Audition: Found Footage Film

- Hey, Jessica. - Oh, hey! He has arrived.

- Okay, love you too. Bye. Hi! - Hi!

- Are you Mr. Ashland, I guess? - Yes.

- Uh, David, please call me David. - Okay, David.

Sorry, I'm a little nervous

because I didn't know, you're going to have a camera.

Well, I always keep my camera with me because I never know

when I'm going to catch the next big star.

Oh! Well, hopefully I'm it. Ha, ha.

Well, you look absolutely great.

You mind if I just get a shot of you here?

Well, okay.

Stunning! Wow, you look awesome.

Well, hello there. Welcome to Dallas.

Hi!

- How are you? - I'm well. How are you?

- You found it all right? - I did, yeah.

It was, uh, a little tricky on the back roads, but it's fine.

Well, I hope you don't mind that I've got this camera going on,

but, um, it's all part of my audition process.

So, if you would tell me your name.

Laci Lee Bateman.

Laci Lee Bateman, isn't that something.

You are a hundred million times prettier than your pictures,

- I have to tell you that. -

- Thank you. - Look at you!

- Oh. - Oh, wow! My, my!

All right, um, would you like to have a seat over here?

Um, thank you so much, yeah. Uh, Mr. Ashland, right?

- David. - David.

Call me David, please and, yes, I'm glad you remembered my name.

David, hi!

So, um, well, I hope you don't mind me

filming you like this right now but the whole point...

No, natural in front of the camera.

Uh, good, good. I'm glad to hear that.

Um, the whole point of me doing this is now, um...

I'm, uh, auditioning

for the first reality feature film.

Wow!

So, um, it's important

that I keep my, uh, actors on film

as long as I can, you know,

and I'm trying to see

how they interact with people all day long

with a camera on them all day.

Oh, okay. Yeah, it's absolutely understandable.

- So, um... So how old are you? - I am 19.

- 19 years old, wow! - Yeah.

Well, uh, you don't look 19 but...

I know, everyone tells me. I get one of two reactions.

I either get you look 15 or you look 24.

So I'm kind of wondering where I place in that range.

Wow, you are just stunning.

- Thank you. - I'm sorry. I just, uh...

You make me blush.

Well, I didn't expect you to be so damn beautiful, God!

Thank you.

- So, uh... - Yeah.

Tell me a little bit about yourself right now.

Um, okay. Uh, my name is Laci Lee Bateman...

- Mm-hmm. - ...and I'm from Oklahoma.

- And, um... - Let me guess.

- What? - Durant.

Yeah, actually. How did you know that?

Oh, just, uh, inkling suspicion.

I guess us Durantians, you know,

have a tendency to... to display, uh, certain qualities.

So, okay, and are you still living in Durant now?

Um, I actually, I'm trying right now to move, uh, out to Los Angeles

but it's so expensive.

I mean, I've been working for a while.

I've just been trying to do all that so, you know.

- So, let me guess, Los Angeles. - Yeah.

- To pursue your acting career? - Acting career, yeah.

Um, I... You know, I... I did a lot of the plays in high school

and I took all the drama classes, and it was, um...

It was a really, really, good experience and I absolutely loved it.

So, um, I would be really happy if I could be an actress.

That's why I responded to your, uh... your lovely, um...

- I'm sorry, I'm so nervous. - That's okay.

- My ad in the paper. - Yeah, your ad in the paper.

Well, I'm certainly happy that you answered it.

Thank you.

So, um, anything else you want to tell me

about yourself right now?

Like what?

Well, are you the only sibling in your family?

Oh, no, I have a younger brother.

Oh, you do.

And his name is Hunter and he's ten.

- Wow. - So he's... he's... he's cool.

And then I... I had an older sister.

Um, but...

I hope you don't mind me, you know,

- walking around you and such. - No, it's fine.

I just, um, want to get all angles of you.

So, let me tell you what I had in mind.

I'd love that.

I'm auditioning for a feature film of... A reality feature film.

Kind of like a reality TV show but a movie.

Um...

I would like to follow you around during the day

or part of the day and, um, with the camera on you,

and to see how you interact with people,

and things and me with a camera on you the whole time.

I think, I'll be very comfortable with that.

That... that sounds really quite nice.

So, what do you say we get going.

Okay.

And, um, you know, let's just have a leisure afternoon

and we'll get to know each other better, okay?

- That sounds wonderful. - All right.

Okay, let's go. So, yeah, I'm just parked up there so.

I'm parked on the street. I hope that's okay.

- Yeah, that's fine. - Oh. Um...

- Here, I got it. - Okay.

- Great. - After you.

Thank you so much.

Steep stairs.

- Be careful, now. - It's all right. I'm a dancer.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you.

So just have a seat there while I shut the door.

- Perfect, perfect. - Okay.

All right, wow!

Do you mind taking your hair down for me?

Um, sure. It's... it's a little bit messy.

- Is that okay? - I doubt that.

Wow!

Wow! Okay. All right.

So, you know, I'm really, really, happy

you answered my... posting for my audition.

Yeah, yeah.

You said something about, um, a reality movie or reality show.

Yeah, a reality film.

You know, I'm booking natural girls

being as natural as possible, you know.

And to let their beauty shine through, you know.

That's what's important. Everything's real, all right?

Natural acting will scratch that not actual acting.

Just beautiful girls being themselves, okay?

Well, is there a plot or is... is it...?

Well, yeah. That's the neat thing.

I'm letting the girls tell the story.

- Okay. - All right?

That's a really good idea Mr. Ashland. Ha, ha.

- David, please call me David. - Okay, David.

All right. Okay. So, let's get started.

Okay, so if you can just hold that

just right under your chin there.

And if you could state your name.

I'm Katie Summers.

- And, uh, how old are you, Katie? - I'm 20 years old.

- I just turned 20. - 20 years old, wow!

One more year and I can drink.

Oh, I doubt that. I'm sure you've been drinking.

Okay. All right.

So, um, now I know I told you there was not a script here.

- Mm-hmm. - All right?

But it's really, really, important

that I see how my actors respond to the script

that I'm going to give you.

- Okay? - Okay.

So, I don't want you to look at it now

because I want to... want it to be spontaneous.

- Okay. - All right.

So, I want you to read it

as if you were a demented serial killer.

- Ha, ha, okay. - Okay?

And you are taunting the media. You're taunting cops.

You're taunting everybody

and, uh, you're making sort of a game out of it, okay?

That's really important. You're making a game out of it.

- Okay. - All right?

Okay, so, uh, just be, a darker, hot, demented version of yourself.

- Okay. - Okay?

Like, you're a serial killer.

- Okay. - Okay.

So, when I say go, I want you to go, all right?

- Okay. - You ready?

- Yeah. - Okay go.

Do you like to watch? Do you like to play?

Then get ready for my little game.

I'll audition each girl.

For now, there will be five

and if you pay attention to the clues

they just might get out alive, or not.

Is that... is that okay?

You want me... I can do it again.

- That was great. - Okay.

You know, I couldn't have said it better myself.

Now, don't forget, um, I have to open the door for you

because it doesn't work, so.

- -

- Okay. - Sorry.

What was that?

Oh, it just... It makes that noise.