Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - September 15 2014
Published: Mon, 09/15/14
INDUSTRY NEWS
SANDRA OH ON U.S. CASTING DIRECTORS CHASING RISING CANADIAN STARS "They want to know us as much as we want to know them, because Toronto and Vancouver are
not that far [from Hollywood] and we're from basically the same talent pool," Canadian actress and Grey's Anatomy star Sandra Oh told The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-sandra-us-casting-directors-731086
ACTOR FOR HIRE: SCOTT SPEEDMAN LOOKING FOR WORK "Man, I got nothing going on," Speedman says, peppering the thought with an
unprintable expletive. "I'm trying to get a job. I'd worked a bunch and truthfully I was waiting on some other things to happen in the TV world that I'm waiting to find out about. Just trying to get a job. I'm pretty freed up right now." http://metronews.ca/scene/1153830/actor-for-hire-speedman-looking-for-work/
CHRISTENSEN GRATEFUL FOR 'STAR WARS' BUT WANTS TO BE KNOWN FOR OTHER WORK TOO The 33-year-old Canadian appeared bashful when asked how he's sought to define himself ever since the films that made him something of a household name. "It was a big part
of my life for like five years and it was an amazing experience and did a lot for my career but afterwards I needed to kind of take a little bit of a break and I did." http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Hayden+Christensen+grateful+Star+Wars+wants+known+other/10197626/story.html
CONFESSIONS FROM A FILM PRODUCER I went to school, worked hard when I got a chance took advantage
of every opportunity to learn. I moved up when I could, stayed late, came in early, kept my ears open and my mouth shut. So go for it if there is nothing else you can do with your life... but there is no fast track kids! http://www.straight.com/confessions/1409/can-i-ask-you-favor
4 EXCUSES THAT ARE KILLING YOUR ACTING CAREER Excuses shirk your responsibility as an actor, help you justify, and even get comfortable with your lack of growth, and make you focus on things you can't change. Here are four excuses you're telling yourself that are getting in the way of your acting career. http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/4-excuses-are-killing-your-acting-career/
UPCOMING TRAINING
GET FACE-TO-FACE WITH TOP CASTING DIRECTORS FROM VANCOUVER AND LOS ANGELES! Saturday, September 20th Breakdown Services is sponsoring the Vancouver Actor
Symposium hosted by Capilano University. Pick and choose from a variety of seminars with casting directors and agents that will teach you how to get that extra edge and book roles. As an added bonus, give us your Actors Access link when you register and we will send it to all of the panelists from the seminars that you attend! Buy your tickets now, this
event will sell out! For more information and to buy tickets go to www.actorsymposium.com.
BOOK THAT ROLE FOR 'FARGO' SEASON TWO October 11, The Minnesota Dialect & More FARGO won international critical acclaim, Emmy and LA Critic's Choice Awards: Best Miniseries, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. FARGO dialect coach TONY ALCANTAR will teach you the Minnesota
dialect AND give insight into what's expected on set: you'll be surprised! "Thank you for your help with that accent...it was immensely important to me that it worked ...your ear and your nudging was fantastic- and sometimes surprising!" - FARGO lead & 2014 Emmy winner Martin Freeman To register: 604-418-1192 or tonyalcantar.ca
FULL TIME FILM ACTING CONSERVATORY PROGRAM-ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW OUR ACTORS
LEARN BY DOING. New Image College has one of the finest acting film acting programs in the country. We are a project based school. Our curriculum includes, Stunt Acting, Acting for T.V. and Film , Theatre, Text Analysis, Actors Movement, Voice. Our Core Acting Classes Methodologies are: Meisner, Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Moss, Cohen, Lewis, Adler, and Chubbuck. What makes our program different is we produce both theatre and film. Everyone of our students are tested on a film set and on the theatre
stage. http://www.newimage.ca
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
FALL
INTENSIVE - LAST ONE OF 2014 September 23, 24, 25, 26, 2014 | 9am-1pm This is where it all began. 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 began to discover and define The Three
Pillars of Acting. It's where acting, the art form of life is reconnected to life itself. Freeing, eye-opening, and inspiring, the Foundry Intensive is the foundation of The Foundry. 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. http://actorsfoundry.com/foundry-intensive-fall2014/
UPCOMING EVENTS
WILLIAM F. WHITE NETWORKING BREAKFAST September 16
Guest speaker: Nathaniel Lyman; Topic: Everything clearances - what producers need to know about copyright, trade-marks, and errors & omissions insurance. http://www.womeninfilm.ca/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=119
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL September 25 - October 14 VIFF features 16 days,
almost 350 films from over 70 countries will play on nine screens. In addition to entertaining and essential viewing for film lovers, VIFF also provides invaluable resources for media professionals with VIFF Industry's development sessions, one-on-one meetings and networking receptions. http://www.viff.org
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