by Cast It Admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
by Casting Director, Laurie Records …make basic mistakes when it comes to a callback. Last month, I addressed what I deemed the “less than obvious mistakes” that actors have been known to make in callbacks. After receiving emails and having various conversations with...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 14, 2010 | The Competitive Edge, US
by Casting Director, Terry Berland The AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) has an awards competition every year for the best commercials, divided into many categories. It is called The Art and Technique of the American Commercial. Putting aside...
by Cast It Admin | Oct 14, 2010 | Seminar Recap, US
Synopsis by Tracy Weisert I have been host to our guest speaker, seasoned sitcom director Mary Lou Belli for our free Inside the Industry Seminars more than once and this veteran actor (me!) finally took Ms. Belli’s sitcom class last year. Boy, am I glad that I did! ...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | Theatre Review, US
Mediocre theatre sucks. This thought is one I have preached for a long time and, therefore, feel compelled to stand by the statement. What sucks for me, personally, as a huge fan of playwright Del Shores, is having to say that the premiere of his new play, Yellow,...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | Movie Review, US
Piranha 3D Most of my friends will tell you that I’m a sucker for a bad movie. Of course, there are movies that are just plain bad, and I don’t want to have anything to do with them. I’m talking about movies that are so bad, and are made with such a degree of...