Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - December 1 2014
Published: Mon, 12/01/14
INDUSTRY NEWS
VANCOUVER ACTOR, OLIVIA CHENG ON NETFLIX'S NEW ORIGINAL SERIES MARCO POLO
CBC Q Guest host Tom Power talks to Olivia about her breakout role as Mei Lin in the new Netflix series, Marco
Polo. The upcoming 10-episode series dramatizes the famous Italian explorer's younger years in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century China.
KIM CATTRALL AMONG WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL HONOREES
This year’s Whistler Film Festival will recognize three Canadian-born industry players with high-profile screen careers on both sides of the 49th parallel.
CANADIANS RACHEL MCADAMS AND TAYLOR KITSCH JOIN 'TRUE DETECTIVE' SEASON
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McAdams will play Ani Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff's Department detective. Meanwhile Kitsch was cast in the role of war veteran and highway patrol officer Paul Woodrugh.
Sir Anthony Hopkins knows what he likes. He has been
exploring the North Okanagan as he films Go With Me in Enderby, Vernon and Lumby. And whether it’s the Village Green Centre or at the D&E Drive-In, he’s meeting residents one-on-one.
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO ACT IN BOTH TV SHOWS AND MOVIES?
Danielle Panabaker: "The industry, alongside technology, is changing rapidly. There are so many sources for content, but in my opinion, television has some of the
best, most innovative and challenging material right now."
If you live in Vancouver long enough, you end up auditioning
for something. And so I auditioned for an American TV commercial an actor friend told me about.
DUBBING INDUSTRY CALLS ON GOVERNMENT FOR SUPPORT AFTER LOSING HOUSE OF CARDS
Canada’s union of French-speaking artists fears the slow death of the Quebec dubbing industry after Netflix has decided to move the French dubbing of its House of Cards series to a firm based in France.
If you start with thought and not feelings, you will know who you are and what you want. Then you don’t have to worry about emotions. They will happen as they happen.
The bottom line is this: You need to take a strategic approach towards your headshots to ensure that your main marketing tool is optimized to efficacy. If you’re just going along with the flow, you’re putting too many variables that you could control into the hands of those who might not care or know better to do those details well.
O-1 VISA & SPONSORSHIP SEMINAR BY INDUSTRY HOLLYWOOD Sunday, December 14, 2014 Join us for this unique, innovative and carefully tailored seminar that offers an in depth and concise breakdown of the safest and most cost effective route
to take when applying for your O-1 working visa for the USA. Industry Hollywood has helped over 300 actors apply successfully for their O-1 working visas and we would love to continue with that amazing success rate, see you there! Contact us at canada@industryhollywood.com or call Alison Araya + 604 561 2976 Ticket price is just $120 CAD and can be purchased directly from the below link: http://industryhollywood.com/Acting-LA-los-angeles-O1-VisasNetworking-actors-auditions-workshops-working-in-LA.html
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.
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, tonyalcantar@icloud.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL November 21-December 4 Europe without the jetlag! Now in its 17th year, The Cinematheque’s annual European Union Film Festival spotlights acclaimed new and recent films from across greater Europe. http://www.thecinematheque.ca/eufilmfestival
WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL December 3 – 7 Based in North America's premier mountain resort just two hours north of
Vancouver, British Columbia, the Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS) is a charitable cultural organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com
THE SHORTEST DAY 2014 December 21 The three programs of entertaining and humorous Canadian shorts screening in our Vancouver celebration include many award-winners, festival picks, and audience favourites. Among the
selections are the Oscar nominees The Cat Came Back and My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts, the Oscar winner The Danish Poet, and the great NFB classic The Sweater. http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-shortest-day-2014
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