Yikes....
So.. as you have all probably recently discovered (or not), I've been cut from vikings. Now, I kinda knew this would happen as it was a one line character, and it was basically just repeating what someone else had said a moment before.. Still, it's not the greatest feeling in the world to end up on the chopping block.
Naturally all sorts of negativity scrolled through my head, insecurities and what not. But at the end of the day I think it's important for me to remember, that it's probably not personal. In the meantime I just need to keep trucking on with whatever I'm doing..
So. Here's an update. I think other than auditions from my agent, I'm putting acting on the back-burner for now till I can save some money. I have acquired a job as a part time receptionist in a gym and have decided to work hard, save earn some money and work on my body image. I think this is a healthy way to channel all the acting stress, negativity and paranoia. So I'm eating healthy (which costs a tonne by the way!!) and I'm working to get myself in shape.
Once I've all that completed I'm going to start working on a two-actor piece of theatre and hopefully do it well and travel with it. But as I've said, for now.. it's on the back burner for a while. Perhaps a few short films here and there but lets focus on getting healthy, learning accents, reading plays and screenplays, watching movies and just generally being happy.
So stay happy folks.
Peach out! xx
These are my thoughts and expressions on being a student and an actor; juggling professional work, college, etc.
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- Pagan
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Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
I got Cast!!... as Another One liner!!
Woohoo!! Lets hear it for ME! ok no seriously though, since my one line ("Message for you sir") on Titanic Blood and Steel, I have not had a day to top that experience on a professional set. There is something so amazing about being on set and being a minor cast member! (sooo looking forward to the day where I'll become a primary cast member but hey-ho! one step at a time!)
So today I got news from my agent that an offer of a one-line part has been made to me for a tv series that will air on the history channel!! So friggin excited! and I'll take some pics (if i can) and then put them up here once the series has aired and everything is no longer a big copy-right issue.
So excited! How did I get this you ask? Through my agent! A while ago, I was asked to submit an online audition for two minor roles in the series and I hadn't heard back from them in a while! Ah! So naturally I was sad and doubted myself, but overall got over it and realised it wasn't for me!
This is exactly the same as what happened for Titanic Blood and Steel, I auditioned for a role, didn't get it and then some time later got called on for a one-line part!
So now I know that I can at least be trusted to deliver a line! woohoo!! so excited!
Believe in yourself, and always do your best! Because the casting directors will remember you! xxx
Peach out! x
So today I got news from my agent that an offer of a one-line part has been made to me for a tv series that will air on the history channel!! So friggin excited! and I'll take some pics (if i can) and then put them up here once the series has aired and everything is no longer a big copy-right issue.
So excited! How did I get this you ask? Through my agent! A while ago, I was asked to submit an online audition for two minor roles in the series and I hadn't heard back from them in a while! Ah! So naturally I was sad and doubted myself, but overall got over it and realised it wasn't for me!
This is exactly the same as what happened for Titanic Blood and Steel, I auditioned for a role, didn't get it and then some time later got called on for a one-line part!
So now I know that I can at least be trusted to deliver a line! woohoo!! so excited!
Believe in yourself, and always do your best! Because the casting directors will remember you! xxx
Peach out! x
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Movie set extra! Not fair city... thank goodness!
So this week I had two days as a movie extra, one on a film called "Love, Rosie" and then on tuesday was another day on Fair City.
Now you know the deal by now on Fair City so I won't bore you with that! But on monday I got to spend the day in beautiful Enniskerry in Wicklow on the set of Lily Collins' new movie "Love, Rosie", based on a book by Cecelia Ahern.
Turns out, I've actually read that book! I hadn't known that until a friend I met on set started talking about the plot, and then it all slowly started coming back to me! So anyway, even though I did not sign any NDA form, I'm not really supposed to tell you what happened or what we shot on Monday... so sadly, I won't!
But I can tell you I had to wear all black for one seen and very summery formal outfit for another scene! It was a lovely day with a bit of wind and as the evening drew on it just got colder and colder. Sadly for the actors, the scenes were set during spring and so that's not good news when you're in a dress and freezing cold on the side of a hill in Wicklow! Luckily the wonderful crew provided blankets and I know the mains had some water bottles and heavy jackets available too.
