WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS:   (see also our teacher bios below this section)

MARK ATTEBERRY :: Marketing - "Know Your Type/ Be Yourself"
In this workshop Mark will get right to the heart of the matter... how to capitalize on your own unique self! Mark will specifically teach you all about typecasting, industry trends and what Casting Directors, Agents and Directors are really looking for. The focus will be on identifying and accepting how you will be cast (by your "type"), the secrets to being yourself and what you have to offer as a "unique" individual. As a result of the exercises in this workshop, you will leave with a list of looks, types and age categories that YOU will most likely be seen for and you'll discover how to make that list a practical and useful tool in your marketing plan. You'll also learn about branding and how the best actors and PR firms do it! To complete this informative workshop Mark will explore one of the most important tools in the actor arsenal: the headshot! Learn from this top image consultant and headshot photographer how to get a headshot that WORKS!

CLAY BANKS :: Acting Specifically for Film
What is a Film Director ultimately looking for? How well under control are your movements in a tight shot? Do you deliver effective emotional intensity in an ECU (extreme close-up)? Knowing the answers to these questions can greatly affect your success as a film actor. This on-camera, no non-sense acting and audition technique is geared specifically for work in Film. You will see WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T and WHY. This session is a powerful acting workout set in a very supportive environment, grounded in LIFE EMPOWERMENT principles. After just ninty minutes, you will learn about a technique in line lifting and cold reading that will equip you with supreme confidence and consistency. And, in addition...the golden nuggets you're sure to pick up will be priceless!

ANTHONY BARNAO :: Audition Technique: Telling the Truth
It's harder to be authentic in an audition than you think. Actor's often think they need to do more than necessary or they indicate what they are feeling rather than just being honest, natural and real. In this class, we'll focus on telling the truth, being simple and putting the work behind your eyes.

CHRISTINNA CHAUNCEY :: Auditioning On-Camera for Series Television
With the vast majority of all auditions for episodic television requiring that the actor be put on tape for the casting director, producers and/or network execs to review, it is absolutely vital that the actor possess a strong camera technique that is specific to auditioning. In this workshop, we will discuss and put into action important tools and tips for auditioning successfully when the producers are present and when they are not, as well as elements of effective cold-read, which is the format for scene-work that will be used in this workshop.

ADAM COLLIS :: The Director’s Perspective: Making It Real for the Actor Actors learn a variety of techniques that directors use to get the most out of their actors.

KATHLEEN COOKE :: Breaking Through: Commercial Acting 101
Acting in commercials has historically been one of the best introductions to the business and launched many actor's careers in the industry. But telling successful stories in thirty seconds takes a unique approach to performance. In this workshop, you'll discover the fundamentals and basic formats to all commercial copy. Attendees will be given copy and a chance to actually practice on camera, so don't miss this opportunity!

KIM DORR-TILLEY :: Cold Reading for Comedy
Focus on honing your COMEDY skills as you'll be paired with another person from class to present comedy scenes. You'll work on character, story, timing, brightness and much more.

BILL FARMER :: Voiceover: Breaking through the Microphone
In this workshop, Bill will outline the various types and styles of voice acting, including animation, announcing, commercials, narration and discuss the different skills and techniques needed for each style. Bill will cover the basics needed for a successful career in voiceover such as: How to create characters and voices, How to interpret copy quickly and effectively, Perfect the techniques used by voice over actors, Analyze the audition process, Learn when and how to produce a voice over demo that works for you! This will be a fun, hands-on workshop and with just a few techniques you will be able to hear the improvement in your voiceover abilities right away!

SCOTT FISH :: The Business of the Business
Learn the elements necessary to put your "acting package" together: getting the right headshot; putting together a real actor's resume; what kind of reel can you do; contacting the people to help get me jobs; finding the right acting coach; and the rudiments of how TV & film get cast and how it applies to you.

