The Waiting Room
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Hello! You there, supporter of the arts, or friend/family of the talent, you.
We need your help.
WHAT:
A few film friends have gotten together to organize and participate in the February AGRtists Monthly Short Film Challenge.
WHAT WE NEED:
Your contributions, in any amount! And we're giving away some cool stuff, too! (see REWARDS below)
WHY:
Exposure. In the very competitive world of acting and filmmaking, it's hard to get seen. By participating in this Short Film Challenge, our work will be seen by casting directors, agents, independent producers and directors
Collaborative spirit. We get work with people we've long admired and met along the festival way. By agreeing to work for free, we can create our own work in a very low-budget (but high quality) way to make this dream happen.
To tell a story. We've reached out to an award winning director/writer who tells spiritual tales, and her company aligns with the creed that every story should have a message, and every piece of art should teach a lesson.
WHEN:
The AGRtists February Short Film Challenge begins on Friday, Feb 10 and must be sent in by Monday, Feb 20. A VERY tight schedule when you consider:
1) Writing according to theme
2) Filming
3) Editing
4) Color correction
5) Scoring
6) Post sound
WHAT:
Our Story. Our director has come up with a concept according to the actors we presented her with. Once the theme is unmasked, she will write the script keeping in mind the spiritual idea she has and marry it to the theme of the contest. It's The Waiting Room.
WHO:
Pleasure to meet you.
Jennifer Jiles
Jennifer Jiles is an Emmy Award-winning comedic actress who’s worked with such stars as Tim Conway, Tom Poston, Samantha Eggar and Carl Reiner. She is also perhaps one of the best known Ex-Radio City Rockettes because of her critically-acclaimed Off Broadway solo show, “KICKING & SCREAMING, The Musical!” about her years at The Music Hall. Ms. Jiles has guest starred on the web series “Small Miracles” starring Judd Hirsch, and has appeared in the films “Flat Brim”, “Hey, You Never Know” and “Restaurant” starring Adrian Brody, as well as on television, including “100 Centre Street”, “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” Jennifer can be heard and seen in numerous commercials (TV & radio), narrates children’s, young adult, non-fiction and fantasy genre audio books, and is a real life overworked overburdened Super Mom of two boys, the writer/producer and 2x BEST ACTRESS WINNER and BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE WINNER for the lead role in the multi-award winning comedic short film “Mother of the Week”.
www.jenniferjiles.com
www.motheroftheweek.com
Ciaran Sheehan
Ciaran is a renowned Broadway star who made his Broadway debut in “Les Miserables” (Babet, Marius), and shortly thereafter was cast as Raoul in “The Phantom of the Opera.” After a year of playing Raoul on Broadway, Ciarán then starred in the coveted role of The Phantom. He sang the role of the Phantom in over 1,000 performances during the course of two and a half years both on Broadway and in Toronto. Ciaran's independent film career is beginning to take off and he will appear opposite Joan Jett in Fred Carpenter's feature film, Dinosaur, then in Debra Markowitz's original content series, Couple of Guys with Sean Young. You can find out more about Ciaran here: http://ciaransheehan.com/
Heather Brittain O'Scanlon
Heather is becoming a regular fixture in the NYC Independent film scene. Look for her to hit the festival circuit in 2 new films - “Tom’s Dilemma”, a feature directed by Miguel Gluckstern, and produced by the Sundance award-winning Darren Dean (Tangerine, Kinyarwanda, Prince of Broadway) and "As It Seems" - a film by Nancy Menagh, in which Heather has the lead role. Prior to those projects, she played a lead role in the feature film “Rearview Mirrors”, written & directed by Jonathan Lipp (Big Apple Film Festival founder). Heather also had a principal role in “The End”, starring Cassidy Lehrman (HBO’s Entourage).
Heather is also President of SOS Productions. She produced, co-wrote and co-stars in the short film "House Broken", which is currently doing the festival circuit, and "Lunch Thief", which is in post-production. In addition to her film work, Heather is a recurring "friend of the show" of Chasing News (Fox5, My9, Fox29) and hosts segments for FashionOne TV. Heather produced her own music video, has done a number of commercials, as well as voice over work for television, commercials and film.