Although I never met any of the mains personally, they were all extremely wonderful on set. Christian Cooke was very chatty with some extras, and Sam Clafin was quite humorous, practically falling around the place. Lily looks beautiful in real life, petit, pale, perfect, like a doll! and Jaime Winestone looked fantastic in her character hair and make up!
Overall this looks to be a very cute little film and it was such a pleasure working with everyone on set. I recognised a few people in costume and hair from Titanic Blood and Steel, as well as the Jimi Hendrix film too! It's always nice to see familiar faces and of course I'm very happy to see them all working hard!
I think I definitely want to do some work experience behind the scenes too! I would love to be an AD or an assistant producer! I'll definitely have to look into that one! any advice!? or do any of your readers have similar desires?!
Thanks for reading!
Peach out!
x
Now you know the deal by now on Fair City so I won't bore you with that! But on monday I got to spend the day in beautiful Enniskerry in Wicklow on the set of Lily Collins' new movie "Love, Rosie", based on a book by Cecelia Ahern.
Turns out, I've actually read that book! I hadn't known that until a friend I met on set started talking about the plot, and then it all slowly started coming back to me! So anyway, even though I did not sign any NDA form, I'm not really supposed to tell you what happened or what we shot on Monday... so sadly, I won't!
But I can tell you I had to wear all black for one seen and very summery formal outfit for another scene! It was a lovely day with a bit of wind and as the evening drew on it just got colder and colder. Sadly for the actors, the scenes were set during spring and so that's not good news when you're in a dress and freezing cold on the side of a hill in Wicklow! Luckily the wonderful crew provided blankets and I know the mains had some water bottles and heavy jackets available too.
Although I never met any of the mains personally, they were all extremely wonderful on set. Christian Cooke was very chatty with some extras, and Sam Clafin was quite humorous, practically falling around the place. Lily looks beautiful in real life, petit, pale, perfect, like a doll! and Jaime Winestone looked fantastic in her character hair and make up!
Overall this looks to be a very cute little film and it was such a pleasure working with everyone on set. I recognised a few people in costume and hair from Titanic Blood and Steel, as well as the Jimi Hendrix film too! It's always nice to see familiar faces and of course I'm very happy to see them all working hard!
I think I definitely want to do some work experience behind the scenes too! I would love to be an AD or an assistant producer! I'll definitely have to look into that one! any advice!? or do any of your readers have similar desires?!
Thanks for reading!
Peach out!
x
Monday, April 8, 2013
Can you be an actor with no experience?
In short yes! Of Course you can! If you're in the right place at the right time and a casting director wants you, then that could be you set for life! There are so many success stories out there such as Charlize Theron (fellow South Africa), who raged and roared at a bank teller in LA and a talent agent spotted her! And look where she is today!
Now I'm not saying you should go shouting at every bank teller in the hopes of being spotted by a talent agent, but strange things happen, if you're in the right place at the right time, that could be your break if you are just what they are looking for! (Hopefully that 'right place' is a casting)
But also ask yourself this, what are you doing?! Honestly, why don't you have experience when there are so many opportunities to learn? Get in contact with your local drama group or society and see if they or any near-by theaters hold any workshops? There are plenty of freelance trainers and casting directors who host workshops and some for a very reasonable price. It's not paid experience but it's definitely a start!
Also try find some small theatre courses or acting courses that might interest you and that are available at a decent fee. There are also plenty of student films in production that need actors who will work for free!! There are plenty of websites out there for you to make contact with these people and where they can advertise: such as here in Ireland we have the filmmakersnetwork.ie and crooked house theatre have a forum for advertisements. Also it might bode well for you guys out there with no experience to go and join things like Fishpond here in Ireland, run by a casting director and is viewed by many production companies that need irish actors (so why not see if there is an equivalent in your country?). Also Movieextras.ie is a great company, that charge about 60 euro for 6 months, and like 99 for the full year, and they will make your profile available to casting directors who need extras for filming in Ireland. The pay is rubbish but you learn all about what it is like to be on a film set and how everything works!
