RMM General Meeting Minutes – April 2014

RMM General Meeting Minutes – April 24, 2014 (April 2014 Meeting)
 
Start Time: 6:35PM
Total in Attendance: 20
Location: RCTV
Agenda:
 
Introductions:

• Made individually around the room
• Announced membership price of only $25.00 a year, and joint RMM/RCTV membership for only $65.00 a year
  • Sign up at www.rochestermoviemakers.org
  • Voting members get free tickets and discounts to events
  • RMM is not in it for the money, and all of the membership fees go to keeping the group going

Upcoming Events:
RMM Writers Group

• Next meeting is Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 6:00PM, LOCATION TBD (no longer Pita Pit)
• Bring outlines, short scripts, or first ten pages of feature for reading and discussion
• All skill levels welcome
• Sign up to receive updates on RMM Writers Group’s Facebook page

RMM Executive Board Meetings

• Next meeting is Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 6:00pm at The Little Theater Café
• Open to anyone

RMM Auditions

• Film auditions and casting event for Summer Shorts Productions
• Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Wilhelmina Rochester (http://www.wilhelminarochester.com/)
• Writers/Producers/Directors can submit scripts to read for your film, but will also have prepared sides for ages 10 to 70, male and female
  • Auditions will be videotaped and can be made available for viewing
  • E-mail wayne AT rochestermoviemakers DOT org with sides or your screenplay ahead of time so actors can prepare using your script
• Sides are posted on Auditions website www.rochestermoviemakers.org/events/auditions
• E-mail Wayne Coughlin ( wayne AT rochestermoviemakers DOT org ) or Mike Boas ( mike AT rochestermoviemakers DOT org ) to schedule an audition appointment
• Passed around Auditioners Fact Sheet, Producers Fact Sheet, and Flyer

 
Upcoming Projects:
Ken Rhodes – Inbox (35-page short film, dark comedy)

• Originated from “Junk Box” webisodes
• Needs lighting crew member, a second cinematographer, and location scout
• Looking for cubicle space and airplane hangar as sets
• E-mail Ken at sales AT str82vdo DOT com for more information

Mike Boas mentioned needing location agreements, insurance, and permits for street shooting – mentioned www.rochestermoviemakers.orgas a source for template forms and agreements
 
Patrick Montanaro – The Dead Deads Screening

• Screening of Werewolf House’s The Dead Deads will be on Friday, May 2, 2014 at 7:00pm at the Little Theater
• Also plans to enter it into Horror Film Festivals

 
Ben Doran – “Tapes” (live action web series)

• About characters that decide to pirate blu-rays using VHS tapes
• Has actors already, but is looking for any crew help

 
Mike Boas – Hero of the Underworld (feature-length film)

• Tom Malloy project with Jon Vincent directing and Mike Boas as AD and editor
• Trying to get rough cut by end of May
• Need to raise additional funds for post-production
• Set up an www.indiegogo.com campaign

 
Other Announcements:
Noel Bastien – Co-Op Working Space Query

• Gauging interest in sharing a filmmaker’s co-op office space somewhere in Rochester
• Fill out informational survey if interested
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0dx1YvBGHsbCpsicILUfJQ_3d_3d
• Also e-mail noelbastien AT hotmail DOT com if interested

 
Curt Markham – Update on Animated Feature

• Produced stop-motion animated film over 20 years ago, and is now digitizing and re-mastering it from the old Super8 film
• Re-recorded all voices and added soundtrack
• Screened it recently at Rochester Brainery to positive reception
• Will soon be completing a full HD transfer with Taylor Whitney at Preserving the Past (http://www.preservethepast.com/)
• Will also be adding sound effects and an original score

Speaker:
Nicolette Hart from Wilhelmina Rochester (www.wilhelminarochester.com)
Background

• Wilhelmina Rochester is one of twelve Wilhelmina affiliates in U.S.
  • Represent 300 models/actors, and they are all networked with other Wilhelmina affiliates
  • Can get any demo reel for any Wilhelmina client instantly through “Lightbox”
• Wilhelmina Rochester‘s goal is to get Rochester clients “up and running” with demo reels, headshots, and proper knowledge to succeed in acting/modeling
• Also have casting, dressing rooms, and make-up rooms that anyone can rent out
• W Evolve is the teaching branch of Wilhelmina Rochester
  • Just starting out, but they plan on teaching classes on acting/modeling, including auditioning
  • Have access to great NYC instructors
  • All clients must go through the W Evolve “process” before Wilhelmina decides if they will represent the actor/model
• Wilhelmina Rochester will also help writers/local filmmakers by hosting table reads with their actors
  • “Good actors will make a lousy script better, and will also give feedback to improve it”
• Tips on Auditioning
• Prepare by reading the audition sides to know the character
  • Should be able to look up during key moments, instead of just reading script the entire time
• Prepare by learning background of script, as well as filmmaker
  • Read the full script (if available), as well a synopsis and writer’s other work
  • It’s sometimes helpful to know what phase the script is in (draft, finished, etc.)
  • Know the context and relationships between characters
  • Ask the producer if he wants any improvisational performances
    • Allows you to potentially add more ideas at the audition
• If reading from a monologue, it should be theatrical and related to the project being auditioned
• Should you dress up for audition?
  • It depends on who is casting and what kind of audition it is

Tips for Producers/Casting Directors

• For character breakdown, don’t include things like hair color
  • Hair colors has nothing to do with acting talent
  • It eliminates the pool too much and limits who an agency can send

 
End of Meeting: 8:00PM
RMM General Meeting Minutes – April 2014 (DOCX)