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How Should Your Showreel Be Edited?
The importance of an actor’s showreel cannot be overstated. It’s the clearest, most compelling advert for exactly what you can do and a key tool for professional actors to land auditions. Editing your showreel correctly is therefore absolutely crucial. There are a number of aspects to a great showreel, but it’s not just about…
How Many Showreels Should You Have?
If you’re serious about being a professional actor you presumably have your showreel sorted. But is one enough? Unless you are only applying for lots of very similar parts, your showreel is likely having to cover a lot of ground, showing off wildly different aspects of your acting. Wouldn’t it be more effective to…
Movie Auditions: How Do They Work?
As an actor starting out, you probably have at least some experience of auditioning – whether that’s gaining a place on an acting course or landing smaller roles for one-off jobs, advertisements or as an ‘extra’. But how do you land the bigger roles and much sought after movie auditions? While a movie audition is…
5 Relaxation Techniques for Method Actors
Method acting is all about performing a role with depth and total believability. When you begin using The Method, it won’t be long before you start to understand what it really means to ‘become’ the character you’re playing. There are a few things that can stand in the way of an actor reaching their…
Learning to Take Direction
It’s one of the most important qualities you should have as an actor. No, not talent or a busy acting CV. It’s the ability to listen, and take direction. All the talent in the world cannot save you once you’ve built up a reputation for being difficult on set and argumentative with directors. So…
Where To Find Auditions Without An Agent
If you’re just starting out in your acting career, or returning to acting after a break, you probably don’t have an agent yet. And while it is generally true that having an agent is key to finding good auditions, there are still plenty of ways of finding auditions without an agent and creating opportunities…
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