Figuring out your brand – by Andrew Carlson
Want To Make It In This Industry? Here’s YOUR Secret Formula To It!
Read Morehow reputable is backstage?
Caitlin asks:
Quick question for everyone in the group. Have any of you auditioned for parts through Backstage? How reputable is Backstage for actors? I am asking because I remember Janet Urban mentioning that this industry is word of mouth, and how she mentioned that auditions are not posted necessarily, but that you need to be inside the industry to know what’s going on. I’m just curious as to how websites like Backstage play into this profession. :-) Thanks !!
Read MoreLunch
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Read MoreOn set goof
Don’t have money, connections, or experience?
Are you focusing on what you don’t have?
Andrew Carlson explains how this will never get you anywhere.
Read MoreThink you’re not attractive enough?
Read Friends in Film Mentor Andrew Carlson’s response
Janet here. This post is from our mentorship class, and it’s so good, I wanted to post it here for you.
Read MoreA typical shoot
Oh the shoot yesterday was a piece of cake.
Talk about homecoming, it was SO FUN because I felt like I was seeing family.
Read MoreTen things no one ever sees an actor doing
Ten things no one ever sees an actor doing. By John Henry Soto
1. Leaving the house at 4am to meet a van in the city at 5:30am for a 2 hour drive to the set to shoot a 4 minute scene they cut out of the film.
Read MoreDirectors are like you and me
ahh, just got home from a nice little shoot. 2 day shoot, we shot on stage the first day…
And built a set where it looked like we were shooting from inside a skyscraper! There was even a guy hanging outside the glass, cleaning the windows, and he crashes through the window to get inside.
Read Morewhen we keep beating ourselves up
Kristen Top 3 Uncertainties:
– Continuing to find work after one job
– My next steps and getting to them
– I care too much about what others think
*Fears:
– Failure
– Not feeling important
– Not satisfying myself
– Putting myself down and not feeling accomplished
– Not being able to really support myself
– If I am as good as I think I am