Tag: soft skills
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An Actor’s Guide to Good Etiquette
Katie Redford’s guide to making a positive first impression as you step out into the industry… My favourite story regarding an actor contacting a casting director was the one when they sent a single shoe with a note attached saying, “Just trying to get my foot in the door”. Now, I can’t speak for casting…
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7 Tips for Becoming a Spotlight Member
Getting you started on your way to Spotlight membership. Becoming a Spotlight member gives you access to the best acting work out there, as Spotlight is used daily by the biggest names in casting. In this article, we share information about what you need to be eligible for Spotlight membership and some tips to help…
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Getting Started On Social Media
How to get started on the right foot with your online presence as an actor… Working as a performer is not just about acing that audition when you’re in the room; increasingly, it is important to think about yourself as a performer and as a business. If you don’t know your Twitter from your Instagram,…
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8 Audition Tips from Pearson Casting
Tips for making the most of your next audition The goal of the casting director is to work on behalf of the producer and in line with the director, choreographer and other creatives in charge of a production, to find a cast that fulfils the wants and needs of the production. Casting can be a…
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How to Approach a Small Theatre Company
Want to make theatre with a local company? Here’s how to get started. Whether you’re looking for that vital last credit for your Spotlight membership application or just love theatre (and don’t quite know how to get the Old Vic’s attention!), approaching small theatre companies can be a great way to gain a foot in…
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How to Stay Proactive When You’re Skint
When I was in my third year of drama school, a casting director advised me above all else to ‘Do three things a day that make you feel like you’re an actor. Especially when you’re not working.’ At the time, I met this comment with side eye and bemusement. Of COURSE I was going to feel…
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An Actor’s Guide to Surviving January
Jesus, I’m craving another Lindor. And a job. Happy New Year, actors! I had this image in my mind that I’d wake up on the first day of the new year and start as I meant to go on; go for a run, sip green tea and write a goals list for the year ahead.…
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How to Survive Pilot Season
It’s a well known fact that Los Angeles is the mecca for television, and the birthplace of the majority of our favourite series, but the actors on those shows all have something in common; most of their careers skyrocketed because of pilot season. Living in Los Angeles as an actor you quickly become accustomed to the…
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Returning to the Industry
Casting Director Annelie Powell, and actresses Hattie Ladbury and Beth Cordingly, share their insights about returning to the industry after a break. Here’s some of the highlights from their Q&A at Spotlight’s Open House week below. Casting directors have famously long memories ‘When making contact say ‘why’ you are returning; parenthood, caregiving, life got in the way… ‘Fess up! Your…
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Keeping Busy Outside of Acting
Domenique Fragale trained at Arts Educational Schools and recently moved to the United States to work in Los Angeles. Here, she discusses how actors can keep mentally and physically healthy outside of work. It’s easy to let your mind work in over drive and become swamped in anxiousness as to when that next audition or acting job will come (believe…