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“In Search of the Partridge Family”
airs on Sunday nights at 9pm on VH-1.
With help from American voters, viewers will cast their vote and select
a finalist for each character. So be sure to tune in and vote for ALEXIS on
Sunday October 10th live on VH-1 for the new Laurie Partridge/Alexis
Mero.
Linda Littlefield, her manager, who happens to be the mother of 2 Lisa
Maile grads, Leanne (teen acting) & Jennifer (image) says, “The original
cast members were very complimentary of Alexis as well as the producers. Linda
feels whether or not Alexis wins, something will come out of this. Sony Records
has hinted about a possible recording contract.
Alexis’s passion for acting and singing brought her to The
“Life is just a blank slate,
what matters most is what you write on it.”
“The WAY You LOOK”
by Lisa Armstrong
October
The Make-Up Rut
As a makeup artist I’m often asked to do
makeover updates. It seems we all can get
caught in a makeup rut so easily and often apply our makeup in the decade we
felt our youngest or most attractive, The result? Being caught “lost in the excessive 80’s”
meaning too much color, or still wearing the “natural look” meaning looking and
feeling drab!
So, to bring my clients’ makeup into this
century, I will often pick the most attractive feature to really “play
up”. For example, if the lips are the
stronger feature, I will use a stronger more dominant color. I’ll begin by neatly and precisely outlining
the lips with a lip pencil in a neutral shade closest to the lip tone and then
using a lip brush fill in with a creamy lipstick. A touch of lip gloss to highlight the middle
of the upper and lower lip is also applied.
I then give the eyes what I call a “clean eye” meaning the eye shadow
color is very neutral, clean and soft. A
color such as taupe or various shades of beige’s and browns may be used. The cheeks are also keep natural with a color
that reflects a sun kissed look.
If
the eyes are the stronger feature, then more dramatic colors are applied to the
eyes, liner and 2 different mascara shades are also applied and the lips are
done in softer and lighter tones. Try
these subtle tricks yourself and not only will you come into the year 2004, but
you’ll take years off your dated look.
It’s all about looking and feeling great!
The
Call Lisa
Armstrong for information.
407-628-5989
Who could forget the wonderful performance by Stephanie Blick at the
Back to School Fashion Show at the Mall at Millenia. Her mom promised to
keep us posted on her Europeon tour…. They just returned from a month long trip
to Germany which included rehearsals with her live band, 3 TV performances, an
hour long guest spot on NBC Giga in which they played her video and surfed her
website, the Natural tour, (which was a blast), the Dome, (a huge show in
Nurnberg), interviews with magazines, newspapers, a full page spread in
McDonald’s European magazine, finishing the album, and the list goes on!
She also did a show in
Speaking of the Mall at Millenia. Did you know that the 1st
Friday of every month Lisa Maile Models are booked to represent various stores
to showcase new merchandise for their monthly social called “First
Friday”. The following graduates were the 1st First Friday
models: Ericka Anderson (Anthropologie),
Congrats to graduate David Rispoli who received a scholarship at
Did you happen to see the Florida Fall Fashion Magazine? If so
grad/instructor Pree Hull and Children’s Modeling camp grad Sophia
Rivera-Colon were both showcased in the September 5th
issue. Pree modeled for the “Timeless Tweed” article by Jean
Patteson, and Sophia modeled in the “Brooching the Subject”
article. Congrats to both of you on incredible pictures.
Kudos
to Teen Acting Grad, Brea Morgan who was selected to perform a solo at
Disney for a
The
hurricane didn’t stop Debby Tapia from the most important day of her
life, her wedding day. On Saturday, September 25th at
4:00PM when curfews were being enforced, Debby & Drew were tying the
knot to be husband & wife. Congratulations!!!
More News from JUSTIN SMITH “THE WB GUY,” he recently appeared on
the nationally syndicated morning show called THE DAILY BUZZ on the WB. This show
is shown is 140 markets, that’s almost 50% of the country. He was flown to
Congrats to Image & Confidence Development grad Erin Headley who
just finished producing her first national television special for The Golf
Channel: “2004 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship” It airs on Thanksgiving
Day at 1:30 pm. Basically she was in charge of the entire project,
including overseeing the tournament and crew, writing the script, picking the
shots, overseeing the edit sessions, picking music, etc. Wow! Sounds like this
was an exciting time for
Shaking
Things Up!
by Pat Clay
It seems to be human nature to rest on ones laurels. When things are going smoothly, we tend to become
complacent. You know the old saying,
"If it isn't broke, why fix it?"