CINDY OSBRINK :: Q & A with Children’s Agent
Are you a parent of a kid or teen who is pursuing the industry? This is your chance to have your questions answered from a children’s talent agent.
(NOTE: Cindy Osbrink’s workshop is a free Q&A for parents from 10am – 11:30am in DC101. Attendance to this seminar does not include lunch or the remaining events of the day without a paid registration. Official registration is not required unless you are participating in the remainder of Bootcamp)

TEACHER BIOS:

MARK ATTEBERRY
Mark Atteberry has been active in the Entertainment Industry, practically since birth! Mark began his professional career as a musician but soon made the switch to acting. He has performed in over a hundred commercials, TV shows, and feature films. His film work ranges from festival darlings like the multi-award winning Butterfly Circus and The Real Thing to big-budget features like Demolition Man and The Hulk. Mark has also been on hit shows including The Shield, 24, Nip/Tuck, The Closer, and Dexter. He recently shot the CBS pilot, The Eastmans, with Donald Sutherland and Jacqueline Bisset, and the upcoming Miranda July film, The Future.    Mark also is an award-winning commercial photographer widely known for his advertising, documentary and headshot photography. He has shot some of the biggest names in the business, and his clients include NBC, CBS, A&E, Los Angeles Magazine, and numerous talent agencies, including CAA, ICM and WME. He was recently named one of the "100 Best Documentary Photographers of 2009," one of the "Three Best Headshot Photographers" by CSA, and one of the "Best Headshot Photographers" by BackStage West. The SAG Foundation recently named him "L.A.'s Type Expert.” He teaches workshops and lectures internationally on the topics of image, headshot photography, and the business of acting. Mark co-authored several books on acting, including The Working Actor's Guide, a top-selling reference book for over eighteen years, and The Stunt Guide.

CLAY BANKS
Director, Writer, Producer, Coach - Clay Banks executes quite a unique approach as a result of his combination of years working as a Motivational Speaker/National Trainer for one of the country’s top 'Fortune 500 Companies', together with almost two decades as a Hollywood Producer, Director, and Film Acting Coach. Clay not only empowers influential politicians, speakers, presenters, people who communicate publicly…but he specializes in coaching and training FILM and TV ACTORS towards their own personal success. He is Founder and President of Clay Banks Productions and heads up Clay Banks Studio, a group of acting studios in Studio City where he teaches a powerful on-camera technique known as ‘The Process’. His experience is vast, his application poignant and his results effective. Clay believes in equipping his clients and students with the vast array of tools and insights necessary to get the job!

ANTHONY BARNAO
Director / Casting Director / Acting Coach, Anthony Barnao studied acting and directing in NY under Tony Award winning director Jose Quintero who became his mentor and inspiration. Though he enjoyed of acting, the love of directing took over. His NY directing credits include the recent off-Broadway hit The Big Voice: God or Merman at the Actor's Temple Theater and The Maria Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Prior east coast and regional credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Aria da Capo, Come Back Little Sheba, Jacques Brel and Dark at the Top of the Stairs. LA directing credits include In the Bargain starring Catherine Keener and Bullpen starring Patrick Warburton. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Blue Sphere Alliance, a theater company he started 1996 with several passionate artists including Matthew Lillard and Neve Campbell. Anthony directed many of the company's award winning, critically acclaimed productions including the one person Forty Days and Forty Nights which was made into a feature film starring Josh Hartnett. The LA Times said, "Blue Sphere Alliance stakes a claim to high artistic standards and social relevance - a committed theater company that merits close watching." Back Stage West said, "We discover yet again why this theater company is one to keep an eye on. This company is sound proof why small theater is getting big notices in LA."    Film directing credits include the feature Annie's Garden and the short films The Home Branch and The Swiper..   Anthony has taught acting and coached privately for the past twenty years. As a director and teacher, actors with whom Anthony has worked include Helen Hunt, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Mary McDonnell, Doris Roberts, Nancy McKeon, Barney Martin, Patrick Warburton, Kevin McCarthy, Yancy Butler and Grace Zabriski.    Anthony has also been a casting director for film, television and theater for over twenty years. In addition to casting independently, Anthony was Director of Casting for Movies and Mini-series at CBS, Head of Casting for Empire Pictures in Los Angeles and Rome and was the Resident Casting Director for the LA Stage Company.

