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TERM FOUR. Exclusive to Full Time & Foundation Graduates.
Mondays I 9:00am - 4:00pm I 10 Week Duration I Commencing November 14th, 2016
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Course Outline
TERM FOUR is an extension of the training students have received during the Full Time and Foundation Program. This graduate module sees the continuation of the same intensive training, with a focus on digging deeper into technique, scene and character work, with a handpicked group of trainers over a 10 week period. This program rounds out the term with in-studio simulated screen tests led by some of Melbourne's most current and in-demand casting directors and producers.
We are thrilled to be working again with our Full Time and Foundation Program alumni and to welcome back trainers of such a high calibre to the studio. The training is highly focused and of course, targeted for your experience level. As always, our studio's focus is to align training with the realities and requirements of this industry and as such, the final weeks have been designed to allow the actor's hard work to be implemented in an industry scenario. We invite any Full Time and Foundation Program alumni who are serious about their craft and skills to join us for this term; that will see them stretched and their performances strengthened. This program is also open to graduates from other acting institutions, however acceptance into the program for these graduates is by interview. Limited places are available now.
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Week One
Week one will welcome Film & Television Studio International and McMahon Management
director Craig McMahon to the studio, where he will work with graduate actors on a range of Australian and US Serial drama scripts, moving towards a deeper and more organic performance. Craig will also provide guidance on the Australian and US Film & Television Industries, headshots, showreels, resumes, visas and everything in between – from his unique point of view as an agent working in the international marketplace. Craig is the Founder and Artistic Director of Film & Television Studio International, a hugely successful national training facility for screen actors, that boasts the most illustrious team of trainers in the country, and was founded by him and his wife Dominique in 1998. Together, they also head McMahon Management,
a top-tier theatrical agency representing outstanding Australian actors both locally and internationally throughout the USA and UK.
Under his creative direction at McMahon Entertainment Group Pty Ltd, many Australian acting careers have been cultivated with some actors going on to become household names, including Silver Logie Nominee for most outstanding new talent Ashleigh Brewer (The Bold and the Beautiful; Neighbours); Silver Logie winner for most outstanding new talent Luke Mitchell (US Series lead in Blindspot; Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D; Members Only; The Tomorrow People; Home & Away; H20 Just Add Water and US Feature Films 7 Minutes and Mothers and Daughters - starring alongside Susan Sarandon and Sharon Stone); Series regular Orpheus Pledger (Home & Away);
two time Gold & Silver Logie Nominee Esther Anderson (US Series Siberia; Home & Away; Celebrity Apprentice; Dancing with the Stars); Mitchell Ryan (Series Regular of hit US TV Series One Tree Hill - Series 7); Series regular and AFI nominee Christopher Milligan (Neighbours; Dead Gorgeous); Series regular Andrew Morley (Neighbours; Home & Away and Lightning Point); Series Regular Taylor Glockner (Feature Film No Two Snowflakes; Mako Island; Neighbours; Strange Calls and Conspiracy 365); Silver Logie nominee Matthew Werkmeister (Neighbours; Chris & Josh); Nick Bracks (Dancing with the Stars; Celebrity Splash;
creator of underBRACKS); Valentino del Toro (Tricky Business; The Slap; Cops LAC; Terra Nova; Underbelly Files: Infiltration; The Strip; Sea Patrol); Lester Ellis Jr (Ja'mie: Private School Girl; Fat Tony; Nowhere Boys); Series Regular Melissa Howard (Winners & Losers; Twentysomething, Dead Gorgeous, Rush and Satisfaction). Dan O’Connor (Holly Oaks; Winners & Losers; Mr & Mrs Murder and Neighbours); and Simone Buchanan
(feature films Boar; Patrick; Shame; My Brilliant Career and television series Upper Middle Bogan; Neighbours; McLeod's Daughters; Blue Heelers; Water Rats; All Saints; G.P; Push; Hey Dad; A Country Practice; Sons and Daughters; A Good Thing; Secret Valley and Pacific Drive). Craig also manages a select group of light entertainment celebrities and has trained and mentored many development clients.
