What to say when contacting casting directors?
Keep it brief. To be effective your communication needs to be read, so to encourage a busy casting director to take a look make sure your letter or email is clear, concise and spellchecked! Ensure your CV is well laid out and include direct links to your Spotlight and showreel. Don’t skimp but don’t waffle.
How do you approach a casting director?
Put yourself in their shoes The first essential step to approaching casting directors is to get past the huge, scary reputation you associate them with, and remember to treat them as people. Instead of looking at the audition through your eyes, as an actor – try stepping into their shoes and think about what they want.
How do you approach a casting agency?
Some thoughts on getting agents to your show:
- Agents don’t pay for tickets. Don’t make them pay.
- Offer them two tickets – no one wants to see theatre alone.
- Put together a simple media package including some images and reviews if you’ve got them.
- Follow up.
- Get the rest of the team involved.
How do you give an audition?
Take control of your audition with these 10 helpful tips to improve your skills.
- Confidence. It sounds simple but it takes practice.
- Personality. Let it shine through.
- Connection. Make one with the reader.
- Character. Know the character.
- Objective. Go underneath the dialogue.
- Obstacle.
- Opposites.
- Love.
How do you introduce yourself in an audition example?
Your name and the role you’re auditioning for. For example, “Hi, my name is John Smith, and I’m reading for the role of Walter.” Your name and representation. If you don’t have an agent, you can say something like, “Hi, my name is John Smith and I’m self-represented.”
How do you approach a casting?
Learn how to impress these casting directors with these 7 easy acting tips.
- Understand what the casting director is looking for.
- Don’t act desperate.
- Think about the big picture.
- Know how to slate.
- Expect the unexpected.
- Don’t creep the casting director out.
How do you approach acting?
Stanislavsky suggested that the actor, in approaching his work on a scene, ask himself four questions: (1) who he is (character), (2) where he is (place), (3) what he is doing there (action and intention), and (4) what happened before he came there (given circumstances).