September 2021 - The Casting Director's Cut

Terminology Tuesday: Breakdown Services

September 30, 2022September 28, 2021 by Ramani Leah, CSA

To piggyback on yesterday’s Monday #mythdebunker, let’s dive a little deeper into all things Breakdown Services. ⁠ ⁠ Breakdown Services and Actor’s Access are part of the same company. ⁠ ⁠ Breakdown Services is what casting directors use to distribute film/TV breakdowns and how we receive actor submissions from agents and managers. Actor’s Access is what YOU (the actor) use to house your materials and/or self submit to projects. ⁠ ⁠ When we release breakdowns, we have the option to …

Monday Myth Debunkers: You Need A Website.

September 30, 2022September 27, 2021 by Ramani Leah, CSA

This might be one of our top 10 biggest questions:⁠ ⁠ “𝘋𝘰 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦?”⁠ ⁠ The TLDR version? 𝗡𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁.⁠ ⁠ Remember: you are (probably) already paying for an acting website that houses all of your materials (Actor’s Access). ⁠ ⁠ And we are primarily going to be viewing your materials via Actor’s Access alone (it’s Breakdown Services for us). ⁠ Unfortunately, AA does charge by the minute (we truly wish this was not the case), …

Terminology Tuesday: ULB (Ultra Low Budget)

September 30, 2022September 21, 2021 by Ramani Leah, CSA

For the next few #terminologytuesdays we thought we’d do a SAG theatrical film agreement series. ⁠ ⁠ SAG-AFTRA low budget agreements were created with input from filmmakers and actors to make it even easier to hire professional performers in lower budgeted films. ⁠ ⁠ There are 4 main theatrical film contracts under SAG. They are:⁠ ⁠ 1️⃣ SAG Basic Theatrical Agreement⁠ 2️⃣ SAG Low Budget Agreement ⁠ 3️⃣ SAG Modified Low Budget Agreement (MLB)⁠ 4️⃣ SAG Ultra Low Budget Agreement …

Terminology Tuesday: Dummy Sides

September 30, 2022September 14, 2021 by Ramani Leah, CSA

You may not realize it, but you could be auditioning with “dummy” sides. ⁠ ⁠ Dummy sides are sides that are 𝙣𝙤𝙩 part of the film script or episode. ⁠ ⁠ They could be sides from another previously aired film/TV show—they could be sides written by one of the writers specifically for the audition—they could even be sides from the show/film you are auditioning for, but extensively edited that you’d never know. ⁠ ⁠ 𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕕𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤?⁠ …