Production:Jeff Batsoulis: Poet (Short Film)

Location: Toronto

Employer: Humber College

Duration: 4 days, starts February 15th 2009

Director: Demitri Salloum.

AUDITIONS: Saturday January 31st 2009. Fraser Studios, 115 Danforth. 1.30pm - 5.30 pm.

Apply to: Kyle Bodanis kbodanis@hotmail.com or phone 905 251 2611

Synopsis:

Jeff Batsoulis is a lonely man who lives inside the confines of his own imagination and doesn't fit well into social standards. He joins a weekly poetry group at a local cafe in an attempt to express himself and develop his social skills. After having his mediocre poems accepted by the poetry group, Jeff gains a new sense of confidence that leads him to ask a girl out. Jeff will either become the man he wants to be, or set back into the person he will allow himself to be.

7 breakdowns:

1. JEFF BATSOULIS: Male / 25-30 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 30s - Male - Any skin color - Any height or weight, preferably overweight - Jeff is a man with low self-esteem who lives alone in an old and tiny downtown apartment. He spends most of his time eating fast food and talking on Internet message boards. He has much emotional insecurity and tries to combat some of those by joining a poetry group at a local cafe.

2. ANDY: Male / 25-30 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 30s - Male - Any Skin Color - Minimally an average physique required - Andy is a pretentious, womanizing, phony. People take a look at him and already label him as a bit of a jerk. He does not aim for super model type girls and will stoop to any level just to score with any type of girl. He joins a poetry group at a local cafe in order to impress some women.

3. MARK: Male / 31-40 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 30+ - Male - Any Skin Color - Any height or weight - Mark is the leader of a poetry group at a local cafe. He either has a high tolerance for sub-part writing or cannot detect it at all.

4. LAURIE: Female / 31-40 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 30s-40s - Female - Any Skin Color - Any Height or Weight

5. RUTH: Female / 31-40 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 30s-40s - Female - Any Skin Color - Any Height or Weight

6. NOREEN: Female / 25-30 yrs. / Any Ethnicity. Requires Nudity. 30s - Female - Any Ethnicity - Slim - Noreen works at a local coffee shop. She encounters the main character and agrees to a date.

7. RA: Male / Any yrs. / Any Ethnicity. - 20-60 - Male - Dark Tan - Toned - The Sun God Ra of ancient Egypt is represented as an imaginary figure to Jeff. Will be dressed like the ancient God.