Find out more at: www.HeatherBOS.com and @HeatherOScanlon on IG and Twitter
IMDb: http://www.imdb.me/heatherbrittain
Justin L. Wilson
Justin began performing at the age of 8 in a national PSA for seatbelt safety and signed with the prestigious Gilchrist agency. He was accepted into NYU's Tisch School for the Arts along with Soleil Moon Frye, but opted to attend Towson University. At Towson, he was a member of the resident improv based Catalyst Theatre Company, home to fellow alum Amy Schumer, Charles Dutton & John Glover. Following graduation, Justin was cast in "The Replacements" starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman and was invited to join the Screen Actors Guild. In 2001, a chance meeting welcomed a decade long career with the #1 recording duo in music history, Hall & Oates. When his Maneater journey came to an end, Justin called upon childhood friend, Brette Goldstein and began working as an Associate Casting Director. In July of 2014, a random call offered the opportunity to perform in the pilot of Martin Scorsese's Vinyl... and he realized his life passion once again.
Recently, Justin was cast as Vlad in the comedy pilot Finding Fabulous, which has been picked up for a full series. He can currently be seen in a national McDonald's commercial and will premiere in early 2017 as Nathan Hobson on the CBS hit series Madam Secretary & as Tad on Hulu's The Path. www.thisismrwilson.com
Noelle Yatauro
Noelle is guitar playing, hip-hop dancing, songwriting, sometimes Goth girl who studied at the William Esper Studio. She has been in numerous independent films (The Last Taxi Driver, Leaving, By Blood) and starred in webseries, Wildcats, which won Best Ensemble Cast at the NYC WebFest. She will play the lead's daughter in series, Couple of Guys, and continues to audition.
You can find out more about Noelle here: https://www.backstage.com/u/DianeYatauro/
Our Director/Writer:
I met Debra Markowitz when our films won awards at a few of the same film festivals. We knew we wanted to work together, and this seemed the perfect opportunity to speed that along.
Debra Markowitz
Debra wears many hats, from being the Nassau County Film Commissioner (a job she created 28 years ago and continues to hold), a founder of LIIFE (The Long Island International Film Expo) which will be entering its 20th year this July, she is also an author (The Karmic Wind Trilogy - Naked in the Rain, Sarah and Caleb and Karmic Wind), and a director, writer, producer, and casting director, and she does them all well! All of her films have won her Best Director awards, Best Story, Best Film and many for Best Actor and Actress - the proof of a good director! You can find out more about Debra here: http://www.intentionfilmsandmedia.com/home.html
We assembled an Award-winning Crew as well:
Marc Riou - DP and Editor https://vimeo.com/153820063
Nick Bedo - Sound Mix http://www.audiobedostudio.com/
John Marean - AD/ Continuity
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2856863/
Kory Diskin - Production Designer/ Wardrobe
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5639470/
Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Gaffer/ AC
Eros Cartechini - Original Score
http://imdb.me/eroscartechini
Kristine Murillo- Key Hair/Make-Up
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5339747/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr14
Trish Appello - Craft/ Production Assistant
HOW YOU CAN HELP and WHAT YOU GET:
1) Amounts under $50 - our undying gratitude
2) Amounts $100 - a shout out on the Intention Films and Media Facebook page (plus 1)
3) $200 -300 - A Special Thanks in the IMDb credits (plus 1 - 2)
4) $400 - A letter of thanks signed by the Director/Writer and at least one cast member (plus 1 - 5) $500 - all of the above PLUS a digital copy of the script upon completion of contest (plus 1 - 4)
6) $750 - All of the above PLUS Associate Producer Credit on IMDB and a physical copy of the script signed by the director/writer and most of the cast members.
7) $1,500 - All of the above PLUS CoProducer Credit on IMDB and a password protected link to the completed film for one week.
8) $3,000 - All of the above PLUS Executive Producer Credit on IMDB PLUS a phone call from the writer/director and/or one of the actors (plus 1 -7)
10) $4,500 - All of the above and former Phantom Ciaran Sheehan will sing you a song over the phone
11) $5,000 - All of the above, and you can come and walk to RED CARPET with the actors!! (as long as you behave!! (plus 1 - 10)
We look forward to screening The Waiting Room!
Thank you for your most generous and gracious help.
Much love,
#thewaitingroom
#teamTheWaitingRoom
#intentionfilmsandmedia
We need your help.
