OVERALL PROGRAM GUIDE

ACTING CLASSES Basic to Intensive Training Program comprises our acting courses geared towards Film and TV.  We offer weekly classes to students with prior experience and/or training. Beginners and Intermediate Classes are offered in a 5-week session. Classes provide foundation about acting along with the technical aspects of the craft through detailed personal work and study materials. Our students have the opportunity to hone their skills while in class as well as  build their craft through hands-on training and performances. All training is loosely based on the Stanislavski System while the Method Acting Class explores the core of the "Stanislavski System" and its American counterparts.  Our Instructors are endowed with profound knowledge of the craft along with years of experience on professional stage and screen. All classes are taught by working actors and filmmakers as  our studio  focuses at not only  educating our students about the art and craft of cinema but also the history and literature of the medium.   BEHIND-THE-SCENE  Screenwriting, Filmmaking and Editing Students are encouraged to collaborate with each other to create projects using the equipments of the studio and involving the talents of the acting students to complete works that can be exhibited through festivals and online feeds. Students of the behind-the-scene classes are often given the opportunity to become a part of our ongoing film production in order to learn through hands-on-training and build their craft and get experience to work in this field.   YAHOO GROUP Next Actor Yahoo Group is a private yahoo group for only our students and members.  Serious students are encouraged to join this group where production listings, events, opportunities  etc are posted.   We do  reserve the right to refuse admission Ph : 713 532 2867  email : nextactor@yahoo.com

PERFORMANCES Students are provided the opportunity  to collaborate with the filmmaking department that helps the ones pursuing a career in acting to receive hands-on training as well as a chance to build their craft.   Acting students also participate in the projects of the filmmaking and screenwriting students that consist of shorts, features, script readings etc.  Acting Students are constantly encouraged to become part of several ongoing productions to learn the overall process of filmmaking that helps them in the long run as an educated actor.  Qualifying shorts are exhibited through our sites as well as in different national and international film festivals, thereby encouraging our students to continue their craft and receive exposure in various forms.  Our deserving students get opportunities to work in feature films shot in USA and overseas with celebrated actors which not only get them coverage but also help them gain training and experience at the same time. IMDB Credits Beginning actors are encouraged to visit www.imdb.com to check authenticity of any project or personality as well as for knowledge about movies, actors, filmmakers, crew etc. UPCOMING FESTIVALS UPCOMING SREENING DATES FEDERAL CASE (dir. Trisha Ray) - PHOENIX August, 2010 Christian Film Festival, Arizona BODHISATTVA (dir. San Banarje) - NEW JERSEY June 7 @ 10pm Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck Hoboken International Film Festival BODHISATTVA - HOUSTON April 17 @ 7pm AMC Studio 30, Dunvale Worldfest Houston International Film Fest

THE FIRST CUT Once a week, Next Actor members and students get together to view films made by fellow filmmakers and actors from the studio along with a Q&A session with the cast and filmmakers in a program called THE FIRST CUT. FESTIVALS AND AWARDS 2010 FEDERAL CASE, written by Brian Stewart and directed by Trisha Ray is now an official selection of the upcoming Christian Film Festival in Phoenix, Arizona. The film was made by an entire Next Actor cast and crew in Richmond and McAllen, Texas and Mexico. BODHISATTVA has won four nominations and one supporting actress award at the Hoboken International Film Festival. Writer Director San Banarje's feature thriller BODHISATTVA has won the Platinum Remi Award for best picture in the 43rd Annual Houston International Film Festival Writer Director Kevin West has won the Grand Prize for the best Short Film Award for his short film MOTHER'S MILK in the 43rd Houston Worldfest International Film Festival. Screenings of 2010 : JUL 2010 Midsummer by Renee Edd *ing : Emily Hervey MAY 2010 Money by San Banarje *ing : Eve Berggren, Mikhail Sebastian, Kirk Mashue, Lance Stodghill, Tom Combs, Gina Gheller, Valerie Manriquez, Fred Burton Closure by Trisha Ray *ing : Eve Berggren, Mikhail Sebastian A Good American by San Banarje *ing : Jacob Reynolds Volando by James Coate *ing : James Coate, Gina Gheller, Landon Nemoto Cleaning Up by San Banarje *ing : Jacob Reynolds Terracotta by San Banarje *ing : Trisha Ray, San Banarje Mothers' Milk by Kevin West Grand Prize, Best Houston Short, Worldfest 2010 Two Years by Thomas Rottenberg Official Selection, Hoboken Int'l 2010 Chiaroscuro by James Coate Silver Remi, Worldfest 2010 Screenings of 2009 : Academic Affairs by Theta Catalon *ing : Theta Catalon, Sean Will, Fabrizia Faustinella, Wayne Mark, Agatha Riley and Marwan Zeibak Terracotta by San Banarje *ing : San Banarje, Trisha Ray Gangland : Los Guapangueros by Zak Tomik *ing : Zak Tomik, Fernando Rosales, Nelson Eny, Josue Ba, Alex Tomik Friend in Need by Landon Nemoto *ing : Albert Richardson, Gina Gheller, Briannah Korin, Jessica Flores, Alonzo Williams, Landon Nemoto Selfish by Les Stubblefield *ing : Omar Scanu, Gina Gheller, Beny Schwarzt Get Together by Raj Sanjay Kr. *ing : Omar Scanu, Adrienne Kasko, Fred Burton, Jennifer Peebles Kirr Birr by Adam Zaka *ing : Cambrie Briggs, Diana Hage, Abby de Noble The Enemy Inside by San Banarje *ing : J.D. Hawkins, Trisha Ray, Lance Stodghill, Joey Malouf My Dragon by Anna Campbell *ing : Anna Campbell The Train by San Banarje *ing : Iheny Nieto, Sean Zamir, Dave Amyx Swingers by James Coate *ing : Gina Gheller, Annmarie Giaquinto Stanislavski in September by Trisha Ray *ing : Adam Zaka, Atessa Barasandeh, Alonzo Williams, Thada Catalon, Wayne Mark, Khaleid Ghuneim, Nirav Bhakta Gang Story by Raj Sanjay Kr. *ing : Omar Scanu, Alonzo Williams, Beny Schwarzt, Sean Will, Anthony Taylor, Filip Lizanna, Julianne Hall The Way I see It by Anna Campbell *ing : Anna Campbell Soul Smoke by Trisha Ray *ing : Alonzo Williams, Joslyn Lewis, Frank Hicks Therapy by San Banarje *ing : Landon Nemoto, Jessica Flores, Lynn Sonnenberg

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