The Hip Shows

I had stopped working on The Hip Show on blogtalkradio for a few months now.  I am trying to get back into the swing of things to making more shows for The Hip Show.  I am preparing for some upcoming shows to work on.  I was thinking of bringing in a co-host as well to work along aside with me to discuss together and callers are welcome to continue calling in to give their view on the subject. 

I think it would be great to get some actors to come onto the show as our guest.  I do have a few that may be willing to come onto the show for a discussion.  We'll see.

More disappointment with Model Actor Factor LCC

I had discovered that my photo is up on IMDB on Marcia Bell's (Model Actor Factor LCC) page. I had specifically told her that I was not going to get involved with her so-called agency since I moved to Maine because she doesn't work with people in Maine. Also she hasn't done anything while I was in the Vancouver Washing area (near Oregon), and now that I moved up to Portland Maine she still thinks I'm with the agency.  According to her, the agency deals with California and New York and she doesn't do Maine. I don't know what other places she deals with but told her that I cannot go down to New York every-time there is a part.  I just don't have that kind of money, not to mention she hasn't done anything about giving me parts from the start while I was in Vancouver Washington.

I did make it clear to her that when I moved to Maine that I will not be able to get to New York each time due to funds.   I don't want to be part of her agency, that would never get me anywhere.  And it hasn't happened after 4 years.  I'm not sure what part does she not get?  She keeps pushing at me.  She then tells me that she could get me in, however, she doesn't work with anyone in Maine.  If she doesn't work for people in Maine, why is she even telling me all this?

So yesterday she was mentioning about my photo on her IMDB and asked if I saw it.  I had no clue that she has my picture up on there.  After I saw my picture, I did tell her to please to take it down.  I rather be on  her website with success that I had done rather than all her talk and fantasy and that's what basically what it has been all this time; All Talk But No Action.  Its kind of like a glamor, just to show that she has a page and to see how many people she could get in on the page, la de da da.  That's ridiculous.  Its not reality.  So when I asked her to take the photo down, she refused and said if I wanted it taken down, I could take it down myself.  Not only that I thought that was rude, but it was very unprofessional as an agent (so she calls herself) to expose herself with kind of attitude.  That will definitely give her a bad name.

Volunteering Thoughts

All of a sudden I was thinking about volunteering at a theater. I am not sure which area but I thought about it a couple of times in the past and now the idea of it is back again. I figure it would be a cool idea to keep myself busy from being bored.

I started to look at some of the photos on Portland Stage Theater website and I was smiling at these photos how it brought joy and happiness to these actors.  It was bringing back memories when I was on stage back in Ireland and the time we went on our residential weekend having a good laugh.

The reason for my wanting to volunteer at the theaters was to get my foot in the door in the theater industry and then work my way from there.  I was actually thinking of helping out the college students if they need any volunteers to help them out with their videos.

Online Character

I was browsing the Internet mid-March 2012 and I had came across with this website and I thought it was some sort of ning website for actors. I had checked it out and it turned out to be a website where actors can go on and join in the fun and create their character for Beckinsfield city. Of course the modulators take control of what is happening, but the owners of the site would like the actors to be creative too at the same time.

I am still with Beckinsfield but I haven't made any videos for the past few weeks. From what I had gathered was that us actors are allowed to use Beckinsfield for our resume. So I will be adding that onto my resume.

Its hard to come up with different ideas for my Character.  I might have to go on there like once a week or once every two weeks or whichever.  We'll have to see.

Reality Show

During my time in last summer, I wanted to do something different and also challenge myself to perform more. I thought about a reality show.  So Fourth of July was coming up and I decided to work on the first episode from there. I already had a name for my reality show which was "This Life Values". After I worked on the first episode, I didn't realize how much work it was.  It was a lot of work to do for myself and keeping up with my classes for school.



This Life Values (Webisode 1) from Brian Doherty on Vimeo.

