‘THE ACTORS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE’: FILMING ON TWO VANCOUVER-SHOT TV SHOWS TO RESUME IN JULY
Hollywood North is ready to roll again with two TV shows set to resume shooting in B.C. next month, under COVID-19 pandemic protocols and production-specific safety plans. https://globalnews.ca/news/7119487/bc-film-industry-resumes-coronavirus/
REOPENING B.C.: ARTS AND CULTURAL SECTOR ADAPTS TO NEW REALITY OF SMALLER AUDIENCES
All across B.C. businesses are reopening and the arts-and-cultural sector is responding to B.C.’s restart plan. If COVID-19 transmission rates remain low or in decline, from now until September will see rapid expansion of museum and gallery openings, theatre productions and gatherings of no more than 50 persons. https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/reopening-up-the-arts-and-cultural-sector
BROADWAY'S CLOSED TILL 2021, THE ONLY WAY IT COMES BACK AND THRIVES IS WITH VOD
The Broadway powers-that-be need to start considering every avenue to return to work in some form that is both safe and lucrative. Socially distanced audiences aren’t going to work. Waiting until it’s safe to fill a 1,200 seat theatre might not happen until 2022. Waiting for a vaccine could be even longer. https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/the-only-way-it-comes-back-and-thrives-is-with-vod
CORONAVIRUS DROVE A BOOM IN VIRTUAL CONTENT; TO PROTECT ARTISTS, COPYRIGHT LAW MUST CATCH UP
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated this type of abundant good will across media and entertainment businesses. But all these well-intentioned efforts have powerful implications in terms of intellectual property — presenting perilous obstacles as well as promising opportunities. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-06-29/coronavirus-virtual-content-events-copyright-law
POST-PRODUCTION BIZ FACING COVID CATASTROPHE, SAYS ‘GAME OF THRONES’ VFX OUTFIT
Last week, France-based VFX giant Technicolor SA filed for Chapter 15 in U.S. bankruptcy court as the company attempted to steady the ship and restructure some of its $1.58BN debt. Technicolor has long faced financial difficulties and other disruption. https://deadline.com/2020/07/post-production-covid-catastrophe-game-of-thrones-vfx-outfit-1202976057/
WILL CORONAVIRUS END HOLLYWOOD’S LUCRATIVE TAX BREAKS?
It’s possible that instead of being forced to simply defend existing tax incentives for film and television productions, state lawmakers may find themselves being lobbied to come up with other breaks to lure movies and shows to their borders. https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/hollywood-tax-credits-georgia-new-york-1234693793/
WHAT ALAN ALDA TAUGHT HIS GRANDSON ABOUT ACTING
All these lessons and experiences, I take with me into every audition and every role I get. These were just a few of the times he has inspired me and helped me grow as an actor, each of them helping to set me on the path I’m on now. https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/alan-alda-grandson-scott-alda-coffey-71062/
AN AGENT ON WHAT YOU CAN DO DURING QUARANTINE TO PREPARE FOR A RETURN TO WORK
Actors, you can get your “ducks in a row” while in quarantine so you’re ready to come back and kill it when the time is right! Since the beginning of quarantine, I’ve heard a lot of actors asking, “What can I be doing during this time?” Well, I respect your passion and passionately suggest these four ideas in return. https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/agent-what-do-during-quarantine-to-prepare-for-return-to-work-71055/
UPCOMING TRAINING
RAILTOWN ACTORS STUDIO
For everyone's health, we are waiting until September to hold in-person classes with safety protocols in place.
Fall Semester Classes are open for registration with start dates in September, October and November:
* Film Acting Immersion and Sunday Ensemble with John Cassini.
* Scene Study Classes with Ed Foy and Frank Cassini.
* NEW Scene Study Classes with Jennifer Copping.
All Class Details: www.railtownactors.com/classes
Coaching and tapings available: www.railtownactors.com/coaching
DIRECTOR PRODUCER SESSION WITH MARTIN WOOD
ActorVan Studios is very excited to have Martin Wood with us for a Director/Producer workshop! With over 100 episodics and movies as a director and producer, actors will have a unique opportunity to work on their skills and get on Martin’s radar. His work includes; When Calls the Heart, Aurora Teagarden, Chesapeake Shores, Sanctuary, Atlantis and many more! The fabulous Catherine Lough Haggquist will prepare actors on day one of this two day workshop.
July 25-26 | For: 19+ | Participants: 16
Sign up: https://actorvanstudios.com/product/the-director-producer-session-with-martin-wood/
ROGUES WEST ACTORS STUDIO
With studios in Vancouver and Calgary, the Rogues name is synonymous with the highest calibre of training and we have been training and mentoring actors for over 25 years. The online platform has proven to be a powerful and dynamic medium for developing relationship, character and creating complex human performances. Our next session of studio and online classes starts September 14th – email us for more info and book your intro meeting with Christiane Hirt! rogueswest@gmail.com | www.rogueswest.ca
BIZ STUDIO: ONLINE PROFESSIONAL FILM+TV ACTING CLASSES FOR KIDS+TEENS
Biz Studio has a seventeen-year track record of training young actors who work regularly in film and television.
Classes are like small-group personal training, and take a maximum of six students so that instructors can work with each actor to give them what they need. This is the place for young actors ready to take their work to the next level! http://www.bizstudio.ca/classes
DIALECT COACHING - TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony with their stars: Oscar winners Mel Gibson, Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Emmy winner Martin Freeman plus A-listers Sam Rockwell, Vince Vaughn, Joel Edgerton, Bob Odenkirk, Nathan Fillion, Stellan Skarsgard and MANY MORE. You can trust him too.
* Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach recommended by agents and casting directors. Learn with confidence the most requested accents and dialects for the Vancouver market.
Book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, info@tonyalcantardialect.com, www.tonyalcantar.com
UPCOMING EVENTS
QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL
July 16-26
Art keeps us connected during the age of social distancing. We’ve reimagined the festival to make sure you get your Queer Art fix on from a distance. QAF’s Wicked reimagines identity politics, exposing the implications of homonormativity as erasure.
INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL ongoing until July 18
To all of us at Indian Summer, the festival really is a model for the kind of society we’d like to see. A society that is creative, diverse, inclusive and innovative. As the world builds more and more walls and as societies get suspicious and afraid of people who don’t look like them and think like them, we believe in the transformative power of the arts and the festival is our way of reaffirming these beliefs. https://www.indiansummerfest.ca
