Dean Lincoln Hyers, director of BILL'S GUN SHOP, has formed New Playground Pictures, a workshop dedicated to improvisational filmmaking. Over the course of eight, three-hour, weekly sessions, the workshop will sharpen actors' abilities to express intense emotion and will exercise camera operators' and editors' abilities to capture and enhance performance. The workshop is intense, but very safe, supportive, and sensitive, and a film is generated in the process. Classes for ages 15-20 in the area of commercial, television, and film auditioning will be held Saturday, September 8. On-camera agent Heidi Heinz will be joined by professionals in the business from improv to production.
Class size is limited.
BILL'S GUN SHOP, a local independent feature film shot in the Twin Cities, was formally invited for participation in the 24th Denver International Film Festival, scheduled for October 11-21. BILL'S GUN SHOP was directed by local filmmaker Dean Lincoln Hyers and stars John Ashton and Tom Bower. The Minnesota Film Board is in need of your production photos. We are in the process of putting together our 2002 Minnesota Production Guide and it's a great way to showcase your television show, commercial or film production. Prints are preferred over slides.