Candy Girl

Candy Girl is a short film based on the 2013 book of the same name by Karen McCombie.

Synopsis
13 year old Dixie has got a work experience over the half term holidays at none other than the office of her favourite magazine, Candy! But will everything be as she imagined?

Cast

 * (?) - as Dixie, the main character. She is 13 years old. She was a huge fan of Candy magazine, but is quick to find (and very disappointed) that it’s not at all like she imagined it would be.
 * (?) - as Tess, the older sister of Dixie. She used to be fun, but is now bad tempered with Dixie mostly. She writes a letter to Candy, and Dixie sees, and finds out why!
 * (?) - as Mum, the mother of Dixie and Tess. She likes joking around.
 * (?) - as Dad, the father of Dixie and Tess. He is often joking around.
 * (?) - as Ella, the best friend of Dixie.
 * (?) - as Rachel, the new neighbour of Dixie. She got Dixie her work experience at Candy.
 * (?) - as Miranda, the editors assistant at Candy. She hates fake people, which she had seen plenty of at Candy, and finds it laughable at times. She is soon leaving to go back to school to train to be a nurse.
 * (?) - as Polly Cheer, the editor of Candy. Unlike her name would suggest, she is mostly grumpy.
 * (?) - as Sharron Ford, the agony aunt of Candy. She is greedy and lazy, eating lots of donuts and getting others to write her replies to the letters, and uses an old photo of herself for her page, Share it with Sharron.
 * (?) - as Younger Sharron, seen as an old photo on the Share it with Sharron page.
 * (?) - as Amy Flint, the fashion editor of Candy.
 * (?) - as Connor, a boy model for the cover of the new Candy issue. He fell out with Katie prior to the photoshoot, and she went mad and threw water over him when she discovered she and him were supposed to be posing for a photo together. He is thought to be good looking by Dixie.
 * (?) - as Katie, a girl model for the cover of Candy. She is furious to know that she was having to pose with her Ex, Connor, for the cover photo. She is tall and slim, and thought to be pretty by Dixie.
 * (?) - as Zack McCloud, a celebrity on a tv show that Dixie and Tess like. He is a guest at Candy Fun Day, an event held yearly by Candy. He is Australian, and is in actuality rude about his fans, calling their gifts to him junk behind their backs!

Differences between the film and the book

 * Unnamed girl model is named in the film as Katie.