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‘Mess’ Wins Award at Nassau Film Festival

My short film, ‘Mess‘, which is a remake of the very first short film I made, won a Best of Festival award at the Nassau Film Festival 2016 this past weekend. I am proud of this film. We shot it in one day. No crew; no budget, just me and

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Actor Showreel from Scratch: VIRGINIA LEE

Here’s a showreel I created for Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduate Virginia Lee. I’ve created heaps of showreels but this is definitely one of my favourites. Virginia is a great talent – versatile and natural on screen. Excited to see how her career progresses in coming years. Have a

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Showreel from Scratch: Amy Christina Murray

It was only a few years ago when the idea of making from scratch scenes for a showreel was seen as a bad thing. This was back in the days when companies were rehashing scenes from movies and TV shows and shooting them in a rented office on the back

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Showreel Script Ideas

As the old saying goes: you can’t polish a turd. So many actors have gone wrong on their reels purely because of the material. Whether it’s stealing a scene from a show like ‘Doctors’*, or through writing (or getting someone to write) a scene that does not suit the needs

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A Comedy Sketch

‘The Bad Defendant’ – Crime dramas are all the rage now. We’re used to seeing expert witnesses and manipulative suspects. Unfortunately, not everyone can be so smart. ‘Competitive Running’  -We all know someone like this. It’s even worse when they live in your neighbourhood – you literally can’t ignore them!

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Daniel Johnson
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