Apprentice Actra Articles - Student Movies

October 30th 2003: ACTRA has instituted a new procedure for dealing with Student Film Work Permits which will hopefully simplify the process and save the Members time when they come in to purchase their WPs.

We are asking that the Apprentice members obtain a copy of the one page ACTRA Student Film contract from the Student Producer (with the film's registration # listed on it) and bring it in along with the Work Permit Application.

The Apprentice can then go straight to Membership on the first floor to pay for the Permit without having to come up to the second floor and wait for a Steward to sign the document.

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Date	Project Title	Details	Audition Dates
July 21st 2008	Fermata	More Info	Shooting Aug 22nd to 24th 2008
July 11th 2008	Herring Cove Road	More Info	July 14th and July 16th Shooting Aug 12th to 14th 2008
July 10th 2008	Pawns	More Info	July 14th 2pm - 6pm Shooting July 28th 2008; 3 - 6 days
May 24th 2008	The Lineup	More Info	May 31st 12pm - 5pm Shooting June 14th 2008
May 18th 2008	Dethroned Flow (New role)	More Info	Shooting May 31st 2008
May 13th 2008	Homeward Bound	More Info	May 14th - 16th 2008 Shooting June 2008
April 15th 2008	Nite	More Info	April 18th 2008 Shooting May 2008
Mar 20th 2008	Dethroned Flow	More Info	Shooting May 2008
Mar 15th 2008	One Four Three	More Info	Auditions Tuesday March 18th 2008
Mar 15th 2008	In Between Dreams	More Info	Auditions March 20th and 22nd 2008
Feb 28th 2008	My Name is Syn	More Info	Auditions March 1st and 2nd 2008
Feb 28th 2008	Tears of the Fallen	More Info	Auditions March 1st and 2nd 2008
Feb 26th 2008	MNEMOSYNE New Auditions	More Info	Auditions Feb 28, 29 and March 3rd 2008 Open Call
Feb 19th 2008	Funkt Up	More Info	Auditions Feb 22nd 2008
Feb 19th 2008	Someone Else's Skin	More Info	Shooting starts March 14th 2008
Feb 18th 2008	Ripples	More Info	Shooting starts March 1st 2008
Feb 16th 2008	This City	More Info	Shooting one day, March 3rd 2008
Feb 16th 2008	24/7	More Info	Shooting starts early May 2008
Feb 14th 2008	Trigger	More Info	Auditions: Feb 17th 2008. Auditions 1- 5p,m
Feb 14th 2008	Mnemosyne	More Info	Auditions: Feb 16th, 19th and 20th 2008
Feb 13th 2008	An Unwanted Gift	More Info	Shooting Early March 2008 (2 weeks)
Feb 13th 2008	The Mail Boy	More Info	Shooting March 10th 2008 (4 days)
Feb 10th 2008	Princess of Nothing	More Info	Shooting March 5th - 9th 2008 (5 days)
Feb 10th 2008	Runt	More Info	February 12th, 13th and 17th 2008
Feb 10th 2008	Low Profiler	More Info	February 10th and 11th 2008
Feb 10th 2008	Shadows	More Info	Shooting March 10th 2008 ( 1 week )
Feb 9th 2008	Nightmare Trials	More Info	Shooting Feb 29th - March 2nd 2008
Feb 6th 2008	Heaven	More Info	Shooting Feb 25th - 27th 2008
Feb 6th 2008	Repression	More Info	Shooting Feb 15th - 18th 2008
Feb 5th 2008	Donald P. Fiery's Magic Diary	More Info	Shooting starts March 8th 2008 (5 days)
Jan 30th 2008	Under Wraps	More Info	Shooting starts February 19th 2008.(1 week)
Jan 30th 2008	Forgiveness	More Info	Shooting starts February 16th 2008.(5 days)
Jan 30th 2008	Thursday Market	More Info	Shooting starts Mid February 2008.
Jan 30th 2008	Jazz 'n' Murder	More Info	Shooting starts February 12th 2008. (2 weeks. TIP project)
Jan 30th 2008	Closing Time	More Info	Shooting March 14th - 19th 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	One Four Three	More Info	Shooting March/April 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	One Row Down	More Info	Shooting March/April 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	The Chance	More Info	Shooting March/April 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	Backyard Fury	More Info	Shooting March/April 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	In Session	More Info	Shooting February 2008.
Jan 29th 2008	Retiring Clean	More Info	Shooting March /April 2008.
Jan 26th 2008	Karma	More Info	Shooting March 1st 2008.
Dec 30th 2007	Lead Us Not Into Temptation	More Info	Shooting February 2008.
Dec 3rd 2007	A Mutual Hatred	More Info	Auditions December 15th and 16th 2007.
Dec 3rd 2007	The Boss	More Info	Auditions December 15th and 16th 2007.
