Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - December 16 2013

Published: Mon, 12/16/13

This will be the last Vancouver Actor's Guide newsletter for 2013. We will resume our newsletter on Monday, January 13, 2014.

We wish you all the best as you close the end of this year and start the next year with much personal and professional success.
UPCOMING TRAINING
PILOT PRIMER WITH BRANDON JAY MCLAREN AND MATTHEW HARRISON
A weekend intensive specifically geared to create a successful PILOT Season in Vancouver
January 11 / 12, 2014
Work with Vancouver's premier acting coach, Matthew Harrison, and Brandon Jay McLaren, pilot season veteran and series regular on USA network's GRACELAND. With special guest: agent Russ Mortensen of Pacific Artists.  This is a dynamic and informative intensive covering both audition technique and the inner workings of pilot.  Learn how to create audition tapes that get noticed and craft successful pilot auditions.  Learn how to bring your personality to the character for searches in Vancouver for local casting.
http://actorsfoundry.com/pilot-primer/
ACTOR'S FOUNDRY PRESENTS:  A NEW ACTING CLASS FOR YOUNG ACTORS, AGES 11-15
Mondays 4:30 pm to7:30 pm - Starting January 27, 2014
Designed for the professional teen actor who is caught between being too mature and experienced for young people classes ...but too young for adult classes. Taught by Veteran Actress MICHELLE HARRISON... young actors learn the ins and outs of acting for stage, film, and television, inspiring a joy of the art form and preparing a professionalism for the industry.  The class is for professional teens who need to FIND THE FUN in their acting...and so succeed in their auditions, on stage, and on set.
http://actorsfoundry.com/michelle/
SOUNDSWRITE WORKSHOPS
*INTRO TO VOICEOVER INTENSIVE Jan. 18th & 19th
Commercials, narration, audiobooks, animation & ADR for film. Where to get work. Get a produced spot for your demo & learn to set up a home studio. 5 students = max booth time. Recent student bookings - Global, CTV and CBC Kids!
*ACTING FOR VOICEOVER INTENSIVE - FEB 1 & 2
Jeb Beach is back! Approach VO roles with confidence in a unique, bookable way. "A gamechanger!"
*DEMO BUILDING WORKSHOP
Build your pro demo through coached sessions one spot at a time as your budget allows, or get a produced demo in a week!
Book now! www.soundswrite.ca or 604-985-5532.
ANTHONY MEINDL'S ACTOR WORKSHOP VANCOUVER
AMAW is now open in Vancouver! With some of TV's hottest shows being shot in Vancouver you will learn how to master the demands of tv/film acting from the acting studio that is producing the next generation of Hollywood stars. The on-going Vancouver acting classes focus on our exciting non-method way of working and will get you working the muscle of the moment and help you to trust your instincts, stop over-thinking, and do naturally what you always thought acting should be: easy, fun, empowering.
Classes are Mondays at 6PM. Email assistant@anthonymeindl.com to register.
http://www.anthonymeindl.com
IN THE ROOM WITH ARCTIC AIR
January 24, 25, 26, 2014
This is your chance to make a personal impression with the Writer, Executive Producer and Director of ARCTIC AIR. The show is in its 3rd season and during the workshop you will have the chance to get the inside scoop from crew and actors on the TV show.  This format will get you in the room for 12-15 minutes with Gary Harvey and Jon Cooksey, with all the pressure of a real room audition setting. You gain an unparalleled first-hand sense of how these industry icons look for actors for this hit TV Show.
http://actorsfoundry.com/room-arcticair/
DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgard, Sam Rockwell, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Banks, etc. You can trust him too! Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach, recommended by agents and casting directors. Learn with confidence the most requested dialects and accents required for the Vancouver market. Book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, tonyalcantar1960@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
WILLIAM F WHITE NETWORKING BREAKFAST
with Vancouver Actor and Teacher, Jeb Beach
December 17
This month's networking breakfast will focus on topic, "The Seasons of the Actor."
http://www.womeninfilm.ca/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=75
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.