Audition Opportunity – NYU Thesis Film

Please read below for info on an upcoming project – if you’d like to submit please follow the instructions below.

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Greetings,

The following is an opportunity for your talent to gain Significant exposure, film experience, build resume & reel.  SAG Waiver

BREAKDOWN

PROJECT:  Graduate Thesis Student Film, NYU

WORKING TITLE:  FIRE PROOF

DIRECTOR:  Basil Mironer

PRODUCER:  Tommy Oliver

CASTING DIRECTOR:  Lynn Stallings/On Screen Casting

OnScreenCasting@yahoo.com     770-366-6888 cell

FORMAT:  20  min, Dramatic Narrative,

RED ONE  Camera.

DATES:

Pre-reads: Thurs. & Fri. Aug 5th & 6th

Callbacks: Wed. Aug 11th

Tentative Rehearsals: Aug 18 –20.

Principle Photography: Aug 21–31st.

PRE-READ & CALLBACK LOCATION:

The Studio Of The Arts, 8560 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite 111

Alpharetta, GA 30022

SHOOT LOCATION:   South Carolina

PROVIDED:  Transportation, meals & lodging.

SUBMISSION:  You may submit electronic headshots & resumes & make an audition appointment via email, directly at:  OnScreenCasting@yahoo.com

Talent should not call.

Note:  The most challenging character to cast will be Som Wang (Thai female

20-35 years old). We would appreciate any recommendations that you may have.

Thank you!

Lynn Stallings

On Screen Casting

OnScreenCasting@yahoo.com

CAST BREAKDOWN:

1)   BEN   MOORE   (12 – ‐15 years  old, Caucasian  Male) Precocious budding pyromaniac who isn’t happy with his dad’s new mail order bride.  (LEAD) (FILLED)

2)    SOM WANG   (20-35 years old, Thai, Female) Stranger in a strange land, wants security by being accepted into a judgmental southern community.  Attractive and friendly, has past alcoholic tendencies, lover more than a fighter. Fluent in Thai is a plus.  (LEAD) (OPEN)

3)    GENE MOORE (45-55 years old, Caucasian Male) An emotionally struggling widower & father brings a Thai mail order bride into his household while trying to be devoted to his adolescent son. He tries to balance work and fatherhood while trying to make his new relationship with the Thai woman work. In the back of his mind, the recent death of his wife lingers. (LEAD) (OPEN)

4)    MAGGIE  CASH  (12 to 15 years old, Caucasian Female) Sharp tongued, arrogant.  Classmate  of Ben Moore. (SUPPORTING) (OPEN)

5)   LINDA CASH  (40’s, Caucasian Female) High Society,  Southern Belle, ex-girlfriend of Gene Moore.

(SUPPORTING)  (OPEN)

6)   MRS.  CHILDERS  (40’s-60’s, Caucasian Female) Energetic Middle School teacher, a facilitator.  (SUPPORTING) (OPEN)

7)  SOUTHERN HUNK   (20′, Caucasian Male) Muscular, handsome, charming, and a bit dim witted.(SUPPORTING) (OPEN)

SIDES ATTACHED:  Note, Gene has 2 scenes, Som Wang has 5, Linda has 1, Maggie & Mrs. Childers have 1 and Southern Hunk has 1.  Characters are written on the top of each page.

Southern Hunk

Som Wang

Mrs. Childers

Linda

Gene

Gene-1

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Industry Night of Douglas Tappin’s “I Dream” at the Alliance at the Woodruff Arts Center!

Industry Night of Douglas Tappin’s “I Dream” at the Alliance at the Woodruff Arts Center. Don’t miss this opportunity to see this amazing production for a mere $15. The Industry Performance will take place on Tuesday, July 20 at 8:00pm.

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Young Performers Summer “Acting” Camp Developed For The Serious Actor

 DATES: 

AUGUST: 2nd – 6th, 2010
Monday thru Friday 9AM to 5PM
PRICE: 1 Week Session: $395.00

CAMP FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
4 to 6 year old Camp – 1/2 Day
DATE: August 2^nd – 6th , 2010
Monday thru Friday, 9AM to 12 Noon
PRICE: $325.00

This fun, but intense, acting camp will be conducted 1 week out of each month (June, July, & August). This is the same curriculum, but offered each month for your convenience. Each 1-week session is $395.00.
At the request of Talent Agencies, Casting Director, Regina Moore has developed a remarkable week of training in the areas children will be asked to perform as a professional Actor.

“I decided to focus on what work is available to children in this market. I then put together a week dedicated to training the children in commercials, monologues / theater, film / television, script-critique, auditioning, improvisational acting, voice-over technique, and more… ” Young Performers Summer “Acting” Camps was developed for the serious actor between 7 to 17 years of age. “As a Casting Director, I see children with enormous amounts of potential, yet there’s little training available that’s focused enough to discover and develop it”.

