Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter

Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - April 21 2014

Published: Mon, 04/21/14

INDUSTRY NEWS

SORRY NOT SORRY: MAYOR DE BLASIO ON STEALING L.A. FILM JOBS
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his pick to be New York City's next film commissioner threw down the gauntlet against cities like Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver, who have been fighting hard to dig into the city's film and television industry.
http://observer.com/2014/04/sorry-not-sorry-mayor-de-blasio-on-stealing-l-a-film-jobs/

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMER URGES FILM INDUSTRY TO FORGET PIRACY AND EMBRACE INTERNET
Mainstream movie makers need to get over their fear of piracy and accept the internet as the way of the future.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/22705152/tribeca-film-festival-programmer-urges-film-industry-to-forget-piracy-and-embrace-internet/

CRONENBERG, EGOYAN, GOSLING AMONG CANUCK FILMMAKERS HEADED TO CANNES
Canuck filmmakers will figure prominently at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan and first-time director Ryan Gosling among those set to unspool new work on the Croisette.
http://www.news1130.com/2014/04/17/cronenberg-egoyan-gosling-among-canuck-filmmakers-headed-to-cannes/

SPONSORS

CALGARY ACTRESS SIOBHAN WILLIAMS MOVES FROM HELL ON WHEELS TO BLACK BOX
When Calgary actress Siobhan Williams was 20, she told her agent she wanted to stop going out for the "young roles". Couldn't she just play her age? Or even older? Her agent's response was fairly blunt: No.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Calgary+actress+Siobhan+Williams+moves+from+Hell+Wheels/9757291/story.html

MICHAEL CERA INTERVIEW
"We were shooting in Vancouver and most of my scenes were at the beginning and the end of the shoot, so I had this huge pocket of time where I had nothing to do."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/michael-cera-the-alist-actor-talks-chickenpox-learning-spanish-and-why-hed-love-to-work-with-mike-leigh-9268373.html

SYFY ORDERS 'OLYMPUS' MYTHOLOGICAL DRAMA SERIES
Production begins this summer in Vancouver and London, with casting underway. Olympus, from the team behind Syfy minis Tin Man, Alice and Neverland, will premiere in 2015.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/syfy-orders-olympus-mythological-drama-693798

BEING AN ACTOR? I'LL BET YOU THINK 'I COULD DO THAT'
I've worked 14-hour shifts, handled multibillion industry inquiries - and nothing compares to the obsession that acting demands
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/17/being-an-actor-difficult-job

DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO MEMORIZE LINES?
The way I look at it, an actor only has two choices: You are either over- or underprepared. If you are overprepared it is easier to improvise than if you are underprepared and have to do the scene in one take. So learn your lines.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/the-working-actor/do-you-really-have-memorize-lines/

75 YEARS AFTER ITS BIRTH, TV IS MORE POPULAR THAN EVER
Television was first introduced on April 30, 1939, at the New York World's Fair. Today television has taken a shift, much to do with the changing technology and pay service formats.
http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/television/years+after+birth+more+popular+than+ever/9748270/story.html

UPCOMING TRAINING

ANTHONY MEINDL'S 2-DAY ACTING INTENSIVE
Join Anthony Meindl for a weekend intensive of cold reading, scene study, and audition technique. Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4, 10am-5pm. $395USD per student, $150USD to observe. At 788 Beatty Street, B2 lv, Studio A, Vancouver, BC, V6B 4P4.
Anthony is the author of the best-selling acting book At Left Brain Turn Right and the brand new release, Alphabet Soup for Grownups, both available now on amazon.com.
To Register: barbara@anthonymeindl.com or 323.852.6963

DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winners Halle Berry, Billy-Bob Thornton plus A-list stars Stellan Skarsgard, Sam Rockwell, Joel Edgerton, Bob Odenkirk, Martin Freeman, 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

PROJECTING CHANGE FILM FESTIVAL
April 24 - 27
Projecting Change is a 4-day film festival featuring award-winning documentaries and exploring themes such as environmental and social sustainability, empowerment, identity, and global culture.
http://projectingchange.ca/

NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY
April 29
National Canadian Film Day (NCFD) is an initiative of REEL CANADA. NCFD was created to establish a new way to celebrate this great nation, embrace Canadian cinema, and have some fun. NCFD is an annual event that will take place on the last Tuesday of April each year.
http://www.canadianfilmday.ca

DOXA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
May 2-11
The 2014 festival ventures deep into the unknown, to seek out new forms of nonfiction, to discover glorious new forms of cinema, caught on the wing, and documented in the wild. From mountain gorillas to cartoon ponies and the men who love them, wild boars, roller derby grrrls, young agrarians and stick insects, all captured in their natural habitat.
http://www.doxafestival.ca

IGNITE! YOUTH DRIVEN ARTS FESTIVAL
May 2 - 10 | The Cultch
Every year, for one week in May, The Cultch is taken over and transformed by young people. Hundreds of youth are involved in what has grown to be Vancouver's largest youth-driven arts festival. The festival includes showcases in music, dance, and spoken word, the world premiere of three one-act plays, a visual arts exhibit, variety shows featuring improv, drag, circus arts, and much more. All of this is created by local artists between the ages of 13-24.
http://igniteyouthfest.ca

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