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Happy Monday ! Hope you've recovered from losing an hour of sleep yesterday. I'm sure as you probably knew, last Friday was International Women's Day, a day when we remember the fact that it's the responsibility for all of us to advocate and show equal respect to women in our personal and professional lives. The film & TV industry is one of those places where there is still so much more work to be done on every level of the creative process.
When it comes to any of these types of awareness campaigns, it's so easy to pass over it without too much thought because you think you've heard it before. And maybe you have. I'm certainly guilty of doing that for various causes. What I love the most is when the creative community comes together to make communicating the message more fun and interesting. The Save BC Film image that you see below is one example of making use of our creative talent to provide awareness. So I point you toward the Toronto ACTRA Women's Committee that released a video on Friday with artists whom you may recognize from TV shows and various parts of our entertainment industry. Take 3 minutes and 47 seconds out of your day and have a look and spread the video around.
"Share it now? But International Women's Day was on Friday!" you may be thinking. If that thought actually went through your mind, then you've proven the real need for this. Kenji MaedaCEO, Production Heads Network Inc.
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OSCAR-NOMINATED VANCOUVER SCREENWRITER REACHES BEYOND 'WRITER FOR HIRE'She laughs easily and often over a cinnamon bun at a Vancouver café. If there's such a thing as going Hollywood, Tatchell hasn't done it. She has resolved to work in her hometown as much as possible for the sake of the couple's 14-year-old daughter, and she's still friends with the crowd she rolled with two decades ago at Burnaby South Secondary. http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Oscar+nominated+Vancouver+screenwriter+reaches+beyond+writer+hire/8069631/story.html
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO FOCUS APPROACH ON COPRODUCTIONSThe bureaucratic logjam clogging up international coproductions involving Canadian producers looks to be clearing. For Canadian film and TV producers who have long lobbied for support of new rules on international coproductions, suddenly, they could be seeing the ice melting and the logs moving. http://realscreen.com/2013/03/08/prime-time-2013-ottawa-reinvigorates-co-pro-policy/FILM INDUSTRY SPENDING HITS RECORD IN ONTARIO. HAMILTON, NOT SO MUCH.Film and television productions spent a record $1.28 billion in ONTARIO last year, a slight increase over 2011's total of $1.26 billion. That included spending on things such as wages, service contracts, equipment, studio rentals and post-production costs.
http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/03/06/hamilton-film-revenue.htmlB.C. FILM INDUSTRY BRACES FOR RETURN OF PST, LOSS OF $20 MILLION IN ANNUAL TAX REFUNDSB.C.'s film industry is bracing for another hard knock: the return of the provincial sales tax on April 1. The return of the PST means film projects here will no longer get the roughly $20 million in annual tax refunds they qualified for under the harmonized sales tax. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/film+industry+braces+return+loss+million+annual+refunds/8032108/story.htmlCANADIAN GREY'S ANATOMY STAR SANDRA OH RETURNS TO THE STAGE
Sandra Oh will return to the stage next season in a Chicago production of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden. The Grey's Anatomy star will play tortured political prisoner Paulina in the acclaimed 1990 Chilean play at the Victory Gardens Theater. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/canadian-greys-anatomy-star-sandra-oh-returns-to-the-stage/article9321061/12 WAYS TO BE A PROACTIVE ACTORWhy is he/she working and I am not? Why haven't I had an audition? I was right for that role! Why didn't I get a chance? There is a reason the saying 90 percent business and 10 percent show has been in Hollywood since the beginning. And I mean the beginning.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/12-ways-be-proactive-actor/6 RED FLAGS WHEN AUDITING ACTING CLASSESIf you were sitting across from a first date who did any of the following things-described in chilling detail his/her childhood of sexual abuse, said "there's plenty of room in my apartment for you to move in," or asked you not to order the soup, simply because they don't want to watch you eat it-you would run so far and so fast for your life (I hope). Why? Because they're red flags. And as experienced daters, you've learned to spot them quickly. It should be the same when you're auditing acting classes.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/6-red-flags-when-auditing-acting-classes/
SOUNDSWRITE2-DAY INTRO TO VOICEOVER INTENSIVE March 16th & 17th Commercials, narration, animation, audiobooks and WALLA for film. Get a produced spot for your demo. HOME STUDIO SETUP: March 20th Bring your computer and microphone. Get free software & learn to edit for global auditions. Recent Soundswrite student bookings include the new animated series: "Mother Up" with Eva Longoria, CTV, Global and more! Register at: www.soundswrite.ca or call 604-985-5532. WEEKEND INTENSIVE WITH MATTHEW HARRISON
MARCH 23 & 24 9am- 6pm This workshop is renowned as an awesome experience. Hundreds and hundreds of actors have proclaimed that their career, artistic, and even life perspective has shifted at this workshop. It's where Matthew discovered and defined The Three Pillars of Acting. It's where acting, the art form of life is reconnected to life itself. Through intensive focus exercises developed by Matthew Harrison, the actor is drawn out, into what The Foundry calls being 'vectors- out', the natural place where the performer can live truthfully in the scene. Cost $408.80 (Includes Tax) http://actorsfoundry.com/foundryintensive/ 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 IN THE ROOM WITH JACKIE LINDGet IN THE ROOM with Vancouver Casting Director Jackie Lind and Jeb Beach. Saturday/Sunday Mar 16/17 at the NEW Actor's Foundry studio: 35 West 5th Ave. http://bit.ly/TiffanyMak
COMMERCIAL BOOKING WITH JEB BEACHMarch 23 at the Foundry Learn the finer points of how to book commercials with one of the most booking commercial actors around! http://bit.ly/CommercialBookingJeb LIVING VOICE WORKSHOPS AND COACHING
Voice Technique Workshop | April 5 - 7
Designed to build a complete voice practice for actors, singers and voice-over artists.
We will explore various techniques including: Projection, Resonance, Range, Articulation, Dialects & Character, Breath Support, Vocal Health, Nerve Control, Emotional Accessibility, Authentic Expression, and Approaching Song to provide a sound foundation upon which you can build your personal practice. Ongoing private coaching and resources available.
To register, for more information or to book a free consultation contact Danielle at 778 235 7696, livingvoicecoaching@gmail.com or www.livingvoice.ca TARLINGTON TRAINING
CHILDREN AND TEENS: Spend Spring Break doing what you love. We offer Fundamental Acting and Acting for Camera daytime workshops March 18th to 22nd. All Levels, all ages. ADULTS! Train with Vancouver's best acting coach. Register now for Linda Darlow's popular course, Audition Technique Level 1, beginning March 20th, 2013. Book now. Space is limited.
Details CALL TODAY 604-664-0315 www.tarlingtontraining.com
CELLULOID SOCIAL CLUB
Mar 13
Monthly screenings featuring the best in independent provocative short and feature films & videos followed by a Q&A. No Minors. Prizes galore.
http://www.celluloidsocialclub.com/ DIVERCINÉ 2013
Mar 29 - Apr 3
Designed to celebrate and promote la Francophonie, the international community of countries and governments that use French as a common language; express the identities, imaginings, and cultures of the French-speaking world in all their diversity; and showcase the range and abundance of film production in the francophone nations of the world.
http://www.thecinematheque.ca/divercine-2013
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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