Thanks to Dallas Travers (whom I’ve never actually worked with!) here is her technique for goal setting. Sure, I’ve had this in my inbox for 1 year (UNDONE!!!)… does it make me an idiot or an a**hole? Don’t answer that. It’s never too late to set some goals, baby. Do this with me and we’ll all be better hosts, actors, producers, etc. Continue reading
This is not a be-all-end-all reference on commissions, but should serve a good guideline, perhaps illuminating lots of questions I’ve been receiving lately from my voice over colleagues.
“Is this commission structure unusual? Is it even legal?”
Sometimes people will ask whether or not they should take a specific meeting because they’re really not sure it’s “really worth it.” To that I say, take EVERY meeting — even a general meeting that you think may not go anywhere. Continue reading
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I was talking with a very talented VO artist the other day, and she had something stuck in her craw. She had just been at an audition for a project she already auditioned for. Not a callback scenario, but an actual audition where the producers directly called her in to read, even though she knew she had read on the same role a week earlier through her agency. Instead of taking it personally and wondering why they didn’t respond to her first audition, this wonderful VO talent went in and knocked ‘em dead with her read. Continue reading
Think that’s the case? Well, sometimes it can be just the conduit to making a nice connection.
Let’s say you find yourself in a meeting with a person who knows or has worked with a friend/colleague and they have a great working relationship! Should you mention your friend’s name while you’re in the meeting? I mean, they’re likely the competition, right? Continue reading
Meetings are GREAT, but it’s all about the follow-up! In the last blog I posted, I talked about how to score meetings with people that perhaps you feel are “out of your league.” Continue reading
You have a fancy schmancy cell phone and an even cooler laptop and yet I’m going to guess that you don’t pick up that phone or shoot off an email from that laptop to a big producer whom you deem to be “out of your reach.” Am I right? Or, am I right? Continue reading
I love auditions where my agent calls me last-minute to go into casting. Usually, a last-minute call means they haven’t found the right talent yet, or they’ve had so many cancellations, they’re trying to fill slots with actors who are available to show up. In the voice over world, it’s a great thing to be called into a casting director or producer’s office to audition because your shot at the job is much greater than auditioning virtually against 2000 other MP3s. Instead, you’re up against 15-50 other actors.
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