Dallas-Fort Worth

This is a great time to get things done and you might have a question or two that's keeping you from taking the next step. Perhaps you're picking up where you left off in one of our classes or trying to finish up your project or just trying to get a little confidence going, this is your chance to get help during this online forum where members will submit questions so that we can address them as efficiently as possible while at the same time helping as many of you as we can. We welcome all questions from all levels of experience.

When: Monday, June 29, 12:45 p.m. ET / 11:45 a.m. CT / 9:45 a.m. PT

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Once you have signed up, you will be sent a link to submit your question(s).

NOTE: This is a THREE HOUR class.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

NOTE: This is a THREE HOUR class that will take place ONLINE.

To participate, you must confirm the following:

1. You can participate using a desktop computer (Mac or PC). No smartphones or tablets. 

2. You have a reliable Internet connection (Wifi at home).

3. You can successfully run this Zoom/audio test - https://zoom.us/test

* Zoom is a web conferencing provider which the Foundation will be using for its remote programming. It may require you to install some software which should be seamless.

This three hour class is for SAG-AFTRA members interested in learning how to edit narrative projects (e.g. short film, web series) using iMovie. In this class you will learn all of the basics of how iMovie works by editing a short scene.

Please Note: This class is not an introduction on how to use a computer, so basic computer skills are required. No exceptions. 

Requirements:
- An Apple Macintosh computer (desktop or laptop) with the latest version of iMovie installed (version 10.1.14)
- Desire and ability to learn to edit digital video footage using Apple iMovie.

When: July 1, 12:45 p.m. ET / 11:45 a.m. CT / 9:45 a.m. PT

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The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

Auditioning from home has been the reality in the VO industry for quite some time, but during quarantine it has become the only option.  These days, it's not just your read that is auditioning, it's also your home studio. Want to give that a try in a low-stakes environment? Let's help each other out! 

When: Thursday, June 25, 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT / 3 p.m. PT

HOME STUDIO IS REQUIRED FOR THIS CLASS

 Here's how it will work:

-The day before the class you will receive sides, follow the directions and email back prior the class start time to be permitted in the Zoom room.

-We all listen to the auditions and see if the actor followed the specs, direction, file naming instructions, etc.

-We evaluate the actor's performance

-We evaluate home setup as a usable option for home auditioning and offer tips for improvement

-Limited to 15 people

-It is recommended that you attend the Zoom class in your home studio setup

REQUIREMENTS

Must have a home studio set up.

Must submit files/MP3's prior to the class as instructed or you will not be permitted to join.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

This class will meet REMOTELY. All RSVP'D Members will receive a GOOGLE HANGOUTS Link inviting them to join the class at the time of Check-in.

When: June 25, 4 p.m ET / 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m PT

An actor was recently overheard saying that he just followed a couple of hundred people and will check back in 24 hours and unfollow anyone that did not follow him back. Unfortunately, this is common. Twitter is a conversation tool and, with any good conversation, the best thing to do first is listen and then engage. This session will cover using Twitter and reference Instagram and general tools and guidelines for dialogue, listening and learning while using Social Media. If you have never used Twitter or Instagram we encourage you to look up some tutorials online before attending this session.

Please bring pencil or pen along with something to take notes.

Small Group Sessions are facilitated discussions with the goal of digging deeper into some of the information and advice shared within the panels. These sessions provide a time to break down concepts into practical action items by which an actor can individually apply to their professional pursuits. This session will last for 1.5 - 2 hours. Participants must stay for the whole time.

Before attending, it is recommended you watch the panel discussion here.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

With the sudden and relentless void of opportunities to work and perform, we may be seeking alternative creative outlets.  But the strategies that once worked for regularly showing up to the script we were writing or the solo performance project we were developing may no longer fit or function. 

Heavy with fear and pain, our creative impulse may be listless, restless, or perhaps both. We may even chastise ourselves for not being “productive enough” when despair quells the familiar tug on our heart to create.

