Shh! OurFilmSpace/OurTvSpace Actor Fest on March 8, 2009 - "The Actorapture" - Schedule Posted!

Below is the Schedule for the First of "The Whisper Series" - Advance Payment Through PayPal Below:

$50.00 Per Actor - Pay with PayPal By Clicking Here and Make Sure You Get Into The Actorapture!

OurFilmSpace/OurTvSpace
Actor Fest
“Actorapture”
March 8, 2009

OurTvSpace Heaquarters
Sturbridge Marketplace at the Falls
559 Main Street
Sturbridge, MA 01518
Tel: (774) 241-0430
Fax: (774) 241-0431
E:Mail: Info@OurTvSpace.com

Schedule/Details:

Cost: $50.00 Per Actor. Limited to 60 Actors on a First Come First Served Basis. Payments Accepted in Advance through PayPal - see the button Below! OurTvSpace may Increase Number of Participants in its Discretion.

9:00 a.m. – Doors Open

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Meet and Greet. Network with Fellow Actors Over Coffee and Refreshments.

10:00 a.m. – Photo Sessions Start and Run All Day Long through 5:00 p.m. Each Actor (available to all Actors) will get 3 Headshots from 3 Different Photographers (for a total of 9). Actors may want to layer their outfits so you can Look Different in Each Shot. Hair and Makeup Touchup Available at OurTvSpace Gratis! Each Actor will be assigned a Photo Session Appointment. Let us Know if you Prefer Morning or Afternoon and we will try to Accommodate your Preference.

Don’t Forget the Bonus Workshops Available Throughout the Day to All Interested:

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Drop-In Improv Workshop.

Want to Learn the Nuts and Bolts of a Good Improv? Drop In to the Improv Workshop. Norm Laviolette, the Founder of the Improv Asylum in Boston will lead the workshop. Improv Asylum has performed over 3,500 shows, for over 500,000 people. They have been featured on HBO, and performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and throughout the country. Norm has acted, directed, written for and/or produced many performances in Improv Asylum’s history. Norm began his improvisational career at UMass Amherst with Mission:Improvable and has since acted and directed in over 2,500 performances. Norm also acts in commercials and films, and his career highlight is acting in a scene with Lee Majors.

Improvs will be Videotaped – time permitting, and Suggestions Available for those who would Like them!

12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Light Lunch and Refreshments Included at OurTvSpace Craft Services!

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 – Screen Actor’s Guild – Actor’s POV:

Full-Time Massachusetts Actor, Francine Maria Bouska. Member of SAG, AFTRA, AND EQUITY will give a brief talk from an Actor’s POV on the requirements and benefits of joining the Screen Actor’s Guild. How to Become a SAG Actor and the Benefits Involved. Followed by Brief Q&A.

Francine has worked in Boston, MA, NYC and Hollywood, CA - in television, film, commercials, and print, and was most recently cast as 'Mona' in Episode 202 in SHOWTIME's "Brotherhood". Francine has a principal role as a Mean Girl in the Web Series “Oldbury Hill”. In addition to acting, Francie has sang on MTV's TRL, FOX, and ABC - and has been the featured singer for the Massachusetts Production Coalition, and The Relay for Life. Franine has been a dancer for several years, having been trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, and video dance (pop-aka. Britney, Janet Jackson).

1:30 to 2:00 – Audition Tips – Plymouth Casting
What are the Do’s and Don’ts of an Audition? Fran Bouska and Rebecca Walton of Plymouth Casting will be on Site to Discuss How to Help Actors Look Like a Pro at an Audition. With Plymouth, Massachusetts becoming the center of the growing entertainment industry and the new studios, Plymouth Casting is also looking for local talent who are interested in working on projects that will soon be coming to the area. These projects would include television, film, commercials, industrials, voiceovers, modeling, print, and miscellaneous projects that involve talented actors, musicians, and models. Plymouth Casting’s mission is to provide a diverse database of talent, both union and non-union, at absolutely no cost to the actor. You can even sign up for the Casting Agency at OurTvSpace!

2:30 to 3:00 – Set Etiquette
Once You Have the Job, What are the Do’s and Don’ts While on Set? Veteran Director, Art Director, and Production Designer, Dave Gladstone, has been on more sets than you can imagine, having worked on music videos for David Lee Roth, The Ramones, The Fabulous ThunderBirds and More, as well as National Commercials! David will Provide Key Tips on how to behave on Set, what landmines to watch out for, which will help enhance professionalism, and hopefully lead to more opportunities.

3:00 to 5:00 – Preparing for the “Killer Audition”! The anatomy of a Killer Audition will be discussed in the workshop led by Producer/Director Jean-Paul Ouellette and Actor Skip Shea, including the Art of the Monologue, Preparing for Sides, the Art of the Audition. Jean-Paul Ouelette has taught and lectured at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Emerson College, and is on the Board of Directors of the Woods Hole Film Festival.

Skip Shea, a local SAG Actor and Filmmaker has worked as a film actor in “If Leaves Stayed on Trees” and “Labor Day” and as Sol Rothberg in Garth Donovan's "Cubby Knowles ". Skip has done featured background work in Richard Kelly's "The Box," Lasse Hallstrom's "Hachiko," Martin Scorsese’s "Shutter Island," Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" and Ricky Gervais "Invention of Lying". Skip has also been a featured bg on TV in "The Bronx is Burning" and "Bunker Hill." Skip is in the process of producing and directing a trilogy of short films which Skip also wrote. The first installment in the trilogy, "Last Exit," recently wrapped and is in post-production.

Segments of the Workshop will be video-taped – time permitting. Suggestions will be Made to Those who Want them.

First Come First Served:

$50.00 Per Actor - Pay with PayPal By Clicking Here and Make Sure You Get Into The Actorapture!