PSA for AA
Union Status: NON-UNION
Casting Director: Heidi Eklund
Start Date: 11/10/2020, 11/11/2020
Rate: $100 for Extras (remote)
$200 for Principals (in person)
Location: Beacon, NY

  Submission DEADLINE: 10/16/2020

PLEASE SUBMIT THROUGH ACTORS ACCESS (search for projects for Hudson Valley Casting).

OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN Actors Access ACCOUNT:
Follow this link and submit as directed : https://psabeaconnylocal.castingcrane.com/

Covid-19 practices in place as per NY State Guidelines 

We are seeking strong, authentic actors for these main characters:
[ZIE] ZIE, a gender non-conforming person in their 20s. ALL ETHNICITIES
BEACON, NY LOCAL, SELF-REPORT
This is an IN-PERSON ROLE and pays $200 per day, likely for one day of work and mostly will be filmed outdoors. We are eager to cast candidates who live near to BEACON, NY and can self-report by car. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR LOCATION, CITY AND STATE, IN YOUR NOTES.

[TONI] 70 to 90 years old, male or female. ALL ETHNICITIES BEACON NY LOCAL SELF-REPORT. This is an IN-PERSON ROLE and pays $200 per day, likely for one day of work and mostly will be filmed outdoors. We are eager to cast candidates who live near to BEACON, NY and can self-report by car. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR LOCATION, CITY AND STATE , IN YOUR NOTES.

[JANET] 40-50 years old, African, Black, West Indies/Caribbean, Pacific Islander female. BEACON, NY LOCAL SELF REPORT This is an IN-PERSON ROLE and pays $200 per day, likely for one day of work and mostly will be filmed outdoors. We are eager to cast candidates who live near to BEACON, NY (within ONE HOUR) and can self-report by car. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR LOCATION, CITY and STATE, IN YOUR NOTES.

[AL] Male. ANY ETHNICITY BEACON, NY LOCAL Self-Report!!! This is an IN-PERSON ROLE and pays $200 per day, likely for one day of work and mostly will be filmed outdoors. We are eager to cast candidates who live near to BEACON, NY (within ONE HOUR) and can self-report by car. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR LOCATION, CITY AND STATE, IN YOUR NOTES.

[EXTRAS (REMOTE)] 25 to 35 years old, male or female. ALL (REMOTE) This is an REMOTE and pays $100 per day, likely for one day of work filmed IN YOUR HOME VIA ZOOM . Strong WIFI, Clean and TIDY background and ZOOM account required. East Coast Time Zone preferred.

We are always open to a wide range of age (and for this project, due to the subject matter all must be over 21), gender and ethnicity, we also want to encourage submissions from  people who are differently-abled and members of the LGBTQ+ community. 
We encourage all ethnicities to apply for all roles.

Untitled SAG-AFTRA FEATURE 
RATE: SAG-AFTRA LOW BUDGET
LOCAL CASTING:  Heidi Eklund/ Hudson Valley Casting
PRODUCTION TEAM will be revealed to talent chosen to audition
Production is following all Covid-19 protocols as they pertain to SAG-AFTRA and NY State.
Filming dates Oct. 12- Nov 15

 TO SUBMIT PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM:
https://lifestyleshootindutchesscountyny9232020.castingcrane.com/

What we’re looking for is a cool, hip, friend group (25-35), 2 women and 1 man, ideally. We are seeking all gender representations and ethnicities. ULTIMATELY we would love to find a group who has been hanging out together, if possible.  THIS IS STILL PHOTOS AND VIDEO
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ALERT
!!!There will also be some outdoor activities (hiking, kayaking, paddleboarding, biking, fly fishing) so our talent needs to be on the fitter side. Our ideal talent should be able to provide their own wardrobe, including a range of going out clothes to clothes appropriate for going outside!!!
Specifics:
Date: 9/2-9/3 ; we are looking at 12 hour days, also the dates might shift by a day due to weather.
300/day flat no travel pay, no accommodations keep in mind that all talent will need to self report by car to MULTIPLE locations in DUTCHESS COUNTY NY.

Please let us know if you are available as an individual we can make into a friend group...
OR if you have a friend group please submit together!!!
We are looking forward to your personality video submission :) 
This is a Hudson Valley NY local (self-report by your own car) project.
VIRTUAL OPEN CALL DEADLINE: ONGOING but we will be evaluating auditions as soon as they are uploaded... do not wait.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

ALL AGES, ETHNICITIES, and GENDERS ARE WELCOMED TO APPLY.
WE CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY IN ALL OUR CASTING PRACTICES!
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Click on the following link to the audition uploading form...
CASTING IS COMPLETE
YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE ALL YOUR MATERIALS READY TO SUBMIT THROUGH THE CASTING CRANE FORM.
-Headshot
-Full length photo *Your photos should be only of YOU. NO CLUTTER, no hats, no sunglasses, no other people. If you can put your name in the photo that would be amazing.
-LINKS to video (youtube or vimeo)
- Your audition video using the sides or instructions above 
-If you are under 18 you need to check with your parents before sending your audition

NOTE: You cannot submit on this notice, you must submit via the casting crane link in red above and it is recommended that you do so on a computer... it will probably be a lot easier.

