Specializing in fantasy & science fiction, shorts & feature length independent films
Winner of the Best of the Northwest AWARD OF EXCELLENCE in the category of Video Art
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Acting & Filmmaking classes in Seattle - now registering for summer 2009
Let's Make a Movie ___________________________________ TUESDAYS 7/14-8/18 (six meetings) *
Beginning Acting ________________MONDAYS 7/13-8/10, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (five meetings) ****
Filmmaking for Beginners ___________FRIDAYS 7/31-8/21, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (four meetings) **
Documentary Filmmaking__________________SUNDAY 8/16 only (one-day workshop) **

Saturday 6/13 audition

Filming will be on Sunday 6/14
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This is an update to our previous notice, about some scenes that we're filming which will play in a sequence in the indy feature film Liberation:

To schedule an audition email Nilsosmar@gmail.com
Tell us which time slot you want: 1 p.m.,2 p.m. or 3 p.m.
If you don't choose a time slot we'll put you in one of the above
Auditions are in the University district in Seattle. Driving directions will be sent when you sign up.

Open roles:

1) TV announcer (male, tough, agressive, announcing a hyper violent news show)
2) Coffee commercial: two women, any age, advertising a bad-tasting coffee (also, an unhappy guy being forced to drink the bad coffee)
3) Comedian on stage: mafia comedian doing a skit about a guy he keeps trying, unsuccessfully, to kill
4) Sexy lady doing a purring ad for a show with "a little sex, a little miscogeny" on the Womens' Channel
5) TV show hosts, man and woman, similar to "good morning america" hosts

Coming soon from Wonder Productions: Death Planet, Demea, and Liberation!

Demea is wrapping up sound editing and will be finished later this year.
Death Planet and Liberation will be completed and submitted to major film festivals in 2010.
The still below is from Liberation, filmed in high def (1080i) using a Panasonic HVX200.

In this intense, action-packed science fiction movie set two hundred years in the future,
a man's quest for revenge leads him to terrifying encounters with human and inhuman enemies,
and dark revelations about himself, his family, and the world he lives in. Written and directed by Nils Osmar*
Principle filming is now finished; moving into postproduction!

* Nils Osmar has made his living in the arts for over ten years,
working as a writer (short stories, stageplays & screenplays),
illustrator (traditional and modern media), and filmmaker.

His artwork has been published in the United States and Europe, and featured in national magazines.
His stageplays have have been produced at the Seattle Fringe Festival and other venues.
His films and movies have played at local and international film festivals.
He is also the creator of an award-winning televison show (The Edge),
and author of a short story collection, The Hungry Time.

Nils has also taught a variety of accredited and non-credit classes for over twenty years through several Seattle schools.
He currently teaches at the
ASUW Experimental College and the Wonder School of the Arts.
Email: Nilsosmar@gmail.com Office: 206-420-1309.

For a full list of Nils's upcoming classes at both schools, visit http://www.classesandworkshops.com or scroll down this page.
To sign up, click the Add to Cart links or call 206-420-1309

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