Casting callout for new surf drama
Do you surf? (dumb question)
Are you enthusiastic and competitive? (ambiguous question)
Do you like to appear in front of the camera? (now we're getting somewhere)
Beginning next February, Werner Film Productions will begin shooting a new surf drama in Victoria. The producers are seeking lead and supporting roles for the show. Candidates can come from anywhere within Australia or New Zealand.
So, if you're an enthusiastic and competitive surfer (either male or female), and you're aged between 16 and 21-years old you fit the bill.
Best of all, no acting experience is necessary.
Click here to apply.
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Paging Coral Durant .
paging Gary G
Any truth in the rumour that it's being directed by Vic Local?
There's a few cameos for angry old surfers. Fuck, that's going to be an easy role to cast down here.
Damn, I was hoping Vic would be short of Old Angry Guys, then I could apply for a role. :)
Young hot ripper surfer (NorthWestSouth) arrives in new beachside town and falls under the influence of a local guru (Gary G).
and when you say 'falls under the influence'.......
Rohypnol.
Lol. You win the day zen.
Gary's probably more of an amyl kind of a guy.
On that, Amyl and the Sniffers get full marks for running with that as their band name.
Well home and away all the main male rolls are kiwis ive noticed
the V8supercars are dominated by kiwis so here is another good
Australian job oppertunity for kiwis.
Australians are hopeless even the bunnies are owned by a kiwi and
half of all the leauge teams are kiwis. Thank goodness for AFL
Evo you know Dusty Martin, the leagues best player, easily, is half Maori?
It’s all good, you guys own all our banks. A bit of leverage there if the going gets tough.
Hey Goofyfoot
You know I have no clue who he is. What little I watch of leauge
I would of thought all the best players were kiwi Im not a fan of it
my daughter is I will ask her.
Paging Blowfly the Pious II
The script is brilliant. It follows the adventures of Rick Payne, a young surfer from a wave tank in Tullamarine who travels to Torquay for the winter.
He takes a train and bus to Torquay with plans to stay with a surfer that he met in Tullamarine six months previously. He finds the friend tending bar at a seedy gentlemen's club.
At the bar Rick meets up with two pro surfers, Alex and Mark, and stays with them at the house of Lance Burkhart. In the morning, he goes out surfing with Alex and Mark and realizes that surfing in the ocean is totally different to surfing in a wave tank. He is not as good as he had initially thought. During this scene he gets in the way of Gary G, who is leader of a local group named "The Mucca Mad Boys". This causes Gary G to wipe out and leads to a confrontation where Rick is chased off the beach, after he realizes his stuff was stolen from the beach by another member of The Mucca Mad Boys.
With nowhere to go, he fortuitously runs into Turtle. Payne also meets and falls in love with Kiani, a beautiful local girl, coincidentally the cousin of Gary G, who helps him acclimate to the local culture and customs. Turtle introduces him to Chandler, a surfboard shaper and soul surfer, who teaches Rick about soul surfing and Rick masters the art of appreciating and riding the waves. Rick is a talented graphic artist who helps Chandler design a more contemporary logo for his surfboards.
The film's antagonist is Lance Burkhart, a famous, top-ranked surfer whose competitive and materialistic values conflict with the spiritual teachings of Chandler ("You still have a single-fin-mentality"). The film climaxes with a surf contest on the Winkipop as Rick ends up competing against Lance in a duel of skills and beliefs. During the final round, Lance cheats by pulling on Rick's cord, causing him to wipeout. Chandler, initially hostile towards competitive surfing, is outraged, but Rick reminds him that it wasn't about winning, but going the distance.
As Rick prepares to leave for college in Melbourne, he thanks Chandler for his friendship and lessons. While waiting for his flight, Rick is greeted by Turtle and Kiani. He shares a goodbye kiss with Kiani, and Turtle shows Rick a newspaper catching Lance in the act, who was disqualified. Rick promises to come back to Torquay.
There's a few parts to fill but I'm sure some of the crew on Swellnet will put up their hands.
lol the tulla connection was gold
I had you shortlisted as Chandler VJ. Hope you are cool with that?
Oh definitely.
I'm trying to spin a 'game of thrones' plot into this surf flick.
Local ripper Jon Snow is sent to the Wall at Mt Duneed to join the Night's Watch and defend the surf kingdom against an army of the dead. Queen Danerys has 3 police choppers to combat the forces of the dreaded Froth King who will be unleashed. Summer is Coming.
Summer is Coming.
Now there's a three-word slogan that chills me to the bone.
Nice VL but disappointing you set it the drama in the current day. Set in the late 70s could have referenced the Bird Rock, the pub going off, the dealers, the Rip Curl parties, the Hare Krishna farm behind Aireys Inlet, hitching the Geelong Rd with boards ....
Wtf. That was beautiful!
That’s a great story. It has all the necessary ingredients.
An alternative ending could be a scene of Rick spray painting 'locals only' onto a retaining wall or stormwater pipe at the beach, the camera then pans out to the ocean and the setting sun
You jumped the shark Oceanbeach.
You don't build up 90 minutes of sexual tension for a "locals only" ending. Kiani needs some loving at the airport, and it's an ending that just screams sequel.
In the next episode, Rick returns to Torquay after graduating only to find out his surfing nemesis has shacked up with the love of his life. To win her back, Rick and Burkhart have a big wave surf off at a mystic spot just east of winkipop. The surf champ wins the girl. The sequel is called "The King of Boobs"
what the hell was rick leaving Kiani at the airport for anyway? Nia Peeples was smoking hot never made sense to me..