CHRISTINNA CHAUNCEY
For the last 7 years since developing her breakthrough workshop, the “8-Week Intensive On-Camera Audition Workshop,” Christinna Chauncey has helped hundreds of actors master their auditioning fears and achieve freedom, confidence and vitality in the room. Making smart choices, moving the story forward with the performance, and interpreting rhythm and tone are key elements to booking the job, and as a coach Christinna offers a unique insider perspective having worked professionally both in front of the camera as an actor and behind the camera as a casting associate to CD Greg Orson (Vampire Diaries, Reba, Dawson’s Creek, pilots, etc.). A highly trained actor who studied intensively under the guidance of master teacher Larry Moss, Christinna’s many guest star credits include NCIS, Shark, CSI, Girlfriends and the feature film I Am set to release this fall.

ADAM COLLIS
Adam Collis directed the 20th Century Fox feature film, Sunset Strip, starring Simon Baker, Jared Leto, Nick Stahl, Adam Goldberg, Rory Cochrane, and Anna Friel. He has also directed several shorts and documentaries, including the award winning short film, Mad Boy, I'll Blow Your Blues Away. His next feature, The Long Blue Yonder, is being produced by Bill Mechanic, former CEO of 20th Century Fox. Adam also teaches at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and has recently completely his MBA studies at UCLA Anderson School of Management.

KATHLEEN COOKE
Kathleen is a founding partner and Vice President of Cooke Pictures, in Burbank, California. As a SAG actress, she has won "Critic's Pick" awards from Backstage West Magazine acting in commercials for Home Depot, Mitsubishi, Ford, "On Air" with Ryan Seacrest, and more. She is also, co-director of the annual and prestigious Biola Media Conference, (documented as the largest conference for media professionals of faith in secular entertainment in the country), as well as co-director for Biola’s Studio Task Force held quarterly on the CBS Studio Lot. She is a Biola adjunct in the Cinema & Media Arts dept. teaching and supervising the internship program placing students on Studio lots and media production offices in Hollywood and around the world. She is on the board for Hollywood Connect and Hollywood Prayer Network where her influence reaches and ministers to professionals in the Hollywood Entertainment business. She has served as a national speaker for Women in Christian Media, the Nat’l Church of Christian Media Conference, National Association of Broadcasters, and National Religious Broadcasters. She has written for Joyce Meyer Ministries magazine, “Enjoying Everyday Life” and has an original series called Inner Views which can be read online at hollywoodconnect.com

KIM DORR-TILLEY
Kim Dorr has worked in entertainment, specifically with on-camera talent, for over 20 years. She developed and ran the Casting Department of The Arthur Company for nine years. She cast many hours of comedy and drama for cable, syndication, and prime time programming. In 1993, Kim took the reins of the Bobby Ball Agency's Children and Young Adult TV/ Film Division and started the Adult Theatrical Department. In 2002, Defining Artists, an adult theatrical boutique agency, was born. Kim took over ownership of Defining Artists with her partner, Dede Binder-Goldsmith in 2005. She holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Denver and participated in the flagship class of the National Theatre Conservatory. A graduate of Fuller Seminary's M. Div. program, Kim received a call to Bel Air Presbyterian Church as the Designated Associate Pastor of Entertainment Ministries where she began serving in ministry in 2005. Kim is passionate about ministering to and connecting Christians working in all spheres of entertainment while she herself continues to work full time as a talent agent and part time as an ordained minister.

BILL FARMER
Bill Farmer has been vitally involved in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years both behind the microphone and in front of the camera. As a young man, Bill developed skills as an impressionist and comedian that soon led to a change in career from radio DJ to that of a stand-up comedian. Bill performed stand-up comedy for several years as headliner in well-known clubs nationwide before moving to Los Angeles in the summer of 1986. Soon after arriving on the west coast, Bill signed with a top commercial agency and auditioned for his first animated characters - the voices of Goofy and Pluto for the Walt Disney Company. Bill was chosen by Disney out of several hundred others who auditioned. In 2009, Bill was awarded The Walt Disney Company’s highest honor, The Disney Legends Award. Bill continues voicing the Goof and Pluto to this day. Over the years, Bill has voiced many other recognizable personalities, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, and hundreds of other timeless characters. Bill remains a very active voice actor in animation as well as in commercials, video games, television, anime and film. Bill heads his own production company, Toonhouse Inc, which produces shorts, documentaries, PSA’s, and actor demos as well as teaching voice-over skills to new actors.

