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Ask Questions To Find The Right Photographer

August 19, 2009

Like many of us in the arts, we didn’t wise up to what we really wanted to do some several years and well traveled career paths later and Michael Ford is no exception. His love for photography started as a hobby in high school and it wasn’t until falling in love with Paris, France through [...]

Actors: Work With Your Allies – Part Two

July 27, 2009

Continuation from Part 1, Work With Your Allies where Talent Agents and Casting Directors were brought up. Here are other allies you work with every day that you want to reconsider your approach when working together: READERS This is your scene partner in an audition. You wouldn’t do a scene on set or in a [...]

Actors: Work With Your Allies – Part One

July 22, 2009

The working actor in Vancouver has far more people on their team than they generally utilize to their fullest potential. Too many actors eliminate the “business” from “Show Business.” Successful businesses are efficient and use every tool at their disposal to the maximum in order to separate themselves from competitors locally and worldwide. The professional [...]

Words Without Meaning Are Just Words

July 13, 2009

I remember back in the day when I first discovered what acting really meant to me and how words on paper are only words until there was meaning behind it. I was checking out some upcoming Vancouver plays at The Next Stage Video Listings and I saw one which reminded me of that discovery I [...]

ACTRA Members Get New Agreement

July 2, 2009

It was announced on June 29, 2009 that ACTRA performers have voted an overwhelming YES, with 98.3% of the votes, to ratify a new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) with Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA). The new agreement gives performers a rate increase of 2% each year for three years between January 1, 2010 [...]

Top 3 (and more) items for your “audition bag”

June 29, 2009

Just as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts say, “Be Prepared,” actors need to keep that in mind. Being prepared for an audition isn’t just about the few minutes in the room with the Casting Director, it’s also about being relaxed and prepped before you head into the room. With the help from some members [...]

7 Core Elements to Improve Your Audition

June 22, 2009

Every coach will have a different name for this – sometimes even a different number. But I maintain that there are 7 essential ingredients for EVERY character in EVERY scene in EVERY story EVER told. Learn these 7 and you can’t have a terrible audition ever again. Knowing these inside out will let you play [...]

SAG members vote 78% YES for new two-year deal

June 9, 2009

Effective, 12:01am June 10, 2009 Screen Actors Guild members will be under a new agreement which they passed with an overwhelming 78% approval. According to SAG.com, the new two-year agreement covers “film and digital television programs, motion pictures and new media productions.” Variety.com reports: Despite allowing the SAG master contract to expire a year ago, [...]