Start Time: 6:37PM
Total in Attendance: 15
Location: Nixon Peabody LLP
Agenda:
Introductions:
Skipped
Upcoming Events:
Shmoovies
Time –Monday, July 16, 7pm at Cinema Theater (corner of Goodman and Clinton)
$10.00 tickets, free for RMM paying/voting members
Tickets at door are cash only, PayPal in advance on website
Each producer gets two free tickets
Producer Meetings – by appointment only now
E-mail Stan Main (stan(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com) to set up time
Mind2Movie 2013
Tentative date – January 17-20, 2013
RMM Writers Workshops
July 8th and 15th (changed times) – Spot Coffee on East Avenue (updated location)
Podcast series beginning this summer – “tip, tricks, and techniques”
RMM Auditions
Posted online, e-mail Wayne Coughlin (wayne(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com) for info
Free for RMM voting members, $10 otherwise
Rochester Film Lab
Next meeting for directors is Wednesday, July 11 – 7:00pm at Animatus Studios
Contact Mike Boas (mike(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com) for more information
Upcoming Projects:
Fight with Love 2012 – Musical Theater Review to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS
Need someone to shoot/edit event (for free)
August 3, 4, and 5 at Geva Theater Center’s NextStage
Contact: Marguerite Frorey (benefitaids(AT)gmail.com) or Stan Main (stan(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com) to get in touch with Marguerite
Film Roundtable Meeting minutes available from June 8, 2012 meeting
Contact Stain Main (stan(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com) for minutes
Nora Brown announcement from Stan –
Be sure to vote to extend taxpayers’ break for filmmakers in upstate New York
Call Senator Robach to support bill
Requiem for a Beauty Queen
Two (2) spots open in Art Department to design sets
Need gym scene designed (after beauty contests)
Need makeshift dressing room area designed
Good entry-level job
Prop-wrangler needed
Script supervisor needed
Will shoot in one day (Friday or Saturday) probably at end of June
Contact Wayne Coughlin ( wayne(AT)rochestermoviemakers.com ) for info
Bury My Heart in Tonawanda
Now in post-production, and working in After Effects
Saberfrog – completed film by Curt Markham, feature DVD to go up on Amazon.com soon
Wants to re-enact the film’s journey and film it for marketing purposes
Wants to use social media to spread work/market as well
First showing of film: September 30, 2012
Then, a different showing each day in different cities on premiere route
Contact Curt Markham
curt(AT)pixelmander.com or www.saberfrog.com for more info
Guest Speaker:
Wayne Coughlin – “Playing Make Believe: Stanislavski Demystified” acting presentation/event
Make = “to create”; believe = “to accept as real”
What is an actor?
Contribute to the piece
Knows the craft and character
Reveals inner world of character
How the audience understands what’s going on
Actor’s responsibilities
Create a reality the audience can accept
Know where the character fits into the film
Create bio/motivations behind action
“emotion drives physicality”
Needs of an actor
Body control practice
Speech, diction, and voice (vocal control/support, etc.)
Work on Shakespeare for practice
Understand use/misuse of props
Powers of observation and imagination
Indicating is bad – not part of the Stanislavski Method
It pulls audience out of the piece (internal vs. external emotions)
Concentration and willpower
Be in the moment by understanding character
Completed warm-up and improv exercises with willing participants
End of Meeting