There are tonnes of ways for you to get experience, so go out and get some!! You can get paid acting work off the back of non-paid acting jobs!! Go and audition for the student films and learn the process of auditioning, get some work and make a showreel!
you can alternatively find some good scenes from films, tv shows or plays and film yourself and make a vimeo page, and upload all of those clips and send that link on to every casting director and director that you can get in contact with!! The work is out there, but if they don't know who you are they can't hire you can they?! (feel free to also write your own material! You never know, it could be your hidden talent and you could end up like Lena Dunham who wrote "Tiny Furniture", and "Girls"!)
So yes you can be an actor with no experience, and in my opinion it's not absolutely necessary to have training either, in schools and what not. It is a massive help of course, and you get to explore and learn so many different things, but it is not absolutely ESSENTIAL in landing you a job!!!
Best of luck! Get Experiencing!!
Peach Out!
xxxx
Now I'm not saying you should go shouting at every bank teller in the hopes of being spotted by a talent agent, but strange things happen, if you're in the right place at the right time, that could be your break if you are just what they are looking for! (Hopefully that 'right place' is a casting)
But also ask yourself this, what are you doing?! Honestly, why don't you have experience when there are so many opportunities to learn? Get in contact with your local drama group or society and see if they or any near-by theaters hold any workshops? There are plenty of freelance trainers and casting directors who host workshops and some for a very reasonable price. It's not paid experience but it's definitely a start!
Also try find some small theatre courses or acting courses that might interest you and that are available at a decent fee. There are also plenty of student films in production that need actors who will work for free!! There are plenty of websites out there for you to make contact with these people and where they can advertise: such as here in Ireland we have the filmmakersnetwork.ie and crooked house theatre have a forum for advertisements. Also it might bode well for you guys out there with no experience to go and join things like Fishpond here in Ireland, run by a casting director and is viewed by many production companies that need irish actors (so why not see if there is an equivalent in your country?). Also Movieextras.ie is a great company, that charge about 60 euro for 6 months, and like 99 for the full year, and they will make your profile available to casting directors who need extras for filming in Ireland. The pay is rubbish but you learn all about what it is like to be on a film set and how everything works!
There are tonnes of ways for you to get experience, so go out and get some!! You can get paid acting work off the back of non-paid acting jobs!! Go and audition for the student films and learn the process of auditioning, get some work and make a showreel!
you can alternatively find some good scenes from films, tv shows or plays and film yourself and make a vimeo page, and upload all of those clips and send that link on to every casting director and director that you can get in contact with!! The work is out there, but if they don't know who you are they can't hire you can they?! (feel free to also write your own material! You never know, it could be your hidden talent and you could end up like Lena Dunham who wrote "Tiny Furniture", and "Girls"!)
So yes you can be an actor with no experience, and in my opinion it's not absolutely necessary to have training either, in schools and what not. It is a massive help of course, and you get to explore and learn so many different things, but it is not absolutely ESSENTIAL in landing you a job!!!
Best of luck! Get Experiencing!!
Peach Out!
xxxx
Thursday, July 5, 2012
NDA
Ok lovelies... so I can't disclose what happened on set on Monday and tuesday but I will say these few things:
Being a special extra doesn't mean you have to wait around less! You'll still be hanging out on a dining bus for about 8 hours of your day!
The casting of Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix is magical and that casting agent deserves a medal!
The actors were extremely cool and sound and didn't mind hanging out or talking to us if they weren't busy
It's a very small world and you'll be surprised at how many people you know or have seen before on set!
Andre's hairstylist is the loveliest person! I want to keep him for my own!!
Hair and make up were lovely but sheesh the back-combing and high hairstyles and hairspray can be very sore!
and finally, the food on a movie set is amazing! and there is plenty of it!
Overall it was great fun hanging out with everyone and chatting and meeting new people!!
Thats a wrap!
