The Light
Los Angeles
Project Details
This film will be my thesis film for my senior year at UCSD. This shoot could take place any time between October 2026 and May 2027.
Roles For This Project
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Short Film
Becca
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Woman
Los Angeles
20 - 39
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
A real person, faithfully remembered from one bad first date. Becca came out for a decent evening with clear ground rules and no games; she says what she means and expects the same back. What she won't do is sit across from a man who checks out mid-dinner and then invents a light in the ceiling to l... [See More]
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Short Film
Mom
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Woman
Los Angeles
30 - 59
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Vincent's mother, seen at the age she was on a childhood Christmas morning — the year she built her son a blanket fort full of lantern stars because he asked to see space. Warm, playful, completely devoted to him. When she realizes this is goodbye, she fights for him to stay — asks him outright, pre... [See More]
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Short Film
Vincent
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Man
Los Angeles
18 - 27
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
VINCENT — Lead. Male, mid-20s to early 30s (flexible). THE LIGHT takes place inside a dying brain as it composes an homage to its own life. Vincent is the man walking through that homage. He begins totally confused — moving through memories he has already lived, with no idea why he is back inside th... [See More]
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Short Film
Grandfather
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Man
Los Angeles
70 - 99
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
The first death Vincent ever saw. On a ventilator, at the very end, he wakes just long enough to find his grandson's eyes and hold them — then meets the light without fear. He is the proof, planted twenty years early, that it can be done calmly. He went first.
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Short Film
Father
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Man
Los Angeles
30 - 59
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Non-speaking role: a hardworking, stoic father whose expressions speak louder than words.
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Short Film
Bradley
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Man
Los Angeles
20 - 39
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Vincent's oldest friend, at the campfire spot where every big conversation of their friendship has ever happened, always over beers. His approach to a crisis is to keep things normal — insults, a dap, another drink — because in his experience heaviness never helped anyone and company always did. He'... [See More]
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Short Film
Young Vincent
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Man
Los Angeles
10 - 12
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Young Vincent is appears in the film as a young version of the protagonist Vincent. Vincent, whose journey in the film is the acceptance of his own death while walking through his memories. This is where Young Vincent will appear, playing 3 crucial roles at three different moments of Vincent's life.... [See More]
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Short Film
Margo
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Woman
Los Angeles
20 - 39
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
The one who got away — or more precisely, the one Vincent never got over, which she knew before he admitted it. But when they meet, it becomes clear she is a projection of his memories, memories made long ago. She offers "I think I'll miss you" Because she doesn't know whether the person she's based... [See More]
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Short Film
Mr. Bowtie
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Man
Los Angeles
30 - 49
Non Union
Short Film
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Not a ghost and not a god: he is Vincent's knowledge that death is coming, wearing the face of the young doctor who treated Vincent's dying grandfather — polkadot bowtie included. Dry to the bone; he has delivered this news a thousand times and finds the whole thing faintly funny. He never hurries a... [See More]
Similar Roles
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
A real person, faithfully remembered from one bad first date. Becca came out for a decent evening with clear ground rules and no games; she says what she means and expects the same back. What she won't do is sit across from a man who checks out mid-dinner and then invents a light in the ceiling to l... [See More]
-
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Vincent's mother, seen at the age she was on a childhood Christmas morning — the year she built her son a blanket fort full of lantern stars because he asked to see space. Warm, playful, completely devoted to him. When she realizes this is goodbye, she fights for him to stay — asks him outright, pre... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
VINCENT — Lead. Male, mid-20s to early 30s (flexible). THE LIGHT takes place inside a dying brain as it composes an homage to its own life. Vincent is the man walking through that homage. He begins totally confused — moving through memories he has already lived, with no idea why he is back inside th... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
The first death Vincent ever saw. On a ventilator, at the very end, he wakes just long enough to find his grandson's eyes and hold them — then meets the light without fear. He is the proof, planted twenty years early, that it can be done calmly. He went first.
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Vincent's oldest friend, at the campfire spot where every big conversation of their friendship has ever happened, always over beers. His approach to a crisis is to keep things normal — insults, a dap, another drink — because in his experience heaviness never helped anyone and company always did. He'... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Young Vincent is appears in the film as a young version of the protagonist Vincent. Vincent, whose journey in the film is the acceptance of his own death while walking through his memories. This is where Young Vincent will appear, playing 3 crucial roles at three different moments of Vincent's life.... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
The one who got away — or more precisely, the one Vincent never got over, which she knew before he admitted it. But when they meet, it becomes clear she is a projection of his memories, memories made long ago. She offers "I think I'll miss you" Because she doesn't know whether the person she's based... [See More]
-
Submissions Due:
01/20/2027
Not a ghost and not a god: he is Vincent's knowledge that death is coming, wearing the face of the young doctor who treated Vincent's dying grandfather — polkadot bowtie included. Dry to the bone; he has delivered this news a thousand times and finds the whole thing faintly funny. He never hurries a... [See More]