Master Weekend Workshop

Our Master Weekends with Lisina are a spin-off of our already intensive programming for Kids, Teens and Adults. The Master Weekends with Lisina are designed to impact the actor with a level of physical, emotional, and intellectual challenge the way our current programs do - only compacted into a two-day, 10-hour marathon workout.
Designed and taught by Lisina Stoneburner~ the Southeast's Most Sought After Acting Coach.


Our Philosophy
We are firm believers in on-going training for the actor. The same way athletes who compete or strive to compete on the professional level do; actors who want to compete need to keep their senses sharp, their imaginations working and their skills crisp by participating in on-going long-term training regiments. Every now and then a Master Weekend that can jolt the mind, heart and body is beneficial to shock the system, challenge the skill set and re-set the goals.

Who is Eligible?
· Adult Master Weekends are for ages 18 and up
· Kids and Teens Master Weekends are for ages 7 and up. (All children must be able to read.)
IMPORTANT!! We do recommend some previous training or experience before registering. We do not make this mandatory as sometimes natural talent and extreme effort is enough - however it is strongly advised.
Everyone in the Master Weekend will be pushed extremely hard and allowances will not be made for those who feel too pressured or exhausted mentally or emotionally by the work. Parents.... We strongly advise you to be realistic about your child's work ethic, their endurance and their desire to participate fully before registering them.
(In the first hour of the Master Weekend an assesment is made of all the participants to see if we need to divide the group by ability. We will if necessary.)

Who Teaches It?
Co-Executive Director Lisina Stoneburner along with two other acting instructors. Lisina Stoneburner is the Southeast's most sought after acting coach. In addition to being credited with coaching some of the top booking actors in the area and Los Angeles, she also consistently coaches on film and television shows. She is currently the on-set coach for the CW hit "The Vampire Diaries".

What is Taught?
· Vocal and Physical Preparation
· Script Comprehension
· Improvisation
· Fearless Auditioning
· Emotional Availability
· Sense Memory
· Basic Dance Class (dance for the actor....this will work for all ages and body types)
· Industry Q & A
· Parents Q & A

When:
Master Weekends with Lisina are two days, 5 hours each day.
Saturday 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sunday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

We don't recommend registering if you have to leave early, come late or miss any of it.

2011 Available Master Weekends with Lisina Are:

ADULTS:
March 19 & 20, 2011
September 24 & 25, 2011

KIDS AND TEENS:
March 5 & 6, 2011
September 10 & 11, 2011





Cost:
$225.00

How To Enroll:

Click HERE to go to the Master Weekends page on the website. Check out Video from past students.
Download the Registration Form (on site) and book your space before they’re all gone!!



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Commercial Casting Director Workshop!

PARENTS:
So your child wants to be in commercials? Give them the opportunity to learn first-hand from one of the top commercial casting directors in the Southeast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 1-4PM at yourACT.

Kris Redding will share the do’s and don’ts of commercial auditioning in this “seriously fun” on-camera workshop designed to guide young actors through the audition process, including one-on-one coaching and tips on how they can make their commercial auditions better. Come join her for this chance to get on the inside track and get her expert advice in this workshop designed especially for kids their age:

* How to audition step by step
* Audition and callback etiquette
* Taped auditions with review & feedback from Kris
* Instruction on improv and scripted scenes
* Q&A with actors and parents

Kris will also be accepting headshots & resume′s at the workshop.

D E T A I L S
Kids Commercial Auditions with Kris Redding
Where: yourACT Acting Studios http://www.youract.tv
6th – 8th graders, ONE DAY ONLY! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 1-4PM
$150
Limited to 15
Call 404-499-9996 to register.

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Independent Film Opportunity

Shoot Dates: March 11th, 12th & 13th (actors will be needed 2 out of the 3 days)

Daily Rate: $100/day

Audition Dates: btw Feb.18th-20th (official date not set; but will fall in this time)

Interested Actors should submit to: Juneslastwish@gmail.com

Background on the Writer/Director, Jonas Elrod:

His Website:
http://www.jonaselrod.com/Jonas_Elrod_Web/Bio_+_Contact.html

Jonas Elrod has been in the film industry for the last 10 years working as Producer/Director on various projects including documentaries, music videos, commercials and short films.

Based in New York , Jonas co-ran the award winning production company Rockhard Films. During his time there, Jonas worked on all aspects of production ranging from Director/Producer and Editor. Focusing primarily on music videos and commercials, he worked with top artist/clients such as Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Nike, ESPN and Spike Lee. In the winter of 2003, Jonas began producing his first feature documentary BEARS. He traveled across the country for two years working on this film shooting over 200 hours of footage. The film played the festival circuit and is gearing up for release.

