Getting back to work in the new landscape means the need to instantly grab the attention of a casting director who requests a self-tape audition from you ... and it's not about your audition. Here's the big secret: It's all about your slate. That's the topic of my new column in Backstage, out today.
The excitement over getting a self-tape audition request can really make your day. It's an opportunity to show a bit of your career potential evidence to an industry pro who is, potentially, in a position to hire you to do what you most love to do. But the excitement ... the preparation ... to have your self-tape audition be spot-on has your focus 100 percent of nailing that audition. But that's potentially big mistake.
The casting director has to see your audition before she can be impressed by it ... and if your self-tape slate doesn't first establish, right up front, your readiness for the job, that self-tape audition you worked so hard to get right might never get seen.
Make a great first impression first. Give a personable, confident, approachable, friendly slate to both introduce you, your brand and your readiness for the role. Then hit the ball out of the park with the perfect self-tape audition that checks off all of the right boxes to get you to the next step.
I know you are great actors! But where do you rank on the "slate scale"? It's time to A+ that!
BL
