Vancouver Actor's Guide | Upcoming - Sep 10 2012
Published: Mon, 09/10/12
Hi . Today is Monday, Sep 10 2012. Here is a snippet of news and what's upcoming.
SPECIAL EVENT
SECRETS OF THE CASTING PROCESS - FREE SEMINAR AND PANEL DISCUSSION
Thursday, September 13 at Rio Theatre
Presented by Breakdown Services, in association with Vancouver Actor's Guide
Join us for this event as Gary Marsh (Founder of Breakdown Services & Actors Access) presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the casting process and sheds light on what it takes to get noticed. The evening also features Talent Agent, Emilio Salituro, Casting Director, Jackie Lind, and Gary in a panel discussion moderated by Kenji Maeda (CEO of Production Heads Network Inc. / Vancouver Actor's Guide) on current topics affecting Vancouver actors with an opportunity to respond to questions from the audience.
Event Details and Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2710048829
*All pre-event tickets are taken. If there are seats available because people don't show up, we will release those seats, 5 minutes before the event starts, to those without tickets waiting in line.
VOLUNTEERS! We're looking for a few more volunteers to help us before and during the event. If you're interested, email events@productionheads.com.
ERIC MCCORMACK ON LIFE AFTER 'WILL & GRACE'
The Toronto-born Emmy-winner understands that, for many viewers, the perception is he'll always be Will Truman from "Will & Grace." The reality is that series ended six years ago and McCormack has gone on to movies, a whole other series (the short-lived "Trust Me"), as well as a run on Broadway (opposite James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury in "The Best Man").
http://metronews.ca/scene/355025/eric-mccormack-on-life-after-will-grace/
HOW TO SHOOT A PROJECT IN CANADA
British Columbia has, for well more than a generation, served as Hollywood's backlot for its varied locations, from arid deserts and cattle ranches to rural ghost towns and glittering skyscrapers. Multicultural Vancouver has doubled for Moscow, Los Angeles, Shanghai and London. While the city offers a range of diverse settings, popular shooting locations include Chinatown, the University of British Columbia and Stanley Park.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canada-fringe-supernatural-arrow-once-upon-a-time-368579
SIMON BARRY'S HOME-GROWN SCIENCE PROJECT TAKES OFF WITH A BANG
This was a good week for the cast and makers of the Canadian sci-fi series Continuum, about a cop from Vancouver's future who is launched back into our present. Word came that the show, which aired its season one finale recently on Canada's Showcase channel, has been picked up by broadcasters in Britain and the U.S. As well, Showcase has greenlit a 13-episode second season, to start filming in January.
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/08/30/simon-barrys-home-grown-science-project-takes-off-with-a-bang/
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS UNRAVEL MYSTERY BEHIND EVENT
Fringe Fest is a chaotic mix, a multitude of collisions; hipsters brushing elbows in the audience with the blue-rinse theatre crowd, as Shakespeare jostles for stage time with slapstick. Amateur performers share the limelight with professionals, drawing from their experience, while the pros feed off the newcomers' energy.
http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Telling+Jersey+Boys+tale+requires+stop+Frankie+school/7189706/story.html
CULTURAL NAVIGATOR MO DHALIWAL WINS NATIONAL AWARD FROM BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS
Vancouver arts advocate and self-described cultural navigator Mo Dhaliwal has been named this year's winner of the Arnold Edinborough Award from Business for the Arts. Daliwal is long-time director of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, co-vice president of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, member of the PuSh Festival's leaders council, and former president of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society.
http://www.straight.com/article-774276/vancouver/cultural-navigator-mo-dhaliwal-wins-national-award-business-arts
IATSE RATIFIES NEW PACT FOR CREWS OUTSIDE NY, LA REGIONS
IATSE has ratified a new 3-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The new extension of the Area Standards Agreement covers roughly 8,000 crew members working outside the Los Angeles and New York regions. It runs through July 31, 2015, and includes 2 percent annual wage increases and an increase in health plan contributions.
