ESA Audition

Raine had his audition today! For this school, he had to pitch his short film along with three corresponding images. He said he feels pretty good about his performance. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

今日は1校目のオーディションがあった。北米で一番難しいアートハイスクールで、アカデミックもオンタリオ州でトップ5には入る学校。ダメもとで（笑）レインも挑戦！オーディションにはショートフィルムのピッチとストーリーについての絵も一緒にプレゼンテーション。面接もグループプロジェクトも上手くいったらしく、あとは結果を待つだけ。

Raine's Pitch:

"The Expedition of the Dollar", is a stop-motion film about 12 year old, Amanda Kalidin. She is on vacation with her family at their coastal beach home along the southern USA.

It’s mid summer and hot. Amanda loves the beach. The hot sand and the sun’s heat dripping off her face. But she loves the ocean the most. The smell, the waves and especially how the water never seems to end. One day on the beach she finds an empty bottle. Excitedly, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a shiny silver dollar. She puts it in the bottle and then into the ocean and watches the ocean take it away. She smiles in excitement as it travels further out. Her smile fades as the bottle disappears and she whispers, “Oh well, it’s only …”. End Scene.

The next shots follow the journey of the bottle traveling the ocean waters as it meets sea life, severe weather and angry fishermen.

Eventually the bottle washes up on shore with other ocean scrapes. It has arrived at a poor poverty stricken country where people struggle earning pennies to survive.

A young girl named Adia, who lives in the area walks every day looking for anything that will help her family survive. She loves going to shoreline to search the debris washed ashore. It is her happy place to escape her hard life. Searching the scraps and garbage she notices a shiny glare. She rushes over and finds the bottle. She immediately sees the dollar.

She hurries home and shows her family. The camera focuses on their expression as they stare into the bottle. Smiles, hope and excitement fill the room. Emotions that have been hidden for some time. Adia slowly moves closer to the bottle. A camera close up shot shows a sense of hope in her eyes. Leaning in she whispers “… a dollar”.

" Every dollar makes a difference."