Auditioning for Performance Capture for Video Games & VR w/ Julia Bianco

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Performance capture, motion capture, and facial capture in entertainment is growing at a rapid rate. Do you know the difference? Do you know how your audition submissions should differ between them? Video games and future technology are looking for actors who can blend naturally between the VO booth and the motion capture stage. In this class, voice and performance capture casting director, Julia Bianco Schoeffling, will give you a basic understanding of what casting and hiring teams are looking for in submissions. Part informational discussion with Q&A and part mock-audition format, each actor will be asked to prepare a pre-selected scene which will be workshopped in-class. No capture suits will be donned in this audition, but it will take place at the casting studio Julia uses for some of her auditions!

The class is limited to 10 people

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Julia Bianco Schoeffling is a Casting Director and COO of The Halp Network, specializing in voice and performance capture for future technology including video games, AR/VR, new media, location based entertainment and beyond. Recent casting credits are the VR experience Westworld: Awakening, Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled, the highly-acclaimed Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, hit throwback Crash Bandicoot: Insane Trilogy, the VR title Lucky’s Tale 2 and Square Enix’s Secret of Mana. Also, lots of things she can’t talk about, obviously!

Previously, Julia worked for top audio service providers in Los Angeles, most recently as Director of Voice Over Services and Head of Casting at Formosa Group where she helped form the interactive division. There she focused on casting for interactive and new media including voice and performance capture. While at Formosa and her previous positions at Soundelux Design Music Group and Technicolor Interactive, Julia worked on literally hundreds of games.

Julia got her start in the video game industry at world-renowned game developer, Treyarch, where she worked on Spider-Man & Call of Duty games among others.

Julia has a BA in Recording Arts from Loyola Marymount University. A New York native, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her daughter, husband and two dogs.

CANCELLATION & POLICIES

All sales are final and non-transferable. If you're unable to attend after purchasing, please contact us at classes@halpnet.com. Although in this workshop you may be in the presence of an industry professional, workshops and classes offered by The Halp Network, LLC are not an opportunity for or a guarantee of employment. This workshop is for educational purposes only and is not an opportunity to get cast, audition, be pre-screened for possible future auditions, be considered for employment, or interview for a job or role. This workshop is a learning experience. It is not an audition or employment opportunity. When the workshop is over, the casting director or associate or assistant director teaching this workshop will not be taking home nor be given access to your headshot, resume, or any of your other promotional materials. It is the intent of The Halp Network, LLC and workshop or class participants to comply fully with all laws and regulations relating to events of this type. Please see our Legal Notices for additional information about our workshops.