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Do I Need A Demo Reel?

“Do I really need a demo reel to get started?” We get asked this question a lot. So today, we’re gonna talk about it. Do you need a demo reel to get started in a minor market like Arizona? No. You don’t. Okay, that’s the blog for today. Thanks for reading. I kid, I kid. …

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How To Take Your Little To An Audition

May I brag for a hot second? Of course I can. It’s my blog. My little dude Jack has turned into a booking monster this year. He’s so much cooler than I am, guys. He’s had three large commercial jobs in the last month. Matthew and I have adopted a technique as coaches (and now …

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Dressing The Part: Commercial Mom

Hey actors! We get asked a lot here at the studio about dressing for an audition. So today, we’re gonna talk about it. First of all, conventional wisdom suggests that you never dress for the role, but rather suggest it. I just wanted to get that out right at the top, in case I lose …

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Make Noise.

Let out a yawn. Do it. It feels fantastic. Now do a another one. Bigger this time. Really let a sound go. It’s amazing how much sound we can make with such little effort or strain. We were created to make sound, to send ideas with fluidity and ease. But most of us don’t. The …

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How to Become a Commercial Actress? 3 TIPS

So you’re wondering how to become a commercial actress, right? A good question, especially if you live in a small acting market where commercials will become your primary source of income as an actor. After all, whichever market you’re in, you’ll need to know where to find auditions. Well, I’m here to tell you that you …

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Time to Make Some Acting Goals

Even if you aren’t one for New Year resolutions–whose resolutions legitimately last longer than two weeks?–you should be one for setting reasonable acting goals for each upcoming year. Acting goals are critical to your career because it is so very easy to become lazy, discouraged, and jaded in the entertainment industry. It is also easy …

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It’s All about Relationships

There are many fascinations in life, but it seems the human species is wired to make life about connections, about relationships. True, film and television in particular create a whole lot of expertly choreographed action sequences, invent futuristic technology, explore theoretical physics, weave intricate plots, and introduce concepts believed to be new. And while these …

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Don’t Badmouth Any Acting Jobs

Whether you enjoy new, up-and-coming, or star status as an actor, you will inevitably take on roles that don’t excite you and projects in which you cannot fully believe. Perhaps the character is two-dimensional or inconsistent. The writing is elementary. The plot has holes the size of the Pacific Ocean. The acting is poor. The …

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Thought-based Acting

The average human entertains approximately 70,000 thoughts per day. Whether erroneous, spontaneous, carefully calculated, based on fact, or imaginatively crafted; controlled, or allowed free rein; thoughts inform our every decision and contribute to the very foundation of who we are. If the art of acting is realism, and art should imitate life, should not characters …

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Space Work

Space work is a crucial part of improv, but with advancing technology, it has become integral to green screen and other special effects work. The term “space work” merely refers to the technique of creating your environment with your imagination. In the world of improv, any environment, no matter how seemingly ridiculous, can become reality. …

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