Business of Acting Seminar
Tuesday 7th September - 6.30pm - 9.00pm
Filmbase are hosting a Seminar on The Business to for actors on Tuesday 7th September, 6:30 - 9.00pm. The session is aimed at new and emerging actors who are looking to learn more about the casting and audition process for film, television and commercials.
The panel for the seminar includes Casting Director Thyrza Ging whose credits include Prosperity, George Gently, Savage, Badly Drawn Roy; award winning Director Lenny Abrahamson (Garage, Prosperity, Adam &
Paul) and Director/Actor Hugh O'Conor (Your Bad Self, Corduruoy - as Director; My Left Foot, Chocolat - as Actor).
The Panel will cover topics including Headshots and CVs, preparing for castings, audition technique, taking direction and how to be smart in the acting world. The seminar will conclude with audience Questions and Answers.
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided on the evening along with an opportunity to meet and discuss the trials of auditioning with your fellow actors.
Places on the seminar cost €20, are strictly limited and MUST be booked in advance.
To book a place, contact Filmbase on 01 679 6716 or email info@filmbase.ie
Auditioning for Film and TV
***NEW COURSE***
Starts 9th September
This is the ideal course for actors starting out in the industry or trying to hone their auditioning technique.
Run over 2 Thursday evenings and 1 weekend, all students will experience a mock audition recreating professional audition procedures, view their playback and get candid feedback and individual tips for improving screen performance.
CONTENT:
- The Casting Process and the actor’s role in this process.
- The role of the Casting Director and relationship with Director.
- “Live Audition” for each student with a Casting Director and a Film Director - Individual feedback will be given.
- Headshots and CV’s - how to sell your strengths
- What roles should you go for?
- Understanding of industry and who’s who.
DATES: Thursday 9th (7-10pm); Saturday 11th (10am-5pm)
Sunday 12th (10.30am-5pm); Thursday 15th (7-10pm)
TUTORS:Thyrza Ging, Casting Director; Hugh O'Conor, Director/Actor
COST: €150
Acting for Film & TV
***NEW DATES***
7 Wednesday Evenings, 1 Saturday - Starts 13th October
An eight week intensive film acting course aimed at aspiring and beginning actors as well as theatrically-trained actors making the transition from stage to screen. The course enables actors to tap into and exploit their potential for film acting, whilst equipping them with a practical awareness of what directors and casting directors look for in auditions.
DURATION: 7 Wednesday Evenings (7 - 10pm) & 1 Saturday (10.00am - 5.30pm)
TUTOR:JJ Harrington
GUEST TUTOR: Thyrza Ging, Casting Director
COST: €380 waged / €340 unwaged
MODULE 1 - Wednesday 13th October
Key Distinctions between acting for camera and acting for screen
MODULE 2 - Wednesday 20th October
Characterisation - Differing Approaches
MODULE 3 - Wednesday 27th October
"Method on demand": Film acting and the business of repetition
MODULE 4 - Wednesday 3rd November
Auditions with Casting Director, Thyrza Ging
MODULE 5 - Full Day Saturday 6th November
Mock casting call and auditions with Thyrza Ging
MODULE 6 - Wednesday 10th November
Staging for camera: terms and considerations
MODULE 7 - Wednesday 17th November
A director's medium? Directors and actors
MODULE 8 - Wednesday 24th November
Guest Director TBC
TUTOR BIOGS:
JJ Harrington - Director
JJ (Joanne Harrington) is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (BA English Literature and Drama) and the Dublin Institute of Technology (MA Film Theory and Production, 2001).
JJ has written and directed four short films, receiving script awards funded by Ireland’s national broadcaster Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE), the Irish Film Board, and FilmBase. Her projects have screened competitively in international festivals, with three receiving national broadcast on RTE2. In 2007 she directed a short for the cross-border Sharp Focus project for Calipo Theatre and Production Company in Belfast (funded by European Fund for Peace and Reconciliation). In 2008, she work-shopped, devised and shot a script with a group of Irish Settled Travellers.
Her films are Nuns (13mins, Drogheda Traveller Women’s Social Care and Health Project, 2008), Sticks and Stones (15mins, Calipo/ European Fund for Peace and Reconciliation, 2006), Colder (13mins, Irish Film Board/ RTE, 2005), Swan Story (15mins, FilmBase/ RTE, 2002) and Writer’s Fantasy (15mins, DIT, 2001). These projects have been produced within a broad spectrum of budgets (€500 to €80,000), formats (Digibeta, 16mm, 35mm, DV), and crew sizes (4 to 40).
She has taught film studies and production, acting for camera, and writes screenplays and fiction. In 2009 two of her short stories were shortlisted for the Fish International Publishing Award. She is a former recipient of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary.
JJ teaches film production for Calipo’s “So You Wanna Make a Movie?”, and screen acting workshops for FilmBase, Dublin.
Thyrza Ging - Casting Director
Thyrza began casting as an assistant to Maureen Hughes on Dorothy Mills. While working with Maureen she worked on the casting of the IFTA-winning RTE drama Prosperity and John Carney's latest film Zonad. She has gone on to cast Badly Drawn Roy for CBBC, Satellites and Meteorites, Savage, as well as numerous award-winning shorts and commercials. She is currently casting Parked, starring John Hurt and Robbie Sheehan, to be released in 2010. Thyrza was a judge for this year's Fringe Festival.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Payment/Booking:
To book a place on any of these courses please contact Filmbase reception in person or call on 01 679 6716. Filmbase Reception opening hours 9.30am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
VISA, MasterCard, Laser, company or personal cheque, cash (all in Euros) are all acceptable terms of payment.
Course Cancellation Policy:
If notice is received at least (i) 14 days in advance of the class, the Customer is entitled to a full refund, (ii) 7 days of the class, the customer is entitled to a full class credit which must be used within 3 months of the date of the original class to another class offered by Filmbase. Customer is not entitled to a refund or class credit if less than 7 day advance notice is given. Failure to provide notice at least 14 days in advance of the class obligates the Customer to pay the full price of the class.
Filmbase reserves the right to amend or cancel the date, time and location of a Training class including replacing the personnel who may be scheduled to deliver the Training. In the event a Training class is cancelled, the customer is entitled to a full refund. Filmbase shall not be responsible for any other loss incurred by Customer as a result of a cancellation or amendment.
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