Taping Services

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On Camera Audition Taping

Video auditions include the use of camera, lighting, sound, reader off camera, and post-production (compression and delivery of file). Verve's backdrop is blue. Actors are asked to come camera and performance ready.

60-minute session

$55

Includes: professional reading & set-up, 45-mn taping session; 15 minutes of editing & delivery via wetransfer, dropbox or actors access upload.

45-minute session

$50

Includes: professional reading & set-up, 30-mn taping session; 15 minutes of editing & delivery via wetransfer, dropbox or actors access upload.

30-minute session

$45

Includes: professional reading & set-up, 20-mn taping session; 10 minutes of editing & delivery via wetransfer, dropbox or actors access upload.

90-minute session

$75

Includes: professional reading & set-up, 70-mn taping session; 20 minutes of editing & delivery via wetransfer, dropbox or actors access upload.

Additional Time

$10

Should you go over scheduled appointment length, additional time is billed at $10/10-minutes.

Coaching

$15

Professional coaching, notes and re-directs.

Audio Audition Recording

Audio auditions include the use of profession audio recording & editing equipment and delivery of mp3 file.

60-minute session

$55

Includes recording, editing and delivery of mp3 file via e-mail.

45-minute session

$50

Includes recording, editing and delivery of mp3 file via e-mail.

30-minute session

$45

Includes recording, editing and delivery of mp3 file via e-mail.

20-minute session

$40

Includes recording, editing and delivery of mp3 file via e-mail.

15-minute session

$35

Includes recording, editing and delivery of mp3 file via e-mail.

Coaching

$15

Professional coaching, notes & re-directs.

We're sure your roommates are great, but help your chances on booking by having a professional reader!

Demo Reel Filming

Create Your Demo

Monologue Package

Create Your Demo

It is vital that professional actors have a demo reel with quality and current material to market themselves. But getting footage from past projects can be difficult. Whether you’re looking to update or start building a reel, Verve Studios can help!

Scene Package

Monologue Package

Create Your Demo

The scene package includes a fully dressed set, professional sound, lighting, and editing for a 3-hour session (2 hours filming, 1 hour editing).

This is a great opportunity to work with a fellow actor and both get quality footage for your reels. Includes a master shot and close-ups of both actors and one master edit of the scene and raw footage.

The scene should be no more than 1.5 minutes long. Please treat this as a real job and show up fully prepared and memorized. $350*

Monologue Package

Monologue Package

Monologue Package

The monologue package includes professional sound, lighting, and editing for 1.5-hour session (1 hour filming, .5 hour editing).

You will need a partner for this option as well to make it look like a professional scene. Includes a master shot, multiuple close ups of the main actor and a reaction shot of the second actor.

The monlogue should be no more than 1.5 minutes long. Please treat this as a real job and show up fully prepared and memorized. $250*

What You Need

Material Selection

Monologue Package

What you will need:

1. A scene partner.

2. Fully prepared and memorized material that is not copyright prohibited.

Don't have a scene partner? Verve can help you find one if scheduling more than 1 week in advance.

Sets

Material Selection

Material Selection

Our studio can put together a fully-dressed kitchen, bedroom, living room, school hallway, and office sets tailored to your shoot.

The service includes a fully dressed set (Kitchen, Living Room, Bedroom, School Hallway, School Classroom, Office Waiting Room, Office), professional photography, lighting, sound, coverage of both actors and delivery of an edited scene. Bring in your scene or monologue with a scene partner and we can create an excellent addition to your reel. E-mail us for more information on developing your demo reel.

Material Selection

Material Selection

Material Selection

Book a one-hour private coaching with Amanda to select material or be coached on it prior to filming. Add it to you basket when registering for the Scene or Monologue package, or book ahead of scheduling the taping.

Demo Reel Editing

Demo Reel Editing

Individual Scene Edit

Demo Reel Editing

We are now offering our editing services to help you put together demo reels to show off your acting skills. Bring us your pre-existing footage that you’ve collected from films, television, and commercial projects and we will create professional demo reels that will make you a stand out in today’s competitive industry.

While having a reel that features a combination of footage is acceptable, it is best to have focused reels such as dramatic, comedic, commercial, or hosting.

Email us for more information on how we can help develop your demo reel.

$125 for up to 5 clips/scenes.

What You Need

Individual Scene Edit

Demo Reel Editing

Digital copies of the material you wish to use. We will need the actual digital file by way of external hard drive, Dropbox, Hightail, or WeTransfer. Unfortunately, we cannot accept it via a link from a streaming site to download and we are unable to work with hard media (DVDs, tapes, etc.) Files must be digitized before submission. (If you don’t have this, contact the filmmaker to get it.)
The time codes or scene selections and your preference for the order of clips (In and Out points).
Please limit your choices to no more than FIVE (5) clips per reel with a maximum length of two minutes. The more concise, the better it is for the viewers.
The details for your title card graphics (both your agent’s and your contact information, film titles and directors, etc.)

Individual Scene Edit

Individual Scene Edit

Individual Scene Edit

Verve can also edit individual scenes together for you from your raw footage. $75 for individual scene edited.

Self-Tape Success

In Studio Workshop

In Studio Workshop

In Studio Workshop

Technology has finally caught up with the casting process with self-taping auditions happening on a daily basis. This is fantastic news for actors, especially those in Arizona as it is now acceptable, and even encouraged, to submit in an audition tape to an out of town job.
Verve Studios’ Ashley Faulkner and Amanda Melby help actors tape and submit their auditions every week and are now offering this WEBINAR to help you learn the basics and be successful in your own self-taping. This workshop covers sides, lighting, sound, camera, editing and delivery. You’ll learn about all of the tools and information you need to self-tape and submit successfully. projects and we will create professional demo reels that will make you a stand out in today’s competitive industry.

The Details

In Studio Workshop

In Studio Workshop

TBD 2020
TBD pm | $
Amanda Melby, Instructor

1 HOUR OF CLASS!
1-hour seminar meets one time only via ZOOM.
Maximum: 20 students.
Full tuition must be put down to secure spot in the class. No refunds or cancellations after June 17, 2020 (one week prior to class).

The Coach

In Studio Workshop

The Coach

Amanda Melby