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Show MyWeberMedia.com | June 4, 2019 | 05 By LANDIN GRIFFITH Reporter Ogden’s pop culture convention UnCon merges professionals in Hollywood-esque creative fields with Ogden’s own local artists, writers and filmmakers through various workshops. UnCon’s workshops will be held at Ogden Eccles Conference Center, The Monarch and the Ogden Amphitheater. The workshops are free to VIP ticket holders and open to the public, but those who attend must pre-register online. The ReelGuru Experience workshop offers actors to partake in the instant audition contest. Actors bring a prepared scene and audition in front of professional casting director Catrine McGregor and acting coach April Matson for paying projects. McGregor has worked with the film companies Warner Bros. Pictures and Disney Pictures and helped kickstart actors Salma Hayek and Danny Glover’s directorial debuts. Her casting call company began #MATTEROFFACT when Sundance Film Festival creator Robert Redford asked her to cast actors from Utah for the film “Promised Land,” which starred Matt Damon and John Krasinski. The workshop also includes learning opportunities for actors who are interested in voice-over work followed by a Q&A with ReelGuru, a panel for actors to talk about themselves, and a filmmakers’ panel which details how to get a movie made. The Pitch Fest Writing workshop is a contest for writers and authors to pitch their already-completed novels in front of a panel of publishers, acquisitions editors and literary agents. The contest requires authors to submit a packet containing a query letter, marketing plans for the book itself and a 20-page sample of one of the book’s chapters The winners of the contest will be announced at the convention and given a three to five-minute pitch in front of the industry’s professionals to accompany their submission packets. The DNA of Screenwriting Workshop has Hollywood screenwriter Crit Killen present tangible ways to craft a story through various materials, structures and lectures so that the attendees can craft workable screenplays. Killen has worked on over 100 films. His most notable screenplay work include helping write the scripts for the films “Interstellar,” “My Cousin Vinnie,” “The Book of Eli,” “Sully” and the “Divergent” series. Local writers and screenwriters can take advantage of the classes that Killen’s workshop offers to strengthen their own work and continue to strive to become a contributor in the next Hollywood blockbuster. The Makeup FX workshop will bring talented makeup artists from the television show “Face Off” who will transform their models into senior citizens and mythical creatures. Attendees are allowed to move freely around the models as the artists work. The artists encourage guests to take notes and photographs and ask questions about the makeup work and materials that each artist To answer, text “canopy” to 351-34 The Bristol Mansion’s entry canopy is believed to have been a gift from whom? weber.edu/ccel/els.html uses to bring their projects to life. Weber County’s Artisan Collective, an organization that showcases Weber artists’ and crafters’ handmade work, will host a variety of workshops and activities for their guests to partake in. The workshops include making a blown glass pendant, potions and wand making, creating cosplay bracelets and necklaces, and designing and dressing in personalized costumes. Ogden UnCon’s events and activities begin at 10 a.m. on June 7 and continue through June 9. Comment on this story at signpost.mywebermedia.com |