Throughteachers at Socha's school the family learned about the Central Junior Television Workshop, a free actors' workshop for young people from the Nottingham area.[5] He enrolled in the course when he was 14,[3] but was almost refused admission as he had failed to learn the monologue for his audition and was put in the "reserve group". His second audition went the same way, but the programme relented and allowed him in after a time.[3] Socha says the workshop had a strong impact on him, and he began working hard at acting.[8] His first professional role came when he was cast in a small part in a short film.[3] He was quickly cast in several small parts subsequently, and hired an agent.[8]
Socha's father had a long history of alcohol abuse, and his parents separated.[3] In 2004, Robert Socha died of an alcohol-related heart attack.[3][5] According to Kathleen,[3] the death of his father made her son very independent. "Michael was walking the streets of London at 16 going to auditions. He had to because I was working. He'd go off with a map and Tube fare."[5]
Socha liked drama, English and history courses, however, and received his GCSEs in those three subjects.[3] He credits his teacher, Mrs Urquhart-Hughes, as someone who watched over him, motivated him, and got him to do his homework after school.[6]
His first job after leaving school was in a factory.[6] He disliked it and quit, and enrolled at Burton & South Derbyshire College, a further education college.[9] He worked at two other factories after leaving school, as well as at a car wash. He also worked as a labourer for his uncle's bricklaying firm, mixing mortar for the bricklayers, but as he was constantly taking time off work at the last moment to attend auditions he quit working full-time and dedicated himself to acting.[6]
In 2008, he was cast in Kenneth Glenaan's BAFTA Scotland-award winning film Summer, where he acted opposite Robert Carlyle.[8] The same year, he appeared in Duane Hopkins's film Better Things and the independent small-budget comedy Dogging: A Love Story.[8] He also appeared in three episodes of the BBC One medical drama Casualty.[8] In February 2009, Socha made his stage debut at Nottingham Playhouse in Glamour, a comedy by Stephen Lowe.[3][8] The same year, he appeared in an episode of the science fiction police drama Paradox on BBC One and in the made-for-television film The Unloved for Channel 4.[10]
Despite his initial success, Socha was "penniless" and "waiting for work" for much of 2009 and early 2010, sitting at home and watching daytime television.[4] His next big break came when Shane Meadows asked him to reprise the role of Harvey the bully for a four-part television series for Channel 4.[4] The series, This Is England '86, follows the lives of the film's characters three years after the events originally depicted. It aired in September 2010. That same year, Socha appeared in an episode of the television comedy Married Single Other[4] as well as the film Bonded by Blood.[10] He also appeared in the This Is England Christmas special, and in a music video with American soul music singer Lauren Pritchard.[10] In 2011, he played William Price in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Anna of the Five Towns on BBC Radio 4.[11]
Socha appeared in BBC Three's hit supernatural series Being Human in 2011, receiving good critical notice as the innocent young werewolf Tom McNair.[7] He almost did not appear on the show. He missed his audition after a taxicab hit him and fled the scene while he was helping a friend move furniture across a road in Normanton. Although only bruised, he missed his audition and had to plead for a second chance.[10] He won the role of Tom, a young werewolf who has been brought up in the wild by his father and taught to hunt vampires.[6] During his time on Being Human, Socha says he became good friends with Russell Tovey and co-star Robson Green. Socha has admitted that he can get carried away while performing some of his more physically demanding scenes. On another occasion, acting out a werewolf transformation in a metal cage, he almost injured himself after his physical acting became too extreme. He has received at least seven minor injuries requiring medical treatment and reporting to authorities.[10]
Socha was upgraded from a recurring role to the main cast for the fourth series of Being Human, after the previous main cast, including Tovey, left the show. The fourth series started airing in February 2012.[12]He also appeared in the music video to the Jake Bugg song "Seen It All" and in the music video to the Lauren Pritchard song "Stuck".
