MASTER the INTERNET!

Webisodes.  Blogs.  Social Networking.

As the Industry paradigm shifts, be ahead of the curve and make the world of the Web work for you!

MEET Industry Professionals that are working on popular Internet shows.

LEARN the ways in which you can take control of your career - now more than ever!

WORK with Casting, Directors and Producers on how to best tailor your auditions for the Web.

DISCOVER new ways to network with Directors and to get real, fullfilling acting work in this growing medium.

SCHEDULE/CLASS DETAILS:

Week 1:
 - review of basic terms, social networking and twitter
 - solidify your online personae
 - leave with tools to create your own blogs, websites, etc.
 - where to network, how to network effectively
 - discover marketing groups for Actors/Directors
 - learn how the internet is interfacing with studios
 - discuss the future of the internet

Week 2:
 - following up on progress/questions through class
 - discover specific ways to help market yourself online and to make yourself a commodity to producers/directors

Class is only $100 for the entire 2 - week session, including all special guests.

To join us for this session, please contact us and we will send over payment options right away.  Your $100 payment will hold your space in class.

ABOUT THE COACHES:

Sandra Payne
writer/director/producer


Sandra J. Payne, founder of new media production company, SPwrite Productions LLC, is the director/producer of two web series, The Web.Files and Life with Kat & McKay. The Web.Files, was named Best of Clicker 2009 for a Web Nonfiction show, and has garnered a 2010 Streamy Awards nomination for its host/creator, Kristyn Burtt as Best Web Series Host. Sandra also created and writes her romantic comedy web series, Life with Kat & McKay, a finalist in the Best of Clicker 2009 for Best Web Original Comedy. She has produced multiple award-winning short films, including “Everybody Games,” a Platinum Remi winner from WorldFest Houston 2009, three trailer winners for the Austin Film Festival trailer competition, winning in 2004, 2005, and 2007, and “The Secret Lives of Shopping Carts,” which won a Bronze award for best comedy short film from WorldFest Houston in 2001. As a screenwriter, Sandra has produced credits in children’s television as a former staff writer on the global juggernaut, “Barney & Friends,” along with having two optioned features. She currently teaches a class at the Actors Creative Workshop in Burbank helping actors leverage social media for their careers. If you stitch all of her twitter accounts together, she's delighted to report that she has achieved Frankenwhale status (more than 10,000 followers)..

You can find Sandra online at www.SPwrite.com and www.PurseDog.tv
...and on many, many more sites!

Past SPEAKERS have included:
The creators of web hits like "The Crew," "Space Hospital," "Safety Geeks: SVI," "Invention with Brian Forbes", and "Dirty Bomb Diaries."
...and other buzz-worthy web series creators!

Hayden Black
producer/director/writer

Hayden Black created, writes, produces & stars in the critically acclaimed online series Goodnight Burbank and its spin off "GNB: Breaking News". Since launching the show in March '06, Hayden has single-handedly steered the series to great success, picking up multiple awards (including Best Web News Series), accolades (iTunes Best Podcast '06 & '07) and stellar reviews (LA Times). His production company, Evil Global Corp, is also behind the groundbreaking Abigail's X-Rated Teen Diary ("cutting edge comedy" - Fortune, iTunes Best Podcast '07). He is also both consulting and a speaker at various new media events. Prior to his work in new media, Hayden worked in TV marketing and picked up many awards while writing/producing for the networks.