POV: UBC PERSISTENCE OF VISION FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 25TH EDITION
Believe it or not, the POV: UBC Persistence of Vision Film Festival is one of the longer
running film fests in the city. It's celebrating its 25th edition this year as it showcases this year's batch of work from UBC Film Production students.
BC CREATES LAUNCHED TO SHARE SUCCESSES OF CREATIVE SECTOR
Liz Shorten of the Canadian Media Production Association, BC Producers’ Branch, described the
effort as a collaborative communications initiative backed by film and television, digital entertainment, music, and magazine and book publishing industry associations.
According to a source, members of the makeup department used bronzer to darken the skin-tones of actors, including those of Asian and
African-American ethnicities, to make them look Native American.
When you get specific notes and direction from a casting director at your initial audition, make sure to integrate that
into your coaching sessions and alert your coach if he’s sending you in the wrong direction. Otherwise, you’re wasting everyone’s time.
DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winners Halle Berry,
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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
FREE SEMINARS ON OVERCOMING STAGE FRIGHT!
Hosted
by actor/director Danielle Benzon
May 5th and 22nd at 7pm
Alliance for Arts and Culture (938 Howe Street, suite 100)
Unleash Your Voice: replacing stage fright with authentic confidence.
Summer Intensives are a chance for students to see the kind of progress they can make when they devote 100% of their energy to acting. As with all Biz Studio programs, summer students have about twice the one-on-one time with faculty as students at other schools
(max of 6 students per class). Each week also features workshops with two local casting directors. July and August intensives available.
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.
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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.
April 30 - May 10 Featuring 89 films, 79 screenings, including 6 World Premieres and 23 Canadian Premieres. DOXA 2015 is packed to the brim with radicals, iconoclasts,
weirdos, mavericks and James Franco.