Join us for a seminar on building a reliable, consistent creative practice for our changing times. Learn tools for eradicating creative blocks, liberating your most alive work, and balancing social justice activism with daily creativity.

When: Thursday, June 25, 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT / 11 a.m. ET

Liz Kimball is a creativity catalyst, coach for creative visionaries, writer, and speaker. Founder of The Collective, an online community devoted to bringing more multidimensional women+ stories, ideas, leadership teams, and art into the world, her work has been featured at TEDx, Oprah.com, the NBA, For Women Who Roar, and at universities and institutions throughout the country. Lizkimball.com | @lizkimball. 

This session will be recorded and the link will be shared, likely within 48 hours. RSVP-ed members will receive the Zoom link by email one hour prior to the start of the program, and will be able to ask questions through Zoom's chat function.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

This class will include a Q&A and a PREPARED READING SESSION with an experienced casting director. This class will have a heavy business focus and will likely be 3.5 hours. DO NOT sign-up for this class if you are not prepared to stay for the entire class time.

Actors will choose a 1-2 minute monologue or  1-2 minute scene that most appropriately represents them from Film/Television. If you choose to perform a scene, A PDF. of your scene MUST be sent to castingaccess@sagaftra.foundation by 12:00pm Wednesday June 24th.  The body of the email MUST include the role(s) the reader will be reading. Failure to send the scenes by this day and time may result in non-entry to the class.

When: June 24, 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. PT

Tineka Becker is an independent casting director, based in Los Angeles. Formerly the Manager of Feature Casting at Paramount Pictures, she has also worked with some of the top casting offices in LA. Credits with those offices include (select list): Tom Ford’s directorial debut A Single Man, Doug Liman’s Fair Game, Twilight: New Moon, X-Men: Apocalypse, Moneyball, Little Fockers, A Better Life (Oscar nom for Demian Bichir), Heaven is for Real, Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol w/ Jim Carrey, The Conners on ABC, as well as the FX series Trust, directed by Danny Boyle. Since going out on her own, her projects have premiered at Sundance, LA Film Festival, Marché du Film @ Cannes, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Le Femme International Film Festival, Cinequest, and many others. She has cast projects for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Amazon, MTV, YouTube Red, Voltage Pictures, the Weitz brothers' Depth of Field, Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Gerber Pictures, ITV, Scythia Films, Water’s End Productions, Yellow TV & Film, and many more. Tineka was born in The Netherlands, reared in the States, and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s theater program.

REQUIREMENTS

You must have completed a Casting Access Application prior to registering for this class.

Participants MUST be able to stay for the entire class. This class focuses on the business and will likely be 3.5 hours.

Only those participants who have received a telephoned or e-mailed confirmation message from staff will receive a link inviting them to the session. Waitlisted individuals who have not received such confirmation will not be sent the link to join the class.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

This class will include a Q&A and a PREPARED READING SESSION with an experienced casting director. This class will have a heavy business focus and will likely be 3.5 hours. DO NOT sign-up for this class if you are not prepared to stay for the entire class time.

Actors will choose a 1-2 minute monologue or  1-2 minute scene that most appropriately represents them from Film/Television. If you choose to perform a scene, A PDF. of your scene MUST be sent to castingaccess@sagaftra.foundation by 12:00pm Wednesday June 24th.  The body of the email MUST include the role(s) the reader will be reading. Failure to send the scenes by this day and time may result in non-entry to the class.

