Short Film - Not Yer Typical Western

07/24/2024

New poster for NYTW!!

07/18/2023

And that’s a wrap! It was an amazing experience working with every single one of you. You all went above and beyond to help tell my story and make something truly special. Thank you all so much! I hope to work with you again in the future.

Tristan Fort Krissa Hosto Robert Montgomery Isabella Dickmeyer Carlin Campbell Kyler Carson Cameron Szwed James Oetinger

06/01/2023

Here’s the cast for Not Yer Typical Western!

05/20/2023

Casting will be announced June 1st!

05/16/2023

We had successful auditions! Everyone here was amazing. We will be announcing the cast soon!

05/02/2023

The short film is officially on IMDb! Check it out

Not Yer Typical Western: Directed by Ethan Liles.

03/15/2023

Update: we were able to get a plane ticket for our AD! And we were able to lock down a location that would almost be an all-in-one for most of our scenes. While today is the final day for digital auditions, we have some promising candidates and we are moving forward! God is good. I pray He continues to be with us as we start heading into the production phase.

01/18/2023

Casting Call:

Looking for black/mixed female lead with 4 Caucasian leads.

Windella: Windella has a medium to dark skin tone and is in her mid-twenties. Very sassy, but definitely one of the best gunslingers of the west! She has a very take charge attitude and isn’t afraid of nothin’! Except for snakes….

Duke: Is caucasian and in his early-twenties/mid-twenties. He’s what you would call sweet but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He’s very brave, he acts first before he thinks.

Dallas: can be played by male or female. Is caucasian in their early-twenties/mid-twenties. They are very chill and laid back, yet inquisitive about the purpose of their life. Wanting a laid back life, Dallas is not one for tough situations.

Jordan (antagonist): Jordan is caucasian and in his late-twenties/early thirties. Jordan is cold and selfish. He is willing to do whatever it takes to be on top, even if he he’s to eliminate his competition.

Bank Robber: can be played by anyone.

12/23/2022

Location - “Desert”

12/21/2022

Character descriptions

Windella
Windella has a medium to dark skin tone and is in her mid-twenties. Very sassy, but definitely one of the best gunslingers of the west! She has a very take charge attitude and isn’t afraid of nothin’! Except for snakes….

Duke
Duke is caucasian and in his early-twenties/mid-twenties. He’s what you would call sweet but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He’s very brave, he acts first before he thinks.

Dallas
Dallas can be played by male or female. Is caucasian in their early-twenties/mid-twenties. They are very chill and laid back, yet inquisitive about the purpose of their life. Wanting a laid back life, Dallas is not one for tough situations.

Jordan
Jordan is caucasian and in his late-twenties/early thirties. Jordan is cold and selfish. He is willing to do whatever it takes to be on top, even if he he’s to eliminate his competition.

12/15/2022

Location - “Jordan River”

12/12/2022

Here are audition samples for NYTW!

WINDELLA
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J5IrwOezUSycEywCaOfS61PZ53s98QPluRxIHXFReR8/edit

DALLAS & DUKE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EjpDWAri3kWwOUTgS237Xzdbwp0LaqhWFNsnfNpK8c/edit

JORDAN
https://docs.google.com/document/d/100tuSNzHJlPIUI4UfvxgtMEZpIP1yfZYkkdA8c_C6AA/edit

12/12/2022

Digital auditions will be due on March 15th! We will do in person callbacks on May 15th.

12/07/2022

Shooting from July 12th - July 16th, 2023.

12/07/2022

Not Yer Typical Western

Windella has become a nation renowned gunslinger in the Wild West. This makes Jordan upset due to her being both African American and a woman, so he seeks her out to challenge her and prove he’s better than her. Jordan unfairly defeats Windella and she is able to escape him.
Dallas and Duke don’t have a lot going on with their lives. As they discuss it, Windella shows up from the distance and passes out. Dallas and Duke go to get her and restore her to some health. She explains her situation to them and they offer to help. Windella agrees to train them so they would be of actual help.
After Dallas and Duke’s training, Windella decides to do a test run with them by chasing after a bank robber. Dallas and Duke oblige and were almost able to catch the robber on their own. Jordan and his henchmen show up before they can do any more training and they all have a showdown. Dallas, Duke, and Windella defeat him and walk off into the sunset.

12/07/2022

Digital auditions due March 15th! Email us at [email protected] or message us on FB if you have any questions.

12/07/2022

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yYRTSGHjFPG3vlFaPaamIVJgrI2r_Bh9C4xHyaaakBA/edit?usp=sharing

NYTW Script

NOT YER TYPICAL WESTERN Written by Ethan and Shyla Liles April 20th, 2022 1 EXT. FIELD - DAY WINDELLA, a native american and JORDAN, a caucasion with long hair who is wearing all black with an eyepatch, are standing at opposite ends of a field, surrounded by ...

12/07/2022

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lom42Bi1_ze4oQgPZH20MZ_Op4gpKtp99cYle-Q6Kkc/edit?usp=sharing

Summary of NYTW

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