His second documentary, WAKE UP, follows his own personal journey looking for spiritual truth and meaning after going through a very radical spiritual awakening.

Thank you for your time.

All the best,

Tyler Smith

JUNE’S LAST WISH

A 21st Century Southern Gothic Spiritual Thriller. Set in the early 1990's durning a heat wave in a small southern town- June's Last Wish tells the story on several characters brought together to solve a 22 year old mystery. New in town, Edward, who was brought there following a series a "waking" dreams, begins to understand what is happening, realizing what is truly at stake, and must make amends for his past. June's Last Wish is a love story of Edward and June on a metaphysical rollercoaster ride, switching from past, present, and future lives, as well into spiritual realms such as Heaven, Hell and Purgatory in attempts to bring balance to the town and to defeat the Shadow.


Junes Last Wish Productions, is currently excepting submissions for the SAG short film June's Last Wish. Email current a headshot/photo and resume tojuneslastwish@gmail.com (Email Submissions Only)
Submissions must be submitted no later than Sunday January 23rd.

Directed by Jonas Elrod

Produced by June's Last Wish Productions

CAST BREAKDOWN:

Lash Lenoy, Male 27 to 40, Caucasian

Athletic build

Intense Smart Ass

Handsome (but looks are faded due to heavy drinking)

Man's man

Scrapper


June Cosgrove, Female 25-35, Caucasian

Tall/Slender

Dark hair/light complexion

Pretty but can play looks down

Emotes sadness

Must be very expressive with face/eyes


Sherif Forester, Male 45-55, Caucasian

Tough man's man

Rugged

In shape

Large build

Menacing

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Actor's Slate

Hello fellow actors. Actor Slate is shooting in Atlanta on February 4 and 5. There are still a handful of shoot times available.

Pretty much everything you need to know is on the Actor Slate website, where you can also schedule and book an Actor Slate shoot session.

Click here: http://actorslate.chelseastudios.com

Some important things to know.

- The cost is $175.00. To shoot, edit and host on the Breakdown Services and Actors Access networks. Personal copies of both the 60 second Actor Slate that appears on Breakdown Services and Actors Access, and the Actor Slate Deluxe, a longer version of between 2 - 4 minutes are available for additional cost. Most actors are purchasing one or both of these for use on their own websites, for direct submission purposes and for uploading to popular video sites like Youtube and Facebook and lots of others.

- Chelsea Studios is the exclusive producers of Actor Slate for Breakdown Services. Only those produced by Chelsea will appear on the Breakdown Services and Actors Access networks.

Thanks.
Stanley Zucker
The Actor Slate Team at Chelsea Studios
http://actorslate.chelseastudios.com

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Deferred Pay Pilot Opportunity

Fun World
A Futuristic Black Comedy

Atlanta based filmmaker and documentarian, Barry Mills (The Popeye Show, The
Bob Clampett Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Rudy and GoGo World
Famous Cartoon Show) has once again teamed up with long time friend and
acclaimed novelist Jack Pendarvis (Awesome, Your Body is Changing, The
Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure) to bring you Fun World - a dark
glimpse into the near future. Following a corporate merger between the U.S.
government and a multimedia conglomerate, the government and the media have
become marvelously confused.



I am currently Casting Directing a spec Pilot for Director Barry Mills. I've
worked for Barry on several commercials at Turner Broadcast.

The pay is deferred, pending sale of the pilot.

Thank you for your assistance.

Auditions will be held Feb 9, 10, 11 with possible callbacks on Feb 15.

Fun World Cast List


Delivery Guys 1 & 2 – Delivery #1 is the only one that speaks. A couple of his lines were cut when the scripts were merged that indicated a bit of a smart mouth. Sort of big in stature. Reference: John Goodman

Frank Whalen – Mostly easy going early to mid thirties; gets run over by alpha-wife. Reference: Doug Savant in Desperate Housewives.

Timmy Whalen – young child; maybe 4ish.

Helen Whalen – Abrasive, emasculating, wife of Frank. Early to mid thirties. Reference: Amy Poehler

Dog - animated (voice) – do not need to cast for this part.
Robot – animated (voice) – do not need to past for this part.

Steve (Observation Employee) – Company man, middle management, nonchalant and somewhat apathetic about his job/duties. Mid to late thirties.

Jimmy – Young; green; “I’m gonna change the World”; early twenties; looks like a kid. This is his first job out of college.

