menu'ette silver
Agency: VOX, Inc.
Menu’Ette Silver is a passionate filmmaker from Baltimore, MD. Her love for storytelling and her voice for advocacy developed at a young age. After graduating from Frostburg State University with a B.S. in Mass Communication, she decided to obtain her Masters in Film & Television Production from the University of Southern California. While attending USC, she produced and wrote The Dope Years: The Untold Story of Latasha Harlins, which went on to win the Student Academy Award, the DGA West Region Award, Cannes Film Festival, Bronze Lens Film Festival, and is now on Magic Johnson’s Aspire TV. Her latest film Triggers, in which she directed actress Brely Evans, was screened on Fox Soul. Outside of her educational experience, Menu’Ette’s early career has included collaborating with casting director Robi Reed, and working in Viola Davis and Tracy Oliver’s development and production department. Since graduating USC, she has served as an Executive Assistant to Lil Rel Howery at kweliTV and Director’s Assistant to Delmar Washington. Menu’Ette believes in the power of film and the importance of education. She is excited to help discover and advocate for new, upcoming, diverse talent.
LISTENING
You are welcome to listen to your own recording as well as everyone else’s recordings. They are all available to download to members of the VOWW. Hearing your peers do what THEY do is always a great opportunity to learn.
A piece of copy in any genre can be read 1,000’s of ways. In the real world you are auditioning against 100’s of other actors never knowing really what you are up against. The VOWW is an incredible behind the scenes look into what other actors are doing with the same piece of copy. How other home studio’s sound compared to yours. What feedback would look like depending on how any performance is delivered. It can be eye opening, well EAR opening in many ways for the participants who take the time to delve into all the reads and feedback and not just their own.