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE REPLY WITH THIS INFORMATION:
SPECIFY ON CHECK, WHICH MONTH(S) YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR.

Send check to: 
Moore Casting
417 Welshwood Drive Suite 109
Nashville Tennessee 37211

You can go on line and register at www.moorecasting.com

“Acting as Casting Director “

Workshop Wednesday, August 4th
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5:30 PM – 10:00 pm (dinner included)
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Age 16 and up

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At C&J we have had the privilege of watching thousands of auditions and seeing what audition skills work, and which ones don’t. We also have had the benefit of speaking with the client, the producers, the ad agency, and the director so that we know what they are looking for in terms of a performance. This workshop shares this information with you, the actor, so that you may audition with a renewed understanding and clarity of what is expected from you.

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JULY 2010 INCENTIVES UPDATES

JULY 2010 INCENTIVES UPDATES

ARIZONA

Unless a special legislative session is called by the Governor, the Arizona film incentives program will sunset on 12/31/10. Ken Chapa, Director of the Arizona Film Office, advises that companies that apply before the end of the year may be eligible to participate in the program for up to 24 months. Nearly $100 million in tax credits remains available; Arizona has post-approved $14.4 million in total incentives, with more expected soon. Interested producers should contact Chapa at kenc@azcommerce.com

CALIFORNIA

California’s entire fiscal year 2010-2011 allocation was spoken for on June 1st, 2010, the first day that applications were accepted. Because some films will not start preparation by the requisite date, funds may become available; interested producers should file an application and get on the waiting list. However, don’t file if you plan to shoot in the next 3 months, as the waiting list will not clear that soon. As of June 15, 2010, there were 40 projects on the waiting list; anyone currently on the list may email the California Film officer to find out where they are on the list.

FLORIDA

Florida began accepting applications on June 9, 2010 for tax credits that will become useable on July 1, 2011. To date, over 500 applications have been received for 73 different projects. Applications are still being accepted.

MICHIGAN

Hangar42, the giant studio complex under construction in Grand Rapids, Michigan (Western Michigan), has come under heavy media and legislative scrutiny after it was revealed that the complex had recently been listed for sale at $10 million, but the company building the studio had filed for over $40 million in infrastructure credits. A legislative aide to a state representative, who had been asked to investigate the deal, had earlier claimed that he was making a substantial profit on tax credits for a studio infrastructure deal. The aide has resigned, and the credit application has not been approved.

In a video posted on M-Live.com, the aide said, “We made a deal where we pay only $4 million, and collect a $12.5 million film tax credit. So how much did the building cost us? We made a profit off the state.” A summary of the various articles is available at http://topics.mlive.com/tag/Hangar42%20Studios/index.html

On the other side of the state, Oakland County, Michigan, will issue more than $28 million of recovery-zone facility bonds, which will be used to partially finance construction of the Michigan Motion Picture Studios facility in Pontiac, Michigan. Previously known as Raleigh Michigan Studios, the project is located in an abandoned General Motors facility and plans to include nine sound stages, offices, and additional production space. It is expected to open by early next year. An unofficial Raleigh Michigan Studios Facebook page is available at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pontiac-MI/Raleigh-Michigan-Studios/125402088782

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s budget reform package, which includes suspension of the tax credit, was signed into law on June 30th.

‘Law & Order: SVU’, which has been based in NJ, is now moving to NYC. For more information, http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/law-order-svu-leaves-new-jersey-over-nixed-tax-credit-may-move-into-lo-set/

NEW YORK

On June 27, the NY Assembly and Senate introduced a revenue bill that would provide an additional $420 million annually over tax years 2010 through 2014 for the Empire State film production credit. Funds for the NY program are currently exhausted. For information, http://assembly.state.ny.us/Press/20100627/

PENNSYLVANIA

The Pennsylvania Film Tax Credit Program has allocated all funds for the current fiscal year, and the next fiscal year as well. Funds are anticipated to be available again starting July 1, 2011. For more information, please go to: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Film-Tax-Credit-All-Dried-Up-94360594.html

Funds may become available if approved projects do not start on time, so interested producers should check with the PA Film Office to see if any films have dropped out of the program.

VIRGINIA

Virginia’s Governor has signed the state’s first incentives legislation into law. The legislation provides a refundable credit of 15% of all qualified Virginia expenses, or 20% if the project is filmed in an economically distressed area. An additional 10% of qualified Virginia labor is provided for films with production spend in Virginia of $250,000 to $1 million, or 20% for projects exceeding $1 million. $2.5 million is available in the 2010-2012 biennium and $5 million in any biennium thereafter. http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=204

[ Source: The Incentives Office ]