Click here for the transcript from the Dublin Symposium. It’s long (22 pages) but if you skim through it, I hope you’ll find some interesting stuff. The subject of the Symposium was mainly casting and the Internet. In the beginning we hit on topics of interest particularly to Irish actors.
Cheers
NB
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(JDIFF Casting Symposium, Dublin. Frank Moiselle, Maureen Duff, Lucinda Syson, Nancy Bishop, Pippa Harrison, Ros+ John Hubbard)
I’m finally sitting at my desk again in Prague after a too busy February. As usual I didn’t end up seeing any films at the Berlinale Festival, but it was a productive time for networking, and the Actor Web Marketing Seminar went really well, with a big turn out. I even managed to see some actors for The White Road with the Santana Bros. At the International Network of Casting Directors, we’re working on instituting an award for casting at the Berlinale. Casting Directors are undervalued. (Is it because we’re mostly women?) The Casting Directors Guild in UK is working on it as well.
At the Dublin Film Festival I actually saw a film, Bronson, with the fantastically talented Tom Hardy. The Casting Symposium, with John+Ros Hubbard, Lucinda Syson, Frank Moiselle and Maureen Duff, sponsored by Spotlight, was also a success with about 250 actors in attendance. I am currently working on the transcript for that and some video clips that I will eventually post, so stay tuned.
I need to buckle down now and finish my book, Secrets from the Casting Couch. I’m hoping that Methuen Drama will release it late this summer.
Most of all I’m gathering actors for RED TAILS. The breakdown has been posted, but frankly I’m rather frustrated that I’m getting so many submissions from actors who are clearly not right for the roles. I know there are many talented actors out there who want work, but please let me reiterate what I teach in my seminars. Read the breakdown carefully, and submit yourself for projects that you are appropriate for (and this goes for agents too). I need MALE ACTORS… I’m particularly interested in AFRICAN AMERICANS. If you are not American, but you can do an American accent, then please send me a video clip of you doing an American accent in either a scene or an introduction to camera. German actors sending in reels that are entirely in German are unhelpful for example.
For you female actors out there… I know it’s frustrating. This subject came up at the Dublin Casting Symposium. As long as men are running the entertainment industry, then there will be more roles and projects for men. We (women) need to get out there writing, producing and creating projects of interest to women. So amen to that!
-NB
Spotlight is sponsoring a Casting Symposium this Saturday 14 February, which initially sold out. We now have a bigger venue and there are a few tickets left. For tickets please see click here.
DUBLIN CASTING SYMPOSIUM
14 February, Sat
4-6pm
Moderator: Nancy Bishop
Panelists:
Maureen Duff
John+Ros Hubbard
Frank Moiselle
Lucinda Syson
Pippa Harrison
Subject: Casting and the Internet
FEATURE FILM: RED TAILS
Production company: Lucas Film
Producer: George Lucas/Rick McCallum
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Shooting in Prague: April – June 2009
Synopsis: Based on the true story of the Tuskadee airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
In Prague we are casting a number of small roles. We are looking almost exclusively for male actors, who are soldier age (18-30), both African-American and white American to play:
Lieutenants
Air Traffic Controllers
Medics
Mission Captains
Communication Officers
Pilots
Corporals
MPs
Intel Officers
Priority will be given to actors who are willing to work as locals in Prague.
Please submit resume and photo to: casting@nancybishopcasting.com
Thanks to those of you who made submissions for THE PHILANTHROPIST and WHITE ROAD.
– Philanthropist is already shooting and is mostly cast, so please stop submissions.
– We are still accepting submissions for the White Road which has been delayed. Please see www.thecastingscene.com for online auditioning.
Stay tuned as there are some more projects coming up in Prague. Details to follow.
I had a wonderful time casting in Belgrade, Serbia where I met some really interesting actors. I was sorry that I couldn’t offer all of them jobs. Agent, Anila Gajevic, was extremely helpful and introduced me to some really fabulous talent from all over Serbia, Bosnia, and Macedonia.
I am now looking forward to my Actor Web Marketing and Casting Seminar in Berlin. Please attend!
-NB
I WAS INTERVIEWED ON RADIO PRAGUE. The only thing that’s wrong in the name of my film. Rex-patriates. Not Ex-patriates
NB
CASTING SYMPOSIUM, DUBLIN
Sponsored by Spotlight
Topic: Spotlight Internet and Casting Services will sponsor and international panel of top casting directors who will speak on topics of interest to actors. The discussion will focus on how Irish actors can break into the international scene, and the importance of the Internet in casting and actor marketing.
Panelists:
Nancy Bishop, CSA, Moderator, US/Central Europe
Maureen Duff, Scotland and England
Pippa Harrison from Spotlight
When: 14 February, Sat
What Time: 4pm-6pm
Where: Conrad Hotel, Ballroom
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
For more information, please contact the Dublin International Film Festival
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