALL sizes. ALL accents. We seek a gender diverse, trans, intersex, and/or NB actor. If you are anywhere on this spectrum, please indicate this in your application. Applications without this will not be considered.
The Show: Synthesis - an optimistic science fiction series, out to illuminate the way out of this fraught, powerless ideological deadlock. It is set centuries after a large portion of humanity fled looming worldwide crises by seeking new worlds among the stars. Now their descendants find one another again only to realize they have culturally diverged almost beyond recognition – and yet that they must unite before an empire “unites” them by force. This future humanity, represented in microcosm by the crew of a tiny ship working for an underfunded nonprofit, must learn that divided we fall and that our differences - when honoured and celebrated - represent a strength that no force can overcome.
Cooperating through difference shouldn't be a controversial idea, but difficult and isolated times have fostered an 'every man for himself' mentality across perspectives. Synthesis can show us that a fractured population can become stronger than the sum of its parts.
