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Casting Workshop with Natalie Wall (Barrett Casting)

  • TAFTA 60 Dawson Street Brunswick, VIC, 3056 Australia (map)

PRICE

$230.00 + GST

DAY

Saturday

DATE

July 1st

TIME

10:00am - 2:00pm

TAFTA Melbourne is so excited to welcome one of our most highly requested teachers, Natalie Wall, Casting Director at the incredible casting office Barrett Casting, into our Melbourne studio for a Casting Workshop.

Barrett Casting have cast huge films such as the Oscar-nominated The Power of the Dog, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Babadook, The Nightingale, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Of an Age, and the recent true crime show Black Snow.

Natalie will be working in depth with a limited number of actors on the casting process, self tape technique, in-room audition technique, and how to make an impact on camera. You will get a plenty of one-on-one time in front of the camera working your scene with Natalie.

You will not only get the opportunity to perform in front of one of Australia’s busiest Casting Directors, you will also get an insight into acting craft, plus the opportunity to begin a professional relationship with Natalie.

Course Outline

You will be allocated a scene that you will learn and perform for Natalie during the workshop. Natalie will work with you up on the floor, giving feedback, direction, and audition technique coaching. Please bring an SD Card to take your HD copy of the scene home with you!

Actors attending this workshop understand that the presence of a Casting Director is not a guarantee or promise of employment. All actors should further understand that the intent of this class is solely educational and not a form of job interview or audition.

AGE: 18+

AGE: 17+*

*If you are under 17 years old and would like to sign up to this course please contact enquiries@tafta.com.au for details

About Natalie Wall:

Natalie Wall has been a part of Barrett Casting for the past twelve years working on a wide range of film and television projects, including Academy Award winning features, US studio productions, international co-productions, acclaimed Australian films and limited series television. 

Recent work as Casting Director includes Goran Stolevski’s feature Of an Age and two seasons of Fremantle Australia’s The PM’s Daughter for ABC Me, as well as Co-Casting on television series’ Black Snow (Stan) and the forthcoming Bay of Fires (ABC). Natalie has been Associate Casting on many other projects including ElvisMad Max: Fury Road, Carmen, The Invisible Man, Peter Rabbit, Aquaman, Breath, The Babadook, Netflix series Pieces of Her, HBO’s The Leftovers and Foxtel’s Picnic At Hanging Rock.


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