Press Release: NEW EBOOK "EXTRA CLEVELAND" FOR LATE SPRING 2015 RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:

Neale Sourna

PIE: Perception Is Everything

216-772-1302

ns@pie-percept.com

www.PIE-Percept.com

NEW EBOOK "EXTRA CLEVELAND" FOR LATE SPRING 2015 RELEASE

Cleveland, Ohio, May 19, 2015  -  Film Extras are the unsung heroes. They normally receive no applause or recognition, whether they answer the call to duty by Marvel Studios, The Cleveland Film Commission or a local independent or student filmmaker. They get a thank you, snacks, and sometimes get paid a bit of cash. And bragging rights.

Neale Sourna tells you some of the fun and discomfort of being a film extra; whether in the Midwest or elsewhere. Would you like to spend a day shoot in a local neighborhood in the cold Cleveland OH winter standing for months May and August for a cable TV film straight from the horrific news about found kidnapped women Michelle Knight, Gina DeJesus, and Amanda Berry, with a half a day’s notice? Or decide to go on a local independent shoot through your Facebook Cleveland Extra group at a local landmark theatre for a time travel film? Or do a week’s worth of employment sitting or sunburn and disaster and running for a full day for the first union of Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, and her man Hawkeye. Oh, and Nick Fury and Agent Coulson and Maria Hill? And work with a star come to earth?

EXTRA CLEVELAND: A FILM EXTRA’S GUIDE TO BEING PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND [in PDF ebook, other formats coming] is for people who want to be or are working film extras who want to improve their knowledge and comprehension of the craft, its requirements, and possible problems through active author / publisher Neale Sourna’s past experiences and researches. Readers should receive illumination in what to expect and how to be a better Professional Film Extra and how to grow their own career or one shot chance in being a film extra. From Neale Sourna (www.neale-sourna.com) through PIE: Perception Is Everything (www.pie-percept.com).

ABOUT PIE: Perception Is Everything

PIE: Percept publishes fiction and nonfiction for adults, all by award-winning author Neale Sourna. PIE: Percept was founded in 2001 and published Sourna’s first novel’s, HOBBLE, first edition in 2002. At PIE: Perception Is Everything we believe in: "Doing for the mind, what the body shouldn't" and "Thoughtful Entertainment You Can FEEL."

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PRESS RELEASE

Actor Auditions

Tri-C student films have screened in film festivals throughout northeast Ohio and graduates have established successful careers within the local and national film and video production industry.  Tri-C is proud to present the following student films for production this spring.

“Becca Gets Her Sea Legs”

It is 1688 in Stuart England, at war’s end, and out to troubled, deep seas, in what should be a romantic tryst, a general’s runaway bride, noblewoman Becca is utterly seasick, in Irish pirate Aidan’s ceaselessly moving ship.

S E Reynolds (dba Neale Sourna) is a Tri-C student directing an online promotional book trailer for her novel (working title BECCA THE BUCCANEERESS). www.romantic4ever.com/romantic-fiction/index.html

As a student film all compensation for performers and crew members is being waived.


“Marshmallows and Fire”

An eccentric grandfather with a flare for story telling is asked to chaperone his grandsons’ sleep over, which he views as a grand opportunity to tell one or two of his over the top, not so accurate tall tales. His daughter who is very concerned with the not so accurate aspect of her father's stories makes him promise not to tell any. But with the help of his equally eccentric friends and the demands of his captive audience of children he finds away to tell the story while keeping his promise.

Robb Scott is a student filmmaker working on his thesis film, a short film entitled "Marshmallows and Fire." This is a short student film that will be shown in film festivals, and online on Vimeo.com. This is an unpaid opportunity. Cast will receive a copy of the complete film for their reels and an IMDB credit.

Auditions for both the films are Saturday Jan 25th 9 am - 6 pm on the Metropolitan Campus MLA 101 located at 2900 Community College Ave and E. 30th St. Cleveland, OH 44115.

Please allow 45 minutes to an hour and a half for your audition.  Call backs may be scheduled later the same day.

