Vancouver Actor's Guide Newsletter - March 9, 2015
Published: Mon, 03/09/15
INDUSTRY NEWS
TV PILOT LOCATIONS 2015: NEW YORK SLIPS,
LOS ANGELES & VANCOUVER REBOUND
After hitting a new low last year with a measly five drama pilots and slipping to 85% of comedy pilot production, Los Angeles regained some ground with seven drama pilots, tying Vancouver and last year’s leader New York for No. 1. The city also has upped its total this year to 93% of the comedy pilots,
CBC'S 2015-16 SEASON INCLUDES CHRIS
HADDOCK SERIES, BRUCE MCCULLOCH, WILL SASSO
Although the CBC cancelled the female-focused Western series Strange Empire, the national public broadcaster revealed March 4 which series it would be renewing and unveiled a slate of new series it will be launching in the 2015-2016 season.
In 2013, Telefilm Canada funded 59 feature film projects, and of those 59 feature films, 82 per cent were directed by men, and 18 per cent were directed by women. Which is bad, but what’s even worse is the way that the funding was distributed.
FILM, TV INDUSTRY BOOMS IN VICTORIA; 10 PROJECTS PLANNED BY
APRIL
A surge in local film and TV production is bringing economic benefits, with 10 productions expected to be filmed here by late April. “We have never seen numbers like this,” said Victoria film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert.
The Cultch is set to embark on a new phase of renovations, which will see the historic green house adjacent to the theatre restored for use by local arts groups.
WHY THE CAMERA WANTS ACTORS TO THINK LIKE MOVIE STARS
In editing, we can cut to the actor on camera if we want, but why would we? Someone just listening isn’t interesting. Someone struggling with their own emotional
experience because of what the other character is saying, and while the other character is saying it, is cinematic power.
Why is microblogging the “right” way for actors to blog? In the age of social media and mobile consumption, a few seconds is about all the time someone will spend scrolling through content.
Vancouver Young Actors School camps are starting soon! March 9-13th and March 16-20th. Study on-camera audition, improv, scene study and voice overs for film and television.
Work in a professional setting with some of Vancouver's top instructors. Camps run 9am-2:30pm $499 per week or $459 when you take both weeks.
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.
INFORM YOURSELF… AUDIT ROGUES WEST ACTING CLASSES FOR FREE
Beginner and advanced actors are invited to audit (for free) our classes 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. We offer drop in and weekly classes. 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 and has over 15 years of experience in casting.
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).
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.
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.
The 18th Annual Kamloops Film Festival returns bigger and better than ever offering more comedies, more Canadian films and more fantastic events. The ten-day festival takes place in downtown Kamloops at the Paramount Theatre.
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.