(sorry there wasn't much in this post but I signed an NDA which is a nondisclosure form and basically says i'm not really allowed to talk about what went on or what we filmed. understandable for a big film like that. but all extras will need to sign an NDA on any film so expect to be filling in forms when you're an extra!)
Peach out!
x
Being a special extra doesn't mean you have to wait around less! You'll still be hanging out on a dining bus for about 8 hours of your day!
The casting of Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix is magical and that casting agent deserves a medal!
The actors were extremely cool and sound and didn't mind hanging out or talking to us if they weren't busy
It's a very small world and you'll be surprised at how many people you know or have seen before on set!
Andre's hairstylist is the loveliest person! I want to keep him for my own!!
Hair and make up were lovely but sheesh the back-combing and high hairstyles and hairspray can be very sore!
and finally, the food on a movie set is amazing! and there is plenty of it!
Overall it was great fun hanging out with everyone and chatting and meeting new people!!
Thats a wrap!
(sorry there wasn't much in this post but I signed an NDA which is a nondisclosure form and basically says i'm not really allowed to talk about what went on or what we filmed. understandable for a big film like that. but all extras will need to sign an NDA on any film so expect to be filling in forms when you're an extra!)
Peach out!
x
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Jimi Hendrix film in dublin
Hello lovelies! Tomorrow I'm going to be doing a bit of work as an extra in the new jimi Hendrix film that is filming in Dublin! And it's of course, a period film set in the late 60's!
So this post will be updated tomorrow or the weekend about my experience and the costume fitting! Yay! So watch this space!!
Are any of you readers working as extras at the moment? Any interesting stories?
Peach out!
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Cuckoo episode 3 & 4 pictures from set!
So we started shooting the last two episodes of the web series Cuckoo on Friday and my what a journey! It's Sunday now and I'm writing this from set in the middle of the shoot. We are nearly 4 hours behind schedule because I've discovered it is extremely difficult to work in a shipping centre! As there are all sorts of issues! Continuity, audio and mostly people staring straight into camera!
So it put us behind a lot. But so far so good! We've got an incredible team of people working with us to get these two episodes done and finish the series!
We are working hard and at all possible hours to get this finished and then.. That's a wrap! We probably won't wrap until about 11 tonight but it'll all be worth it! I can't wait to post all four episodes on this site to show you all what I've been working for! And what we have achieved on a very small budget in a short amount of time!
Here are some pics from set!!! Hope you've enjoyed the Cuckoo journey!! We wrapped just after 11 but unfortunately there was still one scene we needed to do, and we will have to come back to that in a few weeks time! Oh well!! I look forward to it and for everyone that worked on this series, I thank you all for your hard work and support during this process!
Thank you all! here are some pictures from the set of the third and fourth episodes!
Enjoy!!
Peach out!
Hair and make up!! by the lovely Claire and Martina!
Is Tina Vickers getting a close up?? ... watch to find out...
Happy family??? (Orla, Me and Brian!)
Denise having a great little snap with the clapper board!!
Thanks to Laura O'Leary who joined our team!
Blue steel??? I think Ben Stiller is super jealous right now..
End of day with the director (Danann), Me, the lovely owner of Tres Vintage and of course the fabulous Denise McCormack!!!
We are working hard and at all possible hours to get this finished and then.. That's a wrap! We probably won't wrap until about 11 tonight but it'll all be worth it! I can't wait to post all four episodes on this site to show you all what I've been working for! And what we have achieved on a very small budget in a short amount of time!
Here are some pics from set!!! Hope you've enjoyed the Cuckoo journey!! We wrapped just after 11 but unfortunately there was still one scene we needed to do, and we will have to come back to that in a few weeks time! Oh well!! I look forward to it and for everyone that worked on this series, I thank you all for your hard work and support during this process!
Thank you all! here are some pictures from the set of the third and fourth episodes!
Enjoy!!
Peach out!
Happy family??? (Orla, Me and Brian!)
Denise having a great little snap with the clapper board!!
Friday, May 11, 2012
sorry I know its been a while...
