RECENT NEWS:

Fall 2009

Welcome to my blog, thanks for your support and now for a little news:

• SAVE THE DATE - "ACE YOUR ACTING AUDITION" by Liz Ortiz-Mackes Book Launch, hosted by Drama Book Shop on Oct. 22, Please click on the link for an invitation. www.socializr.com/event/718808371
  

Yes, I wrote a book thanks to the encouragement of my dear friend Franz Reynold of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. "ACE YOUR ACTING AUDITION" is based on my cold reading workshops which focus on quick, transformational tips to take your audition to the next level.

Please drop by the Drama Book Shop on October 22nd at 6PM to celebrate the book's launch.
If you'd like a copy of the latest press release, send an email to someproductions@gmail.com

I also have to give a heartfelt thanks to the amazing Cahill Connolly who not only runs the office as my casting associate but did a fantastic job of designing the book.
Cahill is also a very talented headshot photographer and I recommend you contact her for a complimentary consultation, cahillcast@gmail.com

On the casting front currently airing is:

• "Monsters Inside Me" airs Wednesday nights, 9pm on Animal Planet:
  http://animal.discovery.com/videos/monsters-inside-me-sneak-peek.html

ONLY CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK IF YOU LIKE TELEVISED GROSSNESS
(Not for nothing, I will never watch this show, I am too damned squeamish)

Currently Screening are the following films we cast:

• Zombie Honeymoon screened Governors Island Alliance, Post Factory Films NY and SlamDance.
• Medicine Man directed by Himkar Tak, screening at 2009 Urban World Festival:
  http://urbanworld.bside.com/2009/films/medicineman_urbanworld2009#screenings
• The Camera's Eye, directed by Wendy Shear is in post-production. The Huffington Post interviewed Wendy Shear and lead actress, Kate Forsatz.
• The Cycle, directed by Roy Clovis Jr. is in post production and featured a stellar cast and crew. For more information log on to www.mundolocofilms.com

I also had the pleasure of being Associate Producer on Medicine Man and The Camera's Eye. I'm discovering that producing is an extremely creative and gratifying art and we plan on working on more projects in that capacity. We have 3 feature films in development which look like they will be made within the next year. I'll be sure to give an update as these projects evolve.

In the meantime Happy Fall and if you haven't already please join our Facebook group Casting Solutions, and follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/LizOrtizMackes


All the best-
Liz & Cahill
castsolutions@gmail.com
www.castingsolutions.tv
www.cahillconnolly.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:NEW HORROR FILM SHOOTS IN NEW JERSEY

Shooting is slated to begin the first week of June on the new psychological horror film "The Camera’s Eye" in Patterson, New Jersey. "The Camera’s Eye" is the latest scary offering from "Friday the 13th": The Final Chapter screenwriter Bruce Hidemi Sakow. The film is being produced by New Jersey-based production company Joy Kill Entertainment, LLC. The film’s main location is at a fully restored four-story turn-of-the-century mansion in New Jersey. The original owner of the house built the mansion spending over a quarter of a million dollars at the turn of the century (a huge sum at the time). Cole (the owner) later hung himself when he was wiped-out in the stock market crash of 1929 (adding an eerie twist to the production)..

The independent feature-length psychological thriller tells the story of the mental breakdown of Roxanne, a troubled war photographer who is haunted by dreams of her father. Roxanne descends into madness when leaves to care for her dying mother and discovers that her father was a serial killer who murdered her twin sister when she was a young girl. As she tries to cope with this terrifying reality, Roxanne starts to see frightening otherworldly images in her photographs. Her mental state spirals downward as she begins a murder spree. Ted (her publisher and lover) tries to save her from the abyss of madness.

Bruce Hidemi Sakow and executive producer James Tracy co-wrote the original screenplay. Sakow attended both NYU Film School and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Sakow taught screenwriting for nine years at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and has written twenty-six original screenplays including the tremendous box-office smash "Friday the 13th":The Final Chapter.

"The Camera’s Eye" is Executive Producer James Tracy’s first film project through his Joy Kill Entertainment, LLC banner. Tracy (an attorney who graduated Boston University School of Law) is a member of the New Jersey Screenwriters Group for over five years. This collaboration with Bruce Hidemi Sakow took place at this time.

Film and TV veteran Wendy Shear is making her directorial debut on the film after many years of working as an Assistant Director on television shows including NBC’s "Sisters", "The Dukes of Hazard", Aaron Spelling Productions’ "Dynasty" and "The Colbys" as well as films including "Every Which Way But Loose". Since moving to New York, Shear served as line-producer on the soon-to-be-released feature "The Spring in Her Step" starring Mario Van Pebbles and Bonnie Loren as has produced various independent film projects as well. Well-known Casting Director Liz Ortiz-Mackes was brought on board to round out the key production staff. Shooting "The Camera’s Eye" began on June 1st. Executive Producer James Tracy plans to have the feature in select film festivals by early 2010.

** For further information please contact Joy Kill Entertainment, LLC