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/iatse-ratifies-new-pact-crews-outside-ny-la-regions-55021
VANCOUVER DIRECTOR TURNS TO 'NEO-NOIR' FOR HIS SIXTH PREMIER AT TIFF
Canadian filmmaker, especially not Bruce Sweeney, the Vancouver director of Dirty, Excited, Live Bait, American Venus and Last Wedding Sweeney says he was looking for a change, not just for the sake of his own creative muses, but his own survival as an artist.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Vancouver+director+turns+noir+sixth+premiere/7200704/story.html
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN TO OPEN VANCOUVER FILM FEST
Midnight's Children, Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's tale of India in the years after it gained independence, will be the opening film of the Vancouver International Film Festival later this month.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/09/05/viff-festival-lineup.html
WOMEN FILMMAKERS READY TO ROCK TORONTO
Some find it debatable to focus on gender when it comes to the arts. Yet the fact remains that while female stars may strut their stuff on red carpets, cinema has long been male-dominated, and women directors have been relatively rare at international film fests.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-abeel/women-filmmakers-ready-to_b_1861403.html
SOUNDSWRITE
INTRO TO VOICEOVER WEEKEND INTENSIVE
September 22 & 23
"Amazing class!", "Best workshop I've ever taken.", "Loved, loved, loved the workshop.", "They really know how to animate and engage their students.", "You guys set the standard for the voiceover world."
In the Intensive you'll voice for commercials, narration, animation, audiobooks and WALLA for films plus learn how to set up your home studio. You'll also get a fully produced spot to start your demo. Learning support continues long after class.
HOME STUDIO SETUP:
Sept. 26th
Bring your computer and microphone and we'll teach you to record and edit so you can book from hundreds of online jobs!
Register at: www.soundswrite.ca or call 604-985-5532.
DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgard, Zhang Ziyi. You can trust him too! Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach, recommended by agents, casting directors and other industry professionals. Learn with confidence the most requested dialects and accents required for the Vancouver market. Book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, tonyalcantar1960@gmail.com
VOICE TECHNIQUE AND EXPRESSION WORKSHOPS
Unleash Your Voice September 21 - 23
Technique Weekend October 5 - 7
Price: $250 per workshop
In film, voice-over or stage, your voice is an integral part of your performance. Learn how to express yourself with an authentic confidence and strength! Voice Coach Danielle Benzon has created a fusion of successful techniques that will bring out the very best in your voice. All levels of experience welcome.
Weekend Schedule | Fri: 7pm - 10pm | Sat: 9:30am - 6pm | Sun: 9:30am - 5pm
Register or make an inquiry at 778 235 7696 or http://www.livingvoice.ca
VOICE ACTING/ SPEECH TRAINING WORKSHOP
Sunday September 16th 2012 | 11-5PM
$130 (2 FOR $200)
For more information please view her web site at http://www.maryse.org or call 604-220-9384. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgN7_wbHkLk
INDUSTRY NEWS
ERIC MCCORMACK ON LIFE AFTER 'WILL & GRACE'
The Toronto-born Emmy-winner understands that, for many viewers, the perception is he'll always be Will Truman from "Will & Grace." The reality is that series ended six years ago and McCormack has gone on to movies, a whole other series (the short-lived "Trust Me"), as well as a run on Broadway (opposite James Earl Jones and Angela Lansbury in "The Best Man").
http://metronews.ca/scene/355025/eric-mccormack-on-life-after-will-grace/
HOW TO SHOOT A PROJECT IN CANADA
British Columbia has, for well more than a generation, served as Hollywood's backlot for its varied locations, from arid deserts and cattle ranches to rural ghost towns and glittering skyscrapers. Multicultural Vancouver has doubled for Moscow, Los Angeles, Shanghai and London. While the city offers a range of diverse settings, popular shooting locations include Chinatown, the University of British Columbia and Stanley Park.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canada-fringe-supernatural-arrow-once-upon-a-time-368579
SIMON BARRY'S HOME-GROWN SCIENCE PROJECT TAKES OFF WITH A BANG
This was a good week for the cast and makers of the Canadian sci-fi series Continuum, about a cop from Vancouver's future who is launched back into our present. Word came that the show, which aired its season one finale recently on Canada's Showcase channel, has been picked up by broadcasters in Britain and the U.S. As well, Showcase has greenlit a 13-episode second season, to start filming in January.