Cheryl/PC-409/Betty – Early twenties; petite; pretty; in shape. Reference: Sailor Moon

(Unnamed female) Observation Supervisor – somewhat shy and would probably be more comfortable if she didn’t have to talk to anyone. Cannot completely relate to the young employees she oversees. (There is someone I want to read for this part)

Milo & Otis – at first glance appear to be average Joes. While they appear somewhat slack they are actually hard-core company men that have a good deal of insight into the workings of the company and do their jobs in a casual “no questions asked” manner. One appears to be smarter than the other but both of their brains have been affected by the nature of their jobs. Down the line they could possibly be clones of clones or robots, etc. Cheech and Chong if they were hit men. Maybe Crockett and Tubbs… Reference: Casey Affleck from Assassination of Jesse James and James Franco from Freaks and Geeks.

Screaming Candidate (video file) – This woman appears in a video shown to Jimmy by Milo or Otis. Mid to CU shot woman in a (hospital) bed hooked up to electrodes suddenly emits a scream of intense pain – tense, eyes rolling back.

Foreman (Wave Hoppers) – do not need to cast this part

Jenny – About 4 or 5 years old. (I’d like to see if my daughter can do this part)

Jenny’s Mom – Frightened mom, early to mid thirties.

Mark – Young; green; slacker; gamer; trust fund kid

Jesse (VO – unless picture phone is used) – do not need to cast this part

Paul (Cheryl’s ex-boyfriend) – Reference: Early twenties Paul Rudd or Seth Rogan

The President – A popular Latin singer. Reference: Ricky Martin, Prince

Rooster Owners 1 & 2 – do not need to cast for these parts
Secret Service (3 or 4) – do not need to cast for these parts

Hippo – animated (voice) – do not need to cast for this part.

Doctor or medic – do not need to cast for this part

The “Man” – Crazy, creepy old man. Reference: Andy Griffith (I do have someone in mind for this part)


I see Jimmy, Cheryl and Paul as being about the same age. Mark is pretty young, also.

I’d also like to mix it up some and not have an all white cast. I know the references are mostly white.

If you are interested email Chris Burns at chris@burnsactor.com

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POTENTIAL JOB

I'm working on an indie feature, and wanted to see if there was anyone that you might be able to send our way. I'm not asking for your casting services sadly. We have very little money and want to offer that to the secondary cast and dayplayers, but I'm hoping you might post it or send it out to anyone interested in gaining more experience on set or getting more feature film experience.



Alex Motlagh of Popfilms produced the first 9 days. I'm producing the 2nd half of this low budget feature film written and directed by Dan Bush (The Signal - Transmission 3, FFP, Day in the Life, etc.). It's not a horror film, it's a dramatic thriller about a man who tries to escape his life by cloning himself - in the style of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, and Michael Clayton.



For the secondary and dayplayer roles, we want good actors with interesting faces. ATL is full of beautiful people for commercial work, but we really want character actor faces and hope you may have some that would be interested.



We're looking to hold casting this Thursday and Friday - by appointment. For the 2 secondary roles, we will read people, but for everyone else, we just want a meet and great, and can have them out in 5 minutes. If they send me their headshots and resumes, we'll pick folks and schedule them ourselves.



RESUME AND HEADSHOTS CAN BE SENT TO: nusouthfilms@mindspring.com



Here are some descriptions of what we are looking for:



Tom Langley: 30-45. Head of Next Corp Security, and as he cryptically tells Edward in the movie,"If you are talking to me... it's serious." Focused as a bulldog and as smart as a wolf - think Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, or Harrison Ford in Blade Runner. He comes to the realization that he might be a product of Next Corp. cloning. This newfound doubt about who or what he is informs his dissension from Next Corp., and drives him to save his maker's life against Next Corp's orders.



Dr. Bronson: 45-65 year-old white woman. Striking features. We think she is a sweet and kind woman, sympathetic to the lead character, but she's actually the Evil Architect of Next Corp and as such she will never let any one who knows the lab's secrets leave.



Dayplayer Roles:

4 large, intimidating Security Men (30-45 in shape)

3 Psych Ward Male Orderlies (Large enough to carry a thrashing 5'6 male)

1 Psych Ward Doctor (40-65)

2 Cops (in shape)

1 Male Lawyer (55-70)

1 Psych Ward Administrator (40-60 male)



Extras: All shapes and sizes - 18 and up



Thanks for any help you may be able to offer!



Linda B





Freelance Producer, Line Producer, Production Manager and Consultant

Available for Commercials, Industrials, Webisodes, TV Shows & Features



Board of Directors ATL Film 365 - Are you a member?

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Georgia Production Partnership - Stay informed!

www.georgiaproduction.org



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Jackie Burch Workshop!

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