You're more likely to find Gary G lurking in the dunes or in front of a web cam.
Does he even get in the water?
Now, I'm still old, but not as angry Vic Local. Confused, but bemused. Covid has obviously given you time to dig out all your unpublished novels. Thanks, brightened my day, if you know Mick Sowry, let him have a look at the script, because he'll be able to add more 'clever' confusion. :)
Is this a 1970's Gold Coast Bully Ad " Hot Schoolies for Toolies Blue Movie"
Pretty sure swellnet could lose their licence running this suss ad!
Too late: tbb logged it into iconic xxx Surf Letters / Ads
https://www.swellnet.com/news/digging-in-the-crates/2019/11/26/tell-us-w...
Tell ya wot! Qldurrz will swap Qld /VFL Grand Final for Vicco/GC Bikini screen test.
Think the crew are right about the Ultimate Wave Pool Parade.
We'll just pretend the mix up never happened.
Speaking of cameos , maybe the producers could work in an appearance from Jimmy Slade and his entourage of bikini clad girls from the Surf Ranch taking over lifeguard duties at the Tulla Tub. The collective acting skills would be inspirational .
It would be pretty hard to work in a plot where jimmy swims into a cave at the tulle tub to retrieve a surfboard, only for it to get eaten by a giant squid. But I'm sure it could be done somehow.
Young hot surfer, new to town, tries to infiltrate group of 4 hardcore locals. To his horror, he discovers they are donning masks of ex-Premiers of Victoria, and robbing local cafes to get $27.50 for fuel money to get to their dream wave in the next shire... The 50 year storm arrives at Bells Beach and he watches the leader paddle out at Waimea.
That plot seems familiar.
You could flip the story and have them paddling out at 30ft Waimea but riding 2ft onshore Bells.
being almost 70 may be a hindrance?
You'd get a spot easy Lenny ;)
Angry old man in me: Just what we need, another trumped up bloody circus to get more people in the water...
Grommet in me: Geez, wish I was 21.
Nice Synopsis, Vic.
The only thing Gary would recommend you change to make it more realistic is the climax: any film starring Gary G typically features multiple climaxes
Multiple climaxes and this soundtrack.
Or this one
Ha ha!
Definitely.
Reset Zen .... this one
Local young ripper surfer can not come to terms with the death of his beloved dog. He buries it in the wastewater reclamation area of the local treatment plant and is shocked when the next day, it returns to him, happy to see him and very much reanimated. Word gets around and soon teenagers are burying their dead pets at the wastewater plant and the pets are returning to the coastal town. Ripper surfer notices sometimes his dog seems a little weird, but puts it in the back of his mind.
Meanwhile, the local science teacher discovers that coronavirus is in the sewerage, after a sample comes back positive after the school excursion day! He's really concerned that no good will come from these reanimated pets as they could possibly be Covid Dogs. The people in the town shrug off his warnings as the surf's been pumping.
The ripper surfer's little brother is hit by a foil in the surf. It's tragic, he's dead and gone. But the lads carry him and bury him at the wastewater plant. He returns, but seems pale and has begun to go for Collingwood...
Then all hell breaks loose as dead grommets and pets tear the town apart, George A Romero style.
(Surf movie can totally use this, it's never too late to adjust the plot, eg Rise of Skywalker)
The local science teacher decides to bring back the karate dojo he trained at in his youth and teach the local townspeople to fight an ancient distinctive style of Karate 'metro kook'
Yes I think we can use this, work in the 'hero's journey' with the karate in a flashback.
But if you asked me what my ideal movie was, it would be "Bad Taste" just with an Australian coastal town instead of a NZ coastal town. Chooma Island 2 comes really fucken close.
I don't wanna be buried there.
Haha!
Ha ha! Lovin' it fellas.
If I had the time i'd love to have a go putting my little plot together. I reckon I could tie a few of you guys in there. Vic would be a no-brainer.
Entertainment never sounded better with you lot behind the pen and paper....
I’m with Tango though my cynicism and age tells me this whole deal smells fishy Scooby.??
Hey but my child like fire that’s slowly burning inside to less than a pilot light says c$&t wish I was 19-20 years old again........
FFS do we have to put more of our dwindling watered down existence into another coastal town with local hot kids that can actually surf this time around.??
Spells massive units of MF foamies being sold and congestion galore at your local boys.? I think it’s time to start that lawn bowls semi pro career my old boss used to brag about daily on the way to work while he sat there scoffing a cold pie from the deli that never even hit the pie warmer coz it was 6:45am and still dark...
Keep that fire burning sc1southern... I say to the young one "You should go in that," even as an extra.... Probably hoping I'd get in there too!
And what happens is all how they sell the script. For example, if you have a city wave pool ripper (great idea VL) come to the coast and go in the local boardriders comp, and after adversity he gets to the finals that would be a nice script that would encourage surfing. If, however, at the awards night, the entire local boardriders club are revealed to be vampires and his family spends the back 1/2 of the movie defending their lives at the pub in a horror-gore twist, maybe that would attract less new surfers to local lineups.
(That particular script is called "From Dusk till Dawny")
VJ. I've been thinking it for a while. This opportunity has your name written all over it.
I'll be signing you up.
Your mate. CB.
hehe the only thing that's still teenage is my brain
Anyone know where it's gonna shoot? If I lived in a quiet coastal town I'd be less than enthusiastic at the prospect of an 8 week film crew infestation. The boozer'll do good business but someone better be making sure they clean up their mess and fix what they break. And if they want something from you? Don't succumb to sweet talk. No freebies. Squeeze 'em hard.