Perceptions (2010)
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We all live in different realities – the more powerful your imagination, the richer your reality. Life is about bridging the gaps between different realities and truly understanding the people around you. Do you have enough imagination to see someone else’s reality?

This project focuses on the lives of four individuals - a hardworking businessman who cannot bring himself to take a day off, a young girl who's only companion is her imaginary friend, a blind ballet teacher, and a mild mannered middle-aged man who suffers from schizophrenia and dissociative disorder. Four seemingly unconnected people whose lives periodically cross each others paths are irrevocably tied together by a confluence of events. Each of them sees the world in a different way, and it is only when they can imagine things the way someone else does that they truly connect to each other.

SHOOTING DATES: February 11-13th & 17-20th 2011

OPEN CASTING CALL:
Saturday, November 13th, 1PM-6PM @ SCAD-Savannah Adler Hall, Room 316
(532 Indian Street, Savannah GA)

FRANCIS: 30-40yrs, Male. Introverted but kind. Suffers from mild schizophrenia and dissociative disorder. Dislikes the fact that his illness makes him different, but eventually realizes that his “disability” is what allows him to help others.

GEORGE: 50-60yrs, Male. Hardworking and conservative. A middle class businessman in a middle-management position, George has always been cautious with money and has never taken a vacation or a day off. Married, no children.

SARAH: 20-30yrs, Female. Patient and dedicated. Sarah was born blind, and this prevented her from achieving her dream of becoming a prima ballerina. Although she pretends to have moved on, she still struggles with this, and is disappointed in her current life – running a small ballet school for children.

EVIE: 6-10yrs, Female. Precocious and imaginative. The child of a single mother, Evie is very friendly but insists on spending her time with her imaginary friend rather than reaching out to the children at her school.

MOLLY: 50-60yrs, Female. George’s wife - warm, and grandmotherly. Full-time school teacher for 4th graders.

RACHEL: 23-27yrs, Female. Sarah’s roommate and best friend. Rachel works as a waitress at the JuneBug Cafe?, putting herself through law school.

JUNE: 27-32yrs, Female. Single mother of Evie, owns and runs the JuneBug Cafe?. PENELOPE: 11-15yrs, Female. Evie’s eclectic “imaginary” friend.

BITS/EXTRAS: Funeral Guests, Priest, Luncheon Stop chef and servers, child ballerinas, Cafe? Customers, Travel Agent, Passersby/accident witnesses, Police, EMTs