Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - March 30 2015
Published: Mon, 03/30/15
INDUSTRY NEWS
'X-FILES' REVIVAL TO SHOOT IN B.C.,
'SMOKING MAN' SAYS
The landmark sci-fi conspiracy series ‘The X-Files’ will be returning to television for a six-episode run next year, with the series set to film in Vancouver this summer.
REVUE STAGE ON GRANVILLE ISLAND SLATED TO REMAIN PERFORMANCE VENUE AS ARTS CLUB OPENS NEW THEATRE
As the Arts Club prepares to transition from the Revue Stage to a
brand-new theatre later this year, the Granville Island venue is expected to continue as a performance space.
VANCOUVER NATIVE DYLAN KINGWELL GROWS UP ON THE RETURNED
Kingwell plays Victor, a mysteriously silent boy who shows
up in a town that’s fraught with a pesky problem: People who died years ago have begun reappearing in the residents’ lives.
Although much of the post-production work for film and television still happens in LA an increasing number of
shows aren’t shot there; DFT for instance is currently working on shows shot in Vancouver, Toronto, and Virginia.
THE ACTOR WHO IS CHANGING HOW WE SEE ASIAN MEN ON TELEVISION
In a leading role as an Asian character who’s not desexualized like most portrayals of Asian men, Christopher Sean — who plays gay baseball player Paul
Narita on Days of Our Lives — is breaking new ground.
To really know something is to know it through the three sense doors: mind, body, and heart. When we care deeply about something or someone, we take it/them in on these three levels and thus we have a complete and well-rounded relationship with that person or thing.
INFORM YOURSELF… AUDIT ROGUES WEST ACTING CLASSES FOR FREE! Beginner and advanced actors are invited to audit our classes for free and watch the impact of training with professional instructors fluent in all aspects of Film, Scene Study, as well as The Hagen and Meisner Techniques. Instructors include award-winning actress Christiane Hirt, founder of Rogues West and co-founder of the renowned Company of Rogues Actors Studio; and James Wilson, professional actor certified in the Uta Hagen Technique with over 15
years of experience in casting. Contact us at rogueswest@gmail.com or 604 699 1744. http://www.rogueswest.ca
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
ON SET CLASS | THE FOUNDRY April 23/24/25 You’ve booked the job…now what? Acting class prepares you for the acting…not for set. Confidence on set is paramount. Confidence comes from Competence. Get “set competent”. Here is an opportunity to become familiar with set essentials and etiquette while be directed in a scene by Matthew Harrison. Actors will receive a fully edited and professionally shot demo reel from this class. http://actorsfoundry.com/event/onsetvancouver/
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).
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.
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.
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.
CINEMA SPECTACULAR II A MOTION PICTURE VARIETY SHOW
April 23
Back for its second year, Cinema Spectacularis an all-Canadian, local cinema celebration of filmmakers working on low-budget passion projects - the type of films that make the landscape of independent film so effervescent and involving.
