by Terry Berland | Nov 1, 2018 | The Competitive Edge
The actor union SAG-AFTRA was started, and exists, to protect actors from being taken advantage of. Actors who have been in the union long term end up with a pension, are eligible for health insurance along the way, and can proudly call acting their career. The union...
by Terry Berland | Sep 28, 2018 | The Competitive Edge, US
I like reading blogs about the industry. I wish I had time to read them all. A blog that comes up on occasion, not written by a casting director, tries to solve the big mystery of “What Is A Casting Director Looking For?” The question always revolves in and around...
by Terry Berland | Sep 5, 2018 | The Competitive Edge, US
It is a given if you have a good audition partner that you have a good audition experience and you walk out of the audition feeling like you have a good shot at the call back. Let’s define what a good audition partner is. A good audition partner has good timing and...
by Terry Berland | Jul 30, 2018 | The Competitive Edge, US
Living in the age of on-line and self-submissions, self-taping, and massive competition, in the commercial acting world, I am finding talent is not understanding the importance of the relationship between casting, agents and managers. Bottom line is casting director’s...
by Terry Berland | Mar 7, 2018 | The Competitive Edge, US
Don’t Look For A Cookie Cutter To Shape Your Audition. The other day I was in the reception area of a project I was casting and one of the actors asked me “what are they looking for”? I cringed inside and answered, they are looking for an actor to bring them...
by Terry Berland | Feb 15, 2018 | The Competitive Edge, US
A really good audition makes the casting director, the producer, and the director really happy. You gave a good audition, you got put on avail . . . and then you didn’t get booked. Why? I can assure you it is nothing that you did wrong. So if it’s nothing you did...
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