by Cast It Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | The Conscious Actor, US
Are you using your full palette of emotions on auditions or are you playing it safe by using only the familiar ones? It’s your job to give the best performance possible at every given opportunity. It’s not easy to breathe life into words on a page and make...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Getting yourself in the right place to be plucked up. Recently, I was invited to a first read-through of a brand new play by a renowned Los Angeles playwright. Aside from being a rollicking good time, the afternoon was instructive on many levels, from what it takes to...
by Cast It Admin | Mar 4, 2016 | CNI Events, Seminar Recap, US
By now you’re probably used to Lindsay’s ‘5 Lessons’ from our monthly seminars in Los Angeles, but I wanted to touch on one topic our guest speakers Emma & Marcus Nelson spoke about in January: working for a casting director. As actors, it...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 8, 2016 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., Uncategorized, US
Commercials are funny things. The commercial audition is even funnier. Not to say that I don’t take the process very seriously. I do. And you should, too. But we aren’t curing cancer. Often times (certainly in the last few years) commercial auditions call on your...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | The Competitive Edge, US
There Is More To Being A Successful Actor Than Knowing Technique. As talent, of course, you are focused on your audition technique; how you get the call back and the booking. This blog is not about that. However, knowing and understanding the process will enable you...
by Cast It Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Every smart actor knows that one of the best tools for a great audition is having a lot of familiarity with the material—either knowing it cold, or having some familiarity and a technique that lets you kill it cold. But there are many other components that go into a...