Geoffrey in “Glance”
Photo Courtesy of Geoffrey Breton
Geoffrey Breton is featured in a new film short titled Glance. The short is directed by Conkerco with an amazing score by Keith Kenniff. Molly Gromadzki also stars. The film is moving and powerful, all the while portrayed as subtle and surreal. To find out more about Geoffrey, check out our previous Feature on him and his work. We are looking forward to his music film short project… Read More…
Photo Courtesy of Ian Brown
Aaron Poole is one of those actors who wouldn’t surprise you to see turn up in just about any genre of film or television. He has that natural ability to get lost in the character and portray types vastly apart from each other. Although you may not be quite familiar with his name, there’s a good chance that you will actually recognize Aaron from his extensive body of acting. Having just wrapped a Feature Film alongside Kiefer and Donald Sutherland, Aaron has also worked in productions with Richard Dreyfuss, Orphan Black’s darling Tatiana Maslany, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Richings, and Samuel L. Jackson to name just a few. Read More...
Photo Courtesy of Chooka Parker
You know how it is when you hear a saying or a catch phrase. The next thing you know, you are using it and melding it into your own vocabulary. Having lovely Twitter friends who are Australian and theatrically inclined, I picked up the phrase Chookas from them. The Urban Dictionary defines Chookas as Theatrical slang used mainly in Australia to wish performer good luck. Synonymous to: break a leg. One day after using the phrase on Twitter, a friend asked me what it meant. Soon after my reply I received a tweet that simply said It’s also my name! This was my personal introduction to an amazing young man named Chooka Parker. Read More…
Drew Bauml
Photo Courtesy of Maria Bercher
While looking for inspiration for Features in At a Glance, I realized that sometimes I need to look no further than my own family. One of the good things about Facebook is that it gives us a link with some of our family members, particularly those who do not live close by, that maybe we wouldn’t have had before. So, when I began to see recent posts and photos of my cousin’s son and realized just how musically talented he had become, I knew just who I wanted to interview as one of my Features on Introductions to New and Promising Talent…something I had in mind to focus on when creating this blog.
Drew Bauml is 18 years old and just starting his Senior Year at MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas. With a penchant for funky socks, bow ties, and a first place win of his high school’s talent contest, Mac Idol, people are beginning to take note of Drew’s talent and his charming quirkiness. Read More…
Photo Courtesy of Geoffrey Breton
One thing I have found from featuring amazing people and projects in At a Glance is that they are always surrounded by other amazing people and projects. I have been fortunate at times to be able to chain reaction, if you will, talent into multiple connected Features. These connections provide an expanded view of previous Features and opens up conversations in other directions as well.
Previously I published a Feature on musician Chris Hyson, and then followed with a Feature update announcing the filming of a music video being produced for one of Chris’ compositions. In the update it was noted that along with actor Alexander Vlahos, the video would be directed by Geoffrey Breton. From my research, it was evident that Geoffrey is a major up and comer in the film industry, working as Associate Director at Wolfheart Productions, who just happens to be producers of Chris‘s music video. I jumped at the chance to be able to find out more about Geoffrey’s work, so after contacting him to see if he would be willing to chat with us, he luckily managed to clear a little time away and gives us a glimpse into his world. Read More…
Photo Courtesy of TJ Scott
TJ Scott first turned up on my radar in 1997 when he directed one of my favorite episodes on the original La Femme NikitaTV series. TJ had quickly become a familiar director in locations around the world, and it came as no surprise whenever I would see his credits pop up on my TV. A number of years later I was fortunate to meet TJ and his lovely wife, Victoria Pratt, at a celebrity charity auction event in LA. He was gracious, funny and as talented as I had imagined. Since then, TJ has gone on to expand his career in various aspects of the industry. Still keeping up with his work, when I heard he was creating a photographic coffee table book, In the Tub, I knew this was the perfect feature for At a Glance. Read More…
“Cold” Poster
Courtesy of Eoin Macken and IMDB
As we’ve established before in related blogs, Eoin Macken doesn’t do stuff the way other people do. You might know him as the dashing, yet ever courageous Sir Gwaine in the BBC show Merlin, or maybe you’ve seen his movies on Youtube, but no matter where you’ve discovered him, if you’ve seen him, you remember him. This blog is not going to be about how much respect and fangirl feelings I have for this man. This blog is going to be about his latest movie, Cold and the convention style screening he offered the fans.
A few months ago, Eoin started a crowdfunding campaign in order to finish his project, a movie starring his Merlin costar Tom Hopper. If you are not familiar with the crowdfunding concept, it is the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations (per Wikipedia). In short, Eoin asked us, fans, to help him fund his movie. The response exceeded the expectations and almost 300 people gave money to help make this movie. Read More…
Doing interviews for this blog has been an interesting experience for me. Sometimes I set out very purposefully to “snag” a specific someone to interview…and sometimes I just happen to stumble upon someone and amazing things happen. The later was the case with Will Bowes. I first became aware of Will due to my avid addiction to BBC America’s Copper. Will’s character, Phinbar Byrnes, or more affectionately nicknamed Little Byrnes, adds a sort of naivety mixed with humor to the often times dark story line, which in turn has endeared him to the audience. Running across him by chance on Twitter (where I have been able to network the majority of my interviews!) and exchanging niceties about his recent episode, it rather randomly occurred to me to approach him about a Q and A. To my delight he agreed to take me on and what has resulted is an interesting interview with a guy who is so much more than I had any knowledge of at the onset. I found a gold mine and am now here to share the claim with all of you! Read More…
Photo Courtesy of Leeloo
Forward by Jayne: If you are a regular reader of At a Glance, you will have read our previous related articles on Evora. I originally interviewed Alan Rickard, front man for the band, and Leeloo did a subsequent CD review. And then the time finally came for an Album Release Party. The event was held in Dublin at The Grand Social on June 27, 2013. Leeloo was fortunate to travel to attend the event and she shares with us her adventures of the evening, including meeting the band consisting of Alan, Ian McSweeney, Jim Morton, Johnny Morton, and Joey Morton. Read on for Leeloo’s recap…
Photo Courtesy of E.A. Schneider
One of the things I wanted to do when I started At a Glance was to help support new talent. Those who were out there pursuing their dreams and making a way for themselves. I have always been someone who would share news and updates, doing my part to get the word out for people I ran across on Facebook or Twitter. But At a Glance gives me a venue to showcase some of these folks, and in my own little way, be a part of their journey. I hope to be able to continue to be fortunate to share their adventures with all of you.
That being said, recently I had the pleasure of getting to know a lovely lady named Elisabeth Schneider. Elisabeth, or Beth, is in the process of publishing her first book. Being an aspiring writer myself, I was interested in her journey and the book itself (it’s actually a series!) which uses the legend of Camelot as its backdrop. Read More…
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