Gunnar Tryggvason, an Icelandic director living in Prague, is doing a short film and needs an english speaking elderly couple to act (60 to 70 years old)…
Please write to gunnartryggvason@gmail.com
Nick Perry is prepping for a new edgy film, featuring actor/models age 16-20. Male and Female
See this “vibe” footage that Nick edited for casting. He wants these types:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRYk2-lf9fA
Please submit photos and CV.s to casting@nancybishopcasting.com
” Short Film-maker from India, looking for young actors (male/female)
to be part of short film in Prague from Jan – Feb. Shooting will be
done mostly on weekends.
A look at my earlier short films :
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1XkUrv42tw
2. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7027019333931315863#
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBzq6pOOL5M
The actors get a chance to have a nice experience of getting handson
experience of short film-making.
Interested people can mail at maximasatya@gmail.com or call at 722669210.
Facebook profile : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBzq6pOOL5M
Orkut profile : http://www.orkut.com/Main#Profile?uid=7181789455043640524&rl=t
MARKETING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET: FOLLOWED BY BOOK LAUNCH. In this seminar, taught by Nancy and guest speakers casting directors Emma Style from UK and Lana Veenker from US, actors will learn how to present themselves for international work, highlighting how to crack into the US and UK markets. Marketing skills covered will include how to create an effective, eye-catching C.V, chose a key photo, and create a show reel and website. Nancy will outline some basic facts about the O1 Visa, for US work; Emma and Lana will discuss the specific demands of the UK and US markets. All participants will receive a free copy of “Secrets from the Casting Couch.”
Please join us afterwards for book signing.
About Nancy: Emmy-award nominated, American Casting Director, Nancy Bishop, has cast over sixty American and British films, from her base in Prague. She has cast for major feature films including Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist, Hellboy, Bourne Identity, and the recently released Wanted and Prince Caspian. She has been teaching casting workshops throughout Europe, the UK, and the US, and the head of the Acting for Film Department at the Prague Film. She is a member of The Casting Society of America, and the International Network of Casting Directors.
About Emma: Emma Style has been casting since 1984. Her work includes film, television and theatre, past work includes Tea with Mussolini, Emmy Award winning Prime Suspect V and multi BAFTA award winning Our Friends in the North. More recently Emma has been casting The Take, Hogfather and The Colour of Magic. This year her work to be shown includes Going Postal for SKY, Exam, a low budget feature film and she is currently casting The Silence, a four part BBC One Drama.
About Lana: Lana Veenker began her career in London and, launched what is now one of the most successful location casting companies in the US. She has found her calling in helping actors who live outside Hollywood break into the business. Her numerous projects include casting on Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford; Twilight; The Road starring Viggo Mortensen; and 15 episodes of TNT’s Leverage. She is a member of the Casting Society of America and the International Network of Casting Directors.
AUDITION TECHNIQUE CLASS:
Time: 10:00AM – 14:00PM
Date: Sunday, 14 February 2010.
Place: English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstrasse 40, 10965 Berlin.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SEMINAR
Time: 15:00PM – 17:00PM
Date: Sunday, 14 February 2010.
Place: English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstrasse 40, 10965 Berlin.
I assigned my class at the Prague Film School to read Susan Batson’s Truth and David Mamet’s True and False. These are both great books, by the way, and all actors should read them. As you may know, Susan Batson is the acting coach for the likes of Nicole Kidman, and Juliette Binoche, and David Mamet is the award-winning writer and director.
It was a fun juxtoposition because they are so different in their point of view about acting, and actor training. One of my students, Ben Palacios, has given me permission to post his imaginary debate between the two of them here:
TRUTH, by Susan Batson
TRUE AND FALSE, by David Mamet
I can imagine a discourse between Batson and Mamet, which goes something like this…
Mamet:
You’re a fraud. Life in the studio is not acting. All you do is take up the energy and time of a privileged class of people who’d like to call themselves “actors”.
Batson:
I see you have trouble trusting people, David. Why is your Public Persona so abrasive and untrusting? This suggests to me that your Need is to be cared for.
Mamet:
No. My need (with a lowercase ‘n’) is for actors to stop trying to learn their craft from so-called teachers like you – and your cultish nonsense, and learn it where they should: in the arena.
Batson:
I give actors the tools to foster their acting through a belief system. I think we’ll both agree that playing at a feeling or sensation won’t reach an audience. You have to believe it. That’s where I come in. In your play, Oleanna, did Carol not truly believe that John had sexually assaulted her?
