Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - March 16, 2015
Published: Mon, 03/16/15
INDUSTRY NEWS
CANADA LOOSENS RESTRICTIONS FOR U.S. CABLE CHANNELS
The CRTC in a landmark decision ordered an end to genre protection, which in the past guaranteed local cable channels carriage and protection from direct competition with U.S. channels. The sea change in the Canadian market will now see open competition among all cable channels in the Canadian market, local or foreign.
THE POST AT 750 CULTURA`L HUB OPENS ITS DOORS IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER
A $1.8-million renovation has been completed on a new 8,500-square-foot facility at 750 Hamilton Street, which is shared by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Touchstone Theatre, Music on Main, and the DOXA Documentary Film Festival.
iZombie, shot in Vancouver, stars Rose McIver as Liv, a medical student turned zombie. The series is produced by Bonanza Productions in association with Spondoolie Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
AMY LILLARD WANTS ACTION ON WASHINGTON STATE FILM TAX INCENTIVES
The state is missing out on millions in jobs, says the executive director of Washington Filmworks. Hollywood skips us altogether and head to Vancouver, B.C., the Hollywood of the North, where $250 million in tax incentives are on the table, the actors unions demand less on the back end and the
place looks enough like us to pass.
Take pride in the fact you offered your very best
and you’re committed to continuing to do the same because you’re in it for the long haul. Auditions are your most important form of promotion, not just your only form of promotion. All the more reason you must keep going.
LEARN TO SELF-TAPE BEFORE YOU'RE ASKED, AND 4 MORE TIPS
Get together with your closest actor friends and form a
little self-tape club so you can call each other at the last minute to help you record or read with you.
AUDITION CLASS WITH STUART AIKINS with Stuart Aikins
4 Weeks starting April 8
What could be better than an audition class taught by someone who has been IN THE ROOM on the opposite side of the audition for many, many years?
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ides are allocated by Stuart from from a selection of current auditions. Actors prepare the scene before the class (except for week one, which is a cold read) and present their audition in front of the camera. In an open class format
Stuart will provide feedback and notes for the first audition. All auditions are filmed and week three and four film is sent to actors after the class via a link.
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).
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
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.
ROGUES WEST ACTORS STUDIO | NEW SESSION STARTS MARCH 23!
Announcing our new GETTING THE WORD OUT – WRITERS LAB class with Tricia Collins. Check out our complete Spring Session acting classes covering all aspects of film, scene study, including the Hagen and Meisner Techniques at rogueswest.ca. Book a no-obligation, one-on-one interview with Christiane Hirt to see our studio and discuss what your best plan of action is to be ready for the busiest film season in Vancouver since the early 1990’s!
2015 marks the 15th
anniversary of VIDF. Each year at the Festival we invite you to experience three weeks of performances, workshops and other activities at venues including the Roundhouse, the Vancouver Playhouse, as well as at neighbourhood landmarks throughout Vancouver.
Christopher Clark will speak about what steps filmmakers can take to prepare for sound post and to get the best sound possible while working within a variety of budget levels.
Just Film Festival is BC’s largest social justice film festival showcasing 35+ social justice and environmental documentaries that go to the heart of issues confronting communities here and around the globe.
