Hollywood Intensive Retreat in SYDNEY

This is an amazing opportunity to tap into some extremely experienced coaches who are happy to come Down Under and share their secrets to make sure you are getting the most out of your craft!!!

WHO ARE THE COACHES?:

VALERIE MCCAFFREY
HOLLYWOOD CASTING DIRECTOR/ DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER

Winner of numerous Festival awards.

Director of award winning feature Wish You Were Dead-distributed by Icon. Cast: Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Billy Ray Cyrus, Gene Simmons and Sally Kirkland.

From 1985-94 was a casting executive at Universal Studios.

From April 1994-2000, held position of Vice President of Feature Film Casting for New Line/Fine Line Films.

Produced award-winning film NEO NED, directed by Van Fischer, starring Gabrielle Union and Jeremy Renner (nominated for SAG award).

Cast great films such as American History X, Babe, Hard Candy (cast Ellen Page in her first American Feature Film)

Has cast many "Stars" such as Edward Norton, Eddie Furlong, Cuba Gooding Jnr, Ellen Page, Ray Liotta, James Cromwell.

Served on the Board of Directors for the Casting Society of America.

Is a member of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

MILTON JUSTICE:
HOLLYWOOD ACTING COACH/ PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR

Winner of Academy Award, an Emmy Award and five Golden Globe nominations.

His theatre work has earned him seventeen Los Angeles Theatre Critics’ Awards and two New York Drama Desk nominations.

Was appointed by Stella Adler as a Teacher at her Los Angeles Conservatory AND Artistic Director of the Stella Adler Theatre Company.

Producer of longest running play Off- Broadway co-starring Kathy Bates.

He has taught and coached actors and directors worldwide in New York, Los Angeles, London, Australia and New Zealand – with a list of former students and clients that include Patrick Stewart, Kathy Bates, Kevin Bacon, Mark Ruffalo, Kyra Sedgwick, Sean Astin, Benecio del Toro, Salma Hayek, Spike Jonze.

His academic credits include Yale, NYU, and most recently he spent a year as guest tutor at Unitec in Auckland.

Currently he divides his teaching assignments between Yale University and the Stella Adler School in Los Angeles.

His latest producing project, Losing Chase, marked Kevin Bacon's directorial debut, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and won a Golden Globe Award for Helen Mirren.

HEATHER HALE:
SCREENWRITER/ PRODUCER/ POWER NETWORKER IN HOLLYWOOD

Winner of many awards!

Heather is a member of The Academy.

Mentor and Teacher for The Scriptwriters Network, The Film Industry Network, The Hollywood Black Film Festival, The Moondance International Film Festival and The Story Project

Judge for The ABC/Disney Fellowship, The Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Competition and Genoa Italy’s new ENDAS International as well as serving as the official national script consultant for The American Screenwriters Association.

Heather lectures and consults globally on careers in entertainment, writing and business development for traditional and new media as well as her trademark PowerNetworking strategies for entrepreneurs as well as movers and shakers in the Corporate and Collegiate arenas.

WHO IS IT FOR?:
PROFESSIONAL ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND SCREENWRITERS

WHAT WILL WE GET OUT OF THE RETREAT?:
A huge amount!!!  This is intensive training!
There will be set stream classes and also group workshops.
There are 3 streams - Acting, Directing and Screenwriting.

The following is a sample of what you will be learning:

ACTORS
Understanding Casting in Hollywood – the ultimate audition

How to get yourself to Hollywood

Marketing yourself

Why someone gets cast

Make Kick-butt choices that bring the character ALIVE

Choosing a Dynamic past for the character

Analyse text with passion and purpose

Connect to your text with MEANING!

Creating performances that win the stage/screen

SCREENWRITERS

The Idea High Concept: Marketable Ideas, Loglines and Genres

Beating Out the Beat Outline (and Mining the Diamond Mines)

The Development Process

Your First Impression: Hooking the Reader on Page One

The Art of Exposition

Pruning and Polishing Dialogue

Unifying Your Character Arc with Theme

Writing for the Camera

The Treatment and Pitch

DIRECTORS

How to Work and talk with actors effectively

Recognise good material that will attract financing and actors

Skills in learning to pick your DP, Production Designer (reels) and recognizing the right ones for your projects

Setting your shots and working with your DP

Moving the camera

Understand the editing process and how it works

Working with your Executive Producer, Producers and how not to hate each other after it is all over-understanding their objectives.

The tools of an actor

Analyzing the script from the actor's perspective

Check out the website for more details:
www.hollywoodintensive.com

You can contact us on enquiry@hollywoodintensive.com

This will fill up extremely quickly as there are very limited spaces available - be in quick to register.