Monday, August 07, 2006

Hey, I Have A Big Head!

must be top heavy any ethnic
Casting for female models for stripper part in a commercial (NO NUDITY AT ALL) 18 TO 25 FEMALES MUST BE TOP HEAVEY FOR COMERCIAL pay is $500 dollars – for a few hours Please email pictures full body your name and number THE AUDITION WILL BE TOMMOW TUESDAY AUG 8TH FROM 10AM TO 230PM CALL FOR INFO
Sincerely, JT
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Sort Of Like Shakespeare's Play Within A Play

ACTING DOCUMENTARY

Black Cougar Productions is casting a documentary film. Jeff XXXXX, camera & lighting; Silvio XXXXX, dir.Seeking—Actors and Actresses: all ages. Auditions will be held Aug. 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Shetler Studios, 939 W. 8th St. (btwn. 55th & 56th sts.), Rm. 400, NYC. You will come in and tell them about your experiences in film or TV: the struggles, the highs and lows, the auditions you went on, acting jobs you did, the crazy eccentric people you’ve met, and more. Actors will be filmed at the audition so come prepared to tell them a true to life story that you went through. Bring pix & résumés and contact info. For more info, visit www.blackcougar.com. No pay.

"Well, I went on this one audition to be in a documentary about acting and I had to tell them a story about a weird acting experience. They were filming the audition, and there was no pay. I never did hear from them, but the next thing I knew, my friends told me they saw me in some documentary telling a story about a weird acting experience! But they never contacted me to tell me I was in it. And there was no pay... Isn't that weird?"
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Make Your Mother Proud: Get Naked With Tisch Students (They're Super-Talented, You Know)

HOUSE OF SAND

No Outlet Group, LLC is casting House of Sand, a low-budget mini35 DV teen horror feature about four high school seniors whose summer vacation at the beach turns into a nightmare when they run into two drifters interested in more than having a good time. Paul and Daniel XXXXX, co-dirs. Weekly rehearsals ongoing through September in Brooklyn and NYC; shooting Sept. 17-Oct. 2 at a beach house on the bay. Seeking -Jenna: featured role, 18, tall, blonde or light-haired, very attractive, sassy, sarcastic, flirtatious, partial nudity required for group skinny-dipping scene. Note: Tisch talent attached for other roles. Send pix & resumes to Paul XXXXX, 132 XXXXX, Brooklyn, NY 11231; or email XXXXX.com. No pay, but videocopy, credit, meals, transportation, and lodging (all cast and crew will be housed at the beach house for the duration of the shoot) provided.

Over the years people have marveled at the difference between "low-budget", "super-low budget", "zero-budget", etc. And since this notice isn't particularly funny or noteworthy - except for the classic 'nudity required/no pay' stipulations - I will venture my guesses regarding these budget types here:

Low-Budget: "I've held down two terrible part time jobs for the past year and a half to earn enough cash to pay for a camera, gas, some props and a pizza for every day we shoot. I would kick a few bucks your way if I could - but on the last day of the shoot if there's anything left, I'll probably spend that on a case of beer."

Super/Ultra-Low-Budget: "I pocketed the money my dad gave me last week to get the car washed and I'm gonna use it to make my opus. I'm borrowing my friend Hank's handi-cam on the condition that I let him help me 'audition' the girls who will play the Vampire Maidens from Uranus. I can't afford props or costumes so it's gonna have to all be improv'ed and everyone will have to be naked except the homeless man from in front of the 7-11 who I bribed to be in the shoot with a can of Pepsi."

No-Budget: "I'm not sure what I'm doing."

Zero-Budget: "Can I borrow a couple bucks? I'll let you be in my movie."
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