by Cast It Admin | Oct 12, 2015 | Tough Love for Actors, US
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt Every artist shares a demon. When will you slay the beast? An actor’s journey can be a self-imposed hell if the actor eyes the successes of peers with envy. Sound familiar? You look over...
by Cast It Admin | Sep 27, 2015 | AU, Paul Barry, US
It’s easy to think that we’ve made a choice when all we’ve done is follow an ingrained, habitual path. The difference is that choices are final conscious selections taken from multiple possible options, while habits are subconscious enactments based on limited and...
by Cast It Admin | Aug 10, 2015 | AU, Kym Jackson
A ‘demo reel’, ‘demo’, or ‘reel’ is a selection of the best clips of footage available to showcase your acting work. Your demo should NOT be longer than two and a half minutes (until you’ve played a substantial role on TV, or in studio produced or award-winning...
by Cast It Admin | Jul 23, 2015 | AU, Kym Jackson
For actors moving to Hollywood from other countries and regional areas of America, it is vital to perfect a flawless standard American accent. There are a variety of American accents: the Northern states (almost sounds Canadian), the East Coast (Boston, Jersey,...
by Cast It Admin | Jul 8, 2015 | AU
As a filmmaker who specialises in showreels, I hear a lot of what actors want from a reel. The problem is however, what a lot of actors want, is not actually what they need. “I really love Natalie Portman, I want to do a scene from Black Swan.” – NO! NO YOU...
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