Succeeding at a Casting Call

Everything that is wrong with your life and everything that is right with your life is all your fault. Nobody can take anything from you. You either have it or you don't.

Likewise, you’re the only one who can make yourself look good in a casting call, so be proactive. Take note of the following advice:
Show up on time.
Be prepared for any readings that you have to do. The best way to prepare for that is to cold read newspaper articles or magazine articles.
Be very respectful to all of the people that you interact with, even other actors. A fellow actor could refer you later on. Show that you can work professionally with the casting director and anyone else attached to the production.
Follow up with an email or postcard or another small type of connection the next day.

More Youth Casting Call Tips

If you’re wondering how to become an actress or an actor, one of the first things you’ll need to aside from attending an acting school for training is to get used to the fact that you will have to attend a lot of auditions. Hundreds if not thousands of them. There are a number of types of auditions you may be going to, so it’s best to get the jargon down right off the bat.

Casting Call: This is usually an open-ended audition for which you may or may not need to have an agent book you. In general, casting calls can go on all day and you may have a window of time during which you are called in to audition.

Cattle Call/Open Call: This is similar to a casting call, but is much looser in terms of how it’s organized. You often do not need an agent to book you a slot. In fact, often there is no time slot for anyone; it’s first come, first auditioned.

Casting Director Audition: This is generally a specific appointment set up by your agent, during which you will read for a specific director.

Callback: Once you have passed the first round of auditions, you may be called back to read again. Often, these auditions will involve you reading sides from the play or film rather than having you perform prepared material.

Acting HeadShot

Professional Acting Headshots
Selecting a Headshot Photographer

When selecting a photographer, it is better to always use a photographer who specializes in headshots. Research different photographers, and ask contacts in the industry for recommendations. Ask to see the photographer’s previous work. It may be beter to use a photographer with a permanent studio; mobile studios are less trustworthy. Negotiate rates beforehand and get an agreement in writing before shooting begins.

Romans 12

The key to conquering:be a blessing to your enemies, (those who have betrayed and hurt you) You must provide for them in someway. Give them something of value.
Buy them a gift card for gas or groceries or cash...if they receive it (if they rejoice and are glad); blessings for the two of you and you can repair the relationship based on your good-heartedness and gesture of peace. Chances are...their heart is good and they will feel silly for how they treated you. But, if they do not it will be coals on their head.
I know this not because the Word says so...but from experience. Blessing enemies is rewarding.

Mad Scientist

I've been hearing lately people blaming others for their lack of success. It is such an immature stance to not take responsibility for ones own life and lack of achievement. How pathetic. Whether its an accusation of taking ideas or whatever.

It is simply impossible to take some body else's idea and execute it. You would have to be some type of mad scientist and then enter a brain and transfer the information to your brain and then use or actually put to work what you have retrieved. Even if that were possible the source of the idea, you as the mad scientist, will never be able to get...which is needed to implement. The mad scientist would never have the passion only the-step-by-step plans...and without passion, will and drive you will never be able to implement an idea of your own...not to mention someone else's. Mad scientist can only be found in a fictional world. So, if you have nothing, it is because you did not cultivate what God gave you...not because something was stolen from you.

"If you actually did the work of a builder, you will always know how to build. Like riding a bike...you never forget. You get on and ride. But if you never actually did the work, only said that you did; when you get on that bike you will struggle and perhaps fall."

you are a blind person holding a flashlight in a dark room.

GOOD SEARCH

Yahoo! is revamping its company. GoodSearch is a new search engine that is really Yahoo!
So, instead of "Googling" we could now "GoodSearch."
Perform a GoodSearch for: Bay Area Studios Foundation

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Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California on December 14, 1988.

Vanessa Anne Hudgens landed her first commercial when auditioning for a friend of hers who couldn't make it
and her first movie was "Thirteen" in 2003, followed by "Thunderbirds" in 2004.

She loves acting, singing and dancing, and has always put it all together in theater musicals.

Theater credits include "Evita," "Carousel," "The Wizard of Oz," "The King & I," "The Music Man," "Cinderella" and "Damn Yankees." Vannesa Anne Hudgens has had numerous guest roles on television series including "Quintuplets," "Still Standing," "The Brothers Garcia, and "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody."

Vannesa has also appeared on "Drake & Josh," playing Drake's girlfriend, Rebecca.
The actress rose to fame playing Gabriella Montez in the smash hit Disney Channel original movie "High School Musical."

Vanessa sang and danced her way into everyone's heart as a shy A-student who has to overcome her fear of performing on stage.
Vanessa released her debut album, entitled "V," on September 26, 2006.

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Fantasia Monique Barrino or simply Fantasia,

is an American R&B/soul singer and Broadway actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. After having the part of Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple, Fantasia is cast to be in the movie version of the musical.

SADA

Soulful Arts Dance Academy presents: Langston's Hugh's Black Nativity:A Gospel Song Play. It will be performed at the Palladium December 5th-7th. Admission is free.

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Angela Basssett Vance

Bassett attended Yale University and received her B.A. in African-American studies in 1980.



In 1983, she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama. At Yale, Bassett met her future husband Courtney B. Vance a 1986 graduate of the drama school. After graduation, Bassett worked as a receptionist for a beauty salon and as a photo researcher.


She soon looked for acting work in the New York theater. One of her first New York performances came in 1985 when she appeared in J.E. Franklin's Black Girl at Second Stage Theatre.



She appeared in two August Wilson plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre under the direction of her long-time instructor Lloyd Richards. The Wilson plays featuring Bassett were Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984) and Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1986).



In 2006, she had the opportunity to work on the Wilson canon again, starring in Fences (play) alongside longtime collaborator Laurence Fishburne at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.

Currently, she can be seen on NBC's ER on Thursdays.