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/08/30/simon-barrys-home-grown-science-project-takes-off-with-a-bang/
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS UNRAVEL MYSTERY BEHIND EVENT
Fringe Fest is a chaotic mix, a multitude of collisions; hipsters brushing elbows in the audience with the blue-rinse theatre crowd, as Shakespeare jostles for stage time with slapstick. Amateur performers share the limelight with professionals, drawing from their experience, while the pros feed off the newcomers' energy.
http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Telling+Jersey+Boys+tale+requires+stop+Frankie+school/7189706/story.html
CULTURAL NAVIGATOR MO DHALIWAL WINS NATIONAL AWARD FROM BUSINESS FOR THE ARTS
Vancouver arts advocate and self-described cultural navigator Mo Dhaliwal has been named this year's winner of the Arnold Edinborough Award from Business for the Arts. Daliwal is long-time director of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, co-vice president of the Alliance for Arts and Culture, member of the PuSh Festival's leaders council, and former president of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society.
http://www.straight.com/article-774276/vancouver/cultural-navigator-mo-dhaliwal-wins-national-award-business-arts
IATSE RATIFIES NEW PACT FOR CREWS OUTSIDE NY, LA REGIONS
IATSE has ratified a new 3-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The new extension of the Area Standards Agreement covers roughly 8,000 crew members working outside the Los Angeles and New York regions. It runs through July 31, 2015, and includes 2 percent annual wage increases and an increase in health plan contributions.
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/iatse-ratifies-new-pact-crews-outside-ny-la-regions-55021
VANCOUVER DIRECTOR TURNS TO 'NEO-NOIR' FOR HIS SIXTH PREMIER AT TIFF
Canadian filmmaker, especially not Bruce Sweeney, the Vancouver director of Dirty, Excited, Live Bait, American Venus and Last Wedding Sweeney says he was looking for a change, not just for the sake of his own creative muses, but his own survival as an artist.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Vancouver+director+turns+noir+sixth+premiere/7200704/story.html
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN TO OPEN VANCOUVER FILM FEST
Midnight's Children, Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's tale of India in the years after it gained independence, will be the opening film of the Vancouver International Film Festival later this month.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/09/05/viff-festival-lineup.html
WOMEN FILMMAKERS READY TO ROCK TORONTO
Some find it debatable to focus on gender when it comes to the arts. Yet the fact remains that while female stars may strut their stuff on red carpets, cinema has long been male-dominated, and women directors have been relatively rare at international film fests.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-abeel/women-filmmakers-ready-to_b_1861403.html
UPCOMING TRAINING
SOUNDSWRITE
INTRO TO VOICEOVER WEEKEND INTENSIVE
September 22 & 23
"Amazing class!", "Best workshop I've ever taken.", "Loved, loved, loved the workshop.", "They really know how to animate and engage their students.", "You guys set the standard for the voiceover world."
In the Intensive you'll voice for commercials, narration, animation, audiobooks and WALLA for films plus learn how to set up your home studio. You'll also get a fully produced spot to start your demo. Learning support continues long after class.
HOME STUDIO SETUP:
Sept. 26th
Bring your computer and microphone and we'll teach you to record and edit so you can book from hundreds of online jobs!
Register at: www.soundswrite.ca or call 604-985-5532.
DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgard, Zhang Ziyi. You can trust him too! Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach, recommended by agents, casting directors and other industry professionals. Learn with confidence the most requested dialects and accents required for the Vancouver market. Book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, tonyalcantar1960@gmail.com
VOICE TECHNIQUE AND EXPRESSION WORKSHOPS
Unleash Your Voice September 21 - 23
Technique Weekend October 5 - 7
Price: $250 per workshop
In film, voice-over or stage, your voice is an integral part of your performance. Learn how to express yourself with an authentic confidence and strength! Voice Coach Danielle Benzon has created a fusion of successful techniques that will bring out the very best in your voice. All levels of experience welcome.
Weekend Schedule | Fri: 7pm - 10pm | Sat: 9:30am - 6pm | Sun: 9:30am - 5pm
Register or make an inquiry at 778 235 7696 or http://www.livingvoice.ca
VOICE ACTING/ SPEECH TRAINING WORKSHOP
Sunday September 16th 2012 | 11-5PM
$130 (2 FOR $200)
For more information please view her web site at http://www.maryse.org or call 604-220-9384. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgN7_wbHkLk
PRIVATE LESSONS ALSO AVAILABLE/ ARTIST'S WAY COURSE STARTS SEPTEMBER 18TH
INTRO TO ACTING (ITA) | VADA
The Intro To Acting (ITA) class is for beginners and those with a theater background who are looking to start in film and television. This class will give you a taste of what it takes to be a professional actor. We start with text analysis, breaking down the script, and preparing your work. You work with monologues, scenes and drills getting into emotions and characters. We film your work and show you camera technique and the technical aspect of acting on-set for the camera.
