Aug 20, 2022 - 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM PDT
Where: Remote via Zoom
Verve Studios’ Amanda Melby (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) leads this workshop designed to give you the tools and information you need to successfully produce Self-Tape and Live Remote Auditions.
First there were self-tapes and then, with the pandemic forcing people to be home, live remote auditions became a reality. In the past, actors were responsible for the craft and casting was responsible for the technology. Not anymore. With self-tape and live remote auditions, actors now have to be technically proficient as well. Both as an actor herself, and as owner and head coach of Verve Studios, Amanda has been self-taping and live remote auditioning for over 7 years. She is current on industry standards and best practices.
In this workshop, you’ll learn best practices for equipment and process, including sides, lighting, sound, camera, editing and delivery. You’ll learn about all of the tools and information you need to self-tape and submit successfully. You’ll receive a worksheet and equipment guide and actors may participate by sending in a 1-minute self-tape audition video to be shown and critiqued or by being a “live remote audition” actor. (Limit 3 actors for each modality).
The workshop is 2.5 hours long and will include time for questions. Participants are encouraged to join from their best self-tape location.
This Arizona-Utah Conservatory program is free to SAG-AFTRA members as a benefit of membership.
WHEN: 10 am - 12:30 pm, Sat., Aug 20
WHERE: Remote via Zoom
RSVP: Reservations are required. Please complete form below to RSVP.
This meeting is only open to paid-up SAG-AFTRA Arizona-Utah Local members in good standing (paid thru Oct. 31, 2022, or in compliance with the May 2022 Dues Relief Extension). No guests are allowed. Parents/guardians of performers under 18 years old are welcome. If more than one SAG-AFTRA member per household will be attending, each member will need to RSVP individually. RSVP is required prior to the above mentioned deadline for admittance.
About the Presenter:
Amanda Melby, a native Minnesotan, made her way to Phoenix via Southern California, Washington, DC and Cleveland. She has worked as a professional actress for over 30 years and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Amanda produced and starred in the feature film RAISING BUCHANAN with René Auberjonois and M. Emmet Walsh. Other films include FUNNY THING ABOUT LOVE, LOCKER 13, JAKE’S CORNER with Richard Tyson, NETHERBEAST INCORPORATED, and THE MAJESTIC.Her short films include COVET, CULT STATUS, and SMALL HAPPYS. Television includes CANDID CAMERA, S.I.S., BOSTON PUBLIC and SCREEN WARS. Amanda is a busy commercial actress and also works as a producer, director and spokeswoman. She is the Owner/Head Coach of Verve Studios. She is a four-time Emmy® nominee for SCREEN WARS and RAISING BUCHANAN, was the 2007 Phoenix Film Foundation Board Member of the Year, the 2008 Layne Award recipient and was a 2011 Governor’s Arts Award nominee. She studied in Howard Fine’s Master Class and is currently in Gunnar Rohrbacher’s Sitcom Master Class in LA. Amanda is an accomplished cellist and holds a BA in theatre and English from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota. She is repped by the Leighton Agency (AZ), Eris Talent (L.A.) and Bankston Talent (NM).
