| Courses CURRENT HOME & AWAY DIRECTOR SAM ATWELL - IN AN ERIC MORRIS GOES PULP FICTION INTENSIVE!
Current Theatre and Resident 'Home & Away' Director, Sam Atwell will be running a 3 week Eric Morris Intensive. Sam who is prolific in the technique will hold 2 classes per week for 3 weeks incorporating the Eric Morris technique with scenes from Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'.
Eric Morris who is one of the most exciting acting teachers in the history of American performance. Author of 5 best-selling books on acting, and having taught over 20,000 students worldwide (including some of Hollywood's biggest stars such as Jack Nicholson and Arnold Schwarzenegger), Eric Morris is Hollywood's most sought-after acting teachers & coach.
Eric Morris is a master acting teacher and an accomplished actor who founded his own theory of acting based on the works of Lee Strasberg and Martin Ritt. Morris is living with his wife in Los Angeles and teaches actors the Eric Morris System of Acting.
Commences: June 02 2009 | Concludes: June 18 2008.
Tues & Thurs evening from 6.30pm to 9.30pm for 3 weeks.
Tutored by success story ^ Home & Away Actor turned current resident Home & Away Director, Sam Atwell
Price: $550 (Screenwise Members and Early Birds $495) Places are limited
Location: Screenwise 84 - 86 Mary Street Surry HIlls
Contact: Sian on 9281 4484
Email: info@screenwise.com.au
The Eric Morris System
Having published over 5 books in his theory, Eric claims that his method is derived partly from Lee Strasberg's Method Acting. However, Strasberg's Method focuses too much on craft, according to Eric, and not enough on the actor's instrument. Facing struggle in finding truth, Eric contemplated his theory while heading the Directors Unit at the Actor's Studio in Los Angeles. Eric's method recognizes the fact that actors have emotional blocks, tension, insecurities and other preventions of achieving a fundamental state of being, thus rendering the actor truly organic. In this sense, Eric stresses that acting is essentially living and being. There are 7 major obligations to material, according to Eric: 1) Time and Place, 2) Relationship, 3) Emotional Obligation, 4) Character Obligation, 5) Historic Obligation, 6) Thematic Obligation, 7) Directorial Obligation. After recognizing these 7 obligations, there are the choices the actor utilizes to render these emotions, and finally th e approach to which the actors use these choices.
The Eric Morris System has received praise from such actors as Jack Nicholson and Johnny Depp.
'I found this course to be the best introduction to Morris technique I have experienced. Within a very short amount of time all of the core elements of this quite complicated method were explained and explored in understandable terms. Morris technique can be very confronting but this course was conducted within a very safe and nurturing environment which allowed the actors the creative and personal freedom to extend their skills and find new depths within the craft. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in finding out about Morris Technique, or for people who like to maintain their skills in the method. You will always find something new.' Sophie Long . INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO SOME OF L.A.'S MOST REPUTABLE AGENTS & MANAGERS BY AUDITIONING FOR THEM RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!
SCREENWISE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOWER EASTSIDE STUDIOS
presents
THE PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY
L.A. AUDITION WORKSHOP
A 2 Day hands on Audition Workshop
Presenting Aussie Actors to some of L.A.'s hottest and hardest working Managers
Make that transition from Oz to LA!
There are many 'Seminars' and 'Excursions' taking place that transport Aussie actors on tours to meet LA Casting Directors, but the cold hard facts are that unless an Actor has a Representative/Petitioner, these trips and seminars can be expensive and fruitless.
Well, Screenwise has an exciting cheaper alternative called the 'PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY' | L.A. AUDITION WORKSHOP. Screenwise, in collaboration with Casting Facility Lower Eastside Studios presents a fantastic 2 day workshop that is uniquely and specifically designed to give actors the opportunity to have their work viewed by some of L.A.'S HOTTEST WORKING MANAGERS! For 2 days, actors will prepare their audition pieces which will then be presented to some of L.A.'s hottest and hardest working Managers for review. On completion of the workshop one actor will be presented with a return flight to L.A to meet with them.
Only 18 applicants will be accepted through a screening process. Please submit your applications with your headshot, CV and showreel to info@screenwise.com.au
This is YOUR chance to get seen!
This is YOUR chance to find out if you have that X Factor!
This is YOUR chance to get it straight from the horse's mouth!
This is YOUR chance!
Where: Screenwise Studios
When: 6th & 7th June 2009
Cost: $880
Terms & Conditions apply.
Contact: (02) 9281 4484 or email info@screenwise.com.au
Metro Screen Workshops
Announcing a brilliant opportunity for complimentary skills training and informative seminars at Metro Screen's Open Day May 30 from 10am.
Learn something on us!
Screenwriting. Want to write a script? How do you dramatically tell story that's bursting to escape from inside you?
Directing. How does a director visualise a film? How do choices about where the camera is and what's in front of it affect the story?
Certificate IV Documentary. Interviewing techniques, styles and finding the story.
Multi-cam TV. Using cameras in our studio and live switching from the control room upstairs, co-ordinate autocue to see how it all comes together.
After Effects. Building a scene with virtual décor and live action.
