2008
Matriculates from Nur-ul-Islam School
2009
Starts BA degree at Wits, initially
subjects were: International Relations, Philosophy, Italian, and Film, Visual
and Performing Arts in the 1st semester. In the second, I dropped
Italian for Linguistics, and FVPA for Psychology.
2010
BA continues with Philosophy, 1st
semester IR, and Italian is picked up again with new friend Nadia (repeating
literally), and Psychology is replaced by English Literature one.
2011
Becomes official “second year” only,
having amended majors from Philosophy and IR, to English and Italian.
Anthropology is picked up to complete the points for eligibility at level II.
2012
Final year (3rd year) though
literal fourth, majors from level II are carried over to year 3, and doing only
one module of Anthropology I, in the first semester.
At midyear, halts studying following
June examinations.
Fills official “cancellation of
registration” until further notice form at Humanities Faculty;
Sign-out process ensues and graduation
is held akimbo, until completion of sem II units in English and Italian.
August 2012
Enrols at Brumilda Acting Academy &
Agency, to begin some form of performing and acting training-
Course runs on Saturdays, and usually
extends to the later part of day before concluding.
Develops show reel and has exam photo
shoot with Renico Van Rensburg
Completes course with an A
Agency representation ensues
December 2012
Auditions for NYFA (New York Film
Academy) doing two modern monologues: 1. Torch Song Trilogy monologue by David
Beckoff, and 2. “Charlie” Manson, in the film adaptation of the 1960s cult-driven
noir about the brutal slayings, dictated by the Acid-doused, prophetic, and
deceptive Charles Manson, who led Susan Atkins and Tex Watson amongst others to
murder the inhabitants of Cielo Drive. One of the slain turned out to be
emerging Hollywood actress, Sharon Tate.
2013
Despondent by impartial scholarship and
need based grant
Begins “serial fund-hunting”
Reluctant having been sent little to no
casting briefs.
Awaiting approval from National Arts
Council and National Film & Video Foundation
April 2013
Considers alternatives
Plans around polythetic categories
Accepting possibilities and embracing
multifarious prospects
Resumes and persists with fund-hunting
nonetheless
Also plans to resubmit form to Wits to
complete BA Final Year as possibility
#ConfusionMode
Hey Raeez, I've been shopping around for a casting agency and came across Brumilda's agency and subsequently your blog. Having gone through the acting course, do you see value in it? And upon completion have you received any support in terms of casting leads? I'm considering going for it but im tentative mainly because it appears that it's an Afrikaans medium academy. Secondly because I've no knowledge on the success of the agency in giving out casting leads. I hope you can shed some light on this. Thanks:)
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