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| Created Date | June 21, 2019 | |
| Expiration Date | September 05, 2019 | |
| Posted by | Administrator | |
| Country | United States | |
| State | California | |
| City | Los Angeles | |
| Location | Los Angeles | |
| Project Type | Short Film, Union or non-union | |
| Project Title | Smells Right | |
Description:
Shooting Dates: Sept 5 – Sept 15 Logline: A gay who works as an apprentice in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy because of his obsession of smell falls in love with a guy who smells right. He connects himself to an imaginary man by creating the guy’s scent. However, he is astonished to find out that the “scent-owner” is actually a female. Genre: Comedy / Romantic / Melodrama Theme: The sense we most obsessed with makes us blind. / Can "love" go beyond gender?
Breakdown:
| Role Name | Gender | Ethnicity | Age Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Stone | Male | Any | 20-30 | Ocean Stone (Male, 20-30, Any EXCEPT Asian) A “foreign” apprentice in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy. Idealist. Homosexual. He has a sensitive sense of smell, sensitive enough to distinguish people via the smells of various substances on them. He creates scents to mentally connect himself to imaginary lovers. However, he is always longing to find true love with someone who smells right. He works and learns medicine in a TCM Pharmacy because he loves the smells of Chinese herb. He is not good at communicating partly because he is function slightly different from most people. |
| Ocean Stone | Male | Any | 20-30 | Ocean Stone (Male, 20-30, Any EXCEPT Asian) A “foreign” apprentice in a Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy. Idealist. Homosexual. He has a sensitive sense of smell, sensitive enough to distinguish people via the smells of various substances on them. He creates scents to mentally connect himself to imaginary lovers. However, he is always longing to find true love with someone who smells right. He works and learns medicine in a TCM Pharmacy because he loves the smells of Chinese herb. He is not good at communicating partly because he is function slightly different from most people. |
| Rachel | Female | Asian | 20-25 | Rachel (Female, 20s, East Asian) The TCM Pharmacy’s Owner’s daughter. American born East Asian. She is warm and supportive. She helps her father run the pharmacy. She grows up around this pharmacy but isn’t that into Chinese Medicine. She is Ocean’s best friend – understanding his sexual orientation as well as how he is functioned as an "olfactory animal." |
| Asian Girl / Mummy | Female | Asian | 20-25 | Asian Girl / Mummy (Female, 20s, Asian) A customer who Ocean meets in a dive bar. She is an immigrant with an accent. She does seasonal acting gigs for a living but has a bigger dream – acting and making people happy. She remains her Asian origins – drinking tea and using herbs. Meanwhile, she is gradually integrating into western culture. |
| Dr. Wu | Male | Asian | 55-65 | Dr. Wu (Male, 60s, Eastern Asian) The owner of a TCM Pharmacy. He immigrated to the US at his young age. Used to be a doctor in his homeland, he started his Pharmacy in the Asian Community. Because of his open mind, he gets along well with the neighborhood and wins a high reputation in his medical skill. Ocean is his first and only “foreign” student. For him, Ocean isn’t just an employee but a talented inheritor. |
| Asian Wife | Female | Asian | 30-35 | Asian Wife (Female, 30s, East Asian) A customer of the TCM Pharmacy. She goes there for some herb because she is pregnant and doesn't want to take medicine. She keeps this surprise from her husband, but Ocean smells that out. |
| White Husband | Male | Caucasian | 30-40 | The husband of the pregnant Asian wife. He is a considerate man but knows nothing about Traditional Chinese Medicine. |
| Plastic Surgeon | Male | Any | 18-99 | An employee of a Halloween haunted house. He is passionate about his job and expects positive respond. He doesn’t like Ocean because Ocean is never scared by him. |
| Vampiric Nurse | Female | Any | 20-30 | Another employee of a Halloween haunted house. |
| Ocean’s Imaginary Lover | Male | Any | 20-40 | A man appears in Ocean's dream world. He represents Ocean's desire of getting connected but only through smell. He has a well-shaped Body. |
| Adonis-like Man-God | Male | Any | 20-40 | A man Rachel and Dr. Wu see on the street. He has a perfect body with pure sex appeal. |
| Short Haired Man | Male | Any | 20-40 | An imaginary man created by Ocean after Ocean falls in love with a specific smell. He is how Ocean thinks the scent-owner looks like. He lures Ocean when Ocean creates the scent at home. |
