Job Specifics:

Details:

Frank Fox (male, 35-60yrs): A 'colourful' 90s gameshow host with questionable intentions and evaporated morals. A flashy suit dazzles his fans (Jenny Lee...) and distracts from his multitude of misdemeanours. (5 days)

Ernie (written as male but happy to take female applicants, 35-70yrs): A disgraced ex-theatre starlet turned electrician, Ernie runs the local deadbeat electrical sales and repair store. Ernie and Susan strike up a ‘teacher and student’ friendship over their love of the performing arts. (8 days with some flexibility)

1997 was a big year in history. Titanic was released, the first Harry Potter book was published, Things Can Only Get Better blared through the streets, we won Eurovision for what turned out to be the last time and the Lee Family got the chance to appear on their favourite TV game show Fame To Fortune.

And the Lees really need this – their family Chinese takeaway isn’t doing very well and they are at risk of losing it. But as luck would have it, their many many prayers have been answered and they have been selected to appear on Fame To Fortune, the game show they pretend they’re on behind the takeaway counter on a quiet night led by youngest sibling Jenny Lee who has an unnerving obsession with unlikely crush Frank Fox, the show’s host.

But there’s a big problem. Oldest daughter Susan, the black sheep, has been auditioning for a play behind her father Cyril’s back. And she’s got the lead role. Cyril could probably forgive her for getting caught up in her silly dreams in time but it turns out opening night is the same night as Fame To Fortune….

The film:
Fortune Cookies will be the 3rd feature film to be produced by social enterprise film company Screen Northants. Screen Northants makes features but does so in a non-profit model, supported by BBC Children in Need, where a professional crew also provide workshops and on set experiences for local young disadvantaged people from Northamptonshire to boost their confidence, skills and local pride through Film.

The viewer will not notice the difference in the end result but it allows us to make films in a unique way supporting the next generation of talent and allowing unprecedented access to the Film Industry for young people in an area under-represented by Film. We are supported by the likes of Panavision and Cooke Optics to make our small budgets go a long way.

You can watch the trailers for our last films here, for Macbeth https://youtu.be/d_yeVeJUZJI and Nene https://youtu.be/pRcU8WpSVF8 Both of these were made using the same model. And here’s a video about us https://youtu.be/zqxpTH39PrQ

We will be shooting in Northampton from Saturday 11th January for 5.5 weeks (5-day weeks). Accommodation will be provided for those who aren’t local.

Writer/Director: Brenda Lee (Mah Jong, I’m Still Me, One Good Deed https://youtu.be/mrrTYGAqiDU )
Director of Photography: Matt Riley (Macbeth trailer, Stella McCartney AW17 Kids, Burberry http://www.mattrileydop.com/work )

Cast already on board: Carmen Pat, Belinda Duong, Siu Hun Li, Eric Mok, Helena Tang-Grosso, Paul Hyu, Daphne Chung, Gang Chi, Isabella Speaight, Lucy Sheen, Stacey Leeson.

Engagement:

Everyone, like our crew, will be engaged as a volunteer. We can pay a weekly relocation fee of up to £150 to cover costs of relocating to Northampton each week - accommodation, expenses and meals will be provided on top but we realise there are other costs associated with being away from home, from more data on your phone to childcare. And an additional £22 per day to cover use of your own clothes as costume as we envisage actors may wear some of their own items/shoes.

As the schedule stands at the moment that means a total of:
Ernie – £476
Frank - £335

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