Open Roles in Production of "Wiza's With Hoods"
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Production of "Wiza's With Hoods" is looking for cast. More details are below. About the project: "Wiza's With Hoods" follows Virgil Wanders, an eager young wizard living in the lower-class neighborhoods of Southside Camelot. Virgil must reflect on the violence around him while becoming further consumed by it on his own quest for vengeance After Virgil's friend Opal, is cursed in a fly by casting, he must gather his coven on his journey to avenge Opal. After facing disrespect after disrespect along his journey, we meet the other members of the Coven. Caste Spells, the leader, Dumbie Dorms, is second in command, and two other lackeys, Ice Pot and Killa Fables. On their search for the killer, they eventually gather at the onginal scene of the crime. Here the killer is revealed to be Prophet, an old friend of Caste and a founder of their coven. With the group aware of their target, they are ignited with ambition to destroy him. Only for Prophet to appear outside the home to swiftly defeat them all. All besides Virgil. Catching him off guard, Virgil is able to de-wand the villainous foe. Refusing to succumb to the violent nature of the culture around him, Virgil decides to have a dialogue with Prophet instead of cursing him. Finding out Prophets reasons for hating him and eventually coming to common grounds. Virgil saves the hood by defeating Prophet and starting the process of spreading peace throughout the wizard community. Rate: Non-Union. Additional information: Project Type: Student Short Film. Call Back Location: Vancouver, BC. Shooting Dates: May 14th, 15th, 16th. Shooting Location: Greater Vancouver Area. Submission deadline due by Saturday, April 19, 2025. Please, see the attachment. When applying, please submit resume, head shot, and demo reel (if applicable) and indicate which role you'd like to be considered for.
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Eager to prove himself and gain the respect of his community, Virgil Wanders is a young wizard living in Southside Camelot. He has faced adversity his whole life. Whether it’s from the upper Elven class, which suppresses the wizard community, or even the toxic coven culture of the wizard community itself. Virgil must reflect upon the violence around him as he is being consumed by it on his own path for vengeance. Avenging the death of his friend Opal in a fly by casting.
Mature and hardened by the real wiza lifestyle. He has been forced to adapt a curse casting and wand wielding lifestyle as a leader of the Wands Coven. Throughout the story he resembles the sides of wizard culture Virgil could succumb to. Think Mitch from Paid in Full, combined with Ice Cube from Boyz N The Hood.
Immature and borderline psychotic. A perfect representation of the negative effects of sipping too much potion and being locked up at a young age. A satirical representation of real world effects from juvenile detention centers taking hold of black youth within the United States. Dumbie represents a twisted side of wizard culture and a path Virgil could follow if he doesn’t overcome the oppression of his community.
A true yw or young wiza. Unable to afford the tuition at Camelot University, they had nowhere else to turn than to take his spell casting skills to the covens in his community. Sympathetic to their best friend Killa who can’t cast spells, Ice Pot is a wizard with a good heart who must act hard to survive the nature of his lifestyle. Think Ice Cube from Straight Outta Compton, combined with Ice Cube from Friday, or Cleo from Set it Off 1996.
The antagonist to our story and the deadliest wiza with a hood. The one who killed Opal and who Virgil must face at the end of this journey. The Prophet has been corrupted the worst by the oppression the wizard community faces. Prophet originally fought for a noble cause. But from the rage he felt towards other beings in this world that took advantage of Wizard communities, he eventually became consumed by prejudice.
ADDITIONAL CHARACTER. Reckless and troubled, Killa is the only one in the coven with no magic, no motion, no witches. Killa became friends with Ice Pot in their later years at the Academy. Now addicted to sipping potion and imitating the wizard culture around him, he wants nothing more than to be a real wiza. This is what led him to follow his friend Ice Pot to the coven The Wands. Think White Boy Carl from Shameless, combined with Cheddar Bob from 8 mile.
ADDITIONAL CHARACTER. Younger wizards who toss an array of insults and jokes at Virgil throughout the journey.
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