To read character descriptions and to schedule an audition for the student films listed above please complete the audition request form by clicking here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZFgrt7E4liWTh2bcPEVovYrDwl7quM9dh2rkEA_ONgg/viewform

Simone Barros
Adjunct Faculty, Media Arts and Studies & Journalism and Mass Communications
P. 216.987.4333 ext. 1097 | simone.barros@tri-c.edu
Cuyahoga Community College | Where Futures Begin

Characters Always Afraid and Left in the Dark: To all my friends at Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, you know...

To all my friends at Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, you know this fits:

"Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid."

— Earl Nightingale: was an American motivational speaker and author

‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ earns glowing reviews By Meriah Doty | Yahoo! Movie Talk

Yeah! I'm IN THIS: NY Street panics (Cleveland Film Extras) and the Bank. Look for a brown and pattern African scarf and sleeveless dress.

The scene in the pix is E. 9, Cleveland OH.

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/glowing-reviews-marvel-avengers-172544149.html

Photo: Walt Disney Pictures

The reviews are starting to descend upon the planet and the resounding response is glowing: "Marvel's The Avengers" is sizing up to be the next must-see action blockbuster this year.

Landing in theaters on May 4th, the timing couldn't be better—as box office enthusiasm for "The Hunger Games" will have presumably finally waned by then.

"Avengers"-watchers so far seem to agree the action sequences are astounding in 3D. Most reviews offer high praise of writer-director Joss Whedon for making a film that will please both comic book geeks and general audiences alike.

Here are the highlights, which include praise and some criticisms:

"Pays off in extravagant fashion... escapism of a sophisticated order... Production is technically immaculate."

—Justin Chang, Variety

[PHOTOS: 'The Avengers' Los Angeles premiere]

"...not only does this eye-popping 3D display of visual effects fireworks feature an enormously high proportion of action scenes, but director Joss Whedon has adroitly balanced the celebrity circus to give every single one of the superstar characters his or her due."

—Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

"...the inspired manner in which writer-director Joss Whedon springs the element of surprise is the trump card of the picture..."

—Leigh Paatsch, The Daily Telegraph

"...a successful amalgam of skilful actors, witty banter, top-of-the-line effects, bigger-is-better action sequences and giddy good cheer. Though overlong and inevitably burdened by the need to juggle so many protagonists..."

—Tim Grierson, Screen Daily

"As serious as the stakes get, Whedon's never afraid to let a joke out... and it gives the film a light, bouncy tone that makes it such a pleasure to watch."

—Oliver Lyttelton, Indiewire

[RELATED: Will 'The Avengers' assemble again for a last-minute scene? ]

"With so many characters, it's somewhat inevitable that someone get shortchanged and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is notably underused here."

—Eric Goldman, IGN

"...overall Avengers Assemble [the film's title in Britain] is by far the most spectacular superhero ever made in terms of a visual extravagance, and is truly something that has been worth waiting for..."

—Jay A. Ottley, Movie Web

"...smart, funny and dramatic, but with all the trappings of a sci-fi action movie presented fully intact."

—James Hunt, Den of Geek

"I have never been to a film that brought out so much enthusiasm from the audience, engaging with them on a level that brought out true emotion."

—Yahoo! Movies resident comic-book-nerd-turned-movie-reviewer Galen Sturgess, who attended the Sydney premiere

Watch 'Marvel's The Avengers' Clip:

Cleveland Film Extras and Marvel's The Avengers Trailer 1!

Most explosions and running and mayhem and heroes looking thwarted or cool in action, yes, in Cleveland.

_Neale Sourna, extra via Cleveland Film Commission

Neale Sourna Film Extra: The Avengers and I, Alex Cross

I'm a film extra for Marvel's The Avengers. [Joss Whedon!!!]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/

and

I, Alex Cross [Rob Cohen!]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712170/

cool.

Cleveland Rules!!

CLEVELAND'S CITY CLUB FORUM--Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from...

CLEVELAND'S CITY CLUB FORUM

April 16, 2010 featuring Douglas A. Blackmon, Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner.

