ARE YOU AN ASPIRING ACTOR AND INTERESTED IN HORROR? IF SO, PLEASE READ:
Hey all!! I'm Tim, the creator of the in progress Slenderverse series Anniversary Log. Anniversary Log is a free volunteer project my crew and I are creating for fun. It takes place in the Slenderman Universe and follows protagonist Sam Moreno's search for his missing girlfriend Emilia Hall.
I wanted to tell yall that auditions are open again. Now that my break is over, (I was going through some self doubt and missing motivation for my project and made a brash decision to drastically change it which has now been revoked) we'll be resuming the auditions for Marina Collie (koh-lee) and James Haddonfield!! If you're interested, here are the requirements below:
-must be 18 or older
-follow our YouTube channel
-must be okay with showing your face/using images + videos of yourself (basically like you would be a real actor)
-must have a flexible schedule (or at least be free weekends)
(Your information will not be shared with anybody, but your full name will appear in the credits)
This role is not local!! Any footage we will need of Marina or James will not have them interacting one on one with the main characters. They will be interacting only over phone calls and maybe (emphasis on maybe) over video call. We will also need to use pictures of you (your best ones!!) to use to create convincing social media posts and other intriguing things my crew and I have in mind for the series!!
AUDITION PROCESS:
Once you sign up (with the link I will provide on this post) you will receive your audition script once I have completed it. This will give you a few days (up to a week) to memorize your lines (if you would like) and practice by yourself and with the others in our Discord (pm me for the Discord invite or I will send you an email with the link when you sign up)
From there we will begin PRIMARY AUDITIONS where you and the others on the Discord will wait in the waiting room while the casting directors (myself, Emilia and Sam) are on the call. Once we call you in, you will perform with either Sam or Emilia (depending on which role you're going out for) and once you finish you may leave or stick around to offer the rest of the auditioners support!!
It will take a couple of days for us to release the CALLBACK LIST, but you will either receive an email with the new script linked or an email with a polite let down explaining other roles you have an opportunity for or crew member positions.
Callbacks are usually held no later than a week after primary auditions.
Callbacks work just the same as the primaries. The role is usually announced right after the performances, but if we can't decide it may take up to a day or two after.
BEING AN ACTOR IN OUR SERIES
Marina and James are minor characters in our series, so you will appear occasionally in a few entries as well as referenced in others. (Whether that be your character name is mentioned or you're shown in a picture). You will have opportunities to work one on one with our acting coaches (me as well as a few others) as well as have the opportunity to join the BTS Anniversary Log Discord chat as a CAST MEMBER. This is where all crew discussion as well as plot explanations, costuming choices, props and etc are kept. You will also be able to have VIP access to the script writing processes as well as the editing processes.
If you receive the role, you will be shouted out on our social medias (here and Twitter) as well as thanked and listed in the series' credits. If you could also support us by posting about the project and spreading awareness so we can grow our audience (regardless if you're casted) that would be wonderful!! (But ofc making sure you keep all the plot and scripts and things a secret 🤫)
If you choose to audition, you have the chance to meet a bunch of other auditioners (some from previous auditions) and learn more about the process. (I promise this isn't a scam, we have held auditions before :)))
I find it a bit irritating that they use face tracking camera moves / camera follows actors face in close ups (like that one tiktok filter) in "Two Worlds".
It's probably barely visible? But I notice this stuff. Especially because I learned that certain camera moves feel unnatural in dramas (like the zoom). imo face tracking feels unnatural too. Gives an original calm or even static shot too much fast movement 🤔
Not really a critic. Not like it bothers me that much. Just an observation for myself. Didn't notice this technique in other dramas so far. Maybe they test it in this one. But weirdly I only notice it on Nat / Kram scenes, because he nods a lot when he talks and the cam follows that movement.
(drama cams are supposed to mimic human eye behavior so the audience feels more immersed and doesn't get reminded of the cameras presence. Zooms and face tracking is nothing we can do with our eyes... well face tracking maybe when you are hyper focusing on someone's face like a guard dog lol)
A Kubrick Scholar Discovers an Eerie Detail in The Shining That’s Gone Unnoticed for More Than 40 Years
In the new video above (and an associated Twitter thread), Kubrick scholar Filippo Ulivieri exposes one such detail — or rather, a whole series of them. Throughout his performance as the Overlook Hotel’s increasingly troubled caretaker Jack Torrance, Jack Nicholson keeps looking directly at the camera. “I’m not talking about when he looks at the camera because he’s talking to someone else,” says Uliveri. “I’m talking about all the times in which Jack Torrance looks at the camera, but there’s no one to look at.”
can someone do like a through analysis of the lighting and camerawork of the vegas pete scenes?? caus like i know it’s significant and they made me feel so many things inside but i’m shit at explaining things. also don’t have the level of knowledge and expertise needed to do that.
Introduction to Photography and working with light in a studio (17th October) (Part 2)
Photos we took using a professional camera (NIKON D3100 camera):
Experimenting with backgrounds and lights:
I really love the atmosphere of the second photo. We first used the pink pointer light and found this didn't quite capture what we had imagined so we experimented with different coloured lights. The red filter however dulled the light but we could always brighten up the image in photoshop!
These images are full of character, showing that lighting and composition can really establish the tone and characteristics of people.
We found that for the photos where we used the ring light as a prop we had to use a second light source, otherwise the camera would only pick up the ring light up. We also should have adjusted the aperture
Experimenting with light and aperture (aperture is how much light enters the cameras lense):
We adjusted the aperture throughout the session. The first picture below had an aperture of below 8. I feel low apertures could be used to set a more gloomy atmosphere. The middle photo used an aperture of F8 which was the standard aperture. And the final photo used an above F8 aperture and captured a more happy tone. The final photo could also have the empty space above cut out,
Experimenting with filters:
We used mesh and a kalaeidescope over our camera to capture these images. I really love these images as i find the surreal and quite abstract compared to the other images we had taken. We all remarked that the kalaedescope images reminded us of a spiders' eyes. It also reminded me of a scene from the 1927 movie 'Metropolis'
frankenstein. erbarmen, zu spät! johannes brandrup, 3sat 1999 proben- und drehplan, fragment editing notes 1999
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frankenstein. erbarmen, zu spät! johannes brandrup, 3sat 1999experimental theatre, halle roter oktober weimar
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