Blog 1 about IDFA 2019 is available on Reporters Online (https://reportersononline.nl) and Blendle. It can also be read on the new site https://jaapmees.nl © photo IDFA.

faaam Module 11: A rollercoaster of extremes...in this 7-week masterclass series we work on: Audition training and self-tapes for the Dutch and international market. Image building: how do you think you come across and how do others see you? What is your type and how can you play with that to create something unexpected and unique? You will play what you have always wanted to play, portraying an extreme character while making the unimaginable believable and authentic. We conclude with two weeks of training from the unique Swedish coach Elisabeth Sevholt: 'Acting for TV and Film', in which she works with us on various methods, such as Stanislavski, Chubbuck, and many more, condensed into her own vision. From this, you will develop your own method to quickly and effectively build an intense role. For more details, send an email to [email protected] Or sign up immediately at www.faaam.nl/faaam-acteer-opleiding-niveau-3/ This masterclass series is only for actors with set experience. ** A 7-week module, 4 evenings per week, from January 17, 2020 to March 20, 2020.

On December 19, we are organizing another training acting workshop. For (semi-professional) actors who want to discover if the profession suits them. Information on what it entails, where you can take a course, where you can get to work, etc. Short exercises. €75.00 Book before Nov. 22, 10:00 PM and get a BLACK FRIDAY discount of €10.00. Info at act4you.nl course offerings

If interested, please contact me. Describe the type of location you are looking for for your project, and I will find options that are worth the price, suitable for a low budget, or unique. (Filming locations on the Russian border? At locations with serious environmental damage or plastic pollution, NATO bomb vessels, deforestation areas for Dutch biomass, transit of gasoline exports, or EU-subsidized luxury new-build neighborhoods, etc., etc.) I also provide advice on travel routes.

THE WORKING ACTOR – 7 weeks of masterclasses!...only for professionals. All training in English, starts on November 18th 2019 and will last until January 17th 2020. In seven weeks you will work on yourself as an actor in the cut throat international business of acting. Masterclasses that can be very confronting: how do you think you come across? How do others see you?cYou will train your personal performance and your audition skills with the help of coaches and professionals who are in the current film industry. You will work on your presentation to the outside world: your casting photos, website, business cards and showreel. You will get tips & tricks: How can you stay “up to date” with what's happening in this industry? How can you improve your own branding with Google, Facebook, Instagram, IMDB, etc.? Aside from all of the above mentioned; you will get training and insights from Alex Murphy, an American actor, director and coach, who teaches you camera-acting with the Stanislavski method. With William Sutton you will work on 'The Speaking Actor', where we will tune into the English-language performance with possible dialects and accents. Stijn Westenend will train you on shifting in emotions and how you can really learn to use the power of silent acting. Sara Visser, educated at faaam and the Stella Adler Institute in New York City, performed in several American productions as CSI Miami and comes across to teach you how to make an effective selftape. These series of masterclasses will be a rollercoaster of information, assignments and training. If you really want to be successful in this industry, it starts with yourself and daring to work really hard for it. A professional castingshoot is included in ‘The Working Actor’ For more info and applications, please send your CV and motivation to [email protected] TODAY!