Craig is an ongoing judge for the prestigious TV Week Logie Awards in the categories of Most Outstanding Drama Series, Most Popular New Talent, and The Graham Kennedy Inductee Hall of Fame Award for lifetime achievement in the Australian television industry. He recently featured in ABC Documentary Next Stop to Hollywood, as a mentor for Australian actor Andrew Morley. Craig was recognised nationally with a Most Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award for his work spanning over 8 years for Network Ten’s Totally Wild
- for excellence in presenting, producing and writing. Craig is also a regular guest speaker at AFTRS and AT2, and continues to educate and inspire emerging actors, writers and producers.
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Week Two
This week will see the actors joined by voice specialist Alix Longmann; working in-depth and with her unique approach to voice training with our graduates. Alix scored her first professional role as a teenager in an early Bruce Beresford film, The Getting Of Wisdom. She continued her training in theatre, dance and singing whilst getting her BA and Dip Ed in English Literature, Music and Drama from Monash University, Melbourne. Alix then worked extensively as an actress, singer, comedienne and writer for film, television drama and sketch comedy (The Comedy Company),
theatre, musicals, radio and cabaret as well as mounting her own successful one-woman shows. Concurrent to her busy performing career on stage, film and television, she was the head of the Drama and Singing Departments at The Dance Factory in Melbourne, and during her time there she developed her own highly successful ‘Vocal Confidence Seminars’ for speech and singing. Her unique teaching method assisted students and professionals from all areas of the Performing Arts and has given vocal confidence to countless more outside the Arts in every walk of life. In 1994, Alix left Oz and travelled to New York where she developed her stand up comedy and co-wrote and produced a comedy show for radio. Since returning to London in 1995, Alix performed in numerous musicals and theatre both on and off the West End, including
Les Miserables and Prisoner Cell-Block H – The Musical with Lily Savage as well as film, cabaret and radio. She featured in the Cannes 2004 Entry film, Mothers & Daughters and was invited by old friend and colleague, Craig ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Revel Horwood, to perform in Grange Park Opera’s South Pacific. In 2010, Alix trod the boards again in the role of Meg in UK premiere of
Hotel Sorrento by Hannie Rayson and was also dialect coach for the production. Alongside an exceptional ability to improve anyone's vocal confidence, one of Alix's other passions is writing and collaborating on new original scripts and supporting undiscovered artists. She played an integral role in the development of Rocliffe (www.rocliffe.com)
a production company and forum for 'new' writing for film, television, radio and theatre where she donated her experience in acting and directing alongside script development for four years. Alix has been a vocal and dialect coach throughout Australia and the UK, assisting such actors as Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones; Pirates of the Caribbean) and Alun Armstrong (Eragon, Van Helsing) in their voice work for stage and screen.
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Week Three
Week Three will welcome studio-favourite Pia Miranda to the studio, where she will guide graduate actors through the Art of Screen-testing, using scenes currently being cast from the Australian and US markets. Learn how to POP from your first moments on camera and how to turn that initial audition into a callback. Pia Miranda is one of Australia's most loved actresses, whose career was launched when she was cast in the title role of Josephine Alibrandi in the feature film Looking for Alibrandi. Directed by Kate Woods and based on the best-selling novel by Melina Marchetta; Pia won an AFI Award
for her work in 2000. Recently starring as Jodie Spiteri on SoHo's flagship drama Wentworth, Pia continues to have a fantastic career in the Australian film and television industry. Her other credits include but are not limited to Neighbours; All Saints; The Secret Life of Us; Bondi Banquet and The Time of Our Lives, as well as feature films Garage Days; The Dopplegangers; Three Blind Mice; The Tender Hook; Right Here, Right Now and Queen of The Damned. She is currently touring Australia alongside Ian Stenlake with the popular stage production of Around the World in 80 Days.
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Week Four
Week Four brings AFI/AACTA award winning actor Richard Cawthorne to the studio, where he will be working with the graduate actors on scripts from Crime and Police Drama. Richard is one of Australia’s most respected actors, who’s work in the past 16 years has ranged from serial dramas (Neighbours) to Crime Drama (Fat Tony & Co, Underbelly: Squizzy), Police Drama (Stingers, Blue Heelers, Catching Milat) and drama miniseries (Australia on Trial, The Pacific
and Killing Time – of which Richard won an AACTA award for his role as Criminal and drug dealer Dennis Allen in 2010). Richard’s work also includes Halifax f.p, Rush, Canal Road, Noise, City Homicide, East West 101, Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Jack Irish, The Death and Life of Otto Bloom and the Stan Original Series Wolf Creek.
