Backstage University is thrilled to welcome back casting director Lauren Bass of Bass Casting for an on-camera audition intensive that promises to be helpful to any actor that needs help with their on-camera technique. Lauren Bass began her casting career with top L.A. casting office Ulrich/Dawson/ Kritzer and then worked with casting legend Mali Finn. Following Finn’s retirement, Lauren teamed with her brother Jordan to open Bass/Casting, a bi-coastal casting company. Together the brother-sister team have worked on film and television projects including “The Last Exorcism” for Lionsgate, Joel Schumacher's “Twelve,” the Starz series “Sparticus: Blood & Sand,” and the U.S. Casting for James Cameron's “Sanctum.” Bass also just cast the hit horror film “Annabelle,” in theaters now. In this class, Bass will be assigning you sides and coach you through a mock audition. Afterwards, Backstage University will upload your footage to your profile...
- 10/6/2014
- backstage.com
As horror archetypes go, the “demonic possession” subgenre is one that didn’t really hit its stride until the 1973 release of the William Friedkin production of William Peter Blatty’s bestselling novel The Exorcist. Before that there were sporadic cinematic mentions of demons taking over the bodies of the living, but it was The Exorcist and the cultural phenomena it created that set the tone from then on.
After reports of people literally throwing up in theaters, passing out in their seats, and – most importantly – record box office numbers being tallied, the list of films that wanted a piece of the demonic action came fast and furious with titles such as Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett’s Beyond The Door, aka The Devil Within Her (1974); the great Mario Bava’s La Casa Dell’Esorcismo, aka House of Exorcism, aka Lisa and the Devil (1974); and on through the years until...
After reports of people literally throwing up in theaters, passing out in their seats, and – most importantly – record box office numbers being tallied, the list of films that wanted a piece of the demonic action came fast and furious with titles such as Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett’s Beyond The Door, aka The Devil Within Her (1974); the great Mario Bava’s La Casa Dell’Esorcismo, aka House of Exorcism, aka Lisa and the Devil (1974); and on through the years until...
- 12/21/2010
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Like the changing seasons, the cycle of tides, or even Lindsay Lohan's court dates, there are few events with more regularity than Hollywood's obsession with exorcism movies. Without fail, another film about foulmouthed demons, hard-edged priests and barf-blasting girls crawls its way onto the movie screen nearly every year. In the 36 years since William Friedkin's masterpiece, few have approached the masterful suspense of the original. Imitation isn't always flattery. Then there's "The Last Exorcism," the low-budget, Southern gothic creepfest about a film crew that follows sham exorcist Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) for what he thinks is an ordinary expulsion on a seemingly possessed girl (Ashley Bell). But when his over-the-top routine turns up unexplainable results, Marcus and the film crew embark on a terrifying trip to the dark side."The Last Exorcism" eschews the usual special-effect saturation for the engrossing voyeurism of just a handheld camera—manned by...
- 8/27/2010
- backstage.com
Beverly Neufeld's script "The Claytons" took top honors in the scripted category of the Slamdance Teleplay Competition. "FX Factory" by James Wade, Brian Beacock and Lauren Bass, won in the unscripted category.
The awards will be presented at the WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles on Sept. 22.
A graduate of UCLA's Mfa Screenwriting program, Neufeld will receive a $10,000 prize sponsored by Act III.
The "Factory" team will receive $5,000 in goods and services from Filmworks/FX for their future production endeavors.
Runner-ups in the Teleplay Scripted Category are: second place, "Standards and Practices" by Chase Sprull; third place, "Miseducated," Martin Aguilera; fourth place, "Fatima," Sabrina Naqvi; and fifth place, "Corporate Debt" by Zach Esper.
Slamdance's president and co-founder Peter Baxter said, "It's our goal to keep developing great independent talent for commercial success."
The Slamdance Film Festival will run concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 21-28 in Park City,...
The awards will be presented at the WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles on Sept. 22.
A graduate of UCLA's Mfa Screenwriting program, Neufeld will receive a $10,000 prize sponsored by Act III.
The "Factory" team will receive $5,000 in goods and services from Filmworks/FX for their future production endeavors.
Runner-ups in the Teleplay Scripted Category are: second place, "Standards and Practices" by Chase Sprull; third place, "Miseducated," Martin Aguilera; fourth place, "Fatima," Sabrina Naqvi; and fifth place, "Corporate Debt" by Zach Esper.
Slamdance's president and co-founder Peter Baxter said, "It's our goal to keep developing great independent talent for commercial success."
The Slamdance Film Festival will run concurrently with the Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 21-28 in Park City,...
- 8/27/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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