Pleasant Solutions Careers

Roles Available:

• Lead: appearing to be a man in his 40s, a hyper-vigilant, intelligent, paranoid.
• Neighbour: appearing to be a man in his 30s, cheerful neighbour.
• Senior 1: appearing to be a woman in her late 60s or early 70s. Slightly physically frail, but still able to go on long walks with a cane or stroller. Mentally alert, confident, and friendly.
• Senior 2: woman older than senior 1. Mentally alert and not physically frail.
• Little Girl: appearing to be aged around 11-13 years old. Innocent, perhaps pigtails, the kind that would ride a pink bicycle with tassels.
• Other Roles: please note that we have many dozens of other parts coming up in other projects. We encourage all actors or performers to apply to get on our list for the other roles.
• Ethnic Groups: We will be filming multiple versions of this story with different ethnicities, because representing many cultures and races is important to Pleasant Studios. We encourage all ethnic groups to apply.

Project:

• This is a 90 second short story (comedy), with a commercial purpose, written and produced directly by Pleasant Studios.
• Most parts have spoken lines.
• For examples of our awesome previous short stories, see paranoid.com/videos (this project is for the same Paranoid company).
• Airing: for sure online social media, websites, and potentially any number of other broad media.

Covid-Related Notes:

• Casting will be contactless, and done at significant distances (at least double the requirement). We will accommodate additional concerns. If weather permits, it may be done outdoors.
• For selected actors, some roles can be filmed at distances. Some roles require close proximity to one other actor.
• If covid counts are elevated at time of filming, we may take additional measures for everyone's safety.
• In short, we are taking covid very seriously.

Logistics:

• All roles are paid. Reasonable travel costs would be covered.
• Filming will be in Edmonton during November (we can be flexible to meet performer schedules).
• On-set duration for this project will be range from half a day to two days maximum, depending on the role.
• Auditions will be held both via video-conference and live in Edmonton in early November.

About The Work Environment And Auditions:

• Friendly, non-threatening, and non-political environment.
• We are a great environment for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (so long as it fits the part).
• Auditions are done efficiently, performers can expect very short wait times at auditions, aiming for less than 15 minutes.
• Seating available before audition, no standing line-ups.
• Typically auditions will be done in front of a green-screen with cameras running.
• Our productions are typically scripted by our own full-time professional writers and video edited by our own full-time, professional editors.
• Many productions are in the studio and green-screen, but some shoots will be on-location.

Overview of Future Casting Opportunities:

• Productions include many commercials for technology products, short films, multi-episode series, photo advertisements, and possibly a rare feature-length film. Currently all parts are on-camera.
• Respectful with zero nudity for all productions, and our scripts even avoid over-sexualized subject matter.
• Legitimate and paid: we know there are a lot of scams out there. These are legitimate performances: you get paid quickly, we don't request any money from you, and our studio is in a safe location.
• We are directly the production company, we are not agents and the intent is to hire for our own productions (although at times we may do referrals within the industry from our list).
• Award-winning productions are the aim, written by our multiple full-time studio writers and editing by our large full-time post-production team.
• Many productions will involved visual effects and some even involve full 3D animations with motion capture acting.
• Occasional opportunities to work with famous actors.
• Filming will range from hours to many days.
• Full hair and make-up support.
• The production crew is incredibly friendly.
• Applying to this position gets you on to the master list for all our casting calls. You will then be emailed only the casting calls that are a reasonable fit for you.
• All ages, races, shapes.

About The Company:

• Pleasant Solutions is a dynamic company headquartered in Edmonton, a large satellite office in Toronto/Vancouver, and small satellite offices across Canada and the USA (including in Calgary, Ottawa, Saskatoon, New York, Denver, Boston, etc).
• We have just recently launched a studio for our own innovative video productions as well as client-contracted productions, but we have also been an enterprise software services company since 2007.
• The studio team has already won multiple awards.
• We are the most advanced video studio in Western Canada. We might also be, although not fully confirmed, the largest-capacity video marketing studio in Western Canada except for television and news stations.
• We do a mix of in-house product development, software development services, electronics manufacturing, marketing services, and IT services.
• An innovative technology company with an aim of achieving results in creative ways.
• Socially conscious (for example, we pay for employees to sponsor hundreds of WorldVision children).

Applying:

• What do you have to lose by exploring the possibility? Applying does not take long.
• Apply online today at https://pleasantsolutions.com/careers/apply/studio-performers
• Even if you don't have your resume updated or ready to go, apply anyway; we want to hear from you!
• Please do not apply via email; apply only by visiting the https://pleasantsolutions.com/careers/apply/studio-performers site.

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