Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - March 23, 2015
Published: Mon, 03/23/15
INDUSTRY NEWS
WEAK LOONIE POSITIVE FOR LOCAL
FILM INDUSTRY
A weak loonie is bad news for cross border shoppers, but it’s having a predictable, positive effect on our film industry. More productions are choosing BC.
BC'S FILM INDUSTRY BOUNCES BACK TO BLOCKBUSTER LEVEL
Business has bounced back without further government tax credits, even though some industry insiders
said tax breaks were the only way to stop production from leaving the province.
WHAT SALLY FIELD SAYS ABOUT AGEISM AND SEXISM IN HOLLYWOOD
There’s an ageism thing all over the place. Certainly it isn’t just about comedy and it isn’t just about Hollywood. It’s certainly illustrated in Hollywood, but there’s a dearth … of roles for women. And no roles for women of age that aren’t just simply about being old, you know?
Are you a struggling comic, writer, or filmmaker? Well, good news coming your way: there is hope! Mega-stars multi-Grammy award winner RZA and Logan Green, and comedian Lena Dunham, offer great insights into how they achieved success. The common message? “Shut up and do it already!”
TV PRODUCERS FEAR A LA CARTE RULES WILL LIMIT
CHOICES
An a la carte system gives TV fans more choice but they’ll ultimately have fewer channels to choose from, say some Canadian producers who predict job losses and less programming for kids. But most at risk are channels that don’t really license original content anyway.
Too often students leave their acting teachers either too early or too late, no matter how good or bad the teacher. Whether you stay or go, do so for the right reasons.
I urge you to let your instinct dictate the moments in the scene and not your training. Put pauses
in the wrong place, rather than where the writer has placed them. Overlap the dialogue of the reader, find an energy and momentum for the character, rather than what is on the sides.
Actorium's full Meisner technique acting program for experienced actors begins with the absolute basics of speaking and listening. Actors study where to place their attention, how to allow for natural spontaneous reactions, how to immerse themselves in a role and how to break through personal barriers to authenticity. Scene work is taught by implementing technique into text.
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!
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).
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?
S
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.
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.
Take your seat at CINERGY and expect the unexpected! It’s Trinity Western University's annual film festival. Experience the next generation of filmmaking with premieres by SAMC Media +
Communication students studying documentary and digital film.