Nov 19th 2007	Fear of Rescue	More Info	Auditions November 23rd 2007.
Nov 12th 2007	The Girl in the Field	More Info	Auditions November. Shoot Jan 2008
Nov 10th 2007	What A Night (Team 2)	More Info	NOTE: Auditions applications NOW
Nov 10th 2007	Patiently Wasting	More Info	NOTE: Auditions Nov 14th and 15th 2007
Nov 10th 2007	What a Night (Team 1)	More Info	NOTE: Auditions Nov 12th 2007
Nov 3rd 2007	On Deaf Ears	More Info	Shoot starts Nov 30th 2007
Nov 3rd 2007	Untitled Sheridan Television project	More Info	Shooting: Ongoing
Oct 31st 2007	Princess Margaret Blvd	More Info	Shooting January 2008
Oct 22nd 2007	Clean Crib	More Info	October 26th 2007
Oct 22nd 2007	Resurrection	More Info	October 25th 2007
Oct 22nd 2007	Quiet	More Info	Shooting November 3rd 2007.
Oct 20th 2007	The Bear	More Info	Shoot starts November 10th 2007.
Oct 20th 2007	When You're Smiling	More Info	Shoot October/November 2007.
Oct 20th 2007	Beyond The Line	More Info	Shoot starts November 21st 2007. 5 days
Oct 17th 2007	Nothing To Die For	More Info	Shoot dates late October, early November 2007
Oct 17th 2007	The End of Paradise	More Info	Shoot dates 4 days December 2007
Oct 14th 2007	The Lonely Lighthouse Keeper	More Info	Shoot dates Oct 27th and 29th 2007
Oct 14th 2007	Buzz Kill	More Info	Oct 17th and 18th 2007
Oct 13th 2007	Eyes of Deception	More Info	Shoot dates 3 weeks March 2008
Oct 13th 2007	Calvin Carrington	More Info	Shoot dates 4 days from Nov 17th 2007
Oct 3rd 2007	Thirty Large	More Info	Shoot dates Nov 3rd - 7th 2007
Sept 29th 2007	Happenstance	More Info	Shoot dates Nov 1st - Nov 5th 2007
Sept 29th 2007	Emes	More Info	Shooting starts October 25th 2007
Sept 25th 2007	Crimson Star	More Info	Shooting 5 days early October 2007
Sept 22nd 2007	In The Family	More Info	Sept 29th 2007
Sept 22nd 2007	Working Title	More Info	Sept 25th & 26th 2007
Sept 22nd 2007	Drainman	More Info	Shooting starts Nov 16th 2007
Sept 18th 2007	Greeneyes	More Info	Shooting October to February
Sept 18th 2007	Very Old Friends	More Info	Shooting October 20th 2 days
Sept 5th 2007	Vile Vigilance	More Info	Shooting November
Sept 4th 2007	Call Me Ralph	More Info	Shooting dates TBA
August 11th 2007	Intuition	More Info	Shooting October 2007
August 4th 2007	The Lamp	More Info	August 8th 2007 . TFS
August 4th 2007	A Good Meal (TIP short)	More Info	Shoot starts August 16th 2007
August 2nd 2007	Jasmine's Rose (Feature Film)	More Info	August 12th 2007 Movie shoots from September
July 29th 2007	Short (Untitled)	More Info	Shoot starts Aug 9th Auditions 3rd Aug 2007
July 28th 2007	Paris - Short Films	More Info	Shoot dates mid-August Auditions date TBA
July 28th 2007	A Cajun Affair	More Info	Shoot dates 2-3 days between Aug 4th and Aug 18th Auditions date TBA
June 24th 2007	Resolution	More Info	NB. June 25th 2007
June 16th 2007	Unreality	More Info	Submissions by June 26th 2007
June 16th 2007	Elements	More Info	Shooting July 27th, 3 days
May 27th 2007	LOOK	More Info	TBA
May 1st 2007	Greed	More Info	May 1st 2007
May 1st 2007	Shift	More Info	May 4th 2007
April 28th 2007	Deuterology	More Info	May 11th 2007
March 18th 2007	Zombie Jesus	More Info	Wed March 21st 2007
March 18th 2007	Unseen Summer	More Info	Shoot date Summer 2007. Apply now!
Jan 27th 2007	Family Portraits	More Info	February 26th and 28th 2007. Shooting starts March 8th - 4 days
Jan 27th 2007	Spring Thaw	More Info	Shooting mid-February 2007.
Jan 26th 2007	The Convenience Life	More Info	Week of Feb 5th-10th 2007. Shooting March.
Jan 26th 2007	Meeting Girls	More Info	Week of Feb 5th-10th 2007. Shooting March.
Jan 26th 2007	When I'm Gone From Lafayette, Mississippi	More Info	Week of Feb 5th-10th 2007. Shooting March.
Jan 26th 2007	2 Weeks	More Info	Week of Feb 5th-10th 2007. Shooting March.
Jan 21st 2007	Piano Lesson	More Info	Shooting Feb 8th - 11th 2007
Jan 13th 2007	Two Birds, One Stone	More Info	January 15th and 16th. Shoot starts mid February 2007
Jan 13th 2007	Brink of Insanity	More Info	Shooting starts early February 2007
Jan 13th 2007	Living La Vida Lesbo	More Info	Shooting starts February 7th 2007
Jan 13th 2007	Charlotte in Red	More Info	Shooting February 7th - 10th 2007

