Posts Tagged ‘goals’

February Update!

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Hey, at least I’m keeping this to once a month now. Hopefully more often… but at least once a month.

In big news… I’m in the middle of relocating to Toronto, where I’m looking forward to taking the Toronto industry by storm: finding new projects to tackle and meeting amazing new people to work with. New headshots and a new demo reel are on their way, to match my swanky new website layout. I’m hoping to be working full-time as an actor by the end of 2010, and I’ve set some financial goals for myself as well.

In other news, January and February have been incredible for me… I’ve been on set a few days now for Black Eve, and even with long shoot days, including a chilly day laying on the floor covered in blood… I can still say that I love this work with all my heart. There’s absolutely nothing else I’d rather be doing, nothing else that feels this worth it for me.
& I so can’t wait to see the footage from what we’ve shot so far. Yeah, I’m all about the instant gratification, I know. ;)

I also had the pleasure of doing FASS again this month… originally, when I moved to Waterloo, FASS was where I met a lot of my first friends and a lot of the theatre crowd, and while it’s not “professional theatre” per se, it definitely has a special place in my heart and is an awesome way to spend a month. I had the ‘pleasure’ of singing this time around… not just part of a group like I did in Beggar’s Opera, but I had to sing as part of a duet and some parts all by myself. For me, singing to a house full of 200 or so people is pretty terrifying… but I hope I lived up to the director’s vision. I got to take a fair bit of character inspiration from Pinky (a la Pinky and the Brain), which left me more free to be silly and not worry quite so much as to what I sounded like. I guess the universe is pushing me to take chances, because even if you told me a year ago that I’d be singing onstage for that many people, I would’ve laughed. And then hid.

Lastly, we’ve started principal photography for Making of a King, with our first shoot date outside in the snow in late January. I got to do both my own swordfighting and come up with fight choreography for a group of extras… so yes, I was in combat heaven. ;)
(When I am settled in Toronto, I’m hoping to do more regular combat work with Rapier Wit, but any time I get to fight on camera or for fun is a time where I am a happy gal.)
I’ll be starting filming of my scenes probably later this month, where I’ll be doing a lot of greenscreen work as “The Lady of the Lake.” I tried on my costume during fight rehearsals, and am pretty excited for it! That, and I’ll have lovely whorls all over my face. I am looking forward to seeing MoaK develop, and will share footage and stills when I have them!

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January update!

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Well, it’s only been a month this time between updates… if I didn’t have to sleep sometimes, I suspect I’d be a lot more productive. ;p

Like I mentioned on the front page of my site, I’ve got a couple of feature film projects coming up in the next couple of weeks and months. They’re both going to require a fair bit of character preparation… so far, I’ve been reading up on some of the sortid histories of the Lady of the Lake, and am preparing for a fight workshop this Saturday for Making of a King. If I get a chance, I will share some of my research here… and as tempting as it is to sit and watch some “Merlin”, I am trying to avoid it until after I’ve done filming, so as not to accidentally borrow more than I should from other interpretations of the character.

Tomorrow, I’ll be printing and thoroughly reading the script for Black Eve, and working on getting my head around some of the nuances of my character, while still tying her into and adopting as much as possible some of the horror hallmarks suitable for PIMP.

It’s actually kind of funny, the number of projects I’ve done that have been more horror/sci-fi/fantasy, vs what I would consider “mainstream” projects. That isn’t a complaint by any stretch… I love me a good death scene, for example.

In other news, I will be involved in some capacity with FASS again this year. It’s something I look forward to, to make the winter less dull and to give me a chance to reconnect with friends I often only see in January. That will be on-stage the first week of February, and as this year’s show revolves around video games, you all should be that much more excited to come see it! ;)

Anyway, among my goals for the next couple of months are to have a new demo reel cut and to get some new headshots… so be on the lookout for that! But it’s getting late, so until next time, goodnight all!

PS: Forgot to mention that I did ADR and audio commentary for Forest of the Damned, a film shot all the way back in 2007. It’s a bit embarrassing – at least to me, the perfectionist – to watch myself on screen delivering lines that were meant to be cheesy and silly… but the final overall product should be awesome. And it was great to reunite with some of the cast and crew tonight.
Alright, now bed for real.

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Goals, updates, and stepping on rusty nails

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Ooops, poor neglected blog. Anyway, I’ve been thinking specifically (or trying to) about my goals for myself as an actor, and I’ve come up with this list:
*paid – or at least professionally run – acting gigs, where I have little to no frustrations and a whole lot of fun. I have no problem lending a hand behind the scenes, but I don’t want to be responsible for everything on set. Primarily, I just want to act, with anything else coming secondarily or tertially. :P
*acting roles that will quickly lead to more IMDB credits and wider exposure. I don’t need to be “famous” per se, but I want to be well-known and well-liked…
*along with a reputation as someone who is excellent to work with, and a wide network of contacts who will frequently offer me roles suitable to my talents and what I’m able to take on in terms of time commitments
*a feeling of satisfaction with most work I do, and knowing that I’ve been able to bring “my best” to any project I take on. Give me the long hours on set, and the complex fight choreography, and the characters with the fucking emotional trainwrecks. I love it, I live for it. I just want to be able to bring all that to life on a regular basis and be paid well for it.
*to be able to make a consistent living while acting, such that I can afford to live comfortably, treat my friends, be able to give time and money to charities of my choice, and not need any outside jobs to support myself
*the chance to consistently better myself as an actor, to learn more about and hone my craft

As for updates… I’ve been doing a lot of traveling and living this summer, which has been nice. It’s been a good balance of time on set and time in other places – I’ve been getting my fix of urban exploration (did a few choice locations in the States, with photos to come eventually), staying up way too late with good friends, going camping, riding rollercoasters, along with going to auditions and working on projects and continuing to build my networks of contacts. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it yet, but I was recruited (without an audition, which is always a nice compliment) to join the cast of a theatre production here in KW… it’s been a long time since I’ve done any real theatre, but it feels awesome to be back into the swing of going to rehearsals, and doing character preparation and all that good stuff.
Also, I got to spend some time chatting with a Toronto casting director last night, which I feel pretty grateful for. I still have a lot of work to do when it comes to confidently promoting myself and talking about myself… but I’m trying. I always get so flustered and don’t know exactly what to say! “Umm, I’m a girl and I live and love to create.” just doesn’t seem to cut it… and I’m always worried I’ll end up sounding too full of myself if I start rattling off the various projects I’ve done and my goals for the future, and that I’m on IMDB, and all that jazz.

Anyway. My current film projects are going well. Several of them are still in pre-production or development, which has me anxiously chomping at the bit to get shooting… but I understand that these things take time, and it’s not all about us actors. I’ve had a couple of recent role offers on projects where the script isn’t even finished yet… which I take as a pretty big compliment. See my previous goal about establishing myself as someone who is excellent to work with.
On the flipside, I feel pretty guilty because there’s been few projects I’ve had to turn down due to previous time commitments. I try to balance (ie overbook, as some might say) my schedule as much as possible, and if I can make something fit, I will… but there’s times when it just won’t work, and my heart breaks a little that I have to say no, nevermind when it’s a project that I really want to do. Sigh.

Wow, this was a long ramble. I think it made up for lost time.
As for the last item in my blog title… well, sometimes accidents happen. I’ll leave it at that. =P

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