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Look for Work Outside of Your Country
If you are open to travel and able to pay for all or part of your expenses, I highly recommend you consider trying out for acting jobs in other countries.
Tag: "casting agent"
What are Actor Breakdowns?
The “breakdowns” are basically constant minute-by-minute daily casting calls that are sent electronically (usually via email or a secured website) from the studios or film and/or television production companies to talent agents and managers through a company called Breakdown Services, Ltd. Though there are many casting call services and websites out there, Breakdown Services, Ltd. [...]
BackStage.com: Great Resource Place for Actors
If you’re looking for resource place for casting calls, then Backstage.com is a great place to start. Back Stage is an entertainment-industry brand aimed at people working in film and the performing arts, with a special focus on casting (performing arts), job opportunities, and career advice. Back Stage publishes two weekly tabloid-sized trade magazines in [...]
The Audition: How to Greet A Casting Director
This may come as a surprise but there’s an art to greeting a casting director. From the moment you step foot in a casting office you must appear confident. The first thing you’ll have to do when you go on an audition is sign in. There’ll be a list of the names of the other [...]
What’s a Callback?
By actorguru on Aug 21, 2008 in Words to Know
First you have the initial audition. This is the first call you get from your agent. You go out, do your best on the audition and if they like you, they’ll (the casting agent) want you to come back a second time–usually for the producers and/or director. You’ve got a “callback”. Congrats! A callback is [...]
How to Build Your Acting Resume
By actorguru on Aug 12, 2008 in How to Become a Professional
You’re probably serious about this acting thing and really want to book your first professional acting job, right? We thought so. But guess what? Without an audition, you have zero chance of booking your first acting job. Whether you have a talent manager or not, there are two very important things you need in order to get an audition. Number [...]
What’s a Cattle Call?
By actorguru on Aug 11, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
When you’re just starting out as an actor (and especially if you don’t have an agent or manager) you will most likely have to go out on many “cattle calls”. So what’s a cattle call? A cattle call is term associated with the audition process. There will be many times when you will go out [...]
What Does a Casting Director Do?
By actorguru on Jul 31, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
What Does a Casting Director Do? So you wanna know what a casting director does? Well, I’m sure you already know that they have a very important part to play in the movie business and I’ll explain why. Casting directors are the liaison or “go-between” for the director and producers of a movie or television [...]
