It could be my own personnal experiences , or perhaps this is a sign of the times . But I'm really fed up of being left waiting for a response to a self tape , or a personnal casting .
You know the situation , your required to submit your application before a certain date , so that the person casting has time to meet you , or consider your emailed self tape/link .
So you do your best to be available , learn a script , or at least read it enough to build a character .
Then silence , nothing , no contact , no email , no message , no texts . So in the meantime , you are left figuring out if the person is to busy to reply , or perhaps to bloody ignorant to send a simple yes or no .
Its even more annoying when the job is low budget affair , because your also trying to juggle money jobs in the real world , to make yourself available for the project . Ive lost money , purely on the strength of a job in the offing , because i got left dangling on a string .
Then , joke upon joke , when you announce you aren't available , the person who's been your contact , gets arsey because you say enough is enough , im not playing this game .
In less than 20 seconds of a clip or casting , you know , that the person who's casting tape you've viewed is right for a project . I dont want to hear the old sob story about , oh we've had so many people apply its been overwhelming . Mass email , mass text . Thanks for your application but you've not been successful this time .
What i dont appreciate is being ignored or worst still being fobbed off with oh im sorry we forgot to get back to you . It doesnt cut the mustard . Its rude , lazy and downright disrespectful .