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Week Five
The wonderful Diana Glenn will work with our graduates on aspects of life on set, together with social and family drama. Diana Glenn is one of Australia's most respected actresses and has a career spanning over 15 years in Australian film, television and theatre. While Diana is best known for her work in the title character of ABC Series Carla Cametti PD, Diana began her work (as so many actors do) on Neighbours in 1998, closely followed by roles in Outriders, The Secret Life of Us and Canal Road. Diana was then cast in one of the lead roles in the Showcase series Satisfaction and The Slap - the latter of which Diana won a AACTA Award.
Recently, Diana has also worked on Home & Away, Cradlewood, Secrets & Lies and Underbelly: Squizzy. Her film work includes Oyster Farmer, Black Water and the multi-award winning feature film Somersault.
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Week Six
Lyndelle will work with our graduates on scenes hand picked and cast by Lyndelle in order to push each actor individually and break down the barriers, leading them to organic and realistic performances using the tools of the Chubbuck Technique.
Lyndelle is one of our most popular trainers and one of our core trainers in the Full Time Program. Lyndelle is a passionate acting coach with almost 20 years experience in the Performing Arts Industry. During this time, Lyndelle has worked as Head of Drama at various senior schools across both Queensland and NSW, directed many successful musicals and Rock Eisteddfods, and also marked the Higher School Certificate in NSW. Lyndelle’s expertise has often been called upon for speaking appearances at industry conferences, and as a director for theatre companies in both Sydney and Brisbane. Recognition for Lyndelle’s coaching work with students at Macquarie University came when she won the ‘Vice Chancellor’s Award for Innovation in Learning’. Lyndelle trained as an actor with QUT’s
Andrew Buchanan, at NIDA, and at The Actor’s Centre. She also trained in Los Angeles with Scott Sedita, at The Second City in Hollywood, and at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. As an actor herself, Lyndelle has appeared in film and on television, as well as making regular appearances on stage for a wide variety of theatre companies. Lyndelle has also worked in the corporate environment running specialised training workshops. As an acting coach and tutor, Lyndelle has trained actors at Brent Street Studios,The Australian Theatre for Young People and Screenwise Film and Television School. Lyndelle underwent extensive training at the
Ivana Chubbuck studio in Los Angeles, emerging as an accredited teacher of the Chubbuck Technique. Lyndelle is one of very few actor-trainers endorsed by Ivana Chubbuck.
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Week Seven
Danielle Carter will work with our graduates on the art of screen testing in preparation for their time with industry casting directors and producers in Weeks Nine and Ten. Danielle has a degree in acting from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and Diploma of Education from the University of Western Sydney (UWS). She has worked extensively in theatre, film television and radio. Some of her credits include: THEATRE - My Wonderful Day and Absurd Person Singular (Ensemble Theatre); The Cove – 8 short plays by Daniel Keene (Dog Theatre); Status Update (Explorations La Mama/La Mama Season); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre Works); and for the
Original Shakespeare Company, Shadow Passion (Chapel off Chapel), Europe (Victorian College of the Arts [VCA] Director Season), Still (La Mama/Malthouse), Face to Face (Ensemble), The Quartet from Rigoletto (Cue/Ensemble), All Things Considered (Marion St), Property of the Clan (Theatre 20/20), Away and Hypothalamania (Sydney Theatre Company [STC]), and the national tour of Dags. TELEVISION - Mal.Com, City Homicide, Satisfaction, Underbelly, All Saints, Elephant Princess, Stingers, Salem's Lot, The Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Lost World, Halifax fp, Something in the Air (Series 1 and 2), Beast Master, Fearless, Flipper, Murder Call, Tales of the South Seas, Medivac (Series 1 and 2),
GP, Heartland, Home and Away, Neighbours and Richmond Hill (Series 1). FILM - Knowing, Eustice Solves A Problem, The Blue Lady, The Fortune Teller, A Few Things I Know About Her, Kid in a Bin and Sweet as a Peach. She has written a book for actors published by Currency Press called Racing against Time – the actors handbook for film and television, has directed the rollicking play for St Martins Youth Theatre – Motor Mouth and Suck Face - an apocalyptic love story and has been the on set acting coach for numerous television shows as well as teaching at Australia’s top Acting Institutions including Film & Television Studio International.
