Since doing the course - I've now been seen twice by Catherine Willis for Criminal Justice 2, and after the showcase also had interest from 3 agents, and have changed agents.
So many thanks for all the opportunities.
The class was a fantastic decision. I met a great group of friends and industry professionals who I bump into now at auditions. I also signed with a wonderful agency that is sending me out to lots of great castings. I highly recommend it to any actor.
Cheers
Following the Showcase I was approached by A&J MANAGEMENT. After much thought over a few weeks I decided to take a shot and join them. I can certainly say that I am very pleased that I made that choice. A big thank you goes to the Shot to be Seen course.
Because of John's first classes I got cast in a short which has ended up winning a place as a finalist in the Straight 8 festival.The film was also shown at Cannes , London and New York .
I have worked in the film industry as an actor for some time now but every now and then I need a tune up, so I found the Actors Studio London and enrolled in their Film and TV course. Whilst there, we worked constantly on camera and had a great variety of professional and established actors, teachers and casting directors sharing their experience and expertise weekly. It was far more than a tune up it was an intense learning experience and I also came away with newly filmed scenes for my Showreel. Tim Kent was a great person and contact to meet. He was helpful in giving everyone well needed advice on many aspects of this crazy and wonderful business.
Thanks again for your help man,
All the best
Thank you so much for putting on such a fantastic showcase and a great course ! The theatre was such a beautiful and intimate venue, Laurence was brilliant, I really enjoyed all our scenes and monologues. Thanks to Catherine for choosing a juicy monologue for me. Thanks also to all your casting directors who were all interesting and relaxed with us, I got so much from it all.
I do hope to do other courses in the future.
More testimonials....
"Well what can I say, It's been absolutely amazing!!!! The course has been fantastic, offering great opportunities, I've learnt a hell of a lot, and met some really great people. Believe it or not, I've had more interest, and castings, in the last few weeks, than I had in the 6 months before I joined the course!"
"I am highly recommending the course to everyone I know. I've had interest from agents, I'm going to auditions, and will keep you posted. I know I have to work damn hard, and things don't happen overnight, but I'm going to bloody go for it!! The Actors Studio has definitely given me a serious career 'Leg up!!"
" A very big thank you from me for an excellent course. I have gained a great deal from attending. To receive compliments from the big guns in the industry is a great confidence boost. When I joined the course I expected to be stretched (and I was) but it has given me a big lift in confidence and to prove it, I've landed a 3 day commercial next week, and a pop video tomorrow and I'm off to Cannes in May to mix & mingle! Thanks again"
"The Shot To Be Seen course was ace, a lot of hard work but ace! Thoroughly enjoyed the guest speakers at the Sunday workshops and took in a great deal of valuable information"
"I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the course and the showcase proved a great success! I got taken on by Lee Morgan Management and I have just been cast in two back to back projects!! I am certainly recommending the course to everyone"
"It was an excellent refresher and I also learnt a lot of new 'tips' and
techniques to use and remember when auditioning. Loved it!!"
"I'm really glad I took part. You never know when you sign up to a course what it's gonna be like and what you're actually going to get for your money. But in my opinion the quality was superb and worth every penny. I'll definitely feel more equipt to make the most of TV and film auditions when I get them"
"I really looked forward to it every week. It was so refreshing to work with and talk to lots of different people in the business and I felt so positive after every session. I learned a lot about myself as an actor and about how I am perceived by other people. Everyone had the right attitude and there wasn't that typical drama-school type moaning about "what's the point in all this?" which was great. I also got a couple of little voice-over's from it so that was amazing!"
"I recently finished the ‘Shot to Be Seen’ course at the actor’s studio and loved it! Over the course we met many professionals who literally changed the way I look at the industry! The showcase at the RSA went amazingly. Kelly Valentine Hendry directed the whole event which proved its worth . I met a fantastic agent after the show that later put me up for a huge commercial in Holland, which I finished filming last week. This course taught me things I never learnt in drama school which proved invaluable. Big thanks to everyone at the Actors Studio!"