Please DO NOT EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSIONS as they will not be considered.

Heidi Eklund/Hudson Valley Casting is seeking submissions for a Pharma Medical Device Voiceover:

ALL ETHNICITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
WE CELEBRATE AND ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY IN ALL OUR CASTING PRACTICES!

We will be auditioning remotely (from your professional home VO studio) for the following roles:

Fee is $500 FLAT for unlimited usage

FRENCH SPEAKING (FRANCE) FEMALE W/ PRO VO STUDIO
ALL ETHNICITIES 30-50
 Please only submit for this VO if you meet the following requirements:
1. You are fluent in FRENCH with a native accent from FRANCE
2. You have a professional home VO recording studio
3. You are available to deliver the final professional files by 6/11/2020
*The required copy is one to three pages

SPANISH SPEAKING FEMALE W/ PRO VO STUDIO (SPAIN)FEMALE ALL ETHNICITIES
SPANISH SPEAKING (SPAIN)
ALL ETHNICITIES 30-50
Please only submit for this VO if you meet the following requirements:
1. You are fluent in Spanish with a native accent from Spain/Europe
2. You have a professional home VO recording studio
3. You are available to deliver the final professional files by 6/11/2020


ITALIAN SPEAKING FEMALE W/ PRO VO STUDIO
30 to 50 years old, FEMALE. ALL ETHNICITIES

Please only submit for this VO if you meet the following requirements:
1. You are fluent in ITALIAN with a native dialect
2. You have a professional home VO recording studio
3. You are available to deliver the final professional files by 6/11/2020.
*The required copy is one to three pages


GERMAN SPEAKING FEMALE W/ PRO VO STUDIO
30-50 FEMALE. ALL ETHNICITIES
Please only submit for this VO if you meet the following requirements:
1. You are fluent in GERMAN with a native dialect
2. You have a professional home VO recording studio
3. You are available to deliver the final professional files by 6/11/2020
*The required copy is one to three pages


Submission instructions:
THE BEST WAY if you can... is by BREAKDOWN EXPRESS... we have these jobs posted on there

OR... please send your VO DEMO, Photo/Resume/List of Home Studio Equipment & Setup
to cdassistant@hudsonvalleycasting.com with "YOUR NAME  Language (meaning the one you speak fluently that we seek) VO"
    ***It is super important to BE SURE ALL YOUR MATERIAL FILES are LABELED WITH YOUR NAME (and that means that the filename is YOUR NAME (first, space, last)...  Please avoid generic filenames such as IMAGE or MP3 or MYMOVIE or RESUME.  We need to know who YOU are and your amazing wonderful NAME.***

 Who we are:  Hudson Valley Actors & Film Creatives (we are a collection of people who work in the Film Industry in NYC and the Hudson Valley of NY). 

Here is our volunteer form (CLICK):  Please join us!!!

www.sewmaskshv@gmail.com
SewMasksHV@gmail.com 

Thank you for visiting us to learn more about our efforts to coordinate the Protective Mask Making Initiative in the Hudson Valley Region of NY during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

 
Hello!
Thank you for coming here to read about our efforts to coordinate the Protective Mask Making Initiatives  in the Hudson Valley Region of NY during our COVID-19 Pandemic.

There are MANY patterns and videos and we will put them here below... AT THIS TIME we have initiated an effort to reach out to All the hospitals in the area and make connections with them so that the masks can be delivered directly to who can use them.  
We have not yet received one medical entity in the region standardizing the process... this is our goal to make this happen. 

We do know that with this recent effort to keep everyone home except ESSENTIAL WORKERS that 
these essential workers could benefit from having the masks.  Think of your local grocer, and take out restaurant workers, laundromats, mail and delivery workers, etc... they really could use the protection.
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There are MANY patterns and videos and we list them here below... 

General Guidance (These are merely common sense thoughts and not mandated by any entity)

1. Machine wash and dry the fabric BEFORE cutting it (if you are using cotton but not if you are making them from filters).
2. Clean/sanitize  your sewing machine, ironing board and iron before sewing the masks.
3. Clean/ sanitize your sewing area before sewing the masks.
4. Not a bad idea to wear a mask on your own face and gloves while you sew (no one knows for sure if they are carrying Covid-19 or not... IF YOU HAVE IT DON'T SEW THEM and if you aren't feeling well DON'T do it)
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Best UNIFIED  Model we are hoping to coordinate something similar to this: 

 Providence  Hospital. Their model is to hand out kits to specifically chosen seamstresses with a certain level of skill... and the kits are pre cut by the hospital.

