Terminology Tuesday: One-Liner

Alright folks, itโ€™s topic we love to hate. โ  โ  ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š-๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.โ  โ  Or any co-star audition for that matter where you run the risk of overthinking it and letting it keep you up at night. โ  โ  One-liners (or any audition for that matter) should not keep you up at night!โ  โ  One-liners refer to any audition where you only have 1 line. But we’re doing to dive a little deeper today and talk more about these small …

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Terminology Tuesday: Audit

So youโ€™ve finally started the journey of finding your next acting class.โ โ  ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ. And it can feel overwhelming. โ  โ  Especially when thereโ€™s such a significant financial and time commitment. โ  โ  You want to make sure you are choosing the right ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ for ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.โ  โ  Some studios offer a free or reduced rate audit of their classes. โ  โ  Auditing allows actors the opportunity to assess the class to see if itโ€™s the right …

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Terminology Tuesday: Actors Access

Actorโ€™s Access, Casting Networks, Breakdown Express, Cast It, LA Casting, Backstage, Casting Frontierโ€ฆโ  โ  So many casting programs, so little time!โ  โ  ๐™ป๐šŽ๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š” ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐šœ, ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š ๐šŽ?โ  โ  Actorโ€™s Access and Breakdown Express are both services that are part of the parent company, Breakdown Services. โ  โ  The primary difference between Actorโ€™s Access and Breakdown Express is that Actorโ€™s Access breakdowns go directly to the actors only. โ  โ  Actors are able to …

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Terminology Tuesday: SAG Eligible

Hard to believe we havenโ€™t covered this term yet!โ  โ  What exactly does it mean to be SAG-Eligible and how can you obtain that status?โ  โ  Becoming a SAG Eligible actor (aka SAG-e) means you’ve met SAG-AFTRA’s minimum requirements to join and are now qualified to become a member whenever you’re ready. โ  โ  This also means you can continue to work union jobs (temporarily) until you must join the union. โ  โ  To become SAG Eligible, you must either …

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Terminology Tuesday: In The Mix

If youโ€™ve heard these words before but havenโ€™t been exactly sure *what* it means, read onโ€ฆ Being in the mix in itself is a pretty generalized term. Essentially, it means you are being considered for the role and are likely part of a narrowed down short list. That short list could be mean as little as 2 and as large as 12 actors. If youโ€™re โ€œstronglyโ€ in the mix, youโ€™ll likely already be pinned for the role. This suggests that …

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Terminology Tuesday: Holding Fee

During pilot season, we believe any day can be Tuesday ;)โ  โ  And since weโ€™re drawing a close on pilot season, we thought weโ€™d dive into the explanation of what a holding fee is. โ  โ  A holding fee can mean a couple of different things whether the project is a commercial or episodic television. โ  โ  In commercials, if a client decides they want to hold an actor, it means the actor cannot book a commercial for a competing …

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Terminology Tuesday: Cross-Boarding

You may not know (or even need to know) what cross-boarding is but as we say a lot over here, #๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„, the better. โ  โ  Cross-boarding is a term that TV productions use when they plan to shoot two or three different episodes at the same time. โ  โ  This method is primarily used when a specific location is needed across multiple episodes and can only be used for a certain time frame. This is also more cost effective: long …

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Terminology Tuesday: Photo Approval

Once you get into some bigger, fancier deals as an actor (and you will!), among some of the fun things your agent will get to negotiate for you is photo approval. โ  โ  Photo approval, or sometimes called “likeness approval,โ€ is the amount of input an actor is able to give for a still photograph or drawing taken of them for a project.โ  โ  On the high end, some agents are able to negotiate 100% photo approvals when the actor …

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Terminology Tuesday: Pilot Season

Itโ€™s official! Pilot season isโ€ฆ ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ!โ  โ  Anyone feeling it yet?โ  โ  Pilot Season is the time between January and April when networks are casting for and shooting pilots (the initial episode of a series) as a test run for the show. โ  โ  Traditionally, shows begin to air in the fall, which is why it made sense for Networks to start the pilot process in early spring.โ  โ  And thus โ€œpilot season,โ€ (aka, the casting dark ages) was born.โ  …

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Terminology Tuesday: Day Player

What is the difference between a day player and a co-star role?โ  โ  Well, nothing really. โ  โ  A co-star refers to the ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜ of the role. A day player refers to the type of ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ง. โ  โ  ๐”ธ๐•๐• ๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•ช๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค (๐•š๐•Ÿ ๐•ก๐•ฃ๐•š๐•ž๐•–๐•ฅ๐•š๐•ž๐•–) ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐•”๐• -๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•“๐•ฆ๐•ฅ ๐•Ÿ๐• ๐•ฅ ๐•’๐•๐• ๐•”๐• -๐•ค๐•ฅ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ค ๐•’๐•ฃ๐•– ๐••๐•’๐•ช ๐•ก๐•๐•’๐•ช๐•–๐•ฃ๐•ค.โ  โ  Deciding which co-star roles are โ€œday playerโ€ roles comes down to an assessment of the script and ultimately, a locked DOOD. โ  โ  This is why, for …

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