The Winnipeg Film Group Reading Series (WFG) is pleased to announce a script reading series to support the developing talents of Winnipeg’s storytellers – writers and actors alike – by providing a forum where they can present their craft to a live audience and get instant feedback.
At the event, we will cast brand new scripts on the spot and watch them come to life in front of a live audience. (see Information for Writers and Information for Actors)
When: May 26, 2013, Doors Open at 12 pm, Casting at 12:30 pm, Show at 1 pm
Where: Winnipeg Film Group Studio, 3rd floor Production Centre
Admission: $5.00 (suggested donation)
INFORMATION FOR WRITERS
To submit your script for consideration, email it to darren@vulon.com with the subject line COLD READ SUBMISSION by midnight May 18th, 2013
Your submission must include
- Title page with your contact information (Name, address, telephone number, and email address)
- A note about the medium/ format of your script (ex: The submission is a short film, one-act play, teleplay, 10 pages of a feature)
- A logline/ very brief synopsis of the script, (no more than 3 sentences)
- Character breakdown with brief descriptions for casting purposes
Submission Format
- Please send scripts as email attachments.
- We can open PDF, Word (.rtf and .doc), Final Draft and Celtx attachments.
- Please follow the appropriate industry formatting standard for your script. Use either The Screenwriter’s Bible by David Trottier or The Hollywood Standard, by Christopher Riley. Chapters usually has Trottier’s book in stock.
A Note about Feature Film Script Submission
If you are submitting part of a feature film script, send the entire script and clearly indicate in your email up to which 10 pages you would like considered for programming (ex: pp. 32-42). Final Notes about Script Submission
- Works-in-progress and premieres only please.
- Proofread and review it to ensure that it is ready to be read.
- The series organizers reserve the right to make programming choice
INFORMATION FOR ACTORS
Are you an actor looking for an opportunity to hone your cold reading skills live on stage? Then come out to the WFG Script Reading Series
We pre-select scenes script submissions. At 12:30 p.m. the SRS team assigns all the roles in half an hour. It’s a lightning-fast casting frenzy. Actors have only minutes to read through their scripts before going live in front of the audience.
Getting in on the act
You don’t have to submit your headshot and resume, just come on down. If you don’t read on your first night, don’t worry! We’ll see you the next time.
Remember: casting starts at 12:30 pm.
Tips for Actors
- The purpose of the Reading Series is to allow the writer to hear their work read aloud. So don’t improvise; stick to what’s on the page.
- This is a seated reading. No rehearsal = no blocking.
- Project your voice for everyone to hear.
- No rehearsals. We’re live.