During that time my partner and I were thinking of relocating and I thought it would be great to document our traveling from Washington to Maine. I then realized that I was the one who would be doing all the driving and we really wouldn't be doing much site-seeing, well for me anyways because of I was the one who would be driving across country all by myself.  Sad to say that we didn't document anything for me to work on.

I would like to work on This Life Values again, it is just the thought of working on the episodes and editing and all that.  I suppose it wouldn't be too bad if I had people to help out.  So until then I have to put This Life Values on hold until I have more time with it.

Laughing People

You know I was reading someone's blog.   He was in school taking up photography.  He was having a discussion with his teacher and he was saying that he was going to take up acting.  The teacher laughed at him.  I got annoyed because whenever someone mentions they want to do some acting, the other person laughs at it.  I am not sure why teachers, families, friends tend to laugh at those who wants to break into acting.  Instead of laughing about it, why don't they encourage them. They should be happy at those who want to break into acting if it is going to make them feel about about it.  Its a disgrace to hear these kind of things and a teacher to act this way rather supporting him.

Support on Casting Directors for Actors on Facebook

I am a member & enjoy Casting Directors for Actors Facebook page and making conversation with other actors.  I had made quite a few actors on there who are very nice and pleasant.

There was one person on there gave his view about the page, complaining about actors wanting other actors to "Like" their page.  I don't think that Casting Directors for Actors Facebook is all about actors "Liking" other actor's pages, its all about supporting each other.  Without that support how are others going to encourage, and spread the word out to other actors.  If an actor happens to like another actor's page, they could send out information about them about the possibilities of their next role or whichever?  I actually think the guy was just being rude because all he is seeing are other actors adding their personal pages and to like their page.  I actually think it could benefit other actors.

Casting Call, DiBacco Films

About a month ago, a Stacey, a talent agency was telling me that there is a film around Maine area and she had placed my name down for it.  I thought this was great.  Of course I was having these doubts thinking about Model Actor Factor LCC letting me down so many times.

I was looking at Stacey's talent agency facebook page and I realized that it is June 16th which means it hasn't passed yet.  Here is the details that I got from her page.

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DiBacco Films, an internationally renowned motion-picture group, is currently casting for two science-fiction features. Interested actors/actresses are encouraged to attend their Open Casting on Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Doubletree-Hilton in South Portland, Maine. Please visit www.dibaccofilms.com for more information.


SATURDAY JUNE 16th 8am-8pm
Double Tree Hilton, S. Portland ME
OPEN CASTING 8AM - 8PM
Males/Females age range
22 - 55

Photography

I have always been interested in photography for many years but I haven't really took the time to check out the aperture and speed functions, and of course the lighting. What I always try to do is go for the natural lighting when I am taking pictures. My friend Caroline is taking up a photography class and I think she wants to do some traveling for her photography which is a good thing.

I bought a Canon EOS digital camera and I use it many times. Mostly for my videos. I haven't read the book for it, perhaps I will pretty soon. I have taken many self portraits of myself.  Here are couple of photographs that I had taken.

This is a self portrait of myself.  It was raining out so it was kind
of difficult to get as much lighting as possible

This was taken in Vancouver Washington where I used to live on our
patio.  I am not sure what you call these flowers but I loved the colors on them.

Whiney Agencies

I get a kick out of certain agencies who whines about how much work they do and when something happens and an actor and have to change plans or as Marcia Brady says "something suddenly came up", the agencies tend to get annoyed. All they think about is themselves. They have to understand that if something happens in an actor's life, actors do have the opportunity to pass up on an audition. I feel that its their right to change it so that they could be able to deal with their personal life. Yes the actor should let the agency know about it, however, sometimes the actor does not have time to make that call.  If an agency suspects something is wrong with one of their clients they should make that courtesy call to make sure everything is okay.  I also believe in making confirming phone calls, emails or however you would like to do it, so that both the agency and the actor are on the same page.