In the big world of the entertainement business, everyone is an individual. Everyone in unique. Therefore, everyone must always “label” the file name of their documents with any and all submissions, whether for representation, submission on an audition or even for a callback/shortlist situation. Let’s start with a resume. Every resume should at least be […]
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Why you Never Retract a Submitted Audition, Unless You have a Doctor’s Note
In the entertainment industry, many talent have multiple representatives they work with to potentially increase their bookings to grow their resume. It’s a big boost to your ego to have so many options to receive opportunities from. There is a downside though, receiving the same audition from more than one representative. Let’s chat about what […]
Why are you SAG-AFTRA and Not FiCore?
In today’s world of acting, whether it’s on-camera or voice over, there is still a 4 way split of talent. Non-union talent account for a large amount of talent in the entertainment industry. These talent have no restrictions, because they are non-union. If a non-union talent does work a union project, they may or may […]
Can a Production Require All Talent Hired to be Current Union Members? Meaning SAG-AFTRA or Ficore?
The short answer is no. No, no, no! How do I know? I called SAG-AFTRA months ago and had a long discussion with them. If you receive an audition request or posting requesting talent who are only “union” talent, meaning SAG-AFTRA or Ficore, submit anyway even if you are not a union talent. A union […]
Why All Bookings MUST be Listed on Your Resume, Always
Frequently when reviewing new talent, we see talent who are advised from so called coaches to leave off parts of their bookings on their resumes. Some of the biggest genres of acting being left off is commercial and print bookings. The people who advise talent to leave off categories are misinformed and their coaching is […]
Renewals of Contracts in the Entertainment Industry
In the entertainment industry, there’s always work to do. In today’s world it’s more complicated than ever before to do the work of an entertainer/actor/model/voice talent due to our pandemic. Fortunately there are a few potential fringe benefits if you worked a job for a video or print production and the client was pleased with […]