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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HBO’s “The Pacific”, which was cast in Australia by Christine King and Meg Liberman in Los Angeles” stars James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello and Jon Seda, examines a select group of Marines who make their way through the Pacific Theater, including battles at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
HBO will debut 10-part miniseries “The Pacific” March 14 and air an hourlong episode every Sunday through May 16 in the States.
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Tot Mom opens at Wharf 1 on December 23
Torn between two countries and juggling the demands of career and motherhood, Essie Davis returns to the Sydney stage in a play by Steven Soderbergh, based on tragic events that are still unfolding.
…Despite relishing the words of Shakespeare and Williams and seducing audiences with her eloquent and bravura theatre work, including Judy Davis’s sparkling version of Sheridan’s classic satire The School for Scandal eight years ago, Davis insists she has tried many times to turn away from the theatre.
“There was a time when I solely wanted to pursue film but for whatever reason various film projects kept bringing me back to the theatre,” says Davis, acutely aware of the irony of working with the prolific filmmaker Soderbergh on his stage debut.
…Davis will appear in two Australian films next year: Kin, by the first-time director Amanda Jane, about a Russian woman who flees her homeland to be with the man of her dreams; and Shirley Barrett’s South Solitary, a drama set in the 1920s and co-starring Barry and Miranda Otto.
See the entire story in the Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire begins its sold out engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Nov. 27. Starring Aussie Cate Blanchett.
The Australian company also features Michael Denkha, Elaine Hudson, Gertraud Ingeborg, Morgan David Jones, Russell Kiefel, Jason Klarwein, Mandy McElhinney, Tim Richards, Sara Zwangobani and musician Alan John
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Voice-overs and voice acting is something that everyone seems to have interest in. What could be better, reading into a microphone, not being seen, lot of money….As it is with most things in the show business world, there is much more to it than that. First is, of course, an ability to perform consistently, in a studio environment. For many, this may not be as easy as it seems. Directors, audio technicians, Ad Reps., Copy-writiers, can make a pressured situation worse. Next, the actor must be able to offer several interpretations of the same script. Third, getting the job by having a great audition and demo-tape that has “professional” written all over it are essential ingredients that make a Voice-Over career a realistic pursuit. Finding out if you’ve got what it takes may simply be a matter of taking a class with a professional instructor who can help you.
Pictured is Jeffrey Dreisbach at TVI Actors Studio
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Great quote from the President of the United States, Barrack Obama;
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. it’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
~ Barrack Obama
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Canada’s Top 10 films revealed
The three Quebec pics that repped Canada at this year’s Cannes Film Festival are among the films selected by the Toronto Intl. … They are Denis Cote’s experimental docudrama “Carcasses,” 20-year-old writer-director Xavier Dolan’s gay-themed dramedy “I Killed My Mother” and seasoned helmer Denis Villeneuve’s “Polytechnique,” based on the true story of a Montreal university shooting spree in December 1989.
…There will be public screenings of the pics and Q&A sessions with the filmmakers between Jan. 14 and Jan. 21 at the Toronto Intl.
…”By screening the top 10 selections at (the) Cinematheque and in cities around the country, we provide a unique opportunity for the public to see the best films of the year.
…The list includes Montreal director Jacob Tierney’s Montreal-shot “The Trotsky,” which toplines Jay Baruchel in a high school comedy; Matthew Bissonnette’s L.A.-set road movie “Passenger Side”; and Alexandre Franchi’s “The Wild Hunt.”
…The Toronto Film Festival’s Top Ten was chosen by a panel of 10 filmmakers, journalists, programmers and industryites, including helmer Jerry Ciccoritti, author Tom McSorley and producer Nicole Robert.
See the complete article in Variety
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Everything you ever wanted to know about casting directors, agents and acting coaches
Do you want to know how a casting director works?
How an agent chooses the artists they represent and how they get work for them?
How to choose a good acting coach?
Then come along to the first AT2 Brisbane networking event!
Free for AT2 members, you’ll hear from:
John Orcsik, actor, writer, producer and coach, director of TAFTA
Tom McSweeney, feature film casting director, producer and acting coach
Martin Lucas, established talent agent
All are welcome – filmmakers, directors, actors, writers, producers, agents and more. Come along and hear from the professionals, ask questions and meet new contacts.
These events are meant to bring the entertainment industry together, where you can learn, network and just have a good time!
The night is free for AT2 members and $10 for non-members.
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