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AUDITIONING FOR COMMERCIALS
with Pamela Wise

Saturday, May 31st
10am – 5pm
Cost is $105 + GST


This intensive one-day workshop will give the actor the essential skills and attitude needed for excelling in commercial auditions. Pamela has been teaching this popular workshop for over 10 years.

Pamela knows first hand how the biz works and where you will fit in to the world of marketing. Pamela has now joined forces with Muse Artist Management Inc., and focuses mainly on commercials and print.

Pamela will explore the audition process from the point of view of the actor, casting director, and creative heads. Her approach stresses naturalism and confidence in developing the actor. She quickly establishes how you will be perceived in commercials and hones in on those typecasts to create a framework to make dynamic choices for the audition.

See vancouveractorsguide.com under the ‘archived spotlight’ section for more bio and compelling interview.


AND.... Introducing a new additional Commercial Auditions Workshop:

1 DAY COMMERCIAL WORKSHOP LEVEL II
with Pamela Wise and casting director Al de Zilva

Next available workshop soon TBA


This workshop is the next step in the highly acclaimed “Commercial Audition Workshop with Pamela Wise’ series. It will delve even further into marketing and owning your characters, silent on camera reactions, improvising and commercial scripts. Spend 2/3 of the day with Pamela, then present to commercial casting director Al DeZilva with Zedd Casting.

Get the constructive feedback you need to bolster your auditions & improve your callback/booking power. Pamela and Al aim to demystify the audition process, increase your confidence and further your skills. Limited space, so book today. Still at the low cost of $105. .


**This workshop is an advanced level workshop given to previous students of Pamela's and/or actors who administration has consulted with in terms of training/experience.

AMERICAN ACCENT WORKSHOP

with renowned teacher ANDY KRIEGER

Saturday, May 10th
10am – 5pm
Cost is $100 + GST

Andy Krieger was born and raised in San Francisco. Before working at BC Performers (UBCP) Andy spent 3 years in Los Angeles with Warner Bros and another 10 with Central Casting hiring extras for film, TV, and commercials. He hired back-ground for Cheers, MASH, Pretty Woman, Ghost, Star-Trek: the Next Generation, and thousands of other projects

In 1997 an American producer and local principal casting director approached him and asked that he try and figure out the way he was speaking (American!!) so he could teach Canadian actors how to learn it so they could get more work in the local film industry. The Casting Directors were wanting to hire more Canadians but they were not speaking the language that would get them that work. So Andy figured out his Method and has taught thousands of actors over the last 10 years.

What some Casting Directors have said about Andy's workshops

Coreen Mayrs
"Heike and I have been fortunate to be able to recommend this wonderful class over the past number of years and, in being able to do so, have observed an immense sense of growth, understanding, and progress within the acting community, and in turn, a greater success in being able to cast roles locally, roles that might otherwise have gone to American performers. ...It has always been of great comfort in the past to know Andy Krieger's unique passion was there to assist in the fulfillment of every actor's dream.  (Canadian actors must know how to speak this different way) ...As unrealistic as this may seem, it is a simple truth. ...There is honestly no alternative to this class for performers in the city."

Testimonials from students

"Thank you again Andy, I can't express how life altering the experience was and how much it has increased not only my skills but my confidence at auditions, interviews, on set, and also in life. When people can understand you, and hear every word with ease, everything changes."
– Claire Carreras

"When I left your class, I truly felt like what I can best describe as a "Soldier marching into battle knowing full well he had the biggest gun, and unlimited ammunition "
– Jason Rickey

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a class which develops voice, body and acting chops?

AUDITION WORKSHOP
With Casting Director CANDICE ELZINGA

This one day audition intensive will focus on auditioning from the perspective of the Casting Director. There will be a lecture in the morning followed by on-camera audition work moderated by Candice. Previous training and on-camera experience is a pre-requisite for the workshop.

Candice is a ' three time ' Emmy Award nominee and an Internationally recognized Casting Director who works constantly within the industry. She has over 100 Film/T.V credits as a Casting Director, including recent and current projects Personal Effects, Ice Blues, Ba'al, and the anthology series Fear Itself.

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