Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmwho cares70 posts in thread
Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmHello everyone
I am very disappointed to have to inform everyone that Star Power has been cancelled.
This is due to the lack of entrants in the competition for this year. We are so very disappointed as we had the support of such amazing groups that would have offered training and workshops and opportunities for the youth of WA.
I must say that when I kept receiving emails asking how people could get the auditions without having to do the training, I started to wonder at the youth of WA.
I want to stress to everyone now that all entrants will be receiving their entry money back in the next week.
( For those narrow minded and petty people who thought that Star Power was trying to rip people off and went to the amazing lengths of having us investigated, well, the investigation found nothing, and you simply made us realise how many people out there don't understand that there really are people who are prepared to work for no financial reward at all in order to help others. The cancellation of the competition has cost us money.)
It seems that the youth of WA are not interested in training and workshops and opportunities . It seems that the youth of WA want to have the rewards without the work. That is a very sad generalisation I know and I am very sorry for the people who did enter. We simply couldn't make it work on those numbers.
I thank everyone at the ITA for their support , I thank the people who were helping us, I thank the entrants and I thank the people who saw this competition for what it was and wanted to do all they could to help. I am sorry that we couldn't make it happen.
Kerri
All valid.
Thu, 21 June 2007, 03:44 pmWalter Plinge
Hmm. Having had time to mull things over a bit (of course taking the more interesting antagonist path to amuse myself), I arrive at this thought:
There is something deeply disturbing about a competition for acting.
Instead, why not use the entrant fee to enrol in workshops, then have casting auditions after the workshop period.
Doesn't that cost a lot less money?
Wouldn't that be far closer to the truth of the industry auditioning process? i.e. a casting agent who selects the best candidates to then propose to a director.
Wouldn't this process be far more valuable than a "one shot in a thousand" approach?
Is it not far more valuable to educate younger people on what the casting process is?
Instead of 99 disillusioned younger people, you have 99 younger people informed, more confident and more prepared for their next audition.
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