Motion. The demo will take you from your Final Cut Pro time-line into Motion, to composite a short title sequence, and then back again. It's called "round-tripping".
Final Cut Pro. Music video and Final Cut Pro: techniques, tips and tricks for cutting clips.
Seminars in live pitching, working in VFX, mentorships, full time study, 11yr old filmmakers plus hear from SPAA and AWG
Pitch your project in five minutes. Successful pitchers re-enact and discuss their presentation. Find out about the annual $15,000 in equipment and facilities access PLUS regular Network events.
Certificate IV in Screen. Meet graduates, current students and our training department. Your chance to find out in detail what our full time course has to offer.
Industry associations present: including Screen Producers Association of Australia [SPAA] and Australian Writers Guild [AWG].
VFX information session. With special guest speaker discussing career opportunities in this growth area of screen.
Mentorship. Metro Screen offers three mentorships annually and subsides through Jump Start. Hear from David Opitz featuring Lisa Kowalski's award winning short THE LAST CHERRY made through Raw Nerve.
Metro Screen's annual Open Day
Sat, May 30. 10am - 3.30pm [doors open 9.30am]
It's time to take advantage of what Metro Screen has to offer and start your career.
PLUS: Workshops in the studio, lab and classroom, Q&A's, screenings, industry markets, tours, hands on production with a mock TV shoot and creation of content for the web plus midday debate: TV IS DEAD with competition to win a place on a short course.
This day and all its activities are complimentary.
Full schedule now available.
Contact: 02 9356 1818 | metro@metroscreen.org.au | www.metroscreen.org.au | Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oatley Rd + Oxford St Paddington, NSW 2021
SCREENWISE PRESENTS - Australia's Hottest Actor - Grant Bowler, 2 Day Master Intensive on CONCEPTUALISATION & EXECUTION OF A GREAT AUDITION!
If there's one thing you do for yourself this year...then do this
and
'TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS'
with one of Australia's hottest overseas exports
The Actor With The X Factor (Ugly Betty, Outrageous Fortune, Canal Road, Lost, Border Security, Always Greener, the list goes on and on and on...)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101198/
Be the actor who gets the job and not just who gets the audition
The actor who comes up with an original, innovative take on the role.
The actor who excites the Casting Directors & Producers.
The actor the Industry wants to see and work with again and again and again.
The actor who will always get the job.
The actor who comes in with something new.
The actor who offers something the Directors are excited by and enthusiastic about.
DON'T BE THE ACTOR WHO TICKS THE BOX & IS AFRAID OF GETTING IT WRONG!
Find the Characterisation you would have loved to see played.
Bring the performance that will add to the piece.
Be the actor who brings the levels of preparation and professionalism that will reassure and excite the director.
LEARN THE TOOLS TO WALK INTO THAT AUDITION ROOM & BE THAT ACTOR!
When: Sat & Sun 30th & 31st May 2009
Where: Screenwise Studios, 84 - 86 Mary St Surry Hills NSW 20110
From: 10.00am - 1.00pm & 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Cost: $495 (includes GST)
Screenwise, 84 - 86 Mary Street, Surry Hills
Contact: (02) 9281 4484
E: info@screenwise.com.au
THIS SUNDAY - Leading Casting Director - Toni Higginbotham: Workshop for Kids
Toni is a specialist in TV commercial casting, as well as consulting on drama projects and presenting roles for the major networks. Hunting for talent for the thousands of different roles has resulted in Toni becoming an invaluable resource for directors and producers of the highest calibre.
Toni Higginbotham invites parents and their children to participate in the first ever television workshop to Help Your Child get that Commercial.
The workshop introduces parents to the processes and practices of the advertising industry as well as showing how best a parent can help their child prepare, rehearse and perform for a TVC casting.
The second half of the class involves practical acting exercises and script work with industry tutor for children only. This will culminate in a TVC screen test to be assessed by Casting Director Toni Higginbotham. DVD copy will be available.
The three-hour session will take place in the casting studios with camera, lighting and playback facilities. Limited places available. Only one parent per paying child.
WHERE: Toni Higginbotham Casting
Upper level / 57 Queen St
Woollahra
FEE: $ 220.00
TIMES: 11am - 2pm
DATE: Sunday 24th May 2009
02 9328 6166
E: TONI@THCASTING.COM.AU
TONI HIGGINBOTHAM Casting Director Presenters Workshops
Toni works nationally and internationally on Film and Television projects, specialising in TVC campaigns and presenting roles for major networks. She is offering your agency the unique opportunity to participate in a one day intensive workshop for Presenters.
In an intimate studio environment you will be given the chance to practise scripts in front of the camera with playback facilities and professional feedback.
Participants will learn practical skills and camera technique essential to the working Presenter, and work on refining craft and talents. Class will cover:
- Preparation, Voice and Body work, Grooming;
- Maximising screentest and industry opportunities;
- Improvisation, interview, script analysis;
- Camera technique;
- Industry tips;
- An understanding of all Presenting genres (ie Lifestyle, Game Show, Vox Pop)
The Presenting Workshop will be facilitated by industry tutors, with final screentests showcased to Toni Higginbotham Casting. DVD's will be kept on file for future reference.
