Wisdom

"When you get the opportunity to do something that seems above and beyond, or way off center of what you think you should be doing, if you feel you can bring something to the project and do it well, it will often lead you to the thing you really want to do" (Angela Lansbury).

"SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK ACTING MARKETS" (BACKSTAGE)

Some notes about my areas of future interest, but not present expertise.

COMMERCIALS:

• Take an on-camera workshop before you start auditioning
• Work in a casting office or at a commercial production company

INDUSTRIALS:

• Industrials come in many shapes and forms: a live performance at a corporate gathering, a video or audio presentation designed to educate a company's employees, an event connected with a product launch or promotion.
• teleprompter experience
• being comfortable with interacting with a number of different people is really helpful
• improv with the product you have

VOICE OVERS:

• killer demo reel
• "Secrets of Voice-Over Success" (Joan Baker)
• developing a relationship with a coach who actually works in the field can be a plus... what that does is it creates a demo reel that reflects what's happening now in voiceover on television
• Natural sound, unaffected read

PRINT/ MODELING:

• Depict relationships or attitudes toward a product
• real-looking people... delicious-looking people, but not so beautiful to be off-putting.
• Effective lighting, how to be comfortable in front of a camera, and what her best angles are.
• "go see": where dozens of similar types are interviewed and photos are taken that simulate the job or campaign.
• special skills jump start a conversation
• want to know the directors they've worked with and who has cast them

CABARET:

• Tara Rubin Casting... "We do attend new-songwriter showcases"
• four or five people putting together a showcase often has more appeal for "casting directors, who are always very busy." and CD's are "far more accessible than agents"