Next Start Date: September 17th-October 10th 2012
Program Details: Monday & Friday, 6:00pm-9:00pm (24 Hours)
info@vadastudios.com 604.633.1525 www.vadastudios.com
BIZ STUDIO SEPTEMBER CLASSES REGISTERING NOW
*Very Small Class Size
*On-Camera Acting & Audition Training
*Instructors are Working Actors
*In a Working Casting Studio
Kids (Ages 8-11): Tuesdays, Saturdays & Sundays
Teens (Ages 12-17): Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays
Info & Registration www.bizstudio.ca or call (604) 801-7050
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
Sep 6-16
Every year the Vancouver Fringe Festival delivers an eclectic mix of theatrical offerings. Our Vision: Theatre for everyone! The Vancouver International Fringe Festival, produced annually by the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society, is BC's largest theatre festival and North America's most international Fringe Fest. This year's Fringe Festival will feature over 754 performances by 97 groups over 11 days, and is expected to attract over 30,000 attendees.
http://www.vancouverfringe.com
THE BRINK FESTIVAL
Sep 20-23
The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) is producing the Brink Festival. This festival will represent Asian Canadian actors, playwrights and stories that were randomly not selected through the lottery format of the 2012 Fringe Festival. VACT feels that the Brink Festival will complement the Fringe Festival by providing a more colourful representation of greater Vancouver's community and allowing those applicants a means to showcase immediately after the Fringe.
http://www.brinkfestival.com
SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL
September 12 - 16
INTRO TO ACTING (ITA) | VADA
The Intro To Acting (ITA) class is for beginners and those with a theater background who are looking to start in film and television. This class will give you a taste of what it takes to be a professional actor. We start with text analysis, breaking down the script, and preparing your work. You work with monologues, scenes and drills getting into emotions and characters. We film your work and show you camera technique and the technical aspect of acting on-set for the camera.
Next Start Date: September 17th-October 10th 2012
Program Details: Monday & Friday, 6:00pm-9:00pm (24 Hours)
info@vadastudios.com 604.633.1525 www.vadastudios.com
BIZ STUDIO SEPTEMBER CLASSES REGISTERING NOW
*Very Small Class Size
*On-Camera Acting & Audition Training
*Instructors are Working Actors
*In a Working Casting Studio
Kids (Ages 8-11): Tuesdays, Saturdays & Sundays
Teens (Ages 12-17): Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays
Info & Registration www.bizstudio.ca or call (604) 801-7050
UPCOMING EVENTS
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
Sep 6-16
Every year the Vancouver Fringe Festival delivers an eclectic mix of theatrical offerings. Our Vision: Theatre for everyone! The Vancouver International Fringe Festival, produced annually by the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society, is BC's largest theatre festival and North America's most international Fringe Fest. This year's Fringe Festival will feature over 754 performances by 97 groups over 11 days, and is expected to attract over 30,000 attendees.
http://www.vancouverfringe.com
THE BRINK FESTIVAL
Sep 20-23
The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) is producing the Brink Festival. This festival will represent Asian Canadian actors, playwrights and stories that were randomly not selected through the lottery format of the 2012 Fringe Festival. VACT feels that the Brink Festival will complement the Fringe Festival by providing a more colourful representation of greater Vancouver's community and allowing those applicants a means to showcase immediately after the Fringe.
http://www.brinkfestival.com
SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL
September 12 - 16
The Spark CG Society and the Vancouver International Film Centre are proud to present the SPARK Animation '12 Festival. Highlights include the Oscar-nominated A Cat in Paris; award-winning stop-motion Toys in the Attic; and two definitive documentaries on seminal artists The Nature of Frédéric Back and Pablo.
http://sparkfx.ca/festivals/information.php
http://sparkfx.ca/festivals/information.php
Do you have an event or news item you think would be of interest to the Vancouver acting community? Would you like to include a notice about an upcoming class or workshop? For more information email Kenji Maeda at kenji@productionheads.com.
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