Archive for the ‘Acting’ Category

Demo Reels, Pictures and Resumes – Getting Your Act Together

January 22nd, 2010

Join the Austin Actors Conservatory for a candid discussion of what works and what doesn’t and learn how to market yourself in today’s climate.

Dirty Bomb Diaries -Interview with the Creators

November 8th, 2009

Web Files’ host, Kristyn Burtt, interviews Sean Hinchey and Eric Tozzi, whose web series, Dirty Bomb Diaries, has gone where few series have gone before

ABC series ‘The Deep End’ films in Dallas

November 8th, 2009

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Director Tim McCanlies Makes ALABAMA MOON Shine

October 27th, 2009

Not to worry. ALABAMA MOON the film more than lives up to the promise of the novel.

DOES YOUR CASTING NOTICE SUCK?

September 23rd, 2009

What is the single most common mistake I see from the mostly low budget filmmakers who are posting casting notices online? The mistake that potentially costs producers the better actors they want and need to cast for their projects?

On Acting, Cycling and Setting Goals

September 7th, 2009

Going up some of those hills about 20 miles into that first ride, the mental picture I had of myself was as Tim Conway riding a tricycle, struggling up a hill, just getting to the top and then toppling over like a stump. It was at that moment I knew one could feel like their [...]

Script to Screen – RETURNING CHAMPION – SUCCESS!

September 1st, 2009

With only two rehearsals, the SAG / AFTRA sponsored, Austin Conservatory presented a live presentation of RETURNING CHAMPION, by Michele Gendelman and Ursula Ziegler at St. Edwards University this past weekend. Director Heather Scobie and a large cast of SAG and AFTRA actors presented a blocked for the state, live reading of the script with [...]

Austin Conservatory, SAG Script to Screen Team presents Returning Champion Film Script

August 28th, 2009

I’ll be serving as the narrator for the latest SAG AFTRA Script to Screen presentation this weekend by the Austin Conservatory. Here’s an announcement from Conservatory Chair, Pamela Weaver: We could use your support in attending our next script to screen this Sunday. As an experiment this time around, we are using audio and visual [...]

Ignore Everybody

August 2nd, 2009

Here’s a graphic I ran across on the web. Each thought is a title chaper from a book entitled IGNORE EVERYBODY by Hugh MacLeod. I’m going to pick up the book and give it a read. If the chapters are as good as the titles, it should be a good read. After I read the [...]

I Want You In My Film – Please Send Me $250 via Western Union

July 15th, 2009

Actor scams. When will they end? They’ll end when actors, wannabe actors and wannabe actors’ parents wise up and get educated to how the business works. What prompts this little rant? I received an email yesterday from an acting related blog I’m apparently subscribed to that led me to a link to a message board [...]