NEW! DEVELOPING YOUR FILM/TV DEMO REEL-5 Week ON-CAMERA Class with Eve Battaglia, CD and Michael Stever, Filmmaker

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

If you're pursuing Film and TV, it's imperative that you have either a film/TV demo or clips of your work to show agents and casting directors. You also need a demo or clips of your work if you're submitting on websites like Actors Access. If you don't have them, your competition is getting placed above you and you're probably not even being looked at by casting directors. One of the best ways to get material for your demo are to do student and indie films as well as getting the experience and resume credit. However, sometimes getting your materials back from these projects is almost impossible and often when you do get it back the quality is so bad you can't use it. So what do you do? In our new 5 week class, you'll have the opportunity to work ON SET and acquire usable footage to help develop and SHOWCASE your on-camera demo reel. Film casting director Eve Battaglia will work with you on two contrasting short film/tv scenes that will be shot on location with filmmaker and editor Michael Stever. In the first class, you'll meet with Eve and Michael where you will be cast into two scenes. Scenes and partners will be determined according to each actors needs. In your next two classes you'll work to perfect both scenes ON CAMERA with Eve. Your final two classes will be spent shooting on location with Michael. Within one month after completing this class, Michael will send you your fully edited material in order to post on your website or add to your current demo reel. This class is also PERFECT for those actors who have already been compiling material for a film/TV demo, but are missing certain types of roles. Actors may also bring in scene ideas for this class. Actors may also register as pairs to take this class. Similar programs in LA and NY run $2,000-$3,000 and up! Limited to 10 actors. Please click this link to view scenes from our classes! Testimonials: "DO IT, people! Fun class! Good times! 🙂 Thanks for an awesome class with fabulous results!" -Jennifer Shark "Your class, from start to finished scenes, was a wonderful experience for me. It was amazing to see Michael at work creating all those shoots in cool locations in such a compressed time line and budget. I loved being on set and I was impressed by the other reels you shot. And I just absolutely love Eve, too. You guys are doing great things with this reel class!" -Jake Lipman "I just wanted to express how grateful I am for having taken the "Building Your Reel" class. The scenes were perfect roles for me and I added them to my reel right away! I even was able to take it to LA Connection with me, having an agent take a look. Working with Michael as well was such a treat. He was very professional on set and made me look good on camera!! Thank you again!" -Anna Lewgood "It was a great on the job learning experience! Working with Michael Stever on set was extremely edifying and enlightening! It made me that much more aware of everything around me as the actor and the focus that I need to maintain. I can't wait to see the edited versions of everyone's scene work at the screening. This class is a great tool for actors building their careers!" -Peter Davenport "Both Eve and Michael were wonderful. They took their time in working with us and making sure we turned out the best possible work. I'm very pleased and loved the experience. Worth every penny!" -Jeff Wierichs "I love Eve and Michael! It was great to work through and refine the scenes before shooting. Eve and Michael gave excellent and specific direction. Eve, given her experience, knows exactly where to guide you as an actor." -Carla Briscoe "I really enjoyed the class. The strengths were the good quality and quick turn around of the video. It was a very valuable experience-a lot of value for the time and money. I've also been getting seen by a lot more casting directors because of my videos and I BOOKED a principal role in HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA directly." -Robert Eckard "Eve was wonderful with choosing material! I had a lot of fun and got good results. Thank you!" -Jaclyn Walsh "I appreciated the fact that we had a lot of input regarding scene selection. Eve and Michael were wonderful to work with. I also liked the format of the class. I thought that the energy/environment of the class was positive and encouraging. It was also fun!" -Mandy Embry One of NY's top indie film casting directors, EVE BATTAGLIA is known for casting the Oscar nominated TransAmerica. She also cast Sorry Haters, Another Gay Movie, Home starring Marcia Gay Harden, The Last International Playboy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Poker Club, Searching for Bobby D and many others. Eve is also the East Coast Casting Director for the prestigious Sundance Film Director's Lab. Please click this link to view Eve's full IMDB listing here. MICHAEL STEVER is a full time freelance director, film maker, camera man and writer - shooting and editing High Def mini-DV projects all over NYC. His first independently produced film, 'Saturday Nightmares; The Ultimate Horror Expo Of All Time!' screened in New York City in Oct, 2010 to solid reviews, and is now available on DVD. He also just finished shooting the indie film 'Checking In' on the Jersey Shore. Stever worked for nearly three years as UPM on the critically acclaimed, 'Broadway: The Golden Age' and has served as the 'Official' camera man for The Drama Desk Awards in NYC. Recent clients include Vanessa Redgrave, Debbie Reynolds & her induction into The Friars Club, Broadway vets Mary Bond Davis as well as Judy McLane at West Bank Cafe's Laurie Beechman Theatre, musical virtuoso Janice Martin, the Screen Actors Guild's BookPals group, Barnes & Noble, & PlayBill magazine columnist Ellis Nassour. Having added the title of 'Executive Producer' to his resume, Michael also co-produced 'How To Get And Keep An Agent' for Actors Connection; New York City's premiere Instructional 'hub' for those seeking careers in Entertainment. Last year, he bacame signatory with The Screen Actors' Guild for what will be his first indie feature, 'Ghosts Of Zion.' Please click this link to view Michael's full IMDB listing here.

Eve Battaglia

One of NY's top indie film casting directors, EVE BATTAGLIA is best known for casting the Oscar-nominated TRANSAMERICA and was the US Casting Director for the hit Netflix series LILYHAMMER which starred Steve Van Zandt (Sopranos, E Street Band). Currently, Eve is working on TWO indie features. One of her recent indie features SWAN SONG starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge and Michael Urie and directed by Todd Stephens is 92% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and up for a variety of awards. Eve is nominated for an Artios Award for SWAN SONG and it's also up for two Indie Indie Spirit awards.
 

She's also known for bringing in tons of AC actors for her many projects! Eve's recent projects include: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN which premiered at the Toronto Film fesitval 2017, THE TRANSFIGURATION which premiered at Cannes in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section and is nominated for an Indie Spirit award.

Past projects include: the indie feature MATCH starring Patrick Stewart, Matthew Lillard and Carla Gugino, the feature film LULLABY starring Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson and Amy Adams, BLUE CAPRICE starring Isaiah Washington premiered at Sundance 2013, was opening night for New Directors/New films at MOMA and was nominated for an Indie Spirit award and two Gotham Awards.

Follow this link for all of Eve's credits