Douglas A. Blackmon [not Blackman], Author and Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in the General Nonfiction category, speaks about his award winning book "Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement [Reenslavement] of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II.

http://www.cityclub.org/Media/Audio/CityClubPodcast-100416.mp3

Download Duration:
00:56:31 Published: Fri, Apr 16, 2010 12:00:00 -0500

I write for the delicious "feel" of it, how about you?

It is our Independence Day, or at least mine. And this is my official declaration of intent to remain independent, of all the negative dross which can drag a creative writer down. [Oh, yeah, and "Pan's Labyrinth" is paused on the DVD.]

This is the thing.

It really settled on me the other day while revisiting the past at the Cleveland Art Museum's reopening, and after asking myself a bunch of silly questions of why I should continue to write and publish--why me, what is my importance.

And simply, the true basics of it all is that I write for the delicious feel of it. It takes my emotions everywhere, making me happy, or sad, or whatever "they," "my" characters, are emoting about. I actually "feel" it within me. It's as profound as time travel, teleporting, being in love, being in hate, or being indifferent. Whether I'm experiencing it in space, in Victorian England, or as an African vampire.

It's on the page, simple paper and ink, tiny pixels of daydreams and nightmares, but it makes, causes an actual "shift" within me, that is tangible. Not unlike the peculiar and shocking feeling I once had when a certain person looked at me at a party, and I "fell" inside. I had the distinctive feel of falling through soft space, which I remember all too clearly.

So, why is love for a person easier to remember than love personified in the body of a novel, script, or short story? Because it's easier to explain, probably.

But the feeling, THAT feeling. I take if for granted, and have pooh-poohed it to some extent because it is such an inherent part of me. But if I can craft this and have it make me feel this way, I should remember that others have told me so in their own way, or that even more others will feel it too, just by reading what I've written.

So then, who the heck am I to be so bourgeois and forgetful of this and to pooh anything? True feelings are precious and shared ones even more so, so those of us who write naked.

Don't lose the feeling my friends, and don't ever forget it, neglect it, or push it aside to die in hiding. Write and publish.

This is my official testimony. Do you feel it too?
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Neale Sourna

www.Neale-Sourna.com
www.PIE-Percept.com / Remember--PIE: Perception Is Everything
www.ProjectKeanu.com
www.Writing-Naked.com

Neale Sourna mini bio

Neale won BlackRefer.com’s Best Erotica award for her first published novel, “Hobble,” published through her own company, PIE: Perception Is Everything, and ranked as a finalist for New Century Screenplay’s national contest for her script, “Frames.” Neale writes and edits for others through her writing company Writing-Naked.com and has been plotting and planning her first solid foray as author, editor, and publisher with essays and research about the symbiosis of acting and celebrity, see ProjectKeanu.com for the latest.

Neale is based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Garfield Heights more specifically) and is a graduate of John F. Kennedy H.S., a former student of Cuyahoga Community College, a graduate of Lake Erie College, and also attended grad Film/Video studies at American University, an undergrad-intern semester at Mount Vernon College for the National Endowment for the Arts Opera-Musical Theatre department, and an academic term abroad in Vienna, Austria.

Neale has several novels, novellas, and short stories in the works; some of which can be read in excerpts at www.Neale-Sourna.com or www.PIE-Percept.com or full ebooks and trade paperbacks bought online and ordered at brick and mortar stores.

Neale’s works have an edge that always brings the reader back to the core of being human, and she has remarked that, “I don’t write ‘romance’ stories, but character love stories, with romance of the heart and of adventure, in its many, many varieties; whether about military special forces regiments, wealthy Victorian ‘minorities,’ or vampires of another color.” All of which are still in the works.

http://www.neale-sourna.com/Sournabio.html

Neale Sourna at Cleveland Public Library

PIE: Perception is Everything's publishings of Neale Sourna's award-winning erotic romance novel "Hobble" can be loaned from the wonderful Cleveland Public Library [http://www.cpl.org/] area locations. Let them know that you want the rest of Neale's catalog of fine ebooks and printed books.