{"id":76911,"date":"2015-07-27T15:36:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/?p=76911"},"modified":"2015-07-27T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T19:37:26","slug":"new-faces-an-unscripted-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/oftheminute\/new-faces-an-unscripted-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"“New Faces” an Unscripted Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entering into\u00a0the modeling industry can be a daunting, alien experience, one full of excitement, letdown, success and rejection. For the young models, many of whom are\u00a0still in their teens, it’s a foreign affair, but it’s also\u00a0a chance to earn a living, gain worldliness and encounter an industry full of creativity. That sense of emotional risk and self-investment\u00a0is a brand new playing field for a lot of new faces. Established Models<\/a>\u00a0in London enlisted filmmaker Shawn Butcher<\/a> to capture\u00a0unscripted\u00a0moments, following four of the models from their development board\u00a0Oli Donoso<\/a>, Tamirys Melo, Elizabeth Salt and Liberty Mann<\/a>\u00a0during a typical day. The result is a reflective short film called \u201cNew Faces\u201d that quietly peers into the everyday life of the new crop of models.<\/p>\n

Shawn provided extra insight, saying he noticed in each of the models that, “There was a sparkling optimism, a hope beyond hope, and at the same time an armor to deflect all “no’s” and critical eyes and the people who sat in silent judgement, the girl’s fate in their hands. The two emotions that were true of everyone in the mornings before a casting were: optimism and pragmatism. “I hope I’ll get it, but I probably won’t.” And the better the casting went, the more sure they were they wouldn’t book it.” And while the whole gig can be exhausting for those so young: career affecting casting decisions carried out on perfunctory whim, superficiality and\u00a0insouciant rejections\u2013there is the upside Shawn noticed, the part that makes it worth it, “They would light up the most when they remember booking gigs, getting to travel, when friends see them on the side of a bus, or share a link to a show they walked in. It’s a testament that they’re really doing this, finding success, in a tough industry where they’re one of a hundred girls to go out for a job – and that’s them in the photo.” Spending time with each model in their bubbles ultimately led Shawn to conclude, “My take away at the end of the week was that these are mostly regular kids, from different walks of life, with an opportunity handed to them. They have the same doubts and the same hopes as most in any line of work, and for every glamorous photo in a magazine, there is a regular girl who’d rather be in bed, just trying to do well at her job.”<\/p>\n

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