Auditions: Currently, Apprentice ACTRA members can obtain only 1 credit from student movies. It used to be 2 until the council meeting in October 2005, but ACTRA decided in its infinite wisdom, that only one credit would be valid. That doesn't mean that you cannot work on as many student movies as you like, but you will get only the one credit. Regrettably the Apprentices were not allowed to vote on something that affects a mere 3,200 Apprentice members. .

The roles have to be actor (6 lines or less) or Principal actor (more than 6 lines). That means that just" being" in a student movie is no justification for your getting a credit. Each college or university has a Student Movie Agreement with ACTRA which defines which projects are "ACTRA Accredited" and are movies in which Apprentice and Full members can participate.

When posting these auditions, I first try to ascertain whether the projects are "ACTRA Accredited" . For the most part, the information I receive is accurate, but you should be aware that if you act in a non-union movie and it comes to the attention of ACTRA, there could be serious consequences.

If you are asked by any college or university or student in a film programme to "help out" by acting in one of their movies, you should make your first question "Is this project ACTRA Accredited?". If it is not, or they don't know, they can find out for sure by asking the person who is in charge of the course.

To those of you who wonder why anyone would want to work on projects that don't pay, and, in fact, cost the actor money (travel, permit fee etc.) I can assure you that the experience of working in front of a camera is invaluable. Additionally you get material for your "Show Reel", and you can't get that just doing background work. Just make sure that when you sign up, you ask that you be provided with a finished copy of the movie as part of the deal!

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