Mamet:
Carol and John do not exist; they are mere words on a page. I hate it when people ask me stuff about my plays as if they actually happened and I was the only witness. All right, let’s get this straight: belief only induces self-deception. You’re training people to deceive themselves, when they should just accept the circumstances of their situation as an actor on stage. That takes real courage. As I said: You’re a fraud.
Batson:
But I taught Nicole Kidman, who’s a great actress.
Mamet:
She was a very good actress before she met you. She is one now in spite of you. That – I’m impressed by. And Great Actors or Actresses only exist to fulfil the cultural need for one. And honestly… she’s not that great.
Batson:
All right Bucko, what do you give actors? A lack of preparedness? …at least I give them something to believe in.
Mamet:
Again with the belief! That ‘lack of preparedness’ is how we spend our lives. That’s the real Truth – with a capital ‘T’. That’s what’s interesting to watch.
Batson:
I disagree.
Mamet:
I knew you would.
Batson:
Fine. Goodbye… Come on, Nicole.
Here’s a teenage kid who made an at home TV series with his siblings, and now it’s being made into a studio feature film: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/movies/08fred.html
M A K I N G T H E M O V E T O H O L L Y W O O D
Master Class in Hollywood
Monday March 1 – Saturday March 6, 2010 (off 4th)
iWa and the Beverly Hills Playhouse, one of the oldest and most respected acting school in Los Angeles have the pleasure of introducing for the first time an extraordinary and unique 5 day Master Class in Hollywood.
With Globalization and the Internet, borders have almost disappeared and more and more Actors/Directors today desire and dream about an International Career. However questions arise. How do you make a move to Los Angeles? Do you have the talent? Do you have the networking? Do you know the business?
The Master Class in Hollywood will answer all of your questions regarding your talent and the business of Hollywood. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand and push personal boundaries and maximize opportunities to achieve success in Hollywood. YOU will have the opportunity to work and meet with top entertainment professionals, teachers and honourers from the industry who will teach, coach, listen and advise you about your talent and the business of Hollywood
Actors will train at the renowned Beverly Hills Playhouse. Founded by renowned director and teacher Milton Katselas, the Beverly Hills Playhouse has for over thirty years offered ongoing intensive scene-study classes for both the professional actor and those who are looking to develop themselves into professional actors. This approach has helped lead a generation of actors to success on stage, in cinema and on television – actors including George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Jenna Elfman, Jim Carrey, Doris Roberts, Patrick Swayze, Anne Archer to name just a few.
The Master Class will consist of:
Scene Study Acting Classes, Dance and Voice Classes, Audition and Cold Reading Techniques. In addition to the classes, their will be Lectures and Workshops with highly respected professionals on International Law, Proper Headshots, Life Coach Support, etc.
Participants will also attend a Theatrical Performance and visit the working set of “Desperate Housewives” at the Universal Studios.
It will be an intense and rewarding experience that will change your destiny. J o i n u s !
For more information and registration:
Contact: Sophie Papadopoulos at sophie@iwanet.biz (o) 211-1061234, (m) 6945971127 and/or to send CV for personal interview.
Schedule & Cost: www.iwanet.biz under Current Events. (TBA)
Preparation: There is no preparation required for the Master Class.
Participation: Class is open to Actors, Directors, Producers and Teachers who are in Acting Schools or/and just finished and are working professionals. Auditors are also allowed by special request.
Price also includes all materials, tickets and events that are directly linked with the workshop.
*Price Does NOT include: airline, hotel or meals.
Blood, Love & Rhetoric Productions will be auditioning for their Russian Night -3 Chekhov short comedies (Swan Song, The Dangers of Smoking Tobacco and an original translation of The Proposal), accompanied by Mongol Dancing and free vodka – this Tuesday, from 1700-2000, at the Prague Film School, Pstrossova 15.
The show will be directed by Jim High and produced by BL&R (who brought you Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and will run over mid-Feb and again over mid-March for a total of at least 6 performances.
We are currently looking for one female for our updated version of The Proposal, set in 1990’s Moscow, in the office of a wealthy nouveau riche ‘business’ man:
Natalya Stepanonva, the daughter and secretary, 18 – late 20’s. An alternatively charmingly sweet and savagely fiery ‘princess’.
Please contact Jim at
j.high@bloodloverhetoric.com or on 728206951 to schedule an audition and for a copy of the audition text.
Here is the scene that I worked so hard to cast but never made it to the screen. Starring, Jan Triska, Mirek Simunek, and Tomas Hanak.
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