Email to acting coaches?
Kenneth Teh
Dear _____,
We are students from the UCLA Social Enterprise Academy. The goal of the academy is to produce an effective business plan that generates profits for a nonprofit partner. We are now working with Public Interest Pictures (PIP) to produce a 48-hour film festival.
The film festival is a two day competition where experienced filmmakers are asked to come together, but instead of having a writer develop a script, filmmakers are paired with Los Angeles nonprofits to create fun, engaging videos that inspire and raise awareness for some amazing causes.
After a successful run of the Non-Profit Film Festival in 2012, Public Interest Pictures (PIP) is planning a new and improved version this year. Instead of just focusing on nonprofits and filmmakers, we are considering incorporating an inexpensive shadow program for students, actors and actresses who are interested in filmmaking to participate in the festival. They will have a chance to learn and work with experienced filmmakers to create videos for nonprofits, which they can add to their portfolios. We are also looking to link up with exhibitors for nonprofit services from legal and accounting firms. Also, we are screening a documentary to draw a wider audience as an added revenue source -- and provide more incentive for the exhibitors and advertisers to participate.
As part of the plan to improve the festival and increase its reach, we would like to invite acting coaches to donate their time to conduct two sessions for aspiring actors who will then be featured in the films. Tamra Raven referred us to you, and we were wondering if this would be something you are interested in.
Best Regards,
Brian Wang, Willow Drazen, Kenneth Teh, Jacqueline Sy
Ana Peña
ana.pe...@anderson.ucla.edu