073 - How to Book Commercials II - Arlene Schuster
Audrey Helps Actors Podcast
Jesse Lumen
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week Audrey Moore continues her discussion with commercial casting director Arlene Schuster and they talk about using costumes and props in auditions, what your commercial reel should look like, and how to navigate zoom callbacks!
Links:
Sag-Aftra webinar
SPONSORS:
Greg Safel - Voice Lessons and Singing Lessons - www.SingingLessonsLosAngeles.com
Credits:
Host: Audrey Moore
Produced by Jesse Lumen
Edited by Taylor Martorana
Mixed by Thomas Snodgrass
This episode's show music by Ari de Niro
Special thanks to Thomas Snodgrass for assistance with microphones, Aalok Mehta and 108 Hill for help with the theme song.
Other music and sound fx provided by Audio 4 Video, AR Sound, Sound Effects Public Domain, Ross Bugden and SFX and GFX.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. I'm Audrey Moore with Audrey Help Sactors and this is episode number 73. What's it going to be for you with self tape a 2021? |
| 0:14.0 | Today is part two with Arlene Schuster. That's Arlene Schuster over at ASG casting. Part one was so great. The episode was too long for me to do it in one episode. |
| 0:26.0 | So we did it in two and that episode, I don't know what you thought, but the first part is just so great, so informative. And this episode is no less fantastic and exciting. Today we talk about all sorts of things. We talk about eyeline behavior, dressing for the role, using your space, more ideas of what to practice with self tape. |
| 0:47.0 | May all of those sorts of things. And I just want to shout out real quick to everyone in self tape. May I am so inspired to you guys to just like sit there and just feel so inspired watching everyone because I do I feel like every single time I look and I see who's doing what and I look at all of the tapes and I'm just I'm so moved by all of the energy and enthusiasm and grit and passion that everyone has. |
| 1:15.0 | I also want to shout out all of the international participants today. Holly self tapes coming in from England. We got Peter self tape May from Norway. We've got Lauren Bailey actor coming in from Australia. |
| 1:32.0 | We've got Lynn self tapes coming in from Malaysia. We've got Chris San, I mean, she's been doing this for a long time coming in from Mexico, C, H, R, I, S, S, S, A, N, A, I, D coming in from Mexico. Hola, she says, hey girl. |
| 1:52.0 | Then we've got H, M, P, Y, C, T, H, S coming in from Canada, A, we've got Jen shape or self tape also from Canada, A, then we have Romanian Bianca, wrapping Romania. |
| 2:09.0 | We've got Hazel nut nut at Hong Kong. Hong Kong, you guys, it's so cool. We've got Steven Walker from Australia, he says from Australia. We've got self tapes by Meg's coming in from Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2:28.0 | It was like my additions. I don't know. Are they terrible? Who knows fine. The real Maria Jones coming in from Sweden. What's up? I am Jean Yeager coming in from Berlin. We've got Melanie practicing from Italy. Hey girl. Hey, and then we've got another |
| 2:48.0 | self tape Hansen from Norway. I just like love that Norway is chilling. I just love it. Get it you guys. Anna Victoria, H, C, coming in from Venezuela. And then we have Josephine crop also coming in from Melbourne, Australia. Oh, M, G you guys. |
| 3:06.0 | I love it so much. I love your international additions. I love when all of you are doing self tapes in different languages. Like I love that love love love it. And I'm just so excited. We've got several more incredible episodes coming at you. |
| 3:21.0 | You guys keep going. And again, if you haven't done any self tapes, this may just do like one, just start with one. Just put like a tape in your practice this month. Okay. |
| 3:35.0 | This episode is brought to you by Brad Greenquist. That's Brad Greenquist Brad's class.com. I know so many people who study with Brad to tremendous success. I really recommend him. Brad is a huge background in theater still does a lot of theater and can really help you adjust to using the camera to your advantage. |
| 3:56.0 | Also Greg Safel at singing lessons Los Angeles dot com body and voice ladies and gentlemen. You will work on your body and you will work on your voice. Greg Safel singing lessons Los Angeles dot com. |
| 4:09.0 | All right, guys. I hope you have a real self tape audition, do and I hope that you book it. |
| 4:15.0 | Audrey helps actors because they don't know anything. |
| 4:21.0 | What about in terms of, you know, looking at the camera or I lines or props or. |
| 4:28.0 | So I think what's really important is to always read the instructions of what the casting director sent. They may have a particular |
| 4:37.0 | line that they want you to use. If they don't mention it, read the script. If it looks like something that has to be straight into the lens, make sure it's into the lens. |
| 4:48.0 | So find the lens on your camera or there's three. You have to know which one is the three. So you guys know, like mine has three and I know which one is the one that I'm looking into. |
| 4:58.0 | Oh, didn't think about that because now I just got the 12. Yeah, if they tell you to look just slightly off of camera, just look off of the telephone to the right or to the left of the telephone. |
| 5:12.0 | What about behavior because I'm getting a lot of people who are really scared of behavior. I'm doing like a get your shit together series that will have aired by this and I'm talking to a lot of those actors just about their self tapes and props behavior. |
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