May-June-July 2015 Photos

Katerine Ann MacKinnon-Lee as the antagonist Sarah in the Peter Andrikidis directed feature film, Alex and Eve. Alex and Eve is slated for a theatrical release in October.

Katerine Ann in Alex and Eve

Mona Bagherpour found herself in quite a bind recently when playing the lead role of Rina in the sci-fi film Egregore.

After 10 years at The Botany Pistol Club, the Armoury for Actors master class was held in our new location: the former Old Sydney Town near Gosford. The course is a literal blast and the participants Mona Bagherpour, Kerry Housea, Niki McComb, Trevor Shipton, Ronnie Scott and George Reid learned a great deal about the safe handling and discharge of firearms and how to seamlessly incorporate guns into their on-screen performance.

Armoury for Actors master class participants

Revolver Films recently hired the studio while recording a humorous Fosters Beer TVC for the UK market. The TVC was shot next door in Pacific Dry Cleaners and it was great to host the large crew for the day and to watch them work.

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Wooden Acting

When an actor’s performance is described as “wooden,” what does that mean? Basically it means that the performance is forced, in other words, the feelings and emotions are “acted,” not felt. Good acting is living in the moment and truthfully experiencing what the character is feeling emotionally from moment to moment. Wooden acting can be […]

Finding the right acting tutor

The first step in commencing your budding acting career is to find the right acting school and, most importantly, the right acting teacher for you. If you want to learn stage acting then you have a wide choice of institutions. If you want to study screen acting, the choices are limited. But the most critical […]

Truthful Acting

Truthful acting means just that. It means don’t ACT for the camera but instead have an experience! Feel what the character is feeling from moment to moment and immerse yourself fully into the role. The camera is a great bullshit detector and if you’re “acting” then the camera will immediately read the performance as phony […]

Commitment

It’s one thing to apply for a full-time acting course after completing high school when you have plenty of free time and access to resources such as Hex, Austudy or Abstudy. But what if you’re a mature age student? How can you learn how to act while juggling a full-time job and family commitments? If […]

Learning Lines

Whether for stage or screen you must learn your lines. There is no excuse. As veteran British actor Bill Nighy says: “You must know your lines inside out and back to front.” If you don’t know your lines then you are not connected to either the moment or to the other actor(s). There are numerous techniques […]