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….
Posts tagged footage
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…
Jingle Singing
Once again we’re going to turn The Actors Voice over to a chapter from the now out-of-print Casting Qs: A Collection of Casting Director Interviews. This time up, the topic is jingle singing. Yeah, that’s…
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…
Unsolicited Demo Reels
I’m in the midst of putting together my demo reel. Once that’s done, my agent is going to send it out to various casting directors (and I’m sure you’ve read on Canadian Actor Online how…
Demo Reels
One of an actor’s most essential marketing tools is the demo reel. Yet no one element of the actor’s marketing arsenal has so many variables as the demo reel. How long should it be? Can…
Should I Do an Actor Slate?
I know that a performance video is essential for the working actor, but when decent footage is scarce, are Actor Slates the next best thing? As a casting director, do you find you pay more…