3 Key Regulations You Need To Know About Talent Agents in BC

July 29, 2010
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As actor you need to be informed. You need to know your rights. You need to know how to protect your money. Being an actor, there are investments we make so that we are prepared. We pay upfront for training, photo shoots, headshot reproductions, demo reels, parking, and many more things. The one thing we [...]

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How To Feel Miserable As An Artist

June 23, 2010

I’m not sure who gets the official credit for this, but I found this through the One Cool Word magazine facebook page. I think this is relevant for all members of the film, TV, and theatre community.  In fact, I think if you change the word “artist” to “person” it would work just as well.

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How To Have a Great Audition from Casting Director, Bernie Telsey

May 28, 2010
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New York Casting Director, Bernie Telsey has experience casting film and stage productions since the 90′s. Some of the films he and his company has cast include Sex and the City, Across the Universe, Rent, and Finding Forrester.  Some of the Broadway and off-Broadway shows include the original cast of Rent, Hairspray, Little Shop of [...]

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RIP Babz Chula | Mar 12 1946 – May 7 2010

May 8, 2010
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If you hadn’t heard, I announce with a heavy heart that multiple-award winning actor, Babz Chula died yesterday after battling cancer for many years. She was first diagnosed in 2002 with Breast Cancer and had a mastectomy. Unfortunately the cancer came back in 2008 while she was also battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the blood which [...]

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Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth returns for 2010

April 8, 2010
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Friday, April 9 2010 marks the opening of this years Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth. I will again have the honour to be the Master of Ceremonies for the Opening Night Gala and Award Presentation as well as at Sunday’s Young Filmmakers Showcase and Award Presentation. One of the reasons why I choose [...]

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“Actors are a very important part of society.”

March 30, 2010
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The GVPTA (Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance) linked this video over on Facebook in honour of World Theatre Day on the weekend. I just had a chance to view it and thought it was really captures the importance of not only actors in society but the whole arts and culture sector. In the video, Patsy [...]

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Oscar Winning Film Trailer

March 7, 2010
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Over on the VAG Forum, withoutaboat shared a link to a video. I thought it fitting to post it here seeing that tonight marks the 82nd Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars. The video speaks to how formulaic a film tends to be to win an Oscar. It’s embedded below fr your viewing pleasure. [...]

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ANNOUCEMENT: BC Tax Credits for Film and Interactive Digital Media

February 3, 2010
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Yesterday we wrote about the recent call out from the NDP and Shawn Williamson of Brightlight Pictures to the provincial government to do something to keep the BC Film industry competitive. Today Finance Minister Colin Hansen announced a proposal to make that happen.  If it’s approved by the legislature this would help to compete with [...]

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