So guys for those of you who read this blog, perhaps you find it interesting and perhaps you're just passing through but either way I appreciate it!
So there has been nothing... like... NOTHING! I can literally see the tumble weed pass me by! Acting work has been so slow! and even my agent is trying but there is just nada... sake!!!
So while I'm clawing my hair out with all the nothing to do but wait for my phone to ring or an email to come.. I am focusing on my body! I have decided I need to loose at least 8kgs (I'm 55kgs right now) and I want to be under 50 but I thought if I aim for 8kgs and only reach a 5kg weightless it's better than aiming for something smaller and getting a small result! And how am i going to do this you ask?
glad you asked! well, I plan to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred at least twice or three times a week, but thats not all... I'm also joining a boxercise club on sat mornings and a kick-boxercise club on monday nights, wednesday and thursday mornings!!! Oh yes! these boxercise and kick-boxercise boast to burn 600-800 calls in one session! So you know that I gotsta get me some of this!!!!
so I'm tracking my weight and from now on I'll update this blog with weight posts as well as with any acting posts!!
OOh... and CUCKOO didn't get through to the third round of RTE Storyland unfortunately! But we have decided to complete the series anyway with the help of everyone involved! RTE support us but don't fund us so we're raising the money ourselves. However once the last two episodes are filmed they will feature on RTE's website! so yay!!!
We start shooting next weekend from the 18-20 May in Dublin, Ireland... It's going to be tough doing two episodes in three days as usually it's only one in that amount of time. I get to work more with Denise McCormack (Who won the best supporting actress IFTA recently) so I can't wait to work with her and hopefully get some tips! x
So I will post some pictures and behind the scenes footage maybe! for now though here are the links to the two episodes and you can find some behind the scene footage on the Cuckoo youtube channel! so for now I hope you all enjoy the links below! and maybe comment and let me know what you think? feedback is great! although don't go too hard please, I'm only starting out an honestly I think I learn from each episode so I think my acting is way better in the second episode than it is in the first! so yea...
here you go!!!
http://vimeo.com/38586243
http://vimeo.com/35836985
Peach out!!
So there has been nothing... like... NOTHING! I can literally see the tumble weed pass me by! Acting work has been so slow! and even my agent is trying but there is just nada... sake!!!
So while I'm clawing my hair out with all the nothing to do but wait for my phone to ring or an email to come.. I am focusing on my body! I have decided I need to loose at least 8kgs (I'm 55kgs right now) and I want to be under 50 but I thought if I aim for 8kgs and only reach a 5kg weightless it's better than aiming for something smaller and getting a small result! And how am i going to do this you ask?
glad you asked! well, I plan to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred at least twice or three times a week, but thats not all... I'm also joining a boxercise club on sat mornings and a kick-boxercise club on monday nights, wednesday and thursday mornings!!! Oh yes! these boxercise and kick-boxercise boast to burn 600-800 calls in one session! So you know that I gotsta get me some of this!!!!
so I'm tracking my weight and from now on I'll update this blog with weight posts as well as with any acting posts!!
OOh... and CUCKOO didn't get through to the third round of RTE Storyland unfortunately! But we have decided to complete the series anyway with the help of everyone involved! RTE support us but don't fund us so we're raising the money ourselves. However once the last two episodes are filmed they will feature on RTE's website! so yay!!!
We start shooting next weekend from the 18-20 May in Dublin, Ireland... It's going to be tough doing two episodes in three days as usually it's only one in that amount of time. I get to work more with Denise McCormack (Who won the best supporting actress IFTA recently) so I can't wait to work with her and hopefully get some tips! x
So I will post some pictures and behind the scenes footage maybe! for now though here are the links to the two episodes and you can find some behind the scene footage on the Cuckoo youtube channel! so for now I hope you all enjoy the links below! and maybe comment and let me know what you think? feedback is great! although don't go too hard please, I'm only starting out an honestly I think I learn from each episode so I think my acting is way better in the second episode than it is in the first! so yea...
here you go!!!
http://vimeo.com/38586243
http://vimeo.com/35836985
Peach out!!
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