ACTRA Montreal
1450 City Councillors #530 H3A 2E6 Montreal, QC, Canada

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Nominate an ACTRA Montreal Member for 2021 Woman of the Year Announced on March 8th to mark International Women’s Day, the ACTRA Montreal Woman of the Year Award recognizes an ACTRA Montreal member who has made significant contributions to foster women within the Montreal community and the recorded media industry, in advocacy as well as volunteer work. Please help us choose our next honouree by nominating someone for 2021 ACTRA Montreal Woman of the Year. You may submit your ...nomination here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2021WotY Nomination Criteria - A cis or transgender woman who is an ACTRA Montreal member - Has worked to forward gender equality/parity within the recorded media industry - Made significant contributions within the recorded media industry - Cannot have a role in governance within ACTRA or currently sit on the ACTRA Montreal Women's Committee* Deadline Nominations must be received by 12:00 AM EST on February 12th, 2021. Late submissions will not be accepted. Past Awards Recipients 2020 Brittany LeBorgne; 2019 Eramelinda Boquer; 2018 Erika Rosenbaum; 2017 Lucinda Davis; 2016 Dawn Ford; 2015 Danette Mackay; 2014 Felicia Shulman; 2013 Jacqueline McClintock; 2012 All women of ACTRA Montreal; 2011 Jeannie Walker; 2010 Joanna Noyes * ACTRA Montreal Women's Committee members: Elizabeth Neale (Chair), Kathleen Stavert (Vice-Chair), Stephanie Breton, Kayleigh Choiniere, Maxine Denis, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Amber Goldfarb, Matt Holland, Mariah Inger, Li Li, Eleanor Noble, Erika Rosenbaum, Jen Viens

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ACTRA Montreal’s PDC presents: Professional Voice Workshop for Kids and Teens So, you’re between 8 and 18 years old, and you want to work as a professional voice performer....Continue reading

ACTRA Montreal’s PDC presents: Designing Your Video Game Voice Demo Each year, the video game industry becomes more and more reliant on audio demos for casting roles. For many casting departments, demos are a way to discover new talent to bring in for auditions. On other projects, audio demos are a way to cast performers directly, cutting out the costs of an audition process. If a performer doesn’t have a demo they are simply not in the running for most video game work.... Designing Your Video Game Voice Demo will give you the necessary knowledge to be able to complete your own high quality audio demo, specific to the video game voice industry. You will learn: -What the industry is looking for -How to highlight your strengths -Where to find source material -Technical requirements of your demo -Where to send your demo This online workshop includes: -1 group session (2 hours) -Critique/individual feedback notes on your demo after you make it (by email) Details: Date: February 20 (3-5 pm) - by Zoom Cost: $20 (plus taxes), thanks to a generous subsidy from Emploi Quebec To apply for this workshop, you must submit your professional resume to [email protected] NO LATER THAN JANUARY 28th. * Spaces are limited. Twenty (20) participants will be selected by a committee, in a manner which faithfully reflects the diversity and range of ACTRA Montreal’s membership. We are committed to providing education opportunities for marginalized performers. If you self-identify as a marginalized performer, please indicate so in your application. Your instructor: Simon Peacock began working in video games as a voice actor almost 20 years ago. For the last 15 years he has been working as a voice director and a casting director, giving him a unique perspective into all the sides of demos. As a director he has worked on over 70 games including some of the biggest selling titles in the world. On the casting side he has worked with dozens of different companies, from the big Producers like Ubisoft, Eidos and Warner Bros to the small independents like Red Barrels, Signal Space and even the NFB.

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AFBS is celebrating their 2020 Leslie Yeo Award for Volunteerism recipient, Ruth Lawrence, virtually! On Mon. Dec. 21, Ruth will take over AFBS’ Facebook so be sure to Like AFBS and follow along on Monday to see Ruth’s messages of giving and ways to volunteer. Ruth Lawrence takes over AFBS’ Facebook: Mon. Dec. 21, 2020 Start: 7:00 am EST (8:30 am NST)... End: 6:00 pm EST (7:30 pm NST) www.facebook.com/enrichingcreativelives See more

Producing an Indie Project: Budgeting and Financing Somewhere between writing that perfect script and rolling camera comes that all important step: Budgeting & Financing. Held in conjunction with L'inis, this 12 hour workshop will look at the fundamental principles of where to find financing and how to create a budget with those funds. Objective:... This ONLINE training is aimed at industry professionals looking to expand their skills and opportunities with a financial strategy for producing their indie projects. Through this workshop, a participant will: - Identify grants, funds, and other financing programs for independent projects; - Create application packages for grants, funds, and other financing programs for independent projects; - Create crowdfunding campaigns for independent projects; - Create a properly formatted indie project budget; - Distinguish between sales, pre-sale distribution and completion guarantees; - Plan an independent production that respects the guidelines of ACTRA (collective agreements, production tiers, etc.). Workshop details: Duration: 12 hours (over 5 days) Dates: March 8: 10am-1pm March 11: 10am-11:30am March 15: 10am-1pm March 18: 10am-11:30am March 29: 10am-1pm Cost: $140 (plus taxes) thanks to a 77% discount reserved for ACTRA members as membres-Mutuelle de L’inis Space: 10 participants Location: Online TO REGISTER, or for more information, PLEASE VISIT: https://www.inis.qc.ca//Budgeting-and-Financing-for-an-Ind Prerequisites Must be a member in good standing of ACTRA, or a member of another union in the Mutuelle. Instructor Benjamin Warner graduated with distinction from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts, majoring in Film Production. He is the cofounder of Beanduck Productions, through which he has produced several short films and series. His largest project, LARPs, ran for two seasons on the YouTube channel Geek & Sundry, a subsidiary of Legendary Pictures, and won him over a dozen awards as well as many other nominations and accolades. He recently won Best Short Film for Caged at the ACTRA Montreal Short Film festival.

ACTRA Montreal is honoured to present the 2020 recipients of Life Membership and Woman of the Year Past council members, esteemed performers, and beloved members of our community, Liz MacRae and Michael Rudder have been members of ACTRA for more than 40 years and are truly deserving of Life Membership in our union.... An artist with seemingly unlimited energy, both in front of and behind the camera, Brittany LeBorgne uses her platform to promote Indigenous stories too often overlooked by mainstream media. ACTRA Montreal’s 2020 Woman of the Year, Brittany’s talent and drive are inspiring. As we are unable to gather to applaud our recipients at this time, please enjoy this video celebrating Liz, Michael, and Brittany and expressing our gratitude for their immeasurable contributions to our community. . . . . . Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

#ACTRA Members! Take action: Send an E-mail to your Member of Parliament telling them to help STOP the unjust CERB clawback! https://www.actra.ca/take-action/ #CdnPoli #StopCERBClawback

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