Monday, January 24, 2011
Acting Academy Exam: The Guest
Sunday, January 23, 2011
My experience at my first casting call/ Seeking Representation
So on Tuesday January 11th, 2011 I went on my first seeking representation call. The company was called Orange Model Management Inc. Located at 111 peter street Toronto Ontario. When I went to the agency, I’m not going to lie, I was nervous. It’s because I never did something like this before. I didn’t know what to expect or how they would react in front of me. He, I didn’t even know if they were legit or not. So as I walked into the interview, the male greeted with respect and told me blow by blow on how this industry really was. He told me because I had no experience, it was hard for someone to just get jobs like that. Personally, when he was telling me all of this, I was surprised. I thought that agencies wanted people to get in and they just wanted to take your money, but I was quite mistaken. This is how I knew he was legit. For someone to come out and say that, honestly, the competition is hard, and it’s totally up to you to join, made me want to learn more. Maybe it was just reverse psychology, but whatever it was, it worked on me. After the interview, he made me audition. He told me to read a couple of lines, and examined me from head to toe. He checked everything from my neck size to my shoe size. He also checked my teeth to see if they were workable. All In all, my experience at my first seeking representation was really fun. I got to learn a lot more about the industry and learned how to communicate with industry people. Oh and you never know, I might just sign with Orange Models, and become a star.
The Death of Leslie Nielson
On November 28th 2010, Canadian actor and legend Leslie Nielson had passed away. He was one of my favourite actors as he starred in some of the best movies growing up. He starred in the Naked Gun Trilogy and classic Mr. Magoo. Not only was a famous Canadian actor, he was also my grandfather’s favourite actor, as Nielson knew how to deliver the laughs and could make you cry if he wanted too. He was best known for being a star in TV’s Golden Age and starring in many miniseries created by the Walt Disney Corporation. Nielson always starred in parody based movies, for example airplane which was a mixture of Airport and Zero Hour. Even in his 80ties Nielson still starred and performed in both movies and on stage. Some of his famous newer movies would include Scary Movie 3, where the actor posed almost fully nude, playing a President. His hobby was golf and golfed as much as he could on his spare time. Leslie Nielson will be greatly missed, Rest in Peace. Skating Trip 2010
On December 30th my cousins and I decided to go skating last minute. This day was quite eventful considering everything we planned to do, did not come together as planned. The day started off pretty good, we were on our way downtown when my cousin called me and told me he was unable to buy skates for $40 and this was a problem as neither of us had skates. So we decided to divert from going downtown to Pickering and meeting up with my cousins at his house, oh and to make things worst it started to rain. From my cousins house we went to like 2 different places to look for skates, and by now it was almost 2 o’clock. After finally getting our skates we decided to head down to the subway station close to my uncle’s store. On our way to the subway station my older cousin Nitin started to feel a little sick and, he was, good thing we were close to my uncle’s store. We got to the RTC and began our trip downtown by now it was already 5. We reached Nathan Phillips square around 6ish and as we were putting on our skates my brother noticed his skates were of the same foot. So luckily my cousin brought his brothers skates, which were about a size smaller but we managed to skate, using those small skates. Suddenly, my brother turns a corner and BAM, he got knocked over by some dude skating too close to the edge. I mean we were having an amazing time, but it started to get super cold, and I still had lots of homework to do when I got back. So just before we left to go back to Pickering, we were interviewed by CityTv, and we were asked questions about the new years show on the 31st. Those were some hard questions. When we were on the subway back to Pickering, me and my cousin decided to play a prank on my brother and our friend who were semi sleeping on the subway. We decided to get off 3 stops before our stop and see if they would notice, they didn’t. Overall it was a great night and an amazing experience; I didn’t know skating could be so much fun.
Avatar: The Last Air Bender
Over the winter holidays my brother and I started watching this show called Avatar: The Last Airbender. Avatar, is a show that can be enjoyed by anyone, from children to those who are adults. The show is about a young child who is destined to be the avatar and save the world by using all of the elements; earth, water, air, and fire to defeat the fire lord. This show got me thinking, do the control of these elements still exist? How cool would it be to be able to bend fire and the earth in order to use as a means of transportation? All of these element bending comes from the study of Tai Chi and using the life force within ourselves to control the surrounding elements. I find it amazing that thousands and hundreds of years ago, people used to or could have studied and mastered the ways of these elements and something tells me deep down, that there are some people who may continue to study them. I remember that during this show I would Google, element bending and realized that there are some forms of it that exist today, for example pyrokinesis or pyromania is the study of creating fire, control and exhausting fire by using one’s mind. I just find it amazing how this stuff exists and I wouldn’t mind travelling the world, in order to seek and learn from those who can channel their energy to the point where they can create fire using just their energy.
Kids these days
One thing I have started to notice lately is that this world is changing, and not for the betterment of society. I have begun to notice that children around the age of 10 – 15 have almost no respect for anyone of authority. They curse at their parents, and at their neighbours. Last week I had an 8 year old run at me and tell me to F off, just because I wouldn’t move out of the way while shovelling the snow. I was horrified to see that their parent did not react to what the child had said and kept walking. Part of me wanted to grab that kid and give him a spanking that his parents should have given him. I know for a fact that if my parents catch me swearing or saying mean things, they would still lecture me about it. It is really sad that these kids are our future, and if they can’t learn to respect their elders or their peers, I fear that the future may be doomed. Jet Li's Fearless- My Review
One of my favourite movies of all times is Jet Li’s Fearless. The story embarks on a young martial artist will, who vows never to lose in a fight. After watching his father lose and getting beaten up by the local bully, Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li) embarks on becoming the greatest martial artist of his time. Although this story is based on the heroic and legendary life of Huo Yuanjia, it is very difficult to tell the difference between the truth and lies behind his story. The story shows how one person’s will and desire can change the outcome of their life. After becoming a famous, undefeated martial artist, Yuanjia, is pursued by a child who challenges him by telling him that his grandfather is a much better martial artist and that he can beat him any day. After Yuanjia’s victorious battle with the grandfather of the child, the child had gone and killed Yuanjia’s family, causing him to go and get revenge. Although, revenge never solves anything, Yuanjia had gone to the young child’s house and wishes to slaughter his family. When he gets there he realizes that the grandfather had died and that the young child had slit his own throat. Yuanjia had gone and tried to commit suicide by drowning himself in the river, but he washed away to a small village. There he learned to love again, and practice his martial arts for himself and not for the idea of fighting for honor. During his last tournament he fought a karate master, and was poisoned so that he would not win. Due to the amount of respect that this master had for YuanJia, the karate master forfeited his win to Yuanjia, who then died. I feel that this story had hit me hard as it shows the struggles of one man who had everything and went to absolutely nothing. This story also shows that greatness can be achieved without the use of violence, and with a calm sense of mind. This story can relate to me in a sense because this year I went to a tournament for the FMSS wrestling team where I was defeated and did not place. I promised myself that at the next tournament, that I would do better and get nothing but a gold medal. I remember struggling during that gold medal match and almost losing, but because I was a better, and much stronger opponent, I was able to walk away with the gold medal, I was Fearless.
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