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GA Schedule, Sign Up, Details & Discussions about our monthly CASA General Assemblies in Denver.
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Latest Activity: Apr 16
Celebrate filmmaking at YOUR monthly MASS FOCUS !
FILM: To get our creative juices flowing, we open with a locally (10 minute max) produced short film and discussion.
SCENE WORK: Then we proceed to pick random local actors from the audience to participate in the traditional GA "cold read" of a scene by a local screenwriter, after which, we will perform the scene with actors who have pre-rehearsed this scene to the writer/director's liking. Then we will engage in comment and discussion about the evolution of the cold read to the finished scene. This way we get to see the scene's transformation, understanding the process of actor choices, character development and direction instead of JUST the cold read and critique on such a raw example.
SCENE AUTOPSY: This is another new twist. MASS FOCUS will feature a 5 minute video clip of a famous movie scene. the audience will watch and then discuss. What makes this scene work, or not work? How does it address and move the story, what is its respective grammar to the film; ie- dialog, character, foreshadowing or all of the above. Let's learn how to improve our crafts by watching the masters and studying their process and intentions.
MEET YOUR CASA COMMUNITY: We are dedicating time here to have CASA members from the audience come up, talk about their projects, ask for advice, promote, pitch or anything else that they want to do.
GUEST SPEAKER: We are inviting a guest speaker to participate in every event. These are working professionals in multiple related fields. Acting, producing, directing, cinematography, music composition, agents, you name it. These speakers will be available for audience Q&A. We are striving to bring experienced and accomplished guest speakers so that we can all really leave our GA's with new knowledge and perspectives.
MIXER: One of the most important parts of a community is the ability to gel by discussing topics that are fresh on our minds. Once the daily events have finished, we have allowed extra time to mingle, meet, network, whatever you want to call it. Let's build our community face to face, not just online!
WHO'S INVITED
>All writers and actors who are able to attend are encouraged to do so. Agents, Filmmakers, Directors and Producers are invited to join us as audience participants.New comers at all levels are welcome.WHAT TO BRING
Writers interested in having 1-6 pages of their scripts read for future MASS FOCUS events should prepare and bring a copy of their scene and a brief character breakdown. Actors should consider bringing their headshots & bios to the meeting. There is no charge for the meetings or to be a member.
-and as always bring as many biz cards as you have passion!
DIRECTIONS TO MASS FOCUS:
>Click here for directions to THE BUG THEATRE
Discussion Forum
Is Mass Focus ongoing? Or discontinued? 2 Replies
Started by nellja bernice allen. Last reply by Steven Wash Jan 11, 2012.
Will there be a Mass Focus on May 14th?
Started by Paddy Apr 27, 2011.
CASA Mass Focus "Serve the Story: 2" April 9th
Started by CoachDalton Mar 26, 2011.
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Comment by Steven Wash on March 24, 2010 at 4:57pm -
Great, I'm shooting in Denver Wednesday and Thursday. I might bring some old pages to read. I look forward to hearing from the speaker and learning a few new things to put in my tool belt.
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Comment by Nelson Goforth on April 9, 2010 at 10:33pm -
The "Mass Focus" on Wednesday was a lot of fun. There was good feedback on the several scenes presented, some interesting discussion in general, but in particular I enjoyed hearing from composer John Doryk. I've worked in film and video for over 20 years and still know almost nothing about the music side of the business, so his talk was enlightening. Besides his talents as a composer Doryk turns out to be a good speaker as well... he was well-organzied and engaging. Thanks for bringing John to the event Haylar.
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Comment by Haylar Garcia on April 20, 2010 at 1:21pm -
MAY EVENT INFO POSTED!
link here:
http://casa-films.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2477724%3AEvent%3A53979&xg_source=msg_invite_event
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Comment by Kathryn Gould on April 20, 2010 at 1:43pm -
Haylar,
That isn't actually a link. For those who are too lazy to copy and paste, click here.
Hope that works.
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Comment by Paddy on April 28, 2010 at 9:10am -
For the May 8th CASA MF, is anybody bringing pages to have read/workshopped or a monologue to perform?
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Comment by Paddy on June 8, 2010 at 1:33pm
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Anybody bringing pages to the June 12th CASA MASS FOCUS?
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Comment by Alan August on June 22, 2010 at 1:44am -
Patrick, I could bring some pages to the July meeting. Would that work?
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Comment by Paddy on June 22, 2010 at 7:57am
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Please do, Alan. We're holding the next CASA at the Colorado Free University's John Hand Theatre in Lowery! Official announcement ot be posted soon.
thanks!
p
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Comment by Todd Bradley on September 5, 2010 at 12:33pm -
Alan, did you end up presenting pages at the John Hand Theatre? If not, do you have something you'd like cold read this Saturday? The September Mass Focus is Saturday September 11 at the Bug Theatre, and I'm putting together a list of who's got pages.
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Comment by Alan August on September 5, 2010 at 12:43pm
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Todd,
Oddly enough I had a dream involving you at the 1stbank Center last night. I think you were working on a film that I was very excited about, and I was telling you about some secret oil deal at Battlement Mesa (in western Colorado).
Sure, I can bring a scene or two. Thanks for asking.
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