Spotlight News

 

Articles tagged with commercial

The Spotlight podcast: Auditioning for commercials

For many actors, commercials are an essential part of their working life, helping to bring in money and extra skills and credits to their CV. However, there are considerations an actor needs to be aware of when auditioning for a role in a commercial. The latest Spotlight Podcast offers up valuable tips for any actor approaching a commercial casting. We spoke to actors Tam Williams and Andrew Greenough at Spotlight’s professional development workshop for their advice. Both Tam and Andrew have plenty of experience in commercials and here they share their top tips and stories from their own experience, to help you...

posted on 17th November 2011 Read full article >>

Auditioning for commercials: The casting director's view

To tie in with Spotlight’s Approaching Commercial Castings workshop, we’re publishing a series of essential tips every actor needs to know about how to audition for commercials. Today, we hear from casting director Anna Kennedy. Anna has a wealth of experience in casting a range of varied projects, including numerous award-winning commercials. She’s worked with a range of clients, including Ikea, McDonalds, Yeo Valley (below), Sainsbury’s, Porsche and Vodafone. Here, she passes on her top tips for actors at commercial castings. Dress for the occasion A casting director will usually tell the agent how the actor should dress – for example, directions like...

posted on 15th November 2011 Read full article >>

Cast via Spotlight: John Lewis' Christmas advert 2011

You know a TV commercial is an instant hit when it becomes a hot topic of conversation on Twitter and around the water cooler at work, and this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert is definitely one of these. The 90-second commercial, which debuted during this weekend’s X Factor, has already received over 900,000 views on YouTube, also well as trending on Twitter last week, and Spotlight is proud to have played a part in bringing the popular advert together. The commercial by advertising agency Adam & Eve was brilliantly cast by casting directors Sophie North and Beverley Keogh, via The Spotlight Link,...

posted on 15th November 2011 Read full article >>

Recent actor, dancer and presenter projects cast via Spotlight

The following are just a selection from the many hundreds of projects which have been cast via Spotlight recently: Film and Television The Sarah Jane Adventures The IT Crowd Taggart Merlin 4321 Inbetweeners River City Untitled Ken Loach Project 2009 Hollyoaks Sex and the City 2 Stage Dunsinane (Hampstead Theatre, London) Enron (Noel Coward Theatre, London) The 39 Steps (National Tour) Really Old, Like Forty Five (National Theatre) Columbo (National Tour) Canterbury Tales (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse,...

posted on 19th March 2010 Read full article >>

How to succeed at commercial castings

2010 has got off to a great start at Spotlight Studios with numerous film and television projects using our facilities. Just recently feature film directors Roland Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) and Taylor Hackford (Ray, Proof of Life) were in casting for their latest projects. It’s pilot season too which means plenty of actors have been in to tape their auditions for American casting directors. Commercial castings include Orange, John Lewis, McDonalds, Shell and Nintendo. To help you with landing that commercial, here are some top tips: Check that you’ve...

posted on 10th March 2010 Read full article >>

Success at commercial castings – free workshop for Graduates

Spotlight’s next Graduates Programme event, on Monday 8 March, aims to give students a crash course in the world of commercial castings - debunking myths, telling you what to expect and how to prepare for the castings you’re most likely to encounter as a graduate entering the industry. The free workshop will be hosted by Thom Hammond, who manages Spotlight’s busy casting studios and brings experience as a freelance casting assistant and an actor to this informal, interactive session. Some places are still available at the event, which is open to students graduating from CDS drama schools in...

posted on 4th March 2010 Read full article >>

Recent projects cast via Spotlight

The following productions were cast recently via the Spotlight Link: TV & Film Waterloo Road My Family Law & Order Moving On Brighton Rock (Film) Whitechapel Holby City Robin Hood (Film) Chatroom (Film)  Stage Private Lives (Bath Theatre Royal & West End) Columbo – Prescription Murder (UK No 1 National Tour) Hi-Di-Hi (Touring) ...

posted on 4th February 2010 Read full article >>

Latest projects cast via Spotlight

The following are just a selection from the many hundreds of projects which have been cast via Spotlight recently: Feature films Sherlock Holmes Sex and the City 2 Brighton Rock Clash of the Titans Untitled Ken Loach project 2009 Nowhere Boy Nine Harry Brown 1939 Centurion Commercials Vodafone Coco Pops Samaritans ...

posted on 18th November 2009 Read full article >>