Film, Entertainment & Music Commission
Perry Gibson, Executive Director

  Open Call this Saturday, November 21 st , from 11am-3pm at Millenium Maxwell House Hotel. Located at 2025 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard , Nashville , TN 37228-1505

We are currently looking for background EXTRAS for the new Lionsgate series “Tough Trade”. All ages, All ethnicities, All types are encourage to come and apply! We are looking for all different kinds of people!

If you have extra experience GREAT, if not, we welcome you to come out and apply as well.

Please fill out the attached extra form and bring a RECENT, COLOR snapshot of yourself.

This is a paid position. We will start casting at the end of November through December.

 Please email toughtradeextras@gmail.com with questions. Click here for the pdf application form

Screen Gems is currently accepting CREW resumes for the feature film, “Love Don’t Let Me Down” filming in Nashville, TN January 2010 through March, 2010. Please email your resume to: LDLMDcrewresumes@gmail.com

Screen Gems is currently accepting TALENT resumes for the feature film, “Love Don’t Let Me Down” filming in Nashville, TN January 2010 through March, 2010. To send headshots/resumes (actors without agents) please email your information to: ldlmdtalentresumes@yahoo.com

Knoxville production company working on a non scripted TV series is in need of a Senior Editor with significant reality TV credits who is available to work in Knoxville for 5 weeks of rough cuts. Send resumes to tn.film@tn.gov and please label subject heading in your email "Senior Editor Resume."

The Lionsgate television pilot TOUGH TRADE being filmed in Nashville is looking for CREW. Please send your resume to toughtraderesumes@gmail.com and include your occupation in the subject line. CREW ONLY PLEASE, producers and production management already in place - casting information will be made available later.

We are currently casting EXTRAS for the feature film "A Pure Country Gift" which will be filmed in the Nashville area. NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!!!

Casting Call is open to ALL ages, ALL ethnicities, ALL types!! Whether you have previous experience working as an extra or you just want to try it for the first time to see what it is like – we want to meet YOU!!

Some types we will be hiring include – gospel choir members, rodeo clowns, rodeo cowboys, sushi chefs, Japanese extras, extras with pickup trucks, doctors, nurses, orderlies, musician types, film crew types, hair & makeup people, music executive types, upscale restaurant customers, homeless types,tourists, good-looking cowboys, ranch hands, beefy security guards, roadie types, mutton busters, country music & George Strait fans, etc.

To apply for EXTRA work on this project - please visit our website at www.onlocationcasting.net, complete a TALENT Application and upload 1-2 photos to your portfolio. Be sure to list any special skills from the list above or any others you might have in the special skills or resume portion of your talent application so that we can hire you for the right scenes.

If selected, EXTRAS will be paid $7.25 per hour (with an 8 hour guarantee) plus overtime (if applicable). General extras work days usually last between 8-12 hours per day. Filming will take place from Tuesday through Saturday with Sundays and Mondays off. You may be asked to work one or multiple days depending on your character.

There is NO FEE to register as an extra and the optional upgrades you will be offered are NOT required in order to work on "A Pure Country Gift ".

We have cast such projects as the upcoming feature film "FAME", the NBC television series "Friday Night Lights" and much more. We look forward to working with YOU on this new project!!

We will begin making casting calls out to talent on or about 10/6/09 and continuously throughout the filming. Once you have registered with us, we will send out an email with our office telephone number and you may then begin to call in for available work.

We will NOT be handling the principal (speaking role) casting for this project. If you have further questions - you can reach us via email a info@onlocationcasting.net

BERO Entrepreneurship Video Contest Deadline Extended to Dec. 15

BERO and the Tennessee Main Street Program have extended the deadline to Dec. 15 for the "What Makes you an Entrepreneur?" video competition.

The winner of the competition will receive a $500 cash prize plus a $2,000 professional marketing package for their business. Finalists will be selected from five business categories: Main Street/downtown; home-based; agri-business; arts and entertainment; and innovation. Videos should be no longer than five minutes.  Complete contest details can be found at the official website: www.tnecd.gov/tnopenforbusiness.

The Nashville Film Institute (NFI) is having free Thursday night film screenings from 6:30 - 9:30 PM with a pre-screening Film History lecture (20 minutes) and a discussion afterward. Here's the schedule:

November 12: The Seven Samurai

December 3: Jingle Writing Workshop

Please RSVP if you plan to attend at rsvp@thenfi.com.

The Nashville area's newest film school, the Nashville Film Institute, 230 Franklin Road, Bldg. #2, Franklin, TN is registering students now. For more information about the school please visit their website at www.thenfi.com, call 877.NAS.FILM ( 877.627.3456 ) or e-mail info@thenfi.com. Regular updates can also be found by following us on Twitter at @theNFI.

Pellissippi State Technologies Programs offers training in basic and advanced Sound Production, Game Design and Development. Located in the new Bagwell Center for media and Art, Pellissippi's placement rate is better than 90% and has been for more than 12 years consecutively. Graduates have been employed by RIVR, HGTV (Scripps), Five Man Productions, WBIR, WATE, WVLT, PBS, Comcast, Charter Communications, UT Sports, UT Dept. of Agriculture, Jewelry TV, and virtually every other production in East Tennessee. Many have worked on feature films. The faculty and staff include more than 10 film and video professionals, most of whom work in the business everyday. You will be able to see from their curriculum that the offered courses are in a wide range of contemporary disciplines related to production. Visit Pellissippi State Technologies Program for more information.

Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (TNVLA) opened its offices at the Fall School in Nashville. Since opening, they have been fulfilling their mission of providing pro bono legal services to low-income artists and emerging arts organizations in the greater Nashville area. Artists and arts organizations can also become TNVLA members. TNVLA offers a variety of services including: Referrals to volunteer lawyers for artists and arts organizations who meet our income guidelines; walk-in clinics where artists and arts organizations can meet with a lawyer to discuss various issues and questions in an informal environment; seminars, workshops and other educational programming on numerous legal and business matters; paying referrals to experienced lawyers for artists who can afford to pay for services; and a library of legal and business resources for artists and arts organizations to use with the guidance of TNVLA staff. Annual fee of $30 or $50 (respectively). TNVLA relies on donations to fund their operation. Contributions may be sent to TNVLA at PO Box 121192, Nashville, TN 37212. To find out more about supporting TNVLA, please contact them at (615) 312-7224.