Actor Growth

One thing that lingered on my mind before participating in the Olympic events was whether or not dedicating myself to it would have made me missed a lot in the acting field.

So I was just looking at the casting breakdowns and it did indeed looked very slow. Basically, for the most part probably only the more established people got work. So, in that sense I am kind of glad about committing to being a part of the events.

I did seek out and did auditions on my own during the midst of this and so I was definitely still keeping my eyes open for opportunities. I am trying to re-contact the people that were interested in making a web series too as I am still definitely interested in getting something going.

We were all tied up during the Olympics and so hopefully now we can get something going.

For everyone who is wondering where I have been I have just been super busy with all of the Olympic events. Very happy that the Canada hockey team won gold today too.

I will be back in full force with acting relating ambitions soon of course.

Okay, with the Olympics starting tomorrow that ad I was in seems to be all over the newspapers here. As a result, I have been getting a ton more messages and shout outs from people who know me personally. Some making wise cracks such as wondering since when did I become an ice skater.

I was thinking, at this level it is kind of a fun thing to have happen. However, I am also fully aware at how something like this can become uncontrollable if you were in something big such as have a big part in a popular movie. I guess this is something you have to get used to in this field though.

I’m personally using this opportunity to see how I personally handle situations like these and the type of impact they have on me personally and professionally. So far it has been a lot of fun.

So today in Vancouver there was a little news in the newspaper about a tax credit that affects the film industry. You can read the article at http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/increases+film+production+credit/2518958/story.html

Maybe it’s just me, but it seemed like the credit was more around the video game industry with most of the film related comments being doom and gloom still. That was kind of confusing in terms of the big headline boasting a film production tax credit.

Things here are pretty slow during the Olympics it seems. I myself will be involved during the Olympics game and so that is going to tie me up. Guess being in that ad kind of started the train in terms of surrounding my activities around the Olympics here.

Now I just hope people won’t confuse me for a real ice skater if they saw me in the ad and then see me near the events. lol.

Oh, looks like I have been getting messages from people that saw me in the print ad that I did a few weeks back. Kind of funny as I didn’t even get to see it myself yet. Isn’t it usually like that too when it comes to these types of things?

Thanks for the shout outs everyone.

So yesterday I was watching the season premiere of 24 as it is one of my favorite shows. Afterwards, I decided to read about other people’s comments and what they thought about the show. One comment stuck out in my head so much. Basically, the person was complaining that there wasn’t enough “Eye Candy” in the show thus far. Basically, not enough people prepped up in a hot and good looking kind of way.

Why did this make me think so much? Because of the whole plan to make a web series as technically I would need to put a producer hat on too. For myself as the actor of course I would say that it should be all about the story telling and execution. Basically, good scripts with a good cast while presenting it in a compelling manner. But at the same time I have to remember that our job is to entertain, for a lack of a better word, and that people need to care about it.

In many ways I think the viewers look at the characters that we portray as a kind of fantasy and so they want to see these people with above average looks and skills. I guess it is just like watching a sport as you want to see people that are say faster or stronger than you perform extraordinary things.

In those cases too, granted there are many times where people want to see the “ordinary” guy. Same thing with movies. But at the same time I would say the majority would want to see the above average in one form or another. So that got me thinking about how things like the costume and makeup would work for an extremely budgeted web series.

Okay, so with that in mind maybe it’s good to have a healthy mix of male and females in the cast as I’m sure that way the group will be able to cover a lot of ground when it comes to knowing what people find “attractive” and such.

For my personal web series idea I think it caters to an Internet savvy crowd. They say you write what you know and with this idea I think it will be a blast with the things I have seen over the years.

At the same time, I’m wondering if targeting an Internet crowd would mean the standards are different when it comes to looks and all. I definitely wouldn’t want to compromise the creative to the point where I wouldn’t believe in the product anymore. Basically, in a “selling out kind of way.

I guess this whole “eye candy” thing is something I will have to keep in mind though.