If you’re like many actors out there, you’re probably using this first quarter of 2015 to research agents and managers, hoping to create a “hell-yes” target list so that — come drop season — you’re…
Posts tagged ninja move
Self-Tape Challenge
Oh man. Lovers of 100-Day Challenge action, get ready for a speed-round. I facilitate these ongoing SMFA mastermind groups. Eight of them, to be exact. Well, last week, one of my lovely groups was engaged…
Medicine in the Ice Cream
One of the key elements to my work is making challenging concepts more palatable. I call it “hiding medicine in the ice cream.” I’ll write a column that — on its surface — is about…
Thank You for Casting Me; I Used the Booking to Book Another Role Too!
Bonnie ~ Okay… I have to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing me in for Indian Motorcycles. I had such a great time and you were right: The guys at The Factory are great…
Targeting Films
This, of course, is not the first time I’ve written about targeting. You’ve seen my how-to info on targeting TV projects, targeting the casting directors who populate those shows, targeting commercials, and targeting reps at…
They’re Targeting Too
While on a coaching call the other day, the topic of an agent who “isn’t into actors who focus on their brand” came up. Of course, my response was what you’d expect: Agents who don’t…
The Work: Ep. 0509 — Brandprov
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0509 of The Work. Download Here! Brandprov: Brandprov is the ability to improvise on-brand. Some of us are great at this, and others not so much. In this…
Magda Marcella: How to Create Character, Story, and Brand on Pinterest
Now, I’m not a Pinterest person. Well, I did the “usual” and grabbed my user name when the site launched, like every good brand-managing web-user should do for all new social media creations, but then…
The Work: Ep. 0507 — The New Business Model
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0507 of The Work. Download Here! The New Business Model: In 2008, Bonnie Gillespie wrote about this trend that she figured was gonna impact our beloved industry: self-producing;…
The Work: Ep. 0504 — Cross-Pollination
Thank you for joining us for Episode 0504 of The Work. Download Here! Cross-Pollination: Celebrate one of the most brilliant commercial bookers I know, Allyson Ryan. Her ninja move of cross-pollinating to celebrate a commercial…