2024.04.25 1st Hand Account of One of Ken Whit Whitman's Actors

 

So one of Whit Whitman's actors for Unnatural has spoken up. Megan Reneau has this to say (the one emphasis is ours):

"I had a lot of fun last year with the filming of UnNatural. Can’t say I’m not grateful for the plot twist it gave my life which was needed for my heart. 

It was supposed to be the start of an on set educational experience for aspiring actors. There were promises of one on one with the lead actors(names), classes etc. This was supposed to be run like a SAG set (yes they used union name), it was a far cry from union. And I should know, that’s how my career started, was all union. I could list how many ways this set was a far cry from union standards.

It was unfortunate for so many students to not acquire what was in their contracts, like demo reels, return investments, one on ones etc. 

Then to really show how non union and not good this set was. Crew was not paid and still hasn’t been paid to date. 

To this company, Little Monsters Entertainment(LME), they believe in using who they can, actors and crew for money. Taking advantage. They use them and then figure if they don’t like not being paid or not getting what they were contractually promised, they’ll find the next gullible team and actors. 

On 12 Till Dawn, following to film closely after UnNatural, I took part, hoping the kinks were worked out and that it was a work in progress. It was not. This production was worse. This is when I stepped out. KMVoice had to stop due to what was going on. They weren’t going to back LME if they were treating both them and students wrongfully.

On 12 Till Dawn, LME told all the local Kentucky actors that he thought nothing of them. That they were just local actors and that the film was probably not going to be any good. He said this to their faces. Paying students! Within the first few days, and that he didn’t even read the script till a few days before (give or take a day). Only one crew member did all the work even though coming down to film,  was told there would be more crew. He made the whole movie! Sound, AD, DP you name it. LME took advantage of KMVoice. 

When KMVoice didn’t want to crew the next projects because of contracts not being paid or being accountable. Or at least not till problems were rectified. LME treated them like trash and discarded them.

LME still has contracts with KMVoice that haven’t been terminated and still haven’t expired. 

What I see here is LME trying to make claims to stand on because what they are doing is wrong. This has become a huge scam. 

I feel sorry for the actors who are signing up for LME’s future projects. Investing in these “educational” movies. 

I’ve said very little on here to how much is going on because it would be very long.

I hope SAG-AFTRA gets involved. As LME’s trying to sell false educational system using SAGs name as their standard. 

I hope my post deters actors from supporting the Little Monsters Entertainment company. Productions need to stop till things are rectified or fixed. Or someone does it, but does it the right way.

Was almost a good thing."

Just as a point of order.....allegedly these productions, at least according to IMDB, which presumably Ken Whit Whitman is in charge of updating, are being done by the "School of Cinematic Arts"

So....the business, at least according to the initial state filing, is a for-profit business. If it's really Little Monster Entertainment (LME) actually "employing" students, is the School of Cinematic Arts a front? Who is there to teach students and enable them to grow and learn....and why would they be PAYING?! That does sound like a for-profit "School", but it begs the question, what is supposed to be the profit-generating operation, as in who is the customer? Those watching the released film or those creating the unreleased film?

Generally speaking, anytime a job asks you to pay to work, it's a scam. This isn't an opinion of anyone here at NAD (Edit: Yes, yes it is!), but this comes from the Federal Trade Commission, on their "scam jobs" page:

"Honest employers, including the federal government, will never ask you to pay to get a job. Anyone who does is a scammer."

2024.05.01 Edit: The author had some confusion between the School of Cinematic Arts and the Community Film Collaborative. The former is listed as a for-profit enterprise, at least until they fail to file the yearly report, and the latter is a defunct charity, while both appear to be scam fronts for the Little Monster Entertainment, which is a current LLC that Whit Whitman is running (under his legal name of Kenneth Whitman). If this sounds confusing, our presumption is that is by intention......and even we get tripped up sometimes!