I'll be the first to admit there's logic in that statement. It is much easier and comfortable to settle
for the status quo rather than shake things up and take chances.
The Acting Division at The Lisa Maile
School has been successful in training actors of all ages for twenty
years. Our courses were solid and
offered a good start to an acting career, our acting teachers experienced and
dedicated. So why shake things up? How can we not!
Given the fact that our school's
mission statement is a commitment to teach and guide our students and clients
for success in the entertainment industry, how can we tolerate
complacency? How can we be satisfied
with the status quo, when the industry itself is constantly changing? Simple!
We can't. And so (insert a drum roll please) we are expanding and
improving both our curriculum and our staff.
The first change is adding Justin Smith (the WB Guy) to our staff as a
teacher of our 7-10 year old children's class, and Rachele Leps as one of the
team that teaches teens.
The next change, and Kevin O'Neill, Al
Hubbs and I are really excited about this, is a retooled first acting
class. No longer will we be team
teaching a TV Commercial Acting class as the introductory class here. Starting in October, we will now offer a
Fundamentals of Acting class. This will
be a true basic acting course. It will
offer the nitty-gritty of acting through exercises, games, lectures and
in-class work. You will be introduced to
Improv, Monologues, Scene-Study, Commercial preparation and Audition
Techniques. Instead of each one of us
teaching a four week block, we will be alternating every two weeks with Kevin
beginning, Al ending, and as always, I'll be in the middle. We have been working very hard to develop
this course into an exciting and unique program for both the novice and the
accomplished actor. We all can use work
on the fundamentals, so even if you've been here awhile, this class will
benefit you. If you have recently
completed the old class, fear not, the new class can be taken at a discount for
our graduates.
Also included in our new curriculum
are expanded advanced classes.
Commercial Acting will now be an eight weeks course and joins Monologue,
Improv, Scene Study and Advanced Improv.
These classes are undergoing changes as well, but the central themes
remain the same. Now added to the
advanced classes are Intro to Comedy, Voice Accent Reduction, Advanced Scene
Study and Advanced Audition Technique.
I would be remiss in failing to
mention "Coming Attractions".
These include a Dialect Class and an exciting program called The Film
Actor: Taking Direction. We hope to work with a novice film director
on his/her project and in working through the rehearsal phase develop stronger
incite in the actor for the director's vision and in the director a better way
to communicate with the actor. So stay
tuned! Added to all this excitement, is
a new price structure that will include "packaging" of advanced
courses to save you money.
Join us in kicking complacency to the curb! Never again will we rest on our laurels,
there's no time for that. We're going to
be much too busy turning the acting division of Lisa Maile into the premier
acting school in
Sophia Rivera-Colon –
Halee Davis – Bealls
Ryan Dietzel – Harcourt Brace
Kaitlyn Garrison –
Chevy Harrington – Harcourt Brace
Linda Hegwood – Scholastic Books
Pree Hull –
Jackie Levine - Epcot
Alexander Miranda – Disney
Shannon Shelton –
Christian Taylor –
Olivia Haine – Osceola News Gazette
&
Matthew
Dorman – “Far”
Mike
Goodman - Epcot
Bradley
Hardee – Typhoon Lagoon
Lindsay
Hardee – Typhoon Lagoon
Tom
Horan – Epcot
Sonja
Horan - Epcot
Cindy
Laberinto – “Out of Hand”, MGM
Disney Cruise
Andy
Ley – “Steam n’ Mash”
Becky
Ley – “Steam ‘n Mash”
Dan
Ley – “Steam ‘n Mash”
Danny
Ley – “Steam ‘n Mash”
Alyssa
Maio – “Stories from Nana K.”
Brenna
Maio – “Stories from Nana K.”
Johnny
Maio – “Stories from Nana K.”
