RISE & TELL

In this episode

A Wes Craven audition that ended in a standing ovation.

Early in his career, Kevin walked in to read for a tough-guy part, and the director stopped him cold with a comment that made him furious. Instead of walking out, he put every bit of that anger into the work. The director stood up and applauded.

What it taught him about honesty on camera is the thing he now passes on to every actor he coaches. We will let him tell it.

Kevin Scott Allen was pulled onto a film set as a boy and has worked for more than forty years since, from early television to the recent series American Primeval. This week he talks about playing Luke in S.M.P. Rise's short film Clean Future, and what the film taught him about the cost of living in "what if."

Kevin Scott Allen has spent more than forty years in film and television, often in drama, crime, sci-fi, and thrillers, including the recent series American Primeval. Sent to boarding school in Switzerland at ten, he first stepped in front of a camera as a boy, pulled from the sidelines of a Western being shot in New Mexico. He is also an author and acting coach, and his book, Conquering the Film and Television Audition, has reached students around the world.

In Clean Future, an S.M.P. Rise short film, he plays Luke, a man gripped by what he stands to lose. Kevin talks about what drew him to the project, building the role with director Stanley and with Fay Kato, who plays his wife, and why the film's real subject, the cost of living in "what if," hit so close to home.

In Clean Future she plays Rose, a woman who keeps returning to something that is costing her everything. Fay talks about finding the desperation in that character, shooting the whole role in a single day, and what she hopes viewers take from it.

Rise & Tell is an S.M.P. Rise Production

Hosts: Tyler "T" Hayes and Reggie Carter

GUEST: Fay Kato - Actor

Producers:

Reginald E. Ware

Hilary Fabian-Rodriguez

Samantha Chevez

*Special thanks to Igloo Music; Burbank, CA

At 49 years old, Stanlei Bellan, an immigrant from Brazil fulfills his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Listen to Stanlei's journey from Brazil to S.M.P Rise, where he found mentors and support for his directorial debut of his short film, CLEAN FUTURE.

This interview is the first of 5 with the cast and crew of Clean Future.

Note: Since this interview Stanlei has started his own agency, Gravta, where he produces and directs commercial for national brands. Stanlei hires the crew who have been trained at S.M.P. Rise.

SMP Rise (Spirit Medicine Productions- Rise )

Guest: Alonzo Van Wilson (Writer/Producer and Founder of SMP Rise)

Hosts: T. Hayes and Reggie Carter

Producers:

• Reginald E. Ware
• Hilary Fabian-Rodriguez
• Samantha Chevez

Recorded at Igloo Music, Burbank CA

Recording Engineer: Andrew Gillis

What is the Rise & Tell podcast? Explained by Co-hosts, Tyler "T" Hayes & Reggie Carter