June 25, 2024: Virtual On-Camera Chemistry Reading Workshop with Casting Director Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick of DPD Casting!

* THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT ON ZOOM.US* JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL ON-CAMERA WORKSHOP WITH DANIELLE PRETSFELDER DEMCHICK FROM DPD CASTING! *

BREAKDOWN OF CLASS:

Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick is a top TV / Film casting director who was part of the casting team at Nickelodeon for 14 years. She is now the Owner of DPD Casting, casting multiple projects for kids and adults alike. See Danielle’s bio below!

This class is meant to give BKA students training and practice in virtual on-camera chemistry reads and audition self tapes. BKA will provide a file of scenes that students can choose from to work on in the workshop or students can bring in scenes from a past or upcoming audition. Students will be broken down into partners to go through each scene as if they were in final callbacks for a television or film project. Each student will get to work one-on-one with Danielle performing scenes will receive feedback within a class setting. All levels welcome but please discern if your child is ready for focused on-camera work before registering.

Objectives:

-Chemistry Readings: Working with a partner in a breakout room to discover relationships and connections in a callback situation.

-Breaking down the scene, creating honest moments and transitioning between awkward cuts in sides.

-Navigating and implementing redirects from the creative team.

-Mastering character development, physicality and relationships with other characters.

-Mastering your home studio lighting, background and technical set ups. Danielle will check each students’ space and give notes on how to make your home studio the most effective for auditions.

-Focus and framework that translates into a successful self-tape and live Zoom auditions that book you the job!

Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick, CSA (she/her/hers) Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick, CSA (she/her/hers) is an advocate manifesting change in how the real world is reflected in today’s media. Her focus is on elevating underrepresented and misrepresented communities. An active member of the New York casting community since 2004, Nickelodeon was her casting home for over 14 years. Since opening her own casting office in 2022, some of her favorite credits include RespectAbility's Disabled Children's Content Creator's Lab (sponsored by Netflix), American Girl: Corinne Tan, Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah for Happy Madison Productions. She continues to cast Viacom Kids & Family content, and is thrilled to have recently worked with Netflix, PBS, Disney Junior, Sony Pictures Television Kids, as well as cast theatre and film, including the deaf led feature film, The Flash Before the Bang. Prior to Nickelodeon, she worked in independent film casting and spent a year at Innovative Artists learning the agency side of the business. The co-VP of Advocacy for the Casting Society of America, her work elevating underrepresented communities has been barrier breaking. She has led open calls for Performers with Disabilities, MENASA (Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian), Veterans, Senior, Native American, Indigenous, Trans & Non-Binary, Black, Asian, and Latine actors. In addition to being on the board of the Casting Society of America and Casting Society Cares, she serves as a faculty advisor for RespectAbility and talent and casting consultant for GAMUT management, which works exclusively with talent with disabilities. She is also on the Actor's Fund's Looking Ahead Advisory Board. Currently she is pursuing a master's degree in Disabilities Studies at the City University of New York.  

She prides herself on being an ally to artists and aspiring talent of all abilities. 

This workshop is for educational purposes only and cannot and will not be treated as an audition.

While there is no audition necessary to participate, we recommend you discern whether your child is prepared for constructive professional feedback before registering.