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July-August 2017 Newsletter

To open the July-August newsletter, some  matter-of-fact  advice from Kevin Spacey and Leonardo DiCaprio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term 2 has been very busy indeed and our students have been working hard on their  acting and craft skills, resulting in some  powerful  performances  over the past ten weeks of classes. 

 

Term Dates

Term 2 completes week ending Saturday 1 July –  with Term 3 classes commencing from Tuesday 18 July.

It would be appreciated if all students returning for Term 3  post a $50 deposit to secure their nominated class position. This puts “your money where your mouth is” so to speak, and leaves you with less to pay when classes return. 

 

New Weekday Class

Due to demand, we are starting a new weekday class next term to accommodate shift workers, housewives, aspiring actors  and any  other adults  who prefer a daytime class during the week.

The new class commences on Wednesday 19 July and runs from 11-30 am to 2 pm.

 

Kids Film Acting Workshop Review

The screening and presentation of completion certificates for the April holidays Children’s workshop on Friday 2 June was a great success and the six raw recruits (none of whom had any previous acting experience) turned in  energetic performances and had heaps of fun  acting in the short film, The Old Castle.

 

 

Well done to the young cast of Dani Bradicich, Taj Whitley, Allegra Bruchet,  Max Whitley, Ernie Hart and Zachary French. Well done kids!

 

Advanced Screen Craft Master Class Review

The Advanced Screen Craft master class tutored by award-winning producer-director Bill Hughes  proved to be so popular that we ran it twice, in May, and again in June.

The highly educational and fun workshop was a hit with the students and everyone involved learned a great deal about the craft and performance aspects of acting for television.

Congratulations to the May master class participants Andrea Bornstein, Ivana Covic, Orla Hughes, Emily Angell, Michelle King, Jess Reid, Zena Mehanna, Molly Donnelly and Simon Busuttil; along with the June workshop participants (pictured below L to R) Saroni Roy, Shailla Quadra, Claire Trussell, Mikaela Dive, Megan Roggiero, tutor Bill Hughes, Meredith Cox, Josh Armitage, Samantha Dickinson, Jess Grosbard and Shannon Donaghey.

 

 

Well done and well learned to the  participating students. 

We look forward to running Bill’s course  again in the  not-too-distant future for those students who missed out this time around.

 

Film Acting Techniques Master Class

Next up on the Master Class Program is the Film Acting Techniques master class. This popular course which produced the short film Cold Dinner for One  the last time it was held in January is limited to six teen/adult participants and  covers  the  important technique and screen craft involved in creating an ongoing  and engaging role.

Contact Us  for further info and a course flyer.

 

Student News

The school’s students have been popping up all over the place in television drama, TVC’s and films to the point where it’s becoming difficult to keep up with everyone and their current professional appearances.

One performance in a Northern Beaches Council  recycling video  led to  graduate Meredith Cox  also being featured in a print advertising campaign in the June editions of Peninsular Living and Pittwater Life magazines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the Northern Beaches Council  video, the producers Laundry Lane Productions  again hired Meredith – along with  students Mikaela Dive, Simon Busuttil, Jess Grosbard, Lakshay Dhiman, David McCredie, Claudia Borsini,  Frances Cooney, Kael Leak  and Melissa McCredie – for  roles in a NSW State Transport  Safety  video. 

The producers  were extremely happy with  the results, saying “every actor was talented and enthusiastic and that made our job so much easier.” 

Well done! 

 

Featured Student

Our new Featured Student  section kicked off last newsletter with a profile on 2006 graduate Aileen Beale.  In this newsletter  we  profile master class student, actor-producer-director Shailla Quadra.

Call  her  forward or  call her cleverly proactive, but whichever way you look at it Shailla Quadra is a dynamic promoter of her artistic ambitions and considerable talent.

Shailla not only directed her first feature film, Love Socks,  but played the lead role of Frederica.   She also   produced and edited the film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shailla with actor Tommy Flanagan (Braveheart, Gladiator, Sons of Anarchy) at the 2015 New York premiere of Love Socks.

But that’s not the end of the story for this talented go-getter, who has appeared in  over 50 features and  short films, written a book of short stories and monologues for actors, and is  a founder of the Sydney Indie Film Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phew, now that’s what I call a solid resume – and there’s no hint of Shailla slowing down anytime soon!

 

Class Scene DVD’s/USB’s

If you would like  your past term’s scenes edited on DVD or USB then contact me and I’ll organize it for you. Class scene DVDs/USB’s are $50-00 per term’s  scenes and are an excellent means of improving your craft via further home study. 

 

To wrap up the July-August newsletter, I’d like to wish you all a safe and happy  two week  semester break and I look forward to working with  everyone again  when classes return from Tuesday 18 July.

Alan Nurthen (Director) 

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