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Join us for a remote Zoom conversation with Casting Director Angelique Midthunder. This is an "Ask Me Anything" style Q+A. Member participation encouraged. This conversation will not be recorded.

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

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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.

Angelique Midthunder began her career in casting in the mid-1990s after working internationally as an actress and discovering an intrigue for the casting process.

Angelique spent many successful years working in Los Angeles, and in 2005 relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she quickly became one of the Southwest region's preeminent casting directors.

In addition to casting every character type, Angelique has developed a special niche for casting Indigenous roles and prides herself on preserving integrity in cultural casting while recognizing the value of creative freedom.  

In 2010 she was nominated alongside Richard Hicks and David Ruben for an Emmy for location casting on “Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special” for Georgia O’Keeffe - and in 2017, she was nominated alongside Jeanne McCarthy for an Aritos Award for location casting for "Captain Fantastic."  She is a current member of the Casting Society of America (CSA) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  

http://www.midthundercasting.com/

Moderated by Rochelle Rose, National Director of Performers Programs, 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 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: 4 p.m ET / 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m PT

There are many areas an actor can pursue within the entertainment industry. By taking the time to narrow down what an actor really wants to focus on it can free them up to deepen their pursuit of job opportunities. In this session, we will examine the different ways an actor can focus their career goals and discuss how one can create a system by which to effectively target the industry professionals within that area.

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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.

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: 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. PT

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Time is a finite resource. If you do not plan how to best use your time, days, weeks, months or years could go by without you feeling like your goals have been achieved. In this small group session we will examine where you can adjust past habits to best use your time in relation to your acting pursuits. You will come out of this session with some techniques to budget your time more effectively.

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 an hour and a half. Participants must stay for the whole time.

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

 

This online class will provide feedback from an experienced casting professional. No more than 20 performers will be participating. 

We will be holding a  Q&A with Caroline online Tuesday June, 30 at 4:00 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. PT

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The Q&A will meet REMOTELY. All RSVP'D Members will receive a Link inviting them to join the class at the time of Check-in.

Once you have received your sides, you will have until the deadline to rehearse, record, and upload a video containing your performance. You will upload the video using your YouTube account and email the video link. Finally, the casting director will review your workshop video and provided notes.

Caroline Sinclair originally from London is a noted NYC based Casting Director, with two decades of casting Film, TV and Theater. Her recent films include GOTTI, starring John Travolta and directed by Kevin Connolly. GREEN DOLPHIN, Executive Produced by Keanu Reeves and Michael Mailer's BLIND, with Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. Past films include BAD HURT, which played at the Tribeca Film Festival, indie hit PARTY GIRL, THE LIVING WAKE with Jessie Eisenberg and Wim Wender and Alex Gibney's THE HOUSE IS BURNING. Currently she is casting the comedy ETERNAL BUZZ. She recently worked on the just wrapped SARAH Q.

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

If you RSVP for this class you must be able to upload your video by 10:00am EST on July 6th. DO NOT BE LATE. Those who have been seated by June 30th are expected to comply.  You will not receive sides until after Friday's Q&A. 

This class is open to all actors with an approved Casting Access Profile regardless of location. 

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.

Your video will not be accepted IF:

-Your video is shot vertically instead of horizontally. If you need to shoot on an iPhone or tablet, turn it sideways.

-It is not appropriately framed. Standard framing is top of the head to mid chest.

-The video has poor sound, clarity, or lighting. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it cannot take away from your performance.

-You have a distracting background. If you cannot provide a solid background, a minimal background is best.

-Your video has title cards or subtitles. They are unnecessary.

-Your video settings are not Unlisted. Videos that are Private or Public will not be accepted.

-You “share” the video through YouTube. You must email the video URL to the specified email address.

 

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.

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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.

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.