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

July 29, 2010

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 [...]

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

May 28, 2010

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 [...]

“Actors are a very important part of society.”

March 30, 2010

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 [...]

2010 Tax Time. Use It To Your Advantage.

February 21, 2010

Taxes. Every year I learn something new I wish I had known years prior. And this year is no exception. During a very in depth interview with Mark Yoshihara, CA of Backspin Entertainment Business Services, we discuss what you can and cannot expense and a few tricks to stretch those expenses further. So grab yourself [...]

Coming to Canada to Act?

January 19, 2010

A bunch of emails come in over at the Vancouver Actor’s Guide from international (mostly from the USA) actors asking about working and auditioning here in Canada. And really, the main thing to consider is whether you have the paper work to legally work here. You need to contact the office of Citizenship and Immigration [...]

Casting Director, Candice Elzinga: How To Make A Good Impression

December 17, 2009

Found this great clip which Anastasia Bandey posted over on her Actorworks Vancouver site. Vancouver Casting Director, Candice Elzinga answers a question asked of her: What can an actor do to stand out amongst others in an audition? Candice has a lot of experience in this industry having worked on more than 200 films or [...]

How To Use or Lose Those Nerves For Audition Success

October 4, 2009

Most auditions that fall apart and do not resemble what the actor had in mind when rehearsing things in their living room comes down to one word… Nerves. Here are some thoughts and advice on how to eliminate or better yet “use” the nerves to your advantage. Different scenes and characters can utilize these feelings [...]

Exercise: What Makes A Good Audition?

August 27, 2009

I was doing my usual browse across some websites people were sending me recently and came across a site for a film project called, The Baby Cliff. The project, “a series of fictional comedy shorts,” is collaborative in nature. The public has the opportunity to participate in three different ways: Vote on what lines to [...]

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

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

“Actors are a very important part of society.”

2010 Tax Time. Use It To Your Advantage.

Coming to Canada to Act?

Casting Director, Candice Elzinga: How To Make A Good Impression

How To Use or Lose Those Nerves For Audition Success

Exercise: What Makes A Good Audition?

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