Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - February 9, 2015
Published: Mon, 02/09/15
INDUSTRY NEWS
SEVERAL CANADIANS GET
SCI-TECH OSCARS ON SATURDAY
The space station fire in "Gravity." "Man of Steel"'s Smallville battle. The volcano eruption in "Star Trek Into Darkness." Three Canadians behind special effects technologies that helped create those scenes are feted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Saturday.
The devastating moment that Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton learned Sony had been taken hostage by vicious cyber-criminals targeting The Interview, was just the beginning of the drama.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LAWSUITS IN THE HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD IS QUIETLY HAPPENING
"...any writer who sold film rights to New Line Productions can have
those rights freely exploited by its parent company Warner Bros. — and the original contract you signed with New Line will not be honored."
Overall, 116 of this year’s 441 Berlinale films are by women, according to Kosslick. That amounts to about 26 percent of this year's Berlinale movies. The three films by women directors competing for the Golden Bear amount to 15.8 percent of the 19 total in competition.
All the social media platforms are valuable for actors, but to me the most powerful platforms for actors to network and create relationships with industry folks are Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. Here are eight tips for using them to your advantage.
I have been on the other side of the room for the past month…and by that I mean I was in
the casting director’s chair. There were several things that happened consistently with actors that could easily be avoided.
DATE: Sunday, March 1 | TIME: 9:45 am - 3:00 pm | PLACE: Kozmic Studios
Goldberg
Productions presents artists Marcy Goldberg and Maryke Hendrikse as they join forces to give a dynamic, full on, in studio day of Commercial Voice Over and Animation instruction for teens and pre-teens. A digital copy of your work is included.
For more info and to register please call Dolores Drake at 604.688.9359. Class size is limited.
SCENE STUDY INTENSIVE WITH MATTHEW HARRISON
February 21 / 22
An introduction to working with Matthew and
exploring his philosophy and practice. 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. Actors receive scenes and scene partners in advance, rehearse and fully prepare scenes, and apply the work to focal exercises, preparatory
exploration, and scene presentation.
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.
Training an actor to work without self consciousness, to establish fluidity in truthful
reaction, to bring his/her work alive through focusing on the present moment and to drop habitual behaviours which limit an actor.
4 week Meisner technique training for professional actors. $175, Wednesday afternoon starts Feb 25, 2-4:30pm, Wednesday evening start March 4, 7pm - 9:30pm.
Come join Vancouver Young Actors School in our upcoming term! VYAS is the elite training school for young professional actors in Canada. Our programs are committed to offering the most advanced form of training possible for young actors in a state of the art facility. We offer improv, on camera audition and Voice over classes for students from 4-17 years
old.
Our Spring term is filling up fast, please contact Lisa at 604 568 5449 for more information or to register.
DATE: Sunday, March 8 | TIME: 9:45 am - 6:00 pm | PLACE: Beaumont Studios / Kozmic Studios
Goldberg Productions is proud to have
Casting Director Randi Riediger for a full on, in studio day of Prelay Animation. A few spots have opened up.
For more info or to register please call 604.255.6538.
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
5 DAYS + 3 INSTRUCTORS + 2 CASTING DIRECTOR WORKSHOPS = BIZ STUDIO SPRING BREAK FOR KIDS+TEENS
Biz Studio Spring Break Intensives are a chance for students to see the kind of progress they can make when they are able to devote 100% to acting. Students spend three to four hours in class each day working on scenes, building confidence on-camera, having fun, and receiving expert
feedback and support from Biz Studio instructors. Video from each class is posted online. Each week also features workshops with two local casting directors (TBA; because of their busy schedules we confirm week-of).
Building on 6 years of growth and success, children and their families are encouraged to spark their imagination through music, visual, literary and performing arts lead by professional artists.
Driven by a passion for film, culture, and the outdoors, the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Society seeks to advance appreciation of films
and film-making while inspiring, informing, and educating the public in these areas.
The Festival stands behind the unwavering belief that the performing arts are an important vehicle of communication that holds us together as a culture and inspires us with new ideas and unexpected ways of looking at the world.
All areas of the performing arts are represented at the Talking Stick Festival from theatre, dance, drumming, and music to spoken word, and multimedia performance. These
artistic disciplines celebrate Aboriginal culture and showcase the new evolving contemporary work of today's artists.
Take a February break from the cold, grey winter for a burst of colourful art, music and dance! Art is at the heart of Winterruption, and this year, it’s bigger than ever!
Crazy8s is an 8 day filmmaking challenge that provides funding and support to emerging filmmakers to help them produce a short film.
Attend the 2015 Gala Screening at The Centre.
