As a full-time actor for over 30 years, I’ve worked with my fair share of agents in various markets. And while I’ve always known that agents work hard for their clients on a daily basis, I never fully understood what that meant until recently.
After a creative director who cast me for a print project recommended me to her producer friend who needed help finding actors for two different projects, I had a long talk with the producer and learned that she needed talent for two on-camera corporate gigs. There were a number of questions that needed answering before I could start the process of finding the right talent:
Types?
Ages?
Were they flexible with the ages?
Ethnicities?
Genders?
Is there a script?
Will the talent need to be teleprompter proficient?
Will the talent need to use an ear prompter?
What are the shoot dates?
Are there any conflicts I need to ask the talent about?
Will wardrobe be supplied? If not, what clothing should be brought?
How long will the shoot last?
Will there be a makeup artist or are talent expected to come camera ready?
Budget?
After going through this questioning process, I began to see why some actors get submitted and what prevents others from being submitted to
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