WHAT:
A few film friends have gotten together to organize and participate in the February AGRtists Monthly Short Film Challenge.
WHAT WE NEED:
Your contributions, in any amount! And we're giving away some cool stuff, too! (see REWARDS below)
WHY:
Exposure. In the very competitive world of acting and filmmaking, it's hard to get seen. By participating in this Short Film Challenge, our work will be seen by casting directors, agents, independent producers and directors
Collaborative spirit. We get work with people we've long admired and met along the festival way. By agreeing to work for free, we can create our own work in a very low-budget (but high quality) way to make this dream happen.
To tell a story. We've reached out to an award winning director/writer who tells spiritual tales, and her company aligns with the creed that every story should have a message, and every piece of art should teach a lesson.
WHEN:
The AGRtists February Short Film Challenge begins on Friday, Feb 10 and must be sent in by Monday, Feb 20. A VERY tight schedule when you consider:
1) Writing according to theme
2) Filming
3) Editing
4) Color correction
5) Scoring
6) Post sound
WHAT:
Our Story. Our director has come up with a concept according to the actors we presented her with. Once the theme is unmasked, she will write the script keeping in mind the spiritual idea she has and marry it to the theme of the contest. It's The Waiting Room.
WHO:
Pleasure to meet you.
Jennifer Jiles
Jennifer Jiles is an Emmy Award-winning comedic actress who’s worked with such stars as Tim Conway, Tom Poston, Samantha Eggar and Carl Reiner. She is also perhaps one of the best known Ex-Radio City Rockettes because of her critically-acclaimed Off Broadway solo show, “KICKING & SCREAMING, The Musical!” about her years at The Music Hall. Ms. Jiles has guest starred on the web series “Small Miracles” starring Judd Hirsch, and has appeared in the films “Flat Brim”, “Hey, You Never Know” and “Restaurant” starring Adrian Brody, as well as on television, including “100 Centre Street”, “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns.” Jennifer can be heard and seen in numerous commercials (TV & radio), narrates children’s, young adult, non-fiction and fantasy genre audio books, and is a real life overworked overburdened Super Mom of two boys, the writer/producer and 2x BEST ACTRESS WINNER and BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE WINNER for the lead role in the multi-award winning comedic short film “Mother of the Week”.www.jenniferjiles.com
www.motheroftheweek.com
Ciaran Sheehan
Ciaran is a renowned Broadway star who made his Broadway debut in “Les Miserables” (Babet, Marius), and shortly thereafter was cast as Raoul in “The Phantom of the Opera.” After a year of playing Raoul on Broadway, Ciarán then starred in the coveted role of The Phantom. He sang the role of the Phantom in over 1,000 performances during the course of two and a half years both on Broadway and in Toronto. Ciaran's independent film career is beginning to take off and he will appear opposite Joan Jett in Fred Carpenter's feature film, Dinosaur, then in Debra Markowitz's original content series, Couple of Guys with Sean Young. You can find out more about Ciaran here: http://ciaransheehan.com/Heather Brittain O'Scanlon
Heather is becoming a regular fixture in the NYC Independent film scene. Look for her to hit the festival circuit in 2 new films - “Tom’s Dilemma”, a feature directed by Miguel Gluckstern, and produced by the Sundance award-winning Darren Dean (Tangerine, Kinyarwanda, Prince of Broadway) and "As It Seems" - a film by Nancy Menagh, in which Heather has the lead role. Prior to those projects, she played a lead role in the feature film “Rearview Mirrors”, written & directed by Jonathan Lipp (Big Apple Film Festival founder). Heather also had a principal role in “The End”, starring Cassidy Lehrman (HBO’s Entourage).Heather is also President of SOS Productions. She produced, co-wrote and co-stars in the short film "House Broken", which is currently doing the festival circuit, and "Lunch Thief", which is in post-production. In addition to her film work, Heather is a recurring "friend of the show" of Chasing News (Fox5, My9, Fox29) and hosts segments for FashionOne TV. Heather produced her own music video, has done a number of commercials, as well as voice over work for television, commercials and film.
