VADA Acting School Blog

I love acting because it allows me to explore different sides of me and the joy of becoming someone completely different is always a thrilling experience. If you are an actor you get to show sides of you that are not norm to society. For example, Canadians are quite apologetic and it is always fun to play the character that is rude and abrupt. Through acting actors will discover more about their own personal qualities and behaviours. Actors can use this sell awareness to manipulate qualities and transform themselves into characters or they can also use this to their advantage in everyday life.

The audition story is a little bizarre.  A friend of his contacted him about a radio add they heard in Kelowna, the film was shot there,  about a Casting Call.  Madison’s friend called him and told him to audition.  He did, put the audition on tape, sent it away, and was in Kelowna shooting his close-up 3 days after!

When making character choices, we must always make bold choices – even if they take us out of our everyday selves. It is of importance that whatever choice we make, if it lacks conviction, our audiences will find the performance inauthentic. Therefore it is incumbent that through each performance shines the desire to take bold risks…to do this, oftentimes we have to give in to looking a little absurd to get the big payoff.

~Current VADA Student