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The Confab

2019 · 10 min

A quick, wry peek behind the audition curtain, funny and a little sad about a kid aging out of being wanted.

Directed by
Paul Hartel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ryker Baloun, Jensen Gering, Dona Irey
Tagline
You were never that cute, and you're probably not gonna grow into handsome!
Overview
Packard Charles Hewitt, a fading, former child star, meets with his put upon, tell it like it is, agent, Theo. Already thirteen, Packard knows that this newest audition, a call back for a network television series, will be his last chance to secure long term employment before the dreaded teen hormone fairy spreads her dust all over him and effectively wrecks his career.

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Directed by
Paul Hartel
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ryker Baloun, Jensen Gering, Dona Irey
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • celebrity
  • coming-of-age
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Paul Hartel
Written by
Ed Vela
Starring
Ryker Baloun, Jensen Gering, Dona Irey, Ed Vela
Runtime
10 min
Languages
English

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