LEARN BY FILMING

Creating compelling videos for your casting opportunities in Indie Films/Videos - Self Tape Auditions - Agency Submissions

LEARN BY FILMING

Creating compelling videos for your casting opportunities in Indie Films/Videos - Self Tape Auditions - Agency Submissions

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Actors video casting directory listing - www.theindieactors.com - begins with your TalkingHeadshot. Best viewed for casting on a screen larger than a vertical phone screen. Click on this headshot to play.

We will film you from anywhere in the world and then list you in www.thendieactors.com directory according to your location of choice. EXAMPLE - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA/SF BAY AREA

You can also upload your other videos and reels which can serve as a type of "Call Back" using categories - Comedy - Drama - Commercials - Audition Slate/Profile/Go-See - Fluent Foreign Languages - Reels. If you need a video for any of these video showcases categories, we can create and then shoot them remotely from your home. You will also learn basic personal Self-Tape and Zoom set-up at home for effective auditioning.

Video Packages Available - use PayPal.Com for payment

TalkingHeadshot using Zoom Worldwide

$200 USD

Set up coaching - Shoot - Editing - Uploading to THE INDIE ACTORS Directory Listing (over 18 years of age) plus your own mp4 copy and there are NO MONTHLY CHARGES for your listing.

TalkingHeadshot in person SF Bay Area

$275 USD

Set up coaching - Shoot - Editing - Uploading to THE INDIE ACTORS Directory Listing (over 18 years of age) plus your own mp4 copy and there are NO MONTHLY CHARGES for your listing.

Custom Video Acting Showcase using Zoom coached by Dennis (sample below)

$350 USD

"Tailor made" coaching to your needs includes shoot - editing - (Comedy - Drama - Commercial) - starring you and uploaded to THE INDIE ACTORS Directory Listing (over 18 years of age) plus your own mp4 copy and there are NO MONTHLY CHARGES.

Dennis Sakamoto made his living and SAG pension as a working actor in LA, NY, and SF, for over twenty years. He was a principal actor in feature films, TV, voiceover, print modeling, and forty-five national and regional commercials. On stage, he performed in a Broadway show starring Academy Award winner George C. Scott, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in a three character play starring Academy Award winner Jose Ferrer. Dennis has produced and directed Indie films, pilots for Web series, local commercials, and over a thousand Talkingheadshot videos for Actors and Talent Agents.

Sample Class Video for Casting Portfolio shot in SF Bay Area * If you show a sample acting video or "Reel", it really needs to look like it came from a production and not from a class.

Below is an online class video showcase shot using Zoom. I showed him how to set up this shot in his room. My student then submitted it to an Indie SAG low-budget feature film and was cast with no further audition required. (Cast as Principal actor in nine scenes)