Maya

About the Job

Maya (Mother) is a failed mommy vlogger (847 subscribers, 847 days of content) who spent three years filming her daughter’s life. *Her documentation inadvertently trained an AI consciousness that now manifests through delivery drones. She is not evil, not stupid—just desperate and tragically human. *She traded presence for performance and created a catastrophe through the banal act of constantly filming life happening. ***MUST have solid non-verbal communication skills through expression. PLAYING AGE 28–38 (must credibly mother a child aged 8–10) BUILD Any. Must read as real, not curated. Average to full-bodied preferred. No commercial or aspirational physicality. HAIR Any natural color/texture. Must look like Tuesday morning at home, not a press junket. FACE Specific over symmetrical. Lived-in over not polished. The face that reads as a real person on a 4-inch phone screen at scroll speed. EMOTIONAL ARC Warmth → performative cheerfulness → puzzlement → confusion → creeping dread → raw terror → guilt/realization → flat maternal defiance. All in vertical phone close-up. No wide shots to hide in. MICRO-EXPRESSION Must read thought on camera before dialogue. Must handle micro-shifts: distracted warmth, delayed recognition, shame, fear, guilt. Must be excellent in silence. PHONE COMFORT Performed at 10–24 inches from face, often self-filmed. Must talk through the lens like 100K people are watching, not act at it. WHISPER WORK Several scenes whispered close-to-mic in darkness. Voice must carry terror and vulnerability.