Pieces of Talent

Synopsis: This story centers around Charlotte, a struggling young actress who can't catch a break. In an effort to support herself and her hopeless mother, Charlotte holds a job as a cocktail waitress at a seedy, local strip club and hates every minute of it. During a cigarette break late one evening she witnesses an altercation between an overzealous bouncer and an unfortunate passerby, David. David makes movies and given Charlotte's career interests a friendship quickly develops. Soon enough, David mentions a project he has in the works that she would be perfect for and an excited Charlotte agrees to take part. She has no idea what she has signed up for.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Joe Stauffer
Production: Shutter Blade Media
  4 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Year:
2014
95 min
Website
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1

Jenny!

Where you going?

This place is

going to be perfect.

You're perfect.

Why?

Help me!

Help me!

Help me!

You're helping me!

Jenny, thank you.

I should have my father sue

your practice for everything

that it's worth.

You mark my words.

By the end of this,

you'll regret you

had anything to do with this.

All right.

Thank you very much.

Not what we're looking for.

Good job though.

Yeah.

We're just looking for something

really specific, you know?

You've kind of got,

like, a blonde Sandra

Yeah, yeah.

And we're looking for more

like a blonde Cate Blanchett

or a blonde Whoopi Goldberg.

Yeah.

Your eye contact throughout

was impeccable, I thought.

Yeah, Phenomenal eye contact.

Is that you?

Yeah.

Good.

I'm taking the car.

I've got to be at work

in, like, 15 minutes.

OK.

How about putting some

gas in it for once?

Okey dokey, artichokey.

) Hey, what's up?

Hey.

) Can I call

you back in a few minutes?

I'm almost at the club.

Yeah.

You going in already?

It's, like, six o'clock.

) Well,

Ricky wanted me in early.

You said you were

going to give me a ride.

) I forgot.

F*** it.

Charlotte, did you

clean the kennel?

No, give me a minute.

Do it.

The back porch smells

like puppy sh*t.

Do you feed her

people food again?

Can you give me ride to work?

No, I've gotta go.

Look, I would.

But if I'm late again, William

says I don't get the raise.

And if I don't get the raise, I

have to live with you forever.

I think I'm going to go

crazy if I have to live here

for another six months.

You have my lighter, mom?

Um, no.

Just use the stove.

Bye.

Love you.

Bye.

) Good stuff

coming right back at you.

Good afternoon, Broadleaf.

We're into the evening

really on the way.

It's going to be a hot

one tonight tonight.

Incredible day on

the coast today.

Music coming up will be hot too.

Lots of people calling

in killer requests.

And whatever you're up to,

thanks for taking us along.

Wherever you're headed,

we'll get you through.

And I want to say

shout out to our buddy,

Mike Kirkpatrick,

local TV news photog.

Hey man, if you're

listening, call in, Mike.

Or if anybody's seen him,

kind of a missing person's

thing now.

They always say those news

guys are on assignment,

but this is a bit much.

I'm sure she's cute,

Mike, whoever she is.

But call in, buddy.

Hit us up on the studio line.

Took you long enough.

Hey, come here a second.

What?

You should smile

a little bit more.

Here.

You forgot my tip.

Ow!

Mother f***er, man!

A**hole!

You don't have to grab me, man.

Jim, what the f***

is your problem?

Jesus.

Get the f*** off him.

Are you OK?

Sh*t.

Hey.

You care so much

about these a**holes,

you clean that sh*t up.

Just trying to a

shot of the building.

I got your camera

too, d*ckhead.

Hey, you got a car?

Mmm.

Pumpkin spice.

My favorite.

You want a hot dog?

Your mom bought five today.

Shut the hell up.

$1.60.

You need anything else?

You sure you don't

want a hot dog?

Hey.

You alive?

I'm cold.

Here.

Thanks.

Yeah, no problem.

You OK?

Did you give me this blanket?

Yeah, I did.

Where'd you get it?

Up the road.

