How to Set Up and Run a Successful Casting Session

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Tip 1 - How to Set up a Casting Call

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ronda Dorchester | permalink

Whether you are looking for actors to fill roles in large-scale or community theater productions, television shows or movies, it is essential that you know how to set up a casting call. Getting the right actors and actresses for any size...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Casting-Call ^[1]

Tip 2 - 21 Things That Make Casting Directors Happy in the Audition Room

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rick Lavelle | permalink

Casting directors are your advocates and your champions. Your work reflects on us. Your wonderful work makes us look good and gets that role cast. Your disconnected, tentative, muddled work does nothing for anyone. We need you to be great.
Tags: acting advice,auditions,casting directors,Risa Bramon Garcia,The Bramon

For further reading: http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/21-things-make-casting-directors-happy-audition-room/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - 10 Tips For A Winning Taped Audition

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ranjan Manoranjan | permalink

Here are some 10 tips to make your taped auditions soar and take you one step closer to booking the part!
Tags: acting advice,auditions,Joseph Pearlman,self-taping

For further reading: http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/10-tips-winning-taped-audition/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Working with Actors: The Casting Session - Raindance

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lawrence Moncrief | permalink

Last article I discussed the importance of knowing a “character’s” personality traits and how you can use a “character personality chart” to help you. (To get a copy of this quick reference personality chart, go to http://www.actioncutprint.com/chart.html and print out the page. This chart will give you a clear understanding of who a character is …

For further reading: http://www.raindance.org/working-with-actors-the-casting-session/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Setting Up a Successful Headshot Session: Part 1 | Fstoppers

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by faba | permalink

When I first began shooting headshots, it was a daunting task. Figuring out a rhythm for how a headshot session should go felt like an overwhelming problem. I slowly began to solve the problem through trial and error. It was when I began to realize that we have no control over almost anything in life that I began to find my own rhythm in this crazy photography business.

For further reading: https://fstoppers.com/business/setting-successful-headshot-session-part-1-50756 ^[5]