The Self-Tape Situation And How To Improve It
Maybe you’ve been following the drama playing out on the West Coast between actors and casting directors. If not, I’ll briefly catch you up. In early March, a few actors sparked a discussion about the industry’s embrace of self-taped auditions by venting their frustrations with them on Twitter. The resulting discourse has opened the floodgates,…
What Hollywood’s Re-Opening Means For Actors
Since the middle of March, the business of producing entertainment and advertising has been at a standstill. But now that states are beginning to re-open, everyone is wondering what life in our industry is going to look like in the future. I’m most concerned with how actors are going to be impacted as production re-starts.…
Self Taped Auditions: Do This, Not That
If you haven’t been asked to do a self-taped audition yet, just wait. Once upon a time actors only had to worry about acting. But in this new era of self-taping, we’re frequently asked to send a good-looking and -sounding audition video to casting directors instead of reading for a role live and in person.…