When: June 24, 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. PT

Tineka Becker is an independent casting director, based in Los Angeles. Formerly the Manager of Feature Casting at Paramount Pictures, she has also worked with some of the top casting offices in LA. Credits with those offices include (select list): Tom Ford’s directorial debut A Single Man, Doug Liman’s Fair Game, Twilight: New Moon, X-Men: Apocalypse, Moneyball, Little Fockers, A Better Life (Oscar nom for Demian Bichir), Heaven is for Real, Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol w/ Jim Carrey, The Conners on ABC, as well as the FX series Trust, directed by Danny Boyle. Since going out on her own, her projects have premiered at Sundance, LA Film Festival, Marché du Film @ Cannes, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Le Femme International Film Festival, Cinequest, and many others. She has cast projects for Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Amazon, MTV, YouTube Red, Voltage Pictures, the Weitz brothers' Depth of Field, Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Gerber Pictures, ITV, Scythia Films, Water’s End Productions, Yellow TV & Film, and many more. Tineka was born in The Netherlands, reared in the States, and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s theater program.

REQUIREMENTS

You must have completed a Casting Access Application prior to registering for this class.

Participants MUST be able to stay for the entire class. This class focuses on the business and will likely be 3.5 hours.

Only those participants who have received a telephoned or e-mailed confirmation message from staff will receive a link inviting them to the session. Waitlisted individuals who have not received such confirmation will not be sent the link to join the class.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

Join our friends at Film Independent for a special live Q&A with THE MORNING SHOW stars Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass and Gugu Mbatha-Raw; moderated by Jenelle Riley (Associate Features Editor, Variety). 

THE MORNING SHOW explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up each day. Told through the lens of two complicated women working to navigate high-octane jobs while facing crises in both their personal and professional lives, THE MORNING SHOW is an unapologetically candid drama that looks at the power dynamics between women and men, and women and women, in the workplace.

When: June 29, 6 p.m ET/ 5 p.m. CT / 3 p.m PT

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RSVP-ed members will receive a link to join the Q+A the morning of the event via email. This event is not being held by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. 

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

This session will provide a greater understanding of the role of the reel and how an actor can best use it as one of their marketing tools. This session will last for 2 - 3 hours. Participants must stay for the whole time. 

When: June 24, 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. PT

If you want your reel reviewed:

It must be no longer than three minutes.

Email your name and YouTube or Vimeo link (No CDs or files) to thebusiness@sagaftra.foundation by 7pm the evening prior to the class. We cannot guarantee that all submitted reels will be reviewed. 

Please bring pencil or pen along with something to take notes.

Small Group Sessions are facilitated discussions with the goal of digging deeper into some of the information and advice shared within the panels. These sessions provide a time to break down concepts into practical action items by which an actor can individually apply to their professional pursuits.

Before attending, it is recommended you watch the panel discussion here.

This class will meet REMOTELY. All RSVP'D Members will receive a GOOGLE HANGOUTS Link inviting them to join the class at the time of Check-in.

Click here to RSVP.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.

EIF and DLF VO Lab are the same.  Regardless of your location, VO Lab programs are available to all VO Lab eligible SAG-AFTRA and AEA members throughout the world.

Once you have completed the required Voiceover Lab Application (online), you must complete the Voiceover Lab Orientation (VOLO) in order to begin using the Lab. The 2-hour VOLO covers Lab policies, aspects of sound, file formats, sample rates/bit depths, audio interfaces, microphones, voiceover recording and editing demonstration using Twisted Wave software.

Program Duration: 2 Hours

When: Friday, June 26, 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m CT / 5 p.m. PT

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REQUIREMENTS

Attendees must be present for the entire program, which is 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Pacific) / 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Eastern) in order to receive VO Lab eligibility.

Ability to log into program by computer equipped with a camera or by cell phone equipped with a camera.  Program will take place using Zoom (conferencing application) .  Camera is needed in order for participants to view presentation materials

Completed VO Lab Application.

Valid/Current SAG-AFTRA or AEA membership card.

Note taking materials (laptop, pens, pencils, paper) recommended.

The products and services noted herein are provided as an informational service to SAG-AFTRA members and are administered by entities independent of SAG-AFTRA. Any questions must be handled by the provider. This information is not intended to serve as an endorsement nor is any warranty or guarantee implied.