Fire Up Your TV Commercial Game with Julian Curtis: Part 1
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19 September 2024
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Applications Close 19 September 2024 9:30 am

Synopsis
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19 September 2024
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Television commercials are often the first opportunity a newly represented actor will have. You may even find commercials helmed by major feature directors that you’ve always wanted to work with. Yet we often underestimate these opportunities especially when they arrive with challenging deadlines, pages of instructions and uninspiring content. The focus of this two-week workshop is changing your perspective and finding a process of script analysis that can improve your booking ratio. A strong commercial game can make a huge difference to your financial freedom. Julian is currently all over Australian and NZ television in the popular UBER Eats/Bridgerton campaign (with Nicola Coughlan) and on US screens in the James Bond themed VINFAST commercial opposite Joey Lawrence of Blossom fame. Over two weeks, Julian will host a seminar on analysing television commercial copy (Part 1 – September 19) and then up to twelve actors will be invited to submit a self-tape for a script provided (Part 2 – September 26) for workshopping and redirection. Please note: Please apply separately to work with Julian in week two’s workshop on September 26. You can also apply to observe this workshop. This Livestream will take place at 10am-11.30am AEST and 12-1.30 pm NZ time.
Host(s)

Julian Curtis
In 2025, Julian wrapped supporting roles in ‘Hershey' (opposite Finn Wittrock); indie sequel 'All My Friends Are Back in Brisbane'; and 'The Tacoma Exorcism' directed by Julius Avery. As a writer/director he is currently in post-production on ‘The Long Passeggiata’; an ambitious proof of concept detailing the 1960s Italian migrant experience; and has been commissioned by the Brisbane City Council to write his second full length play. His most prominent TV role was the lead villain in the limited series ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island’ for Nickelodeon USA in 2022 (Emmy nominated for Outstanding Children’s Series). In 2026, Julian will appear across Australia in two plays; ‘Afterglow' for the New York based Midnight Theatricals and a new work for Playlab in Brisbane. Julian is a NIDA graduate.