Auditions: AUG 21st (12:00pm - 2:00pm). Email acwshowcase@gmail.com immediately for more information.
ACW ONLINE SHOWCASE
A new paradigm: Breaking Traditional Models
With an ONLINE Showcase, actors will be able to share their work with Casting Directors, Agents, Managers, Directors, Friends, Family and the WORLD.
Showcases too often are done without the audience in mind. We strive to create a product that will be entertaining for a wider audience as well as high-quality for discerning eyes.
ACW's Model:
We will be holding auditions AUG 21st to ensure that the acting is top-notch as well as the production. Our shoot is ultra low budget, no frills, so that the collective costs will be under most prices for an Actor's Showcases in Los Angeles.
Every actor will have a 2-3 minute scene written specifically for them and a chosen partner to perform with. Our talented writer will account for everyone's type, what they want to play and how best to showcase their talents.
The material from the Showcase will be posted online and publicized via email to hundreds of Industry Professionals. Actors are also welcome to use the scenes for their reels, as well.
Our showcase will have a theme to help tie the production together. Our current theme is "LARPING" (Live Action Role Playing) and will allow us to explore the quirky world of this growing hobby/lifestyle.
More info on this topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game
Important Dates:
Auditions – AUG 21
Mandatory Introduction Meeting - AUG 28
Writing Completed - SEP 4
Rehearsal Week - SEP 7
Shoot Dates – SEP 18, 19, 20
ABOUT THE TEAM:
America YoungDirector/Producer America Young ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949440/) - Has been directing and producing in all aspects of the industry. In addition to producing 5 films, She just recently wrapped up year two of the her Feel Good Film Festival (which she founded and started) with triple the tickets sales from last year and loads of celebs. www.fgff.org She has produced and directed two critically praised webseries (www.vimeo.com/groupidity and www.youtube.com/CandAblog) and is in production for a third webseries which is a comedic Choose-Your-Own-Adventure called Hero's Quest.
The ACW Online Showcase is affiliated with FINT Films (www.fintfilms.com), operated by David Starks and Trent Duncan.
Trent Duncan
Director/Producer
Trent Duncan's film making dreams began at an early age with a wild imagination and an old VHS camcorder.
He would later go on to college and earn his Film Production Degree from Valencia College before serving in the United States Navy and deploying is support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His military journeys inspired several Documentaries which can be seen on the Discovery and Military Channels. After 5 years of Military service, Trent would move to California, utilizing his elite military training to anchor his exceptional directing ability in the numerous short films and music video's he's completed.
David Starks
Director of Photography
"In the light... lies the truth."
David Starks is an award-winning director of photography. He received his film degree from Valencia College in 2000, where he worked in the camera department in the Florida swamps. Not long after, he packed up his stuff and made the long haul to the City of Angels, where he worked in lighting as an electrician and grip. Because of his various hats in different departments and proficient work ethics, he moved up quickly through the channels. Eventually, he was gaffing and key gripping small motion pictures for companies such as Lifetime, The Sci-Fi channel and many others. It wasn't a few years after that when he decided to throw his gloves down and take a seat behind the camera as a cinematographer. Once there, he knew it was where he wanted to stay. Since that time, he has shot many films, most receiving recognition in festivals world-wide.
You can find him shooting features, music videos, commercials, television shows and anything else he can get his hands on. David's intuitive eye for composition and unique lighting skills keep him busy working. He loves to share his passion for cinema by creating visual images for people to see. With his passionate approach to filmmaking and love for cinema, he continues to entertain audiences throughout the globe.
Eric Campbell
Writer
In addition to several screenplays and short films, Eric specializes in writing for the web. Long time partners with America Young, Eric is enthusiastic about working to write specifically for individual actors as well as to work with our topic: LARPing.
April Wade
Producer
Nearly immediately after attending Chapman University to obtain a BFA
in
Theatre/Film, April Wade quickly opened her own acting studio in Los
Angeles: Actors Creative Workshop (www.actorscreativeworkshop.com)
Finding her way in independent cinema, April Wade has reached film
festival screens and video shelves within a few short years.
(www.aprilwade.com) After starring in numerous projects, she has
turned her attention towards producing and acting. Creating Women on
Top Productions, April's first major project, Junction, a quirky
independent film that was completed in January 2008 and recently
picked up by Around the Scenes Releasing. (www.junctionmovie.com) It
premiered at the 11th Annual Dances with Films festival in July 2008.
(www.danceswithfilms.com) Punching the Clown, her second completed
feature film, took the Audience Award at Slamdance 2009
(www.slamdance.com) as well as playing at other top-notch festivals
including GenArt and the Sonoma International Film Festival.
Her third feature was released in theatres in 2009 and remained number
one on iTunes for several months. Titled April Showers, which stars
Tom Arnold, Illeana Douglas, Daryl Sabara (Spy Kids), Kelly Blatz
(Prom Night) and Janel Parrish (Bratz) in a gripping drama based
largely on the Columbine High School shooting, through the eyes of a
real-life survivor (www.aprilshowersmovie.com) Wade also mounting
another feature this year: The Playground (www.theplaygroundmovie.com), a rock-film about street kids in Los Angeles.
TO PARTICIPATE:
EMAIL acwshowcase@gmail.com to be included in our AUG 21st auditions.COST: $395
