Monday Myth Debunkers: You’re Not Ready For a Real Acting Job.

Oh, ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข๐™š. Why do you always show up to a party you were never invited to? Double-tap if youโ€™ve ever felt the โ€œIโ€™m not ready for thisโ€ scaries. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. But member that word we say over and over again around here? Yeah, itโ€™s about ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ again. Itโ€™s easy to look around and see the endless talent around you. Whatโ€™s hard is knowing that other people are doing the same, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค. Yes, you! …

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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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Monday Myth Debunker: You Can’t Afford to Take a Day Off.

Ringing in the week with one of the biggest myths we could possibly debunk #readonโ  โ  Double-tap if you often feel guilty for taking a day off (whether itโ€™s taking a day off from self submitting, reading the trades, a script youโ€™re supposed to be working on etc.)โ  โ  This is a gentle reminder that, as casting directors, we donโ€™t expect (nor do we want!) you to put acting (or any career for that matter) before family, mental health and …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: Always Send Multiple Takes.

Oh the dreaded takesโ€ฆโ  โ  When in doubt, send 2, right?โ  โ  It mays seem like the practical choice, but for us, that potentially means DOUBLE the self tapes we had originally signed up for. โ  โ  The silver lining to virtual casting is the ability to read/meet more actors than we normally would in an in-person setting (yay!)โ  โ  But when weโ€™re faced with hundreds of tapes that are double to triple what we had signed up for, time …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: If Your Role Has Been Cut…

And rememberโ€ฆ this is a Monday MYTH Debunker ๐Ÿ˜‰ So weโ€™re calling bluff on not putting earned roles on your resume!โ  โ  There are (2) different situations at hand here. โ  โ  1. You auditioned for the role, booked the role, shot the role and the role was left on the cutting room floor. โ  โ  In this situation, you earned that credit on your resume. You may not get on-screen credit, but that doesnโ€™t mean you shouldnโ€™t get credit …

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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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Monday Myth Debunkers: Your Self Tape Needs to be Perfect.

You flubbed a line. Your reader didnโ€™t pick up that cue fast enough. Your dog barked. โ  โ  ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ.โ  โ  And we know that. โ  โ  This is your reminder that we are not looking for perfection. โ  โ  In fact, weโ€™ve never sought perfection!โ  โ  And thatโ€™s because itโ€™s impossible, especially for an audition. โ  โ  Even in the room, if you flubbed a line but the intention was spot on? Weโ€™re probably not going to …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: If You Don’t Get a Redirect…

That moment when youโ€™ve finished the audition and youโ€™re doing calculus in your head to try and figure out what the CD meant by, โ€œThat was great, we donโ€™t need to do it again.โ€ ๐Ÿงฎโž•๐Ÿง๐Ÿ’ญโ  โ  And the ruminating thoughts that follow and even haunt you?โ  โ  We get it. โ  โ  ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ.โ  โ  Thatโ€™s why todayโ€™s #mondaymythdebunker is about giving you some peace of mind in regards to getting a redirectโ€ฆ or not. โ  โ  1๏ธโƒฃ Every …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: Your Self Tape is a Short Film.

Pilot season has us like ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ so please excuse todayโ€™s ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ Myth Debunker.โ  โ  Weโ€™re coming in with a hot myth today ๐Ÿ”ฅโ  โ  Music, sound effects, title cards, setsโ€”make your self tape stand out as much as possible, right?โ  โ  ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿšซโ  โ  ๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ.โ  โ  While we greatly appreciate your passion, effort and creativity, the fact is: your self tape is an audition and nothing else. โ  โ  2 main reasons you should not …

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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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