In 2013, Socha portrayed the Knave of Hearts in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, a spin-off to the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. He also starred in Chris Coghill's film Spike Island, based upon The Stone Roses gig of the same name. After Once Upon a Time in Wonderland's cancellation, it was confirmed that Socha would be a main cast member in the fourth season of Once Upon A Time.[13]
In 2017, Socha starred in Double Date[15] and a remake of the 1973 film Papillon,[16] as well as playing King Richard III in the music video titled 'ill Ray (the king)' by British Indie rock group Kasabian.
Socha has a son with his then girlfriend, Faye. In an interview with the Evening Standard in 2016, Faye was mentioned as his ex-partner and it is not publicly known whether they have reconciled.[18][19][20]
On the day of Aditi's engagement, Karen meets her and asks her why she is not marrying Viren, now that Viren and Karen have broken up. Karen also tells her that Viren is miserable. Her cousin overhears this conversation and convinces Aditi to elope with Viren, which she does. They apologise to their families and are accepted.[4]
Patcy N of Rediff.com wrote, "The script is good, and the dialogues are nice. The music includes light hummable songs which are choreographed well. Overall, Socha Na Tha is worth a watch."[6] Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave the film a positive review, praising the characters and calling the film "surprisingly hip."[7]
The character faces different direction. There is no wall behind him and not one, but many cars and light move in and out of the scene. The reason is simple. What I have imagined (some sort of a dark back alley, deserted, with a man standing in the shadow and a car waiting in the distance) could not be achieved at the time of filming. This location was a compromise but the outcome is much better than I expected.
Here the idea was to film in complete darkness only illuminating the silhouettes of the characters. The scenes shows the bad guy forcing the good guy to dig a grave. Originally the space was supposed to be ambiguous for the viewer. Darkness all around would make a closed space look like large open desert. And I almost managed to pull it off. But not quite. Two shots, from two different shooting days prove that no matter how low is the light there are still space clues that ruin the impression on ambiguity.
Another way to make the storyboards work better for you is to draw from real locations. Plan the film by including pictures of places you will be shooting at. Make the pictures at the exact angles you plan to place the cameras during filming. Some people might find it to be a much more rewarding working style. I do. Sometimes. But not every project is the same. Sometimes I do enjoy the surprise, the challenge and the mystery of trying to shoot whatever is in my head. Yes, you save time by scouting for locations first and drawing storyboards later. But where is the fun in doing that?
The theme of male-female relations often appears in animated films, but it is not often that we see a film which portrays the deadly charms of a femme fatale in such an insightful, original and funny way.
I saw in "Papillon 2017" Michael Socha (Mikhail). We didn't discuss about Michael so often. I think he's so underrated. He was on set amongst with Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam. He also attended the Papillon premiere in Edinburgh. He is a big fan of the Papillon book and 1973 original film. He had an appearance at the beginning of the film. And his character's name is Julot.
They survive their sinking boat, thinking they found heaven on earth, but just as Papillon decides to go back to France and leave Dega behind, he realizes they have been betrayed and the prison guards are after them - again. Instead of running away, he goes back to warn Dega and they both get captured.
Platige Image, a studio with headquarters in Warsaw, has been fostering the creation of animated shorts for a number of years. Chick was made by Michal Socha as his graduation project at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and was co-produced by Platige.
The film uses a heavily stylized aesthetic with predominantly geometric shapes, employing just three colors and very creative staging (which at times wonderfully strays away from character-based narration). Sensory images abound, which are emphasized with the use of close-ups and sound. The short provides plenty of visual rhythm through editing, moving cameras and movement within the frame, all synchronized to the klezmer-style music of Polish band Meritum.
Alexandra Socha recently completed the independent films Call Sheet directed by Michael Walker, and The Broken Ones directed by Elyse Niblett. Socha replaced Lea Michele in the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening in 2008, and has since had recurring arcs on Royal Pains, Damages, and The Big C, as well as guest appearances on Blue Bloods, Law & Order: SVU, and White Collar. In 2014, she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her work in the musical Fun Home.
Abhay Deol made his debut in Bollywood with Imtiaz Ali-directorial, 'Socha Na Tha' in 2005. The film completes 19 years of release today, March 4. On this occasion, Abhay wrote a long note on Instagram as he reflected on his film journey.
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