I am a talent agent in Winnipeg. Winnipeg has become a very busy center recently. We have two principal casting directors and two extra casting directors. Both are starting to venture into principal and commercial…
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Do Casting Directors Show All Preread Footage to Producers?
In a recent article, you mentioned this: “We sit together and flip through headshots, discussing the notes we’ve made on the resumés, and decide which actors’ work on tape will even get a second look,…
Crappy Reader Syndrome
Another of your least favorite things (according to the emails I received in response to my question: “How Can We Make Your Job Easier?“) is a bad reader. True. Nothing can derail a thoughtfully-prepared audition…
The Long Shortlist
This week, I’ve been dealing with something I call “The Long Shortlist.” It’s sort of a state of casting limbo. Somewhere between the longest list of submitted actors and the shortest list (the final cast…
CD Workshops
Here it is: my column on casting director workshops! As you’ll recall, I was asked about CD workshops a few weeks ago, and due to my inexperience with the CD workshops currently available, I asked…
Actor Feedback
I want feedback. When I know I did great and don’t get cast, isn’t it my right to ask for feedback? Why is feedback so hard to get? This is interesting. When I first started…
Making Magic
The third and final column in the series about the 21 May 2005 CD and talent agent panel produced by the ATAS (links to event details and panelist information here) will cover “magic” and DIY…
Casting by the Numbers
This week, at callbacks for the film I’m casting, I decided to post some information that might be helpful to the actors waiting to come into the room. I posted this: the Breakdown Services interface…
What’s in Your Actor Bag?
First, what is an actor bag? Well, it’s that messenger bag, backpack, or gym bag in the trunk of your car with all of your actor goodies inside. Goodies? Headshots (with resumes already affixed, whether…
Actors with Class
Many casting directors say that they read actors’ resumes from the bottom, up. When they say that, they’re letting you know that they place an emphasis on an actor’s training. While I read the whole…