Open Call to Women
We are casting 6 female roles for a video project about racial identities.
You can be anyone as long as you are comfortable in front of a camera.
This is part of a video project titled Show Some Color (Part 2). You will have 5 minutes camera time to produce a video clip based on your understanding of your racial identity. It can be speech, story telling, dance, singing, improve, showing your special skills and many other ways that are not listed here.
This project is produced by video and media artists Deer Fang, Jon Phillips and Sarah Wylie Ammerman. Funding of the project is provided by Alternative Exposure Grant from Southern Exposure.
Production and Open Event
The final taping is a simultaneous open event, where you will produce the video with our camera crew while audience in the event will be able to see the process of making the video. The event is to take place on October 30 from 5PM to 9PM in downtown San Francisco gallery/bar 111 Minna.
Besides camera crew, local media producers will also be interviewing participants and recording this live event. DJ sets and socializing will take up the rest of the night to this completely open and free to the public event. Limited amount of drink tickets will be given out.
This will be a great event to network with other independent artists and video producers, so everyone should come on out!
Compensation, award and Exposure
There will be six participants selected for the final taping and each of them receives $75. Produced video clips will be accessible online for viewers’ voting. Most voted popular performer will be awarded $150.
Videos will also be shown on Channel 29 in November. Date to be announced.
Casting
Casting will take place during the week before final taping. Please consider and prepare on your five minute performance when you come for the casting.
If you are interested to be part of the project, please reply with following questionnaire to lu@deerfang.org
Thank you!
Questionnaire
1. What is your ethnicity? How do you define it?
2. How you will use five minute to interpret the idea about your racial identity?
3. There is a camera crew to produce this five minute video with you. Do you have any special request on the production such as lighting or background?
4. Are you going to bring any props or people for the video?
5. Due to allowance of budget, six participants will receive compensation for the final taping. If you are not one of the six will you still be interested to be invited to the event and produce the five minutes video with our team? All content will be accessible online and have equal opportunity for most voted award.
6. Contact information: Email, day-time phone number. Please also include mailing address if you will like to receive a copy of DVD.