Hi Bonnie! I totally loved your workshop at the SAG Conservatory intensive in July, and learned so much! I wish I had asked this question: Do you have any advice on “personality slating”? What kind…
Posts tagged demo reel
The Evolving Demo Reel
I’ve written about demo reels many times over the years (check the archives). But in conversation with an actor last week, I realized I have not written about a trend that I’ve absolutely been talking…
Make It Easy
Okay, so now I’m casting a very cool short film for Comedy Central and Atom.com (yes, it’s already been a crazy busy year — indie production flow is BACK on track. Woo hoo!) and as…
Critiques: Your Demo Reels
Welcome to week four of the five-week series on Critiques! Don’t worry, those of you who feel bored to tears with this series. We’ll be back to normal programming on April 5th. And for those…
Get Critiqued!
This will be a short column. But don’t you dare call me a slacker. I’m asking for more work than you might imagine, in the few words I’m going to put in front of you…
Back to Basics
I haven’t done the math, but I think I write two philosophical columns for every one nuts-and-bolts column. I think. That feels about right. I’m not going to bother tallying it up to be sure….
Kids in Showbiz
Welcome to our year-end three-part series on issues specific to young actors! Thank you, readers, for having written in with so many great topic ideas. Over the next three weeks, I hope to get to…
Footage Is Footage
A few months back, I was the guest on Judy Kerr‘s web-based series Acting Is Everything (yes, a web-based series that accompanies her essential book) and we talked a bit about demo reels and whether…
Quick Fixes
So, as you may have heard, I’m producing the first ever Cricket Feet Casting Actors Showcase right now. This is a LOT of work. And I am learning so much. I love it! Every day…
Demo Reels (Revisited)
Last month, I was a judge for the Inaugural Reel Actors Film Festival. I’d long been planning to revisit my two previous columns on demo reels, but the act of sitting down and making notes…