VIP Workshops

It's Our 2010 VIP Series!
This year at The Actor's Scene we are offering some amazing training for serious actors and performers! These weekend workshops are designed to take serious actors to the next skill level of auditioning and booking. With dozens of movies and TV shows slated to film here in Georgia over the next two years (due to tax incentive laws passed), Vampire Diaries and Army wives filming in neighboring states, all of Tyler Perry's tv shows filiming right here in Atlanta Metro, it's more important than ever for actors to expand their craft to the next skill level in order to be competitive in the casting pool in our market.

"If we want major roles to be cast here in Georgia for the projects filming here," explains Actor's Scene owner Nicolle Campbell, "then we have to have a large pool of actors who are competitive talent and skill wise with those out of LA and NYC. And it's the actor's job to take the training and increase his/her skill level." So The Actor's Scene is bringing the type of training to Atlanta that NYC and LA actors have access to all the time.
Take a look at workshops being offered through October.
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Voice-Over Workshop with Mike Ray

6 Week Workshop: Sept 2-Oct 14 (no class Oct 7)

Ages 8-adult 6:30pm-8:30pm Pay Now!!

Current Students with Mike Ray Ages 8-adult Pay Now!!

$200

Have you heard, "You have a great voice, you should do commercials!"

or you thought it would be really cool to be a Voice Actor.

You may have a great voice and being a Voice Actor is really cool. However

having a great voice is like having an expensive 5 speed BMW. It's nice, but

will do you no good until you learn how to drive a stick/manual transmission.

If you've ever wanted to be the voice everyone hears on TV and radio commercials,

documentary and audio book narrations, now is your chance to move toward

an exciting new adventure.

This fun, informative, and empowering class will teach you the basics of

the voiceover industry. In this class you and your instructor will discuss

the many different types of voiceovers and what it takes to get started as

a voice actor. You will be coached, evaluated, and have an opportunity

to create a professional Voice Over demo (optional).

In this introductory class you will learn what it takes to become a part of

this fun and exciting industry. Be ready to laugh, learn, and be inspired

by comedian turned Actor and Voice Artist, Mike Ray.

In this six week course you spend the first 3 weeks in class at

The Actor's Scene Studio and the last 3 weeks in Mike Ray's

voice-over studio actually recording and learning how your

voice sounds on the microphones.

During the six weeks,

the class will cover the following:

* Voice Over Techniques

* The All Important Demo

* Should You Join the Union?

* Home Recording Studios

* Different Types of Voice-Over Work

* Marketing

* Capturing Your Audience

* Analyzing a Script

* Methods for Effective Delivery

* Audition Etiquette

* Accents In Voiceover

* Character Voices

* Microphone Techniques

* Getting Ready For The Gig

And Much More...

6 Week Class Sept 2-Oct 14th

(no class Oct 7)

Ages 8-adult 6:30pm-8:30pm Pay Now

Current Student with Mike Ray Ages 8-adult Pay Now

$200

Only 12 Spots Available so Register Now!

"This is a great price for a 6 week class" says Actor's Scene owner

Nicolle Campbell. "You don't want to miss this opportunity!"

Mike Ray's Bio:

Mike Ray...Voice over artist, actor,
comedian, talk show host, motivational
speaker, and corporate trainer...

Mike was born October 3rd in Fairbanks,
Alaska to an Army Sergeant and his wife.
His family eventually settled in
Indianapolis, Indiana. While still
in high school, he began working as
a local DJ. He continued DJing while
attending college, learning from one
of the top DJ's in Indianapolis.

Mike later moved to Atlanta and on to
standup comedy. He traveled all over the
US, performing in clubs including:
The Punchline, The Funny Bone, The Comedy
Act Theatre, and The Comedy Zone. While
honing his skills on stage, acting caught Mike's eye.

He began performing in plays, and landing
commercials for clients including Bellsouth,
Prudential Realty, Honda Motors, Delta
Airlines, and many more.

You can catch Mike on several television
projects, as well as lending his voice
to companies like Publix Grocery Store,
Nationwide Insurance, Streaming Faith,
Catered Cakes, Glory Foods, IBM, and many more.

Weekend with TV/Film Producer/Director Jeremiah Bennett!!
Saturday, October 2nd & Sunday, October 3rd
9am-7pm
Ages 10-adult
Get hands on one on one training that will take your acting to the next level. Get great experience working with a real director/producer team! Jeremiah Bennett, Producer and winner of Atlanta's 48 hour film festival and Byron Erwin, Director, team up to teach this workshop. With their ongoing projects and current film, Tiger Lily, taping in October, you don't want to miss this opportunity to get noticed by this dynamic duo!

Acting on Camera
How to make the camera your best friend
Things that will make you look great to the director
Professional Auditions: Everything you need to know to get the part
Best way to send headshots/resumes
Audition techniques that will help you get noticed by the director
Script writing basics: How to take an idea and turn into script

During the workshop, students will be divided into groups of 3-4 and work on their own story, storyboard, shot list and will direct and film other's shorts while starring in their own. If screen writing is not your talent/interest, no worries, we will provide the scenes for you to work on during the workshop!
Students will receive unedited footage at the end of the weekend so they can create actor's reel or edit into their own short film.

It's a great way to get exposure and develop a relationship with an actual director, while gaining filming experience and learning more about acting on-camera and film-making.

This is a one weekend event, so don't miss this opportunity!!
Student Pricing: $150  Non-Student                          Pricing: $175
              Pay Now                           Pay Now

BIO: Jeremiah Bennett is an award winning Movie/Television Producer with over twenty movie, television and commercial credits.
In 2006, Jeremiah founded Stacking Stones Films which has created movies (including Forgotten, 31 Pieces, and Grandfather for a Night) and marketing
content that have screened in theatres, at film festivals and across the web.
Jeremiah produced the short film Muted for the 2009 Atlanta 48Hour Film Festival where it won two judges awards and the grand audience choice award. Most recently, Jeremiah was associate producer on the television pilot "48 Hour Film Showdown" which aired nationally on HalogenTV.
He serves as producer and founder for Theos Logos Productions producing feature films, television and web shows. Currently, he is producing Tiger Lily the Movie, a drama being shot in Atlanta this October.

Byron Conrad Erwin - Director
Began his film career as a teenager, writing and shooting films in super-eight millimeter and had completed his first feature-length production while studying film in Virginia. During film school he worked as a negative cutter for National Geographic Television, National Geographic Specials, ABC/KANE Productions, Discovery Channel and many independent and feature filmmakers. Byron had written and directed many short films, and one feature before becoming the senior director at a television commercial production facility.
   He is most proud of his animated short film "In those Days..." which took seven years to produce since every frame was hand drawn with no computer assistance. Bryon also is an accomplished musician and artist, and scores most of his projects.
   Now, Byron is best known for directing the award-winning feature film "Lynch Mob", starring Tony Darrow (of HBO’s Sopranos) and Dolan Wilson (of Walk The Line), which was released in theatres across the country.

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