What’s in an accent? Years ago when I was on the London Underground, there was an Irish drunk sitting opposite me. He was a merry drunk, but I didn’t want to engage him in conversation because he kept asking people around him some rather personal questions, and in those days I wasn’t very good at [...]
With the chronicles of the cross-country road trip written, I’ve been something of a Creative Geek lately. I thought it would be helpful to mah fabulous Fizgiggling readers if I shared and linked to some of the tools and resources! Here’s what I’ve been up to: New About Page on Fizgiggery! So much of blogging [...]
So, one time I played a transsexual “Pirate Demon” serial killer, and it was an epiphany: I am an actress, and, however I pay my bills, I need to act. It started with a chance meeting with a friend/ real estate agent who rented our Brooklyn apartment to us. Like so many of us creatives, [...]
In December, I participated in a three-day workshop where I learned about Audio Description (AD). AD is kind of like voice over subtitling for people who are blind: however, rather than reading subtitles on a screen, a narrator quickly fills in key visual elements in-between dialogue and sound effects. This contextualises what’s happening on screen [...]
“I am Christina Ricci’s body double.” I never thought I’d say these words, because, at over 6′ tall, I am almost a foot taller than she is! But, here’s how it happened… I was randomly searching for acting/ voice over gigs on Craigslist, and saw the following ad: I need to find a caucasian model [...]
