In addition to your TVI consultant these would be great tools for actors to use if you have an iphone you can check out all you need to know, on the new application actor genie. It has casting notices, a top ten area; it even has helpful hints from managers, agents and casting directors. Other great applications for actors are Lines Coach a simple app that helps you learn your lines it has Learn or rehearse options, Learn has your lines highlighted where rehearse has your lines blocked out and the other characters lines can be seen, stuck on your line just click hint.
Need a Shakespeare monologue for your next audition get it on your iPhone. The free app brings you the full text of all forty plays, as well as the Bard’s poems and sonnets. American Accent Training, Inc. has numerous applications to help you if you need to work on a standard American dialect. And of course don’t forget to check out TVI’s facebook for updates on casting workshops, helpful hints, quotes and more
With every tool you could possible need right at your fingertips getting out there has never been so easy.
Daybreakers
A vampire thriller film set in the year 2019.
Just grossed $32,175,979 with the
$29,975,979 (5 February 2010) being in the US.
Daybreakers was filmed on the Gold Coast Queensland at Warner Bros. Movie World studios. Staring an array of locally grown talent, and some big international names as well. It seems that the Australian film industry is really starting to pick up and we need to continue to support, for Australian made films.
Although the film as had mixed reviews the toughest critics seem to have been the Australians. We need to keep going, we have a list of great credits behind us, and a bright bright film industry ahead. Keep the passion alive and lets create amazing Australian films for the entire world to enjoy.
Yesterday at TVI Actors Studio, TVI hosted an acting headshot photographers panel with the TVI Hybrid Conservatory students. Guest speakers four well recognized headshot photographers in the Los Angeles acting community. They were Innes Casey, Vanie Poyey and Alex and Catherine from Holloway Pictures.
The two hour seminar spoke about lighting, headshot costs, duplications and technology advances in photography.
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The Australian production of MARY POPPINS will premiere in July 2010 at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne.
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Rising Sun Pictures closed its new Sydney office after the expected influx of big offshore productions failed to materialise.Several major productions, including Warner Bros’ big budget
Green Lantern, pulled out of Sydney last year as the value of the Australian dollar climbed above 90 US cents. Martin ****bell Green Director of Lantern stated the comic book adventure is now filming in Louisiana in March.
Rising Sun Pictures is working on the final two Harry Potter films and Chinese-Australian production “The Last Dragon”, which recently finished filming.
Rising Sun is the only Australian feature film vfx specialist, consistently delivering inspiring effects and animation for films around the world.
Nicole Kidman has been added to the list of presenters at the 2010 Golden Globes Awards.
Nicole joins presenters Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Colin Farrell, Matthew Fox, Julia Roberts and Mickey Rourke.
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio will present the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.”
The 2010 Golden Globes Awards will be hosted by Ricky Gervais, and be broadcast live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on January 17th.
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The Australian Film & Television Academy
The Teenagers Screen Acting Intensive at TAFTA
School Holiday Screen Acting Intensive
There has never been a Teen acting Workshop like this in Melbourne!
This five day intensive is designed for teenagers as a combination of specifically structured lessons on the craft of acting for the screen and also as a window of opportunity in the form of screentest and audition workshops with some of australia’s best known casting directors and film & television directors..
The course will run for a total of 40 hours, Wed to Mon from 9.00am to 6.00pm. and will feature some of Australia’s best known Casting Directors and Directors.
For details call 9702 5702 or email the TAFTA admissions department.
TAFTA Acting Course Date:
Wed 6th January to Sun 11th January 2010
Times: 9.00am to 6.00pm
VENUE: TAFTA – East Malvern
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