Find out more at: www.HeatherBOS.com and @HeatherOScanlon on IG and Twitter
IMDb: http://www.imdb.me/heatherbrittain
Justin L. Wilson
Justin began performing at the age of 8 in a national PSA for seatbelt safety and signed with the prestigious Gilchrist agency. He was accepted into NYU's Tisch School for the Arts along with Soleil Moon Frye, but opted to attend Towson University. At Towson, he was a member of the resident improv based Catalyst Theatre Company, home to fellow alum Amy Schumer, Charles Dutton & John Glover. Following graduation, Justin was cast in "The Replacements" starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman and was invited to join the Screen Actors Guild. In 2001, a chance meeting welcomed a decade long career with the #1 recording duo in music history, Hall & Oates. When his Maneater journey came to an end, Justin called upon childhood friend, Brette Goldstein and began working as an Associate Casting Director. In July of 2014, a random call offered the opportunity to perform in the pilot of Martin Scorsese's Vinyl... and he realized his life passion once again. Recently, Justin was cast as Vlad in the comedy pilot Finding Fabulous, which has been picked up for a full series. He can currently be seen in a national McDonald's commercial and will premiere in early 2017 as Nathan Hobson on the CBS hit series Madam Secretary & as Tad on Hulu's The Path. www.thisismrwilson.com
Noelle Yatauro
Noelle is guitar playing, hip-hop dancing, songwriting, sometimes Goth girl who studied at the William Esper Studio. She has been in numerous independent films (The Last Taxi Driver, Leaving, By Blood) and starred in webseries, Wildcats, which won Best Ensemble Cast at the NYC WebFest. She will play the lead's daughter in series, Couple of Guys, and continues to audition. You can find out more about Noelle here: https://www.backstage.com/u/DianeYatauro/
Our Director/Writer:
I met Debra Markowitz when our films won awards at a few of the same film festivals. We knew we wanted to work together, and this seemed the perfect opportunity to speed that along.
Debra Markowitz
Debra wears many hats, from being the Nassau County Film Commissioner (a job she created 28 years ago and continues to hold), a founder of LIIFE (The Long Island International Film Expo) which will be entering its 20th year this July, she is also an author (The Karmic Wind Trilogy - Naked in the Rain, Sarah and Caleb and Karmic Wind), and a director, writer, producer, and casting director, and she does them all well! All of her films have won her Best Director awards, Best Story, Best Film and many for Best Actor and Actress - the proof of a good director! You can find out more about Debra here: http://www.intentionfilmsandmedia.com/home.html We assembled an Award-winning Crew as well:
Marc Riou - DP and Editor https://vimeo.com/153820063
Nick Bedo - Sound Mix http://www.audiobedostudio.com/
John Marean - AD/ Continuity
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2856863/
Kory Diskin - Production Designer/ Wardrobe
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5639470/
Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Gaffer/ AC
Eros Cartechini - Original Score
http://imdb.me/eroscartechini
Kristine Murillo- Key Hair/Make-Up
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5339747/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr14
Trish Appello - Craft/ Production Assistant
HOW YOU CAN HELP and WHAT YOU GET:
1) Amounts under $50 - our undying gratitude
2) Amounts $100 - a shout out on the Intention Films and Media Facebook page (plus 1)
3) $200 -300 - A Special Thanks in the IMDb credits (plus 1 - 2)
4) $400 - A letter of thanks signed by the Director/Writer and at least one cast member (plus 1 - 5) $500 - all of the above PLUS a digital copy of the script upon completion of contest (plus 1 - 4)
6) $750 - All of the above PLUS Associate Producer Credit on IMDB and a physical copy of the script signed by the director/writer and most of the cast members.
7) $1,500 - All of the above PLUS CoProducer Credit on IMDB and a password protected link to the completed film for one week.
8) $3,000 - All of the above PLUS Executive Producer Credit on IMDB PLUS a phone call from the writer/director and/or one of the actors (plus 1 -7)
10) $4,500 - All of the above and former Phantom Ciaran Sheehan will sing you a song over the phone
11) $5,000 - All of the above, and you can come and walk to RED CARPET with the actors!! (as long as you behave!! (plus 1 - 10)
We look forward to screening The Waiting Room!
Thank you for your most generous and gracious help.
Much love,
#thewaitingroom
#teamTheWaitingRoom
#intentionfilmsandmedia
Organizer and beneficiary
Jennifer Jiles
Organizer
New York, NY
Debra Markowitz
Beneficiary