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BUSKER peace through music
is a proposed 6 part Television Drama Series set in BYRON BAY AUSTRALIA. Johnny Joseph a troubled Cowboy who has just broken free from the military and carrying a dark secret, seeks solace and healing from his past at an International Street Musician and Buskers’ festival the small seaside town of Byron Bay. A mixed blood girl called Maria, a mysterious man called Louie Austen and a street kid called Speedo come to his rescue and inspire him into reinventing himself and creating an empowering music movement that touches the world.
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Mentoring
One on one mentoring available for Actors and Directors
The Byron Bay Film and Television School (BBFATS) for Actors & Directors is a training centre run to deliver quality Screen Acting, Directing & Writing education, and now is holding Acting as Personal Development workshops.
The school is run by Mark Piper, who has worked within the International entertainment industry as a drama director for over 30 years and helped numerous Actors & Directors begin their careers.
Beginning his career as an Actor in New Zealand studying Stanislavsky, Mark went on to running Director Roger Donaldson’s (“The World’s Fastest Indian”) company Aardvark films, & then worked on such films such as “The Blue Lagoon” with Brooke Shields, “Tim” & “Attack Force Z” with Mel Gibson, and “My Brilliant Career” with Sam Neil and Judy Davis. More recently he directed internationally acclaimed actors Chris Hemsworth, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Isabel Lucas, Kylie Minogue, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Baker, Isla Fisher, to name a few. Mark has directed over 400 hours of drama nationally and internationally.
The philosophy and influences of the school is focused on Character development and Script Analysis, using imagination & understanding emotional recall/memory techniques: introducing Stanislavsky, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler techniques, and modern teachers methods such as Larry Moss, with Theatre & Performance studies. Music and Voice, and the business of being an Actor are an important part of this course.
Max 12 Students per class.