Classes return from Tuesday 22 April and I’m looking forward to working with our ongoing students along with the new students commencing classes with us this term.
The staff and I are itching to go after the two week Autumn semester break as we look forward to another fun and dynamic ten weeks of classes.
To kick off the April-May newsletter, some words of advice from Academy award winning Aussie actor Geoffrey Rush and award-winning UK actor Gary Oldman…
THE PEDDER FILE SCREENING DATES
The master class film The Pedder File, starring Paul Millett, Jessica Robbins, Lydia Dyhin and Tayla Brown had an advanced encore screening on Foxtel Aurora Channel 183 on Monday 7 April. The film has it’s official premiere on the award-winning TVS Dark Carnival program on Easter Monday 21 April at 11:30 pm. If you’re up late then check it out.
NEW WINDOW SIGNAGE
We’ve had a flood of positive feedback regarding our new window signage, to which we added the finishing touches with red velvet cinema-style drapes a few weeks ago.
The signage looked fine against the original white curtains but the new red drapes make a huge difference.
Well done to the school’s coordinator Vera Polianskaia for a job well done!
VOICE, ARTICULATION AND MOVEMENT MASTERCLASS
This course is a must for all students with representation who are seeking professional acting work. The 16 hour intensive runs over 4 x 4 hour sessions on consecutive Sundays from 12 to 4 pm on 11, 18, 25 May and 1 June. The voice and articulation component is tutored by Australia’s leading voice and accents coach Bill Pepper and the movement component is tutored by actor, dancer and choreographer Natalia Ladyko.
This master class is vital additional training as a strong and expressive speaking voice leads to opportunities – not only in everyday life – but on screen, in theatre, and in lucrative voice over work.
(For further information please refer to the course flyer attached to your newsletter link email. Hard copy course flyers will also be available in class)
STUDENT NEWS
Congratulations to advanced adult student Logan Webster who played the antagonist Alpha in the indie horror film, Lead Me Astray. The director said from the first time he met Logan he considered no one else for the challenging role. Logan said the shoot was grueling at times, but that he thoroughly enjoyed every minute and learned a great deal. Well done Mister Webster!
NEW RELEASE FILMS ON DVD
American Hustle (USA: 2013) Director David O. Russell. Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner. A fabulous black comedy about two skillful hustlers, Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Adams) who fall foul of the law and are roped into a convoluted FBI sting. Superb performances from a stand out cast. The hilarious (and slightly sad) opening sequence detailing Irving Rosenfeld’s elaborate comb-over routine is worth the price of admission alone. Set in the late 1970s with close attention paid to period and costume, American Hustle comes highly recommended.
Mud (USA: 2013) Director Jeff Nichols. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, Reece Witherspoon. This coming of age film is a bold, intelligent 21st century take on Mark Twain. Outstanding performances from the cast, especially from young Tye Sheridan who plays 14 year-old Ellis. With The Lincoln Lawyer; The Paperboy; Mud; and Dallas Buyers Club to his credit, McConaughey is proving to be one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors.
The Jungle (Aust: 2013) Director Andrew Traucki. Starring Igusti Budianthinka, Rupert Reid, Agoes Wijaya Soedjarwo. Advanced gradute Agoes Soedjarwo plays Budi, an Indonesian guide in this, the third film in Traucki’s Three Colours Red Trilogy (Blackwater; The Reef; The Jungle.) Budi leads two documentary filmmaker brothers into the steamy Indonesion jungle in search of a rare Javan leopard. It doesn’t take them long to realize that they themselves are being stalked by something far more dangerous and frightening than a mere leopard. This sunspenseful horror-thriller, like Traucki’s previous two films, is worth the ride.CLASS SCENE DVDs
If you would like an edited copy of your past or previous term’s scenes on DVD then see me in class or email me and I’ll organise it for you. Class scene DVDs are $40-00 per term’s work and are a proven educational tool, helping to hone your acting skills via further home study.
I’m looking forward to seeing our new and established students this coming week and to working with you this term.
Alan Nurthen (Director)