Justina Page as Francine
Character Description
Francine is a sweet, compassionate woman, always ready to dispense wisdom and understanding to the younger ladies in her charge. Thanks to her personality, she makes for a good manager in the business realm. She garners respect not through brute force but through compassion. Colbie has been working under her for about two years now. Because Francine has seen how hard Colbie's worked and how devoted she is, it pains Francine to have to let Colbie go.
Scene Description
This scene was taken from a narrative about a young woman named Colbie whose life is turned upside down by her out-of-control porn addiction.
In the scene, Colbie's boss, who, earlier in the story, stumbled across a smutty website on Colbie's work computer, is put in the awkward position of firing Colbie. The two women get along fairly well, which makes the task all the harder.
Written by Patrick Bradford
Rachael Brown
ActressI rarely leave feedback for a reader, but... there was a chance they were trying to steal the scene (LOL)
My favorite was the facial expression and humor at the end of the scene!
Tommy G. Kendrick
ActorGreat job, Justina. The main suggestion I have is to place your off camera reader in front of you rather than to the side. You were too profile throughout the scene. You have such a great look for the role you want to make sure not to go profile. You might alter the framing just a bit so the top of the frame is a bit lower. You want to be top of head to chest level. That will also eliminate whatever is barely visible on both sides of the frame. You can play this character with ease.
Benjamin Dane
ActorReally like how natural you are. The comedy is organic and not forced. I love the ending too! One hint for next time. If the camera is at 12:00, place your reader at 1:00 so it opens your face to camera. This way we can see your full face throughout the scene.
Mark Miertschin
ActorGood job! I can feel the compassion that the character calls for. Your eyeline was very consistent. I would prefer it be a little closer to the camera to show more of your face. the eyebrows at the end on the last line was fantastic.
Kathy A Bates
ActressNice job. Try moving your eyeline closer to camera so we can see more of your face.
JP Edwards
ActorYour eye line made it go from a solid performance to a good performance. It’s hard to connect … why did you choose the person you’re talking to to be at an off angle camera right when if you place him slightly off center we could see both your eyes clearly and stay connected with you. Just my opinion trying to make you better. Your great but you lose me bc of this reason .,, I picked you bc I believed your performance more. Cheers
Clint Hankinson
ActorExcellent job Justina! I thought you had a great connection with your scene partner and I really felt the weight of the moment and your concern for her.
Couple of small technical thoughts: Your reader was hard to hear even with my volume turned way up. You might balance your volumes a little more. May also considering moving your eyeline a little closer to the camera. I could see your eyes, but a few more inches closer would be better. Just my 2 cents!
Susan Willis
ActressYou are improving!! I can see you are more grounded with this one that in a few other tapes! just a very small note. If you pull out just a bit in your framing then as you lean forward it's not so close to camera.
also scoot that eye line just a little closer to camera so we see more full face rather than profile. But overall, So proud of you for doing great work!
Anita Cordell
ActressGreat job Justina. I felt you carried the description of the character all the way through this scene. She is compassionate and wise and I felt that the whole time. The only sentence I would lean a bit more into these traits would be "You're fired". I would have liked that sentence to be slower and a bit softer but overall, you're delivery was great and believable. I could feel you cared for your employee and truly felt bad. That was what I was looking for when watching this scene. Great job.
Doug Harrison
Actorgood job! the only note I have is I had a hard time understanding your reader.