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Week Eight
We welcome Principal trainer and Patron of Film & Television Studio International Simone Buchanan, to the studio to work with our graduates on emotional triggers, ahead of their time in studio with industry special guests in the final weeks of this program. Simone’s experience in the industry is vast and wide. After playing Debbie Kelly for many years in Australia’s most successful and longest running sitcom Hey Dad, Simone went on to star alongside Deborah Lee Furness in internationally acclaimed feature film Shame.
Simone has also starred in many television dramas including Neighbours, McLeod’s Daughters, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, All Saints, Pacific Drive, A Country Practice, Sons and Daughters and many more. In addition to Shame, her film credits include: Forced Entry, Push, The Man from the High Country, Doctors and Nurses and My Brilliant Career. Simone will be working with student actors in areas of social drama and situation comedy. Most recently, Simone starred alongside Rachel Griffiths in feature film Patrick, and Upper Middle Bogan for the ABC. She is currently in production on feature film Boar, starring alongside Ernie Dingo, Hugh Sheridan and John Jarratt.
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Weeks Nine and Ten
These final two weeks will be the culmination of work from the previous 8 weeks, where scenes will be handpicked and cast by Craig McMahon (Creative Director of Film & Television Studio International) in order to show our actors in the best light possible. Actors will then perform these scenes for notable casting directors and producers who will provide feedback and talk them through the casting process as they have experienced it and in their own words. Previous casting directors and producers that have worked with the studio include: Jane Norris (Casting Director: The Slap, Gallipoli, Rush), Nathan Lloyd (Casting Director: Wentworth, Offspring, Party Tricks, Upper Middle Bogan),
Alison Telford (Head of Casting for ABC Television), Lou Mitchell (Casting Director: The Dr Blake Mysteries, The Underbelly Files, City Homicide), Angela Heesom (Casting Director: Wolf Creek, Wolf Creek 2, Danger 5), Thea McLeod (Casting Director: Neighbours, Better Man), Leigh Pickford (Casting Director: Wonderland, Packed to the Rafters), Nikki Barrett (Casting Director: Pirates of the Caribbean, The Great Gatsby, Holding the Man, Mad Max: Fury Road), Kirsty McGregor (Casting Director: Animal Kingdom, San Andreas, Noah, The Rover, Devils Playground), Dave Newman (Casting Director: The 34th Battalion, Red Dog, Terra Nova), Andy Walker (Producer:
Please Like Me, The Kettering Project) and Jo Porter (Producer of Wentworth and Neighbours among other credits and Head of Drama for Fremantle Media).
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Condition of Entry
Graduates of the Full Time Professional Acting for Television Program and The Foundation Year at Film & Television Studio International have automatic entry into this program. An interview process applies to graduates from other acting institutions.
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Course Fee
PAYMENT OPTIONS
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Pay in Full: $1,690.00 (GST Inclusive)
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Direct Debit: $130.00 x 13 weeks.
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Term Dates
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Monday 14th of November, 2016
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Monday 21st of November, 2016
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Monday 28th of November, 2016
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Monday 5th of December, 2016
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Monday 23rd of January, 2017
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Monday 30th of January, 2017
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Monday 6th of February, 2017
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Monday 13th of February, 2017
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Monday 20th of February, 2017
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Monday 27th of February, 2017
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Book Your Placement Now - THE GRADUATE PROGRAM
To enrol, simply book via our website. It will automatically be sent to enquiries@filmtv.com.au. We will then process your application. If you send your application form and all placements have been filled we will be in touch to notify you. If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to contact us directly on 1800 FILMTV (1800 345 688). If you are not a graduate of our Full Time or Foundation Year program we will be in touch with you to schedule an interview with the Artistic Director.
*All applications are processed on a first in first served basis. Once your placement has been confirmed, you will recieve a full week by week breakdown on what to expect from your program, together with further course materials which are sent to you via email.
Melbourne Studio I 390 Clarendon Street I South Melbourne I VIC 3205 I www.filmtv.com.au
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