Advice for Actors

If you're an actor please do the following:

1. PUT A DEMO REEL ONLINE FOR PRODUCERS TO SEE
2. BE ABLE TO VIDEOTAPE YOURSELF FOR AN AUDITION

We live in the "Internet Age", yet I'm constantly surprised that actors do not have an online reel, or that they can't shoot video of themselves. I understand if you don't have footage for a reel - okay. But you should AT LEAST have a MySpace page with pictures, resume, etc. Yeah sure, if you have an agent they'll have this stuff too. But market YOURSELF.

And today with productions happening all over the map it is IMPERATIVE that you have a way to tape an audition. I use the word "tape", but today there are tons of "tapeless" options out there such as the Flip Mino. It is about the size of a phone and shoots excellent video - especially for online. Tons of YouTube folks use this camera. It's only $180. A small investment to be able to easily tape and upload or send auditions. If you don't have a Myspace page or a personal web site, then just upload audition to YouTube. You can easily pull it down afterwards.

If you're serious about acting, then you should be serious about getting acting jobs. And these two small things can greatly help.

-Blake

Thursday, August 21, 2008 // // 1 comments //

1 comments to "Advice for Actors"

  • 2:16 PM
    Brittany says:

    Excellent advice, Blake. I really appreciate when directors give me the option to video my auditions and have done it many times. I also love when I can see directors reels online so that I can see what type of work they put out. Very helpful for the actor.
    And, moving on to shameless internet accessibility plug:

    Brittany Joyner

    imdb- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2597829/

    myspace- myspace.com/brittanyjoyner

    website- http://www.geocities.com/brittanydjoyner/

    youtube- http://www.youtube.com/user/birdy50

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