Five actors required for leading and supp. roles - Queensland

Set aboard the OMEGA, we propose an innovative concept set to push industry limits
Casting no. 322985     Queensland, Australia
Five actors required for leading and supp. roles - Queensland
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Omega will be filming in July of this year. Successful applicants will be required to commit to an intensive, exciting pre-production phase with a 2-3 week shoot in July. There is an opportunity to further this 30 minute project into a longer, possibly feature film, and although this project is unpaid there will be options to share in future extended versions. OMEGA is an innovative collaboration between local industry professionals and QUT graduating students.

Interested parties are strongly encouraged to apply, even if your physical attributes and age do not match the description, - we are looking for your flavour to make the crew of Omega memorable! Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.


OMEGA | Synopsis |

The Omega is the last supply craft bound for The Ark 1 - the first interstellar colony ship docked at the edge of the asteroid belt near Jupiter. After 163 days in space and just 3 days short of the Ark, the Omega's second-last nuclear pulse deceleration blast misfires, forcing Owen Reeves (the ships nuclear engineer) to travel out to the device in a small, one-man pod-craft to reset it. Whilst performing the manual reset, Reeves gets caught in an explosion. The blast should have him killed, but instead he wakes on board the ship... neither Reeves or the crew can explain his survival or his account of events. As the tension rises and their fears of the unknown emerge... another Owen Reeves appears on board the ship... sick from a multitude of radiation exposure... he tells them to call him Zero...

Location: Queensland, Australia

Payment details: no pay

Thank you for your interest everyone!
We have pushed casting out a little to focus strategically on marketing and the ship build, but we will update you as more information becomes available.

Thank you
Indianna Wren
Producer
Edited 27 April 2012

Applications to this casting call require:
  • A phone number
  • A profile photo

Dual Role: Owen Reeves and ZERO AKA Reeves 2.0

• Articulate, insightful and observant
• Analytical, focused.
• Handsome, intense.
• Tall, well built.

Reeves goes through an existential crisis after his 'death' and unexplainable 'rebirth'. He sees something dangerous in Zero, this alternate version of himself.
Zero is in fact a future version of Owen Reeves - the nuclear blast has created a series of parallel Universes and Zero has been thrust into a cyclical timeline, experiencing his death and subsequent resurrection time after time.

Males, aged 21 to 40 from Queensland, Australia

Minimum Acting experience: No previous acting experience

ALEX PORKINS | Mechanic

Scruffily handsome
Large build, masculine
Deep laugh wrinkles, calloused hands, smile lines, oil stained.
Loyal, honourable, with a staunch moral compass.


Alex has been Reeves’ best friend since their first day at Ark Initiative boarding school. He comes from an honourable family that is deeply entrenched in the space program: he believes in their mission on an intrinsic level. Alex serves as a mirror for Reeves’ character throughout Omega.

Males, aged 21 to 40 from Queensland, Australia

Minimum Acting experience: No previous acting experience

ANGELA | The Captain

Fit, strongly built woman.
Beautiful and stern.
She is a born soldier and a natural leader.
She owns a nurturing leadership style her crew has come to respect and favour. While she is quick to welcome Owen back on board, nothing can quite prepare her for her appreciation of Zero’s rationality and wit against her stronger, more intimate feelings for Owen. 3 days from completing her mission, Angela must dig deeper into herself than she anticipated to complete the mission with the crew intact.

Females, aged 21 to 40 from Queensland, Australia

Minimum Acting experience: No previous acting experience

JOHNNY CHAN | Terra-forming engineer and botanist

Johnny's highly analytical and brilliant thought processes contrast with his almost child-like approach to life. The return of Reeves brings out the best in him; tapping into a spirituality he is only beginning to understand, he believes that the explosion was meant to happen, perhaps that it was pre-destined.
With his sage advice & guidance, Reeves begins to find clarity of mind and purpose in an unlikely place.

Slight build
Ability to play piano a plus.
Effeminate, not a dominant male.

Males, aged 21 to 45 from Queensland, Australia

Minimum Acting experience: No previous acting experience

KAT | Integrated Health Specialist

Kat is in many ways the backbone of the ship: a chemist, a doctor, a biomedical engineer and scientist who approaches medicine with a deep knowledge & understanding of eastern medicine, keeping the crew running at optimum strength.

She is very much an objective, clear-headed & impartial character. As a woman of science, she is blindsided by the irrationality of the situation, and is forced to assess her understanding of their mission, her worldviews and the dynamics of her relationships.

Females, aged 21 to 40 from Queensland, Australia

Minimum Acting experience: No previous acting experience


Listing created: 1 March 2012

Applications closed: 30 May 2012
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