WEEKEND ACTORS' RETREAT
For those who really want to get away from it all and get into it...
with Hester Schell
Sign up early as space is VERY limited.
(DIRECTORS RETREAT CLICK HERE.)
NEXT ACTOR'S RETREAT-
FEBRUARY 2 & 3, 2008.
Bay Area LOCATION to be announced.
 ABOVE - ACTORS PREPARE: Monika Rose assists shooting, left, while Stefan Kollmuss, rehearses. RIGHT - Becky Friese enjoys a |
Do both days back to back.
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"It was a wonderful experience that I
would recommend to any actor...at any level of experience"
Trent Cohn "Time well spent..a great place to screw up and learn here rather than on-set at a gig. Really great!" Becky Friese "Thank you, Robert & Hester. The retreat was a great opportunity to learn the technical aspect of (screen) acting. I also learned that the marketing part of it is a huge responsibility of the actor." Monika Rose "It was a great learning experience." Randy Tamayo "Good hands on experience & knowledgeable coaching." Randall Ballment "I recommend the retreat." Helen Jackson Spiegel |
| DAY 1: SATURDAY: All day session. 10 - 5. GETTING THE JOB- MARKETING MATERIALS, AUDITIONS, AGENTS AND OPPORTUNITY- Optional dinner and evening activity to be announced. What you can do without an a agent...A LOT! Career planning-Long and short term. Materials evaluation and recommendations. Get specific with your expectations, goals and your individual plan to increase your "call back ratio." Navigating the periodicals and resources out there to help you find more and better auditions WITHOUT AN AGENT. Bay Area opportunities and current trends in Los Angeles. Union cards. HIdden markets, and your casting age range and type, and marketing niche. Demo reel basics. Building your demo.-reel. Cold reads versus prepared read, auditioning on camera. Maximum enrollment - 16. Format: Lecture presentation. |
DAY 2: SUNDAY: All day session. 10 - 5 PERFORMING THE JOB-- ON-CAMERA CRASH COURSE AND TUNE-UP - Review and/or fine tune your On-camera basics: Short on-camera solo and partnered exercises, individual demonstration, and participation. Frameline, eyeline, making your mark and matching action. Shoot a better close-up and stay off "the cutting room floor". Distinguish performance/energy levels from close up to wide frame lines. Make clear choices based in script analysis and character development. Use listening as a key to staying alive in the moment take after take after take...after take. Maximum enrollment - 8. Format: On your feet working, reading, skill building. |
TO MAKE A RESERVATION:
EMAIL US: Let us know of your interest
by emailing us.
Please include a headshot and resume, a street address so we can send you the registration form,
which you can return with your tuition payment.
Click here for ONLINE PAYMENT with your credit card.
TUITION -
$250 for two consecutive days,
$150 for one day only.
There is a service charge of $10 ($5 if you are only doing one day) for online payment transactions.
Yes, we take checks. Save the bank charges.
Send your check, payable to -
Bay Area Casting News
p.o. box 1624
El Granada, CA 94018-1624.
Call Hester Schell with any questions: (650) 726-5424.
CAN'T DO THE RETREAT?
(Check out the ongoing small group sessions in marketing and technique.
Write to request that email. )
SEE PHOTOS OF LAST DIRECTORS RETREAT
Abigail Stavros at
November 2002 Directors Retreat
