The Actors Space West - Showcases/Workshops

The Actors Space West - professional classes for film and television

THE ACTORS SPACE WEST

presents

The Screenwriters Space

Writing for Film and Television

with

screenwriter and playwright

Gary Goldstein

Saturdays 10am-1130a

starting February 4th

GARY GOLDSTEIN is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, script consultant and screenwriting instructor. He has written such produced feature films as this past summer’s "Politics of Love" and the romantic comedy "If You Only Knew". Telefilms include Hallmark Channel’s recent "The Wish List" and "The Cabin" and the upcoming "Hitched for the Holidays". He has a string of episodic TV credits; has sold half-hour comedy pilots to both NBC and Warner Bros TV; and has had screenplays under option at 20 Century Fox and Sony Pictures and at various production companies. Gary’s many stage plays have been performed in Los Angeles, New York, Houston, TX; and Carmel, CA. He taught screenwriting for seven years at L.A.’s popular Writers Boot Camp, and has also led classes and seminars at UCLA, Hollywood’s Learning Curve, L.A.’s Columbia College Chicago, and at the Writers Guild of America West.

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Gary’s six-week screenwriting program, being held in association with The Actors Space West, is for anyone who wants to write a new screenplay, finish an unfinished screenplay, rewrite an existing screenplay, or just build a complete professional outline for a future script. It’s a class for everyone from experienced or career writers to aspiring, first-time, or “weekend” writers. The lessons and techniques taught can also be applied to writing stage plays, TV movies, TV pilots and short films, all of which will be supported in class as needed. Topics covered will include theme, character creation and development, classic script and story structure, scene construction, dialogue, parallel stories and subplots, visual creativity, mining your genre, self-editing, avoiding common pitfalls, and much more. In-class and at-home exercises, key brainstorming techniques, as well as practical applications and interactive discussion, will all combine to help you understand a screenplay’s unique construction--and how to write it like a pro--in an accessible, supportive, and time-efficient environment.

The course, to be held in six, weekly 90-minute sessions, costs $695.00, to be paid in full before the start of the first session. Script reading, analysis, and private consultation will also be made available to all "graduating students“ at reasonable rates.

Tuition due before 1st day of class payable by check made out to

Valley West Actors Space

and mailed to

The Actors Space West

22743 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills CA 91364

or by credit card

www.valleyactors.com/Paypal.html

In-class Syllabus Screenwriting Course

Week 1: Choosing your story. Is it really a movie? Can you tell it in a single sentence? Analysis of what makes a cinematic story and the initial building blocks to get started.

Week 2: Testing your premise line, committing to your story, identifying your key characters, overview of classic script structure, what’s your genre?

Week 3: Diving deeper into structure, building your ladder of major scenes/ events, theme work, fleshing out your characters.

Week 4: Structure test, more scene brainstorming. Writing the one-page script synopsis. Writing the two-page synopsis.

Week 5: Writing the four-page synopsis. Revisiting your premise, theme, characters and scenes. The movie trailer in your head.

Week 6: From four-page synopsis to a complete scene list. A dialogue on dialogue. Getting ready to write the script. Writing the actual script.

Upon completion, one script will be selected for a staqed reading by professional actors.

(Weekly at-home exercises will follow the topics of each class discussion.)

For more info

valleyactors@gmail.com

818.222.7484

Commercial Casting Workshop

with Hunter Shepherd of

Broad Cast Casting

Sunday Nov. 13th

2-4pm

(ages 14 and up)

only $10 for Actors Space West Students

$20 for non-students

Actors Space West

22743 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills CA 91364

818.222.7484

valleyactors@gmail.com

free parking and entrance in rear of building

go to paypal link at left to reserve your spot!

Learn the ins and outs of the commercial casting process and go through a mock on-camera audition with Hunter Shepherd of Broad Cast Casting.

Hunter's Bio

With 14 years experience working in Films and Commercials in every major department, at major studios, from pre to post production, Hunter Shepherd brings with him hands on knowledge of what it's like behind the scenes. Working as a Casting Session Director for broad-cast, among others, for the past 6 of those years, he has a one of a kind perspective of the inner workings of the Commercial Casting process.

Company Bio
15 years ago Dan Cowan started working in casting with Michael Lien. Soon enough they became business partners & opened Lien Cowan Casting. 2000 or so commercials later, having worked with many of the finest the industry has to offer, Dan did some rebranding, remodeling & opened Broad-cast in 2008. Carefully maintaining the company’s reputation of exceptional taste in talent, knowing who is the best in town and staying ahead with the latest in cutting edge technology Broad-cast remains one of the top casting companies.
www.broad-cast.tv

Valley West Actors Space and 3Monkeys Theatre Co.

Presents

The Actor’s Audition

with Martin Thompson

Give ‘em your best shot - every time!

June 12th, 2011 at Valley West Actors Space!

Casting directors can tell you what they want to see at an audition. But, in this workshop you’ll discover how to actually get there, from the actor’s perspective!

This workshop will lead actors through the process of auditioning to booking the job, using unique strategies that allow the actor to win every time!