Where: Upper Level 57, Queen Street
Woollahra NSW 2025 (Ph) 02 9328 6166
When: Sunday 31st May 2009
Time: 11.00am
Cost: $330.00 including GST
02 9328 6166
E: TONI@THCASTING.COM.AU
TONI HIGGINBOTHAM is a leading casting director in Australia. With over twenty years experience - the last ten owning her own agency - Toni has a reputation for obtaining results by looking beyond the traditional means of casting. Through her time as Casting Director at the ABC, her work on A Country Practice and E Street, as well as the hundreds of TV commercials she has cast, Toni has developed strong relationships with the pool of high-profile Australian actors. She has helped launch the careers of international stars, casting actor CATE BLANCHETT in her first TV role and model MEGAN GALE in her first on-screen performance.
Moreover, Toni understands that finding the perfect cast is not a matter of flicking through a book. She scouts for real people that will give the product the edge it requires. What's On Darlo Drama Update
THE KNOWING OF MARY POPPINS had its first preview last night and the crowd were buzzing. One patron told me it was "the most magical and wondrous piece of story telling" he's seen. This show really takes you on a journey into the world of P.L Travers, the fascinating and complicated creator of Mary Poppins.
DEALER'S CHOICE by Patrick Marber opens mid June commencing a nation wide tour. From the writer of the hit films Notes On A Scandal and Closer, and directed by Criag Illot who directed last year's critically acclaimed The Pillowman. This promises to be a ripper of a play, drinking, cards and skeletons in the closet!
DARLO DRAMA levels 1&2 commence Wednesday 27 May and run to Wednesday 29 July. The wonderful teachers will be Sean O'Riordan & Kate Bookallil. It's so easy to fall into unsociable habits in winter, put a stop to it and make sure you keep some fun activities in your life - Darlo Drama will pave the way.
19 Greenknowe Ave, Potts Point
www.darlinghursttheatre.com / 02 8356 9987
Metro Screen - Announcing DEBATE [May 30] and Tell Your Story top 10 finalists [June 02].
The Debate: TV is dead.
Do people watch more online than on the box and if so are they all just downloading TV?
Watch industry professionals battle it out Saturday May 30 at Metro Screen's Open Day from midday.
PLUS competition: Tell us in 60 seconds why you either love or hate TV and win a free place in a short course of your choice.
Contact: 02 9356 1818 | metro@metroscreen.org.au | www.metroscreen.org.au | Paddington Town Hall, Cnr Oatley Rd + Oxford St Paddington, NSW 2021
Sydney Shakespeare Festival winter showcase: The Merchant of Venice
Warm up this winter with Sydney Shakespeare Festival's winter showcase: The Merchant of Venice. Bonds of family, friendship, religion and money are put to the test when a bride is won with an enemy's money and the debt must be repaid. Shakespeare's unsettling comedy kicks off at Newtown Theatre, centrally located in the heart of Sydney's inner west, on May 26 for three weeks only.
Performances are at 8pm Tuesday to Friday and 2pm and 8pm Saturdays until June 13.
For all the details visit: www.sydneyshakespearefestival.com.au
Wealthy heiress Portia sets her suitors a challenge. The winner takes her hand and her money, while the losers sacrifice everything. In Venice, city of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from Antonio to finance his attempt at the challenge. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from moneylender Shylock and if he cannot repay the debt, Shylock will take his bond: a pound of Antonio's flesh. In some of Shakespeare's most electrifying scenes, competing claims of tolerance, prejudice, justice and mercy are played out. In the character of Shylock, Shakespeare created one of the most unforgettable outsiders in all theatre.
Directed by artistic director and co-founder Julie Baz, The Merchant of Venice features Sydney Shakespeare Festival regulars Richard Hilliar, David Jeffrey, Roger Adam Smith, Milly Stilinovic and Nicole Wineberg, along with newcomers Walter Davis-Hart, Amanda Laing and Jacob Thomas.
Sydney Shakespeare Festival is "a precious addition to the scant presence of Shakespeare in Sydney" (Australian Stage). In its second year, and venturing indoors for the first time, the festival is fast becoming a permanent fixture on Sydney's social calendar. "Shakespeare's plays have captured the imagination of millions of people throughout the world for over 400 years and are as exciting and provocative now as the day they were written," said Baz.
Directed by Julie Baz
Designed by David Jeffrey
Featuring: Walter Davis-Hart, Richard Hilliar, David Jeffrey, Amanda Laing, Roger Adam Smith, Milly Stilinovic, Jacob Thomas, Nicole Wineberg.
Production manager: Cherilyn Price
Dates: 26 May - 13 June 2009
Times: 8pm Tues-Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat
Venue: Newtown Theatre, Cnr King & Bray Sts, Newtown
Tickets: $25 full, $20 concession, $15 school students.
Bookings: www.sydneyshakespearefestival.com.au/tickets.html
Website: www.sydneyshakespearefestival.com.au
Media enquiries: (02) 9319 2444 or info@sydneyshakespearefestival.com.au
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