It's pink.

Yeah.

What's your favorite color?

Green.

Green.

Yeah.

Why?

Like the ocean.

Do you always hang

out with strange people

and drive their cars around?

I do.

Every time I get the chance.

It's like a hobby of mine.

Should I be scared?

Do I scare you?

No.

Do you scare-- do I scare you?

I'm not afraid of you.

I'm bleeding.

Yeah.

You got the sh*t

knocked out of you.

What do you do?

I make movies.

Yeah?

You make movies?

No, not really.

Um, I'm an actress or, you

know, I'm trying to be at least.

There's not a lot going

on right now, you know?

What do you mean?

I've done a couple, like,

music videos and stuff,

but I want to work on

projects where I actually

have a speaking part, you know?

Yeah, that would be nice.

You gonna smoke that thing?

Yeah, are you down?

Yeah, I'm down.

Where are we?

You don't mind

getting blood on it?

It's cool.

Careful.

Don't hurt yourself.

I didn't spill

anymore coffee, did I?

No, you're good.

You're good.

Hey, you're really cool.

Thanks.

I'm Charlotte by the way.

David.

David.

David what?

David, your friend.

We are friends, huh?

Yeah, we're hanging

out like friends.

I don't have many friends.

Yeah, me neither.

I'll be right back.

OK.

Hey.

Um, here.

It's a head shot.

Um, not to sound

cheesy or anything,

but just keep me

in mind if you ever

have any projects or anything.

I will.

Cool.

OK.

Hold on a second.

This is my number.

Give me a call anytime.

And whenever you figure out

the situation with the camera,

just--

Yeah.

Yeah, I will.

I'd really-- really

appreciate it.

Yeah, no problem.

Bye.

Hey!

F***!

F***, dude.

You scared the f*** out of me.

F***, man.

Are you rolling on this?

Is this rolling?

Yeah.

OK.

Hey, Jay Harper.

Nice to meet you.

Very excited to be here.

Ah, sh*t, man.

Good to meet you.

You must be David, right?

Yeah.

You talking to me or the camera?

Um, I'm talking to you

and the camera, David.

Oh, sh*t, man.

Well, cool.

What are we doing today?

You're going to do a little

bit of everything today.

OK, alright, great.

I mean, I can edit,

shoot, direct.

I can load.

I'm casting my own feature

right now so it's just like,

you know, but whatever

you want, man.

I'm a jack of all trades.

Master of none.

Yeah, master of--

master of none.

So what are we doing first?

I'm going to have

you take the camera--

OK.

--and you're going to

capture beautiful moments.

OK.

So do you want me to just

roll with it all day?

Yeah, yeah.

How much tape do we have left

on this just so I know before

we run out because

I don't want to--

Don't worry about

technical aspects, OK?

OK.

I got it handled.

I just want you to

take the camera.

We're going to make this movie.

All right, man.

Here.

You ever been back

this deep, Jay?

Oh, yeah, man.

I've got family in all

parts of the state.

So I've been around.

It's great back here, man.

Yeah it is.

I love the way

this thing handles.

Oh, I know.

It's perfect for the offroading.

What are you going

to do with that?

You gotta protect

yourself out here, man.

What?

Yeah, you don't know

what's going to happen.

Bears and sh*t.

Whoa!

Hey, Jay.

We're doing an

establishing shot.

I need you to walk

towards the barn.

All right.

Wait for action.

Wait for action.

Go back to one.

And action!

So where's the

rest of the crew at?

Ah, don't worry

about that, Jay.

I'm going to have you act today.

Can you act?

Sure, yeah.

You good?

I mean, I can stand in.

Yeah.

I like that attitude.

How do you feel about nudity?

Partial nudity?

Just your shirt?

Are you going to

be rolling on that?

Yeah, I'm going

to be rolling, man.

Why?

Why do you need to

see me partially nude?

I told you earlier, Jay, we're

going to capture every moment.

And besides, I want to know

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