Casting Advice

Casting Advice

Background acting: the most realistic first paid job on a film set

Supporting artist work pays, teaches you a set faster than any class, and is one of the few doors into this industry that is genuinely open. What the day involves, what it pays, and what it does and does not lead to.

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What is a casting call? Open calls, go-sees, self-tapes, callbacks and fittings

Five different events share one word, and walking into the wrong one unprepared is how most people learn the difference. What each casting call actually is, and what to bring.

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How to record a self-tape audition that gets watched to the end

Most self-tapes are switched off in the first fifteen seconds, and usually for reasons that have nothing to do with the acting. Framing, sound, light, slating and the reader.

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Applying to a casting: what happens after you hit apply

Five states, each with a meaning. Here is what the company sees, what other applicants see, and what changes for you at each step.