TCOM Summer HD Film Casting Call!

Attention all actor types!

Ball State’s Tcom department is producing another high definition feature length film this summer and we need actors!

The Tcom summer HD film program has produced such films as Grove Lake and Freewall. We are looking to take the program to the next level this summer with the comedic horror Blood, Bath and Beyond, with the goal of national straight to DVD distribution!

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. In order to audition, email bsufilm@gmail.com to request an audition time. Each appointment is for ten minutes. Please send me what time you are available within the following times:

Monday, March 30
1 PM – 5 PM
AC 314

Tuesday, March 31
7 PM – 12 AM
AC 312

Once you email bsufilm@gmail.com I will email you back with an appointment time, selections from the script to read, and a copy of the working script (the script is not fully written yet, and is still subject to several rewrites before shooting.)

Callbacks will happen Wednesday evening. If you cannot make callbacks just let me know at the audition and we’ll figure something out.

Blood, Bath and Beyond centers around a group of screenwriters attempting to craft the next horror masterpiece. Stuck in a rut, they decide to each tell a story to get the creative juices flowing. Each of these stories become their own short film, telling the story of a tattoo artist who refuses to let his work walk away, a home schooled girl who happily lives alone with her two preserved parents, an incompetent boy too in love with zombies to save the neighborhood, and an old lady who finds a new purpose in life when her husband becomes (literally) fertilizer.

The film is an ensemble piece, with many roles spread throughout the picture for every type. The film will be filmed both summer semesters (ten weeks total), however, most roles would not require you to be here for the entirety of filming. There is a possibility of double casting, which would then require the double cast actor to be filming for a longer period of time. Once cast, you will receive a schedule before the summer begins so that you can plan housing and work arrangements around shooting.

Any questions or concerns let me know! Just email bsufilm@gmail.com.

I look forward to seeing you at auditions!

Thanks,

Dan Finnen
(Your humble director)

New Headshot Pricing

As much as I wish I could keep doing headshots for free, I now have to start charging a small fee to start paying off the equipment I use. In order to keep taking pictures, I'm charging 40 bucks for one head shot or portrait session. Still an incredibly good deal when you can get the same quality from the pros for hundreds of dollars more. Yowsa!

So what's in a session? Basically, we go to a location of your choice and take as many pictures as you want for an hour or so. Usually I rack up about 150 or so in a good hour. You can have as many different outfits as you want, and I can take as many different types of pictures as you want (black and white, head shot, portrait, you attacking a random passerby, use your imagination).

Afterwards I hand you a CD with every single picture on it for you to use for whatever nefarious purposes you want. Put them on facebook. Print them out. Photoshop yourself hanging out with Christopher Walken. It's up to you. With me, you won't have to worry about copyright restrictions keeping you from using the pictures you paid for.

Also, if you're running up against a deadline, or have an audition coming up and you suddenly find yourself with a new hairdo, I'm always on call.

Samples of what I've done before are up on flickr if you want to check them out. Thanks to everybody who has helped me build up a portfolio so far!

As always, if I recruit you for a creative project you'll get those pictures for free.

Thanks!

dan

Sunset in Cincinnati

RHS cast and crew showing!

Right now the second draft of Run Hollywood Summer is complete and making the first rounds through test audiences! On Monday ABSO improv comedy screened the film and provided some great feedback. The second draft is currently being reviewed by several faculty members as well. When I get back I'm going to work on a third draft while Derek begins audio editing.

Which brings me to the cast and crew screening. I'm close enough to a finished product (finally) that we can go ahead and have a screening. So if you're on the cast or crew of RHS expect to hear from me soon about which weekend you would like to have the screening on in April.

Also, some new headshots are up on flickr!


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David headshots!

I played around with a new lens today and some new configurations and I think I'm starting to figure out this whole headshot thing. Here are some of the highlights, tell me what you think!

Info! Info! Info!

AUDITIONS!

Attention all actors! Auditions for the Tcom Summer HD film 2009 will be taking place soon after Spring Break. We have major roles for those who can stay at BSU both summer sessions, small roles for those of you who can only stay a week. I'm directing the film and it's going to be good, so be on the lookout for when I release more specific information in the near future!

RUN HOLLYWOOD SUMMER!

The second draft and the cut to time of RHS should be done within the next week as I plow through what's left of editing. Then Derek will get sound all fixed up and I'll do what color correction I can. I think we're looking at a late March cast and crew preview showing, but as always, I can't be sure as we've never done sound for a feature length and aren't sure what we're in for.

The movie is looking really good. I can't wait to get it done.

HEADSHOTS!

Thanks to the enthusiastic response to headshots! I'm doing quite a few this weekend and week, and I shall have those up for your fun and pleasure fairly soon.

If you are interested in getting free headshots, move soon, because sometime after Spring Break I will have to begin charging a small fee for headshots (somewhere in the range of 40 to 50 bucks, still far, far cheaper than the normal rate of 500 or so) so I can pay back the money I borrowed for the rather expensive equipment I use.

This concludes a boring message about fun stuff.

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high quality photos now on Flickr!

For now on my photography portfolio and any new photos will be available for your fun and pleasure in glorious full quality on my flickr profile! Check it out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfinnen/

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Also, a few new photos are up!