Sarah
Meahl – Siemens Medical Corp., Disney Vacation Club
Linda
Mongoven – Optionetics by Dynetech, “Serious
Skin Care” HSN,
“Samy Hair Care” HSN
Austin
Scott – “SPLAT” on Nickelodeon
James
Sosa – “Fear of the Future”
Nick
Verneau – Brighthouse
Olga
Levchenko – “Naked”
Tom
Horan – Epcot
Sonja
Horan - Epcot
Kate Clarke – St John
Melissa Falk – Lillie Rubin
Grisel Fuller – Casual Corner
Zak Gronert - Sisley
Nina Haine - Cache
Olivia Haine – “Annie Get Your Gun”
Priscilla Hernandez – “Gala for Greyhounds”
annual event
Candace Kirst – Surf Expo
Cindy Labertinto – Petite Sophisticates
Jackie Levine – “Suite Simon”
Angelina Lombardo – United Colors of
Benneton
Bryanne Ricci – Blunauta
Olivia Shirek –
Kimberly Thompson - Rampage
Upcoming Seminars & Classes Start Dates
Image & Confidence
Development: October 11, October 30
Adult TV & Commercial Acting: October
19
Advanced Improv: October
28
Advanced Teen (Improv): October
20
Children’s Acting (ages 4-6): November
2
Children’s Acting (ages 7-10): November
6
Advanced Children’s Acting (ages
7-10): November 6
Children’s Modeling November
3
Professional Modeling November
30
“Breaking Into the Industry” with
Lisa Maile: Tuesday, October 12
Monthly Seminar, Creative
Management Group owner Robin Faber:
Monday, October
25
Monthly Seminar, Donette Knowlen
from HB Productions:
Thursday,
November 18
We are excited to
announce that ROBIN FABER, who with her husband Russ, owns The
Creative Management Group and will
be on hand to discuss her needs and what they look for in talent. Recent clients include Stacker II, Corvette,
Cadillac, all the NASCAR races, concerts & special events.
Their immediate needs are
for promotional and spokesperson models and actors ages 18 and up. Many of their talent go on tour for their
clients. Bring Headshots and Resumes.
Monday, October 25 at 6:15
DONETTE
KNOWLEN, from HB Productions will be looking for talent of all ages
to do infomercials. Clients include Optionetics, Wizetrade, 4Xm, American
Cash Flow, Robert Allen Instritute, AAA, Recreational Factory Warehouse, and
Defalco Advertising.
Donnette will
be collecting headshots and resumes. Seating limited, so sign up now!
Thursday, November 18 at
6:15pm
Hey Coach!
Why do
your classes start at the age of four?
I’ve had several people tell me my baby should be a model!
Proud Parent
Dear Proud Parent,
Most local casting directors are only interested in children ages four
and up. By this age, many children are
attending preschool and have become used to taking directions in a classroom
setting. If you want to get your child
involved in the industry, you may want to go ahead and learn all you can before
their fourth birthday.
Starting this fall, the school will be registering parents of children
under the age of four for our Breaking Into the Industry seminar. Upon registration, parents will receive a
packet of information that is age appropriate to their child. The registration fee can also be applied
towards enrollment in one of our children’s classes (once the child turns four), or an Adult Acting class (for
the parent).
You can call (407) 628-5989 or email info@lisamaile.com to register or for more
information.
Hey Coach!
In
searching for an agent, I keep hearing SAG.
What is a SAG agent?
Agent Angst
Dear Agent Angst,
SAG stands for Screen Actors Guild.
SAG agents are regulated by a union and must follow certain rules and
regulations. For example, you would
never pay a SAG agent to get work for you.
SAG agents find work for you first, and then collect a percentage
of your earnings. SAG agents pay you for
all overtime, and abide by all child labor laws. Also, SAG agents won’t try to sell you picture or portfolio
packages.
With our Professional Modeling course, and each of our Acting courses,
you receive information on how to contact and begin working with legitimate SAG
agents.
Do you have a question
that you would like answered. Email us at frontdesk@lisamaile.com and we will
answer your question in next months publication. Chances are that if you have a
question, other students and grads would benefit from our answer as well. To
make sure your question ends up in the newsletter address it by saying “Hey
Coach.”
Remember send it to
frontdesk@lisamaile.com.
Special points of interest:
Do we have your correct email address? Let us know.
Check out Professional Modeling Graduates performing Informal Modeling in
the Mall at Millenia on Friday October 1 from 5-8 for their monthly event
called FIRST FRIDAY
Interested in our advanced programs? Call Susan. She has new dates
available!
Need resume material? Check out our audition board!
The next open session with Lisa is Tuesday, October 12th at 6 p.m.
for all teen or adult acting grads and students and parents of our
Children's programs. Reserve your space by emailing frontdesk@lisamaile.com or
calling the front desk at 407-628-5989. Be ready for a full 4 hours of info to
kick start your career—bring a pillow!