CON-ventional Wisdom: Conventions as an Income Stream | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Five convention veterans on booking agents, table setup, autograph pricing, self-promotion and what to say to the fan...
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144 videosFree video advice for working actors, gathered from the channels worth following. Every video is transcribed, so the search box finds what people actually say on camera, not just what is in the title.
How Karim Diane Books Hollywood Roles | Acting Coach Brad Heller
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy actor Karim Diane on how he started booking once he stopped imitating other leading men...
Backstage With: ‘Love Story’ EPs Brad Simpson + Nina Jacobson
Love Story's EPs on casting unknowns, why in-person chemistry reads still win, and what they actually watch for in an...
Actors! Hollyoaks audition tips ☝️
A Hollyoaks director on what wins auditions: worked-on pages, live reactions on the off-lines, and where personality...
How To Email Casting Directors (And Get More Auditions)
Four UK casting directors on what to put in the email, when to send it, and the one that got an actor booked on a show...
How to Make a Spec Ad with AI and Premiere (Full Workflow)
A full workflow for building a spec ad with AI agents and finishing the cut yourself in Premiere.
How One Text Message Got Me a New Manager (When I Wasn't Even Looking for One)
How a no-agenda check-in text during a 21-day outreach run turned into a new manager and agent, and why the results...
Acting Tips: Actors Who Memorize This, Memorize Faster!
Why some actors are off book in ten minutes: they are not storing words, they are attaching words to a lifetime of...
? THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - Acting Scene Performed by Cody Martin
A performed scene from The Shawshank Redemption between Andy and Red, useful as scene study material for the...
Acting Tips: How do I get more vulnerable?
A note nobody knows what to do with, and the specific question that turns it into something actionable.
Hollywood Values Clash? Actress Reveals How to Stay True! #shorts
What to do when the work asks for something you will not do, and why the decision has to be made before the audition...
Acting Tips: Sense Memory
The memory system you are already using without noticing, and the six questions that put a scene in your body instead...
Actor Confidence: Your Path to Authentic Performance #shorts
Confidence as something you build rather than something you have, and the one sentence that reframes it: competence...
The TRUTH About 'Overnight Success' in Acting #shorts
What is actually underneath a career that appears to happen all at once, from someone who taught the people it appeared...
Actor Interview J. Teddy Garces Part 2
Why preparation counts as telling the truth, what to ask a prospective rep, and the reason being good is not why most...
Actor Interview wth J. Teddy Garces Part 1
A working television actor on bombing an audition and booking it anyway, why a callback is a win, and the backstory...
Actor interview with Samantha Cochran
Samantha Cochran on booking the auditions she hated, getting an agent with one headshot and an honest email, and why...
How to Create Your Own Content as an Actor (with Keena Ferguson)
Actor, writer and director Keena Ferguson lays out five steps for self-producing content, plus the deadline habit that...
Financial Stability for Actors
A day job is not a failure of commitment, desperation ruins auditions, and a rep who asks you for money is the reddest...
Vocal Work for Actors | Why Your Voice Is Your Most Important Tool
The tool actors neglect most, and the specific things a voice class fixes: pitch, tension, projection, placement and...
How to Film a Self Tape While Traveling | Audition Tips for Actors
How to turn in a usable audition from a hotel room, a parent's basement or a car, without letting the setup eat the...
How to prepare for an agent or manager meeting
What to wear, what to research, what to ask about fees and communication, and why any agent is not better than no agent.
How I went from Throwing up to a Standing Ovation
A coach who threw up on the way to an audition and quit acting, and the student who went off book in ten minutes...
Showing up as you. The power of authentic presence.
A talk on why trying to give a scene what you think it needs cuts out the only ingredient that makes it work, and three...