Hey everyone starting my first discussion so please be gentle. Just wondering if anyone else had found it very quiet at present. I am currently living in the barren land of Wales ;) and am unemployed although have just applied for work at The Wales Millenium Centre and although am doing some acting work at my local theatre and attempting to apply for work through Casting Call pro, P.C.R Starnow and any other way I can I have had barely any castings from my agent or from a teacher who is a casting director who incidentally has said it's quiet at present. Any thoughts? Could the credit crunch have anything to do with it?
And if anyone wants to come and see me am doing a One Act festival at The Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea in a play called 'Curses Foiled Again' for 1 night only on August 13th at 7.00p.m. (I think it is) will update.
Well, fair enough - I was hoping for clarification. Did the CD see you further before the audition? Or did they already know your work from somewhere? I suppose, depending on the part, it might have been assumed if your face fitted the bill, and your CV indicated good credits, you would be worth putting forward.
But I do think that that is an unusual 'gamble' for a casting director to take. Not on you personally, but just as a default - after all, if they have no notion whatever of what you sound like, come across like, act like, then how can they possibly judge how you will do at an audition?
I appreciate agents are sometimes known to take actors on 'spec', as it were, but generally on the condition of six months probation to see if they'll 'sell', and with the proviso that they will wish to see their client perform as soon as possible. But a casting director's reputation is always on the line whenever they put candidates forward for any part. So, I just find it odd that you could be put forward merely on the basis of a CV and a phone call. Is that the whole story?
Thanks aeveryone for all your comments I think at the end of the day you've got to choose your own path, this is an interesting industry to be part of and an unpredictable one, so am gonna go with my gut instinct. This question is for Marc Parry thanks for the e-mail Marc I really appreciate you e-mailing me on this subject, just wondering what kind of advice you can give me in terms of advancing in this industry and how you have advanced yourself. I have taken classes with various contact and so far this has been what has got me a lot of work, I was wondering if you could give me any possible direction that I could take. Thanks again everyone!!
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