We’ll also focus on the mechanics and special acting techniques required to work in front of the camera, after you’ve booked the job.

All participants will be video-taped, and we will use actual scenes from television shows and movies that have been auditioned and filmed in our area.

Age limit: 16 and up.

Topics include:

Your Type, and how to maximize your edge

Ace the Interview

Taking control in the audition, and making it yours

The mechanics of on-camera auditioning

The art and science of auditioning at your best

The Casting Director: What are they looking for?

The secrets that Casting Directors WON’T tell you!

Self-taping and submitting the perfect audition

and MORE.....

This is a free introductory workshop for potential new students!

Sign up now by emailing us at valleyactors@gmail.com

Space is limited!

Valley West Actors Space amd 3Monkeys Theatre Co.

Presents

a casting director workshop with

CHADWICK STRUCK

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

7:00pm

cost: 25.00 donation only!

sign up at valleyactors@gmail.com

limited space available, sign up now!

Valley West Actors Space Presents

A Comprehensive, Intensive and

Interactive Workshop with

John Homa

Star of VH1’s Scream Queens and

acting coach for ABC’s General Hospital

Sunday January 16, 2011

10A - 3P

Valley West Actors Space

22743 Ventura Blvd.

Woodland Hills CA 91364

818-222-7484

valleyactors@gmail.com

$100.00

(limited space available)

To reserve your place go to the paypal link on the left of the page

http://www.valleyactors.com/Paypal.html

to learn more about John...

http://johnhoma.com/index.html

Bio

John Homa is an acclaimed acting coach who has been involved in the business of acting for more than 25 years. He has been instrumental in the successful careers of Kirsten Dunst • Jennifer Love Hewitt • Erika Christensen • Evan Rachel Wood • Eric Balfour and many others. Most recently John coached Stella Maeve to a lead role in the soon-to-be released movie, "The Runaways", starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. He teamed up with LeAnn Rimes on her first lead roles in the feature films "Good Intentions" and "Northern Lights". Other actors John has coached include Freddy Prinze Jr. • Sarah Roemer • Brittany Murphy • Denise Richards • Ricky Martin • Mena Suvari • Michelle Williams • Marisa Coughlan • Marla Sokoloff • Gina Philips • Amber Tamblyn • Elijah Kelley • Charlie Stewart • Amy Lee • Brie Larson • Taylor Momsen and many more.

ABC brought John in as a consultant in 1994 and since then he has been exclusively contracted to their award winning daytime drama, General Hospital. A number of the actors John works with on ABC have been nominated and/or received Daytime Emmys® including Vanessa Marcil • Tyler Christopher • Jacob Young • Brian Presley • Steve Burton • Kimberly McCullough • Stuart Damon • Maurice Benard • Erin Hershey-Presley • Alicia Willis • Sarah Brown • and Julie Berman.

On a personal note, John has been married for 25 years and has 2 children, ages 19 and 16. He has worked extensively with adults, teens and young children and is extremely sensitive to the issues that are unique to the younger actor. John's ethics and principles are unquestioned and he will only work with children when the material is age appropriate.

John presently divides his time between his duties at ABC, private coaching, teaching acting classes, his production company, and the Actors Point of View Workshops which are presented in cities across the country. He can be seen in season 2 of "Scream Queens", a project by VH1 and LIONSGATE Films.

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Better your acting and auditioning skills

while having a blast!

Improv Workshop

with

Steve B. Green

"Steve made me the hysterical man I am today!"

Former Vice-Pres. Cheney

"I never could have come up with all that wacked-out $#@^ if it wasn't for Steve!" - Former Gov. Sarah Palin

"Thanks to Steve, we finally passed Health Care!"

President Obama

"Never heard of the guy"

Brad Pitt and many others!

Learning to improvise can improve your listening, confidence, spontaneity, humor, teamwork and public speaking. It's a great skill for actors or anyone who wants to be,

"GREAT IN ANY ROOM!"

Steve B. Green

Steve B. Green has taught improv in NYC and LA. Steve’s eclectic background includes stand-up comedy, screenwriting, a long Off-Broadway run with NYC’s Gotham City Improv (Originally, “Groundlings

East.”), several more Off-Broadway Shows of the Musical and Classical variety, and several original sketch shows accompanied by their corresponding TV Pilots. This fall,

Steve can be seen 10:30 every Sat. Night doing improv and singing the blues with his company, “So Funny it Squirts”, at the LA Connection Comedy Theatre in Sherman Oaks and doing his stand-up act around LA.

Steve also co-wrote the recent bestselling book "Assholeology: The Science Behind Getting Your Way - and Getting Away with it" available at Amazon and discriminating bookstores around the country. As If all that isn't enough, Steve also does what Myrna Goldfarb of the Tuscon Senior Times calls "The best Tom Jones Tribute Show by a Jew, hands down, that she's ever seen!"

ADULT SESSION

TBD

Cost:

$30 non-VWAS student

$20 VWAS student

TEEN SESSION

(ages 10 and up)

TBD

6P - 830P

$25 non-VWAS student

$20 VWAS student

Valley West Actors Space