 This is selected text from their Resources for hospitals, clinics and health systems section:

We have received many requests from our health-care colleagues across the country about the steps we have taken to make our own face shields.
Here is the step by step guide we have used.

How to make our face masks
This video tutorial is intended for volunteers who have been selected to help us make masks. Our product uses medical grade material that is not available commercially. We are supplying volunteers with this specific material. Masks created with alternative materials may not have the same effectiveness.

Here is their whole page:
https://www.providence.org/lp/100m-masks?fbclid=IwAR3rJSC36sVF9FziPV556ho-pbccBF3s3JTb3zvjIA_kMlzRgnEmCbOPEjI
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From Deaconess Hospital in Indiana
https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask?fbclid=IwAR3pTjsSzw6HxpInePqYj_pbv1XAxw45NgOAMN3zGdhO2KC3epQu76Oq_yw

From FORBES
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2020/03/20/calling-all-people-who-sew-and-make-you-can-help-solve-2020-n95-type-mask-shortage/?fbclid=IwAR3uThCdnSPKrT2Aau6CYvEwmx3osk4LXC66qt76UWZC8N9_osWBDTZJadA#cdc2bf64e41d

Makers Habitat 
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2504854873098703
This tutorial is inspired by Dr Chen Guanting's post on fabric masks: https://health.gvm.com.tw/article.html?id=70825

HEPA filter type that are most like N95 masks
https://www.facebook.com/julie.kraynov/posts/10219297206713233

ALMOST MADE
SAG-AFTRA NEW MEDIA PILOT
$125 per day (union or non MFN)
Producers: Alain Bacerra Calderon, James Glorioso Jr., Catherine Johnson-Tully, Tom Parker, Roger Tully, Lydia Tully-Coe
Director: Roger Tully
Writers: Jim Glorioso, Renaldo Mancini
Casting Directors: Amy Hutchings and Heidi Eklund

FILMING LOCATION: Hudson Valley/Capital Regions, NY  filming in April/May
PLEASE ONLY LOCAL HIRES

SEEKING STRONG, EXPERIENCED, COMEDIC ACTORS:

1) SQUEAKS M 40s Short thin mousy appearance- size makes him the typical punching bag of jokes and he's seen as more of a sidekick. Always with Carmine. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. 

2) SOPHIA F 50s A confident Italian woman with a stern look like she would take a dough roller to your ass. 

3) JOE THE PLUMBER M 40s, 50s African American. Slender with the appearance of the neighborhood blue collar tradesman, big smile and needs to have eyes that can look extremely large. 

4) JIMMY THE WOOD: Cast: Jim Glorioso

5) SAX M 50s Tall (over 6'1"). Confident and has a distinguished look to him. He gives off the feeling of a failed stock broker, who just lost his job and money at the stock exchange.

6) MIKE THE IRISHMAN M 50s Ideally 5'5" to 5'8". He looks like a mix of the character on the box of Lucky Charms and Rudy from the famous Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. His dopey approach to everything makes him frustrating to deal with.

7) MOUTH M 50s Reminds you of a stand up comic with a car salesman look. His very expressive face and voice over-exaggerates his already boisterous actions.

8) The BANK MANAGER  M 40s to 50s Nerdy but confident and cocky, glasses, salt and pepper hair. 

9) SAX's WIFE (ANGELA) F 50s Seductive, playful, big smile and personality. Sexual Situations, NO NUDITY

10) OFFICER MUNCH  M 50s A well built, confident but friendly middle aged cop

11) OFFICER SCHMIDT  F 40s
Female, seductive, voluptuous, has a sexy dirty side to her strict police officer look. NO NUDITY

12) CARMINE : Cast - Renaldo Mancini

13) LOUIE THE WRENCH: Cast- Paul Borghese

14) WAITRESS   F   30s   Sarcastic and frustrated, tired of rude customers.

15) ALADINO: Cast-  Alain Baccera Calderon

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXPERIENCED ACTORS:
This will be posted on Actors Access on Feb 18 or 19

SEND US YOUR AA link:
Please be sure to learn how to properly share your link:
https://blog.breakdownservices.com/actors-access-share-your-custom-link/

SIGN UP FOR A FREE ACTOR'S ACCESS ACCOUNT AND SEND YOUR LINK TO:

AmyHeidiCasting Associates@gmail.com  SUBJECT: YOUR NAME, ROLE, ALMOST MADE
In your email, please also have your home base location and your contact information: Name and Phone along with a headshot. 

Be sure you have your photos up and some resume credits up on your AA page.
https://actorsaccess.com/

Please be sure to learn how to properly share your link:
https://blog.breakdownservices.com/actors-access-share-your-custom-link/
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