ALL ACCESS PASS
AN EXCLUSIVE IN-STUDIO EXPERIENCE
Acting for Film & Television
Step Inside VFS’s Acting Program and Experience Your Future as an Actor.
VFS All Access Pass is your exclusive backstage access to VFS’s industry-leading Acting for Film & Television program and an opportunity to experience your future as a feature film, sitcom television, voice, and motion performance actor.
You’ll meet our Acting faculty, join an Industry Roundtable with cast from Yellowjackets, experience motion capture & sitcom demos, and more! PLUS, speak with our Admissions Advisors about possible tuition reductions.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Join an ADR workshop and dub an animated show! Build your voice acting skillet while experiencing the world of Automated Dialogue Replacement – the replacement of an original voice performance with a new performance in a different language.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST
Location: 151 W. Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1E1
*Light food & drink will be provided.
Industry Roundtable with ‘Yellowjackets’ Cast
Omari Newton (VFS’s Head of Acting) will host an esteemed panel with cast members of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated Yellowjackets. Kevin Alves (Travis), Alexa Barajas (Mari), and Nia Sondaya (Akilah) will join us at the event to discuss their journey as Actors, their experience working on Yellowjackets, and advice for aspiring actors. Currently 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, Yellowjackets is hailed as “genuinely frightening and thoroughly unmissable” by Vogue. Q&A to follow.
Workshop Your ADR Voice Acting Skillset
Hosted by Marÿke Hendrikse, VFS Acting Instructor, join an ADR workshop and try your hand (or voice, rather!) at dubbing an animated show. A fascinating, yet hot-button sector of voice acting, Automated Dialogue Replacement – also known as dubbing – is the process of replacing an original voice performance with a new performance in a different language. Debate rages in the fan community about whether the ‘Dubs or Subs’ (subtitled shows) are superior; come to your own conclusion while building your ADR skillset.
Meet the Head of the Acting Program
Meet Program Head Omari Newton (Netflix’s The Dragon Prince, Blue Mountain State, Far Cry 6), as he explains how VFS’s Acting for Film & Television program trains artists to bring characters to life, how you’ll experience acting for feature film, television, animation, & games at this event, and how VFS students are evolving this craft.
Industry AMA – The Business of Acting
Join an industry Q&A session on The Business of Acting, hosted by Senior Instructor Bart Anderson and featuring VFS Acting faculty. With a focus on how to navigate the film & television industry from a business perspective, the panel will speak on how professional actors prepare their portfolio and techniques used in promoting themselves within the industry. Other topics will include demo reels, industry trends, headshots, resumes, working with agents & casting directors, how to formulate & execute a marketing plan, and how to effectively utilize self-promotion sites online. You’ll also have the chance to ask Bart and our faculty your industry questions.
Experience How Motion Capture Brings a Performance to Life
VFS houses Beyond Capture – a 64,000 cubic foot performance capture stage where film, TV, and game scripts are brought to life by motion capture actors (like in Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher, for example!). See this in action through a live demo led by VFS Acting faculty and Beyond Capture staff. Watch as a script is performed on camera and discover how motion capture magic transforms your performance in real time.
A True TV Sitcom Room Experience
This is your chance to live your ultimate fantasy! Get live action experience on our classic VFS-built set and run a scripted scene with other attendees. Led by our Acting faculty, this exercise will give you first-hand experience of the high-pressure, exciting nature of sitcom life.
Experience All That the Acting Program Offers
Recognized as a Leading Acting School in Canada (Casting Workbook), VFS’s Acting for Film & Television program has created artists that have performed in Killers of the Flower Moon, The White Lotus, Yellow Jackets, The Last of Us, and more. Experience first-hand the variety of industry disciplines you’ll train in as a VFS Acting student, including Feature Film, Sitcom Television, Voice Acting, and Motion Capture Acting. PLUS, take part in our TikTok challenge at the event for a chance to win a Self-Tape Kit or a VFS CONNECT seat.