SCOTT FISH
Scott Fish (or simply "Fish") came to L.A. in 2000 and started as a trainee at Industry Entertainment, where he eventually worked his way up to talent manager. He now has his own business, Vital Management Group (VMG). Other stints included the Firm and Blue Train Entertainment. He has worked with such clients as Jeff Goldblum, Ted Danson and Mira Sorvino. Before L.A., Fish lived in NYC and worked as a runway seating consultant in the fashion business.

CINDY OSBRINK
Cindy started The Osbrink Agency seventeen years ago in a one room office and has since grown the company into a full-service agency providing the Entertainment and Fashion industry with many visible youth clients in film, television, commercial, voice-over and print. Cindy loves finding and starting brand new talent. She has represented numerous fresh faces of Hollywood which include Dakota Fanning (The Twilight Saga: New Moon & Eclipse, The Runaways, The Secret Life of Bees), Elle Fanning (Phoebe in Wonderland, Somewhere, The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons), Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris, Unaccompanied Minors,), Atticus Shaffer (The Middle), Jae Head (The Blind Side, Friday Night Lights), Jake Lloyd (Star Wars) Max Burkholder (Parenthood) Molly Quinn (Castle), Josie Loren (Make it or Break it) and Lucas Till (Hannah Montana: The Movie, Spy Next Door, Battle: Los Angeles).

 BOOTCAMP FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: 

Q)       Does union status matter if I attend Bootcamp?

A)         Bootcamp is beneficial to both union & non-union actors.  Teachers will do their best to work with you as an individual.

Q)  Is there an age range?

A)  Bootcamp is geared towards adults.  Though the content is not objectionable, it is not designed for children.  Older teens, 16 & up are welcome to register.  For parents of kids & teens interested in the industry, we recommend the free Q&A with Cindy Osbrink.

Q)  My 16 yr old would like to attend Bootcamp.  Can she also attend the Cindy Osbrink seminar?
                A) YES!  She would learn a lot from listening in & would be welcome to ask questions! 

Q)  Should I bring my headshots?

A) If you have headshots, it is always best to have them on you!  It is up to each individual teacher whether they offer to collect them.  However, the intent of this Bootcamp is for education, we do not encourage any expectation that opportunities for work will come out of this event.

Q)  What is for lunch?

A) At this time, the exact lunch menu is not set.  We do try to offer a variety, and once our options are confirmed, we’ll post it on the website!  Please be aware that we are limited in the number of special dietary needs we can meet.  Here is what was available LAST year:     Oven Bake Pasta w/ Ground Beef ;   Oven baked pasta w/ cheese and herbs ;  BBQ Chicken ;  Chicken stir fry w/ veggies; Broccoli Rice ; Grilled vegetables w/ seasoning ; Mexican style potato ; California Garden Salad ; Three bean salad

Q)  When will you be doing this again?
                           A)  We offer Bootcamp once per year, hopefully we can all look forward to another one in 2011   

Q) I am attending Cindy Osbrink’s free seminar, can I sit in for the rest of the day too?
                         A)  You are welcome to upgrade to a paid registration, but the free portion is for that one seminar only.

Q) Can I bring my child to the Cindy Osbrink seminar?

A)  The Q&A is geared towards the parents as a learning opportunity that children might find boring.  Your opportunity to listen without disruption, as well as those around, you may be effected.  We strongly encourage you to find alternate care for your children during that time.  That said, we understand that an alternate caregiver is not always an option and we do not want that to be the reason you miss.  If you choose to bring a child, please step out if he/she becomes disruptive.  We also kindly ask that children not be brought in the hopes of soliciting representation for them.  The appropriate submission instructions can be found online at:  http://www.osbrinkagency.com/submitnow.asp   Thank you for respecting the boundaries of this seminar.