NYCastings - DirectSubmit » self taping https://www.nycastings.com Casting Tools for Casting Directors and On-Camera Talent Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:20:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS SERIES: Ellen Abrams – Acting Coach, Casting Director, Actress https://www.nycastings.com/advice-from-the-experts-series-ellen-abrams-acting-coach-casting-director-actress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=advice-from-the-experts-series-ellen-abrams-acting-coach-casting-director-actress https://www.nycastings.com/advice-from-the-experts-series-ellen-abrams-acting-coach-casting-director-actress/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2021 21:17:44 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=21956 For this installment of ‘Advice From the Experts’, we met up in Los Angeles with a woman who really puts the ‘multi’ in multi-talented. Ellen Abrams, or Ellie as her friends call her, is a Casting Director, Acting Coach, Actress and Writer, splitting her time between Los Angeles and her home state of Minnesota. After […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/advice-from-the-experts-series-ellen-abrams-acting-coach-casting-director-actress/feed/ 0 Award-Winning Casting Director Michael Donovan On Respecting Actors And Being ‘The Theater Guy’ of L.A. https://www.nycastings.com/award-winning-casting-director-michael-donovan-on-respecting-actors-and-being-the-theater-guy-of-l-a/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=award-winning-casting-director-michael-donovan-on-respecting-actors-and-being-the-theater-guy-of-l-a https://www.nycastings.com/award-winning-casting-director-michael-donovan-on-respecting-actors-and-being-the-theater-guy-of-l-a/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:07:19 +0000 https://www.nycastings.com/?p=14576 New York native and L.A. transplant Michael Donovan has been involved in show business for a very long time. In fact, reading his CV, you start to wonder if the guy ever sleeps. His recent four Artios award nominations brings his total to 30 noms, with 7 wins racked up so far. “I’m pretty much […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/award-winning-casting-director-michael-donovan-on-respecting-actors-and-being-the-theater-guy-of-l-a/feed/ 0 Self-Taping Auditions: Five Essentials and Five Things to Avoid at All Costs https://www.nycastings.com/self-taping-auditions-five-essentials-and-five-things-to-avoid-at-all-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-taping-auditions-five-essentials-and-five-things-to-avoid-at-all-costs https://www.nycastings.com/self-taping-auditions-five-essentials-and-five-things-to-avoid-at-all-costs/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:57:15 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=12041 We live in a digital age, there’s no getting around it. Virtually everything is available on demand at the touch of a button, and that includes castings and auditions. This is great news for the busy actor–how much easier it is to send in a video audition rather than schlep across town and wait for […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/self-taping-auditions-five-essentials-and-five-things-to-avoid-at-all-costs/feed/ 0 Getting Over the Weirdness: How Watching Yourself Act on Video Can Improve Your Craft https://www.nycastings.com/getting-over-the-weirdness-how-watching-yourself-act-on-video-can-improve-your-craft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-over-the-weirdness-how-watching-yourself-act-on-video-can-improve-your-craft https://www.nycastings.com/getting-over-the-weirdness-how-watching-yourself-act-on-video-can-improve-your-craft/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:42:02 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=10622 As actors we deal with a lot of pressures that people in the ordinary working world don’t have to worry about. For instance, if you work in a cubicle you can kind of lay low and hide out if you’re having an off-day. Not so if your job puts you in front of a camera […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/getting-over-the-weirdness-how-watching-yourself-act-on-video-can-improve-your-craft/feed/ 0 10 Tips for Self-Taping a Great Audition Clip https://www.nycastings.com/10-tips-for-self-taping-a-great-audition-clip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-tips-for-self-taping-a-great-audition-clip https://www.nycastings.com/10-tips-for-self-taping-a-great-audition-clip/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:29:29 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=9806 “Oh, brave new world, that has such people in it!”  –William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” Imagine for a second an actor from Shakespeare’s troupe transported forward in time to today. If this poor, confused actor from the Middle Ages survived the initial shock without soiled pantaloons or a heart attack, he or she would surely become […]

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]]> https://www.nycastings.com/10-tips-for-self-taping-a-great-audition-clip/feed/ 0 1 GREAT TIP to Become a Better Actor https://www.nycastings.com/1-great-tip-to-become-a-better-actor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-great-tip-to-become-a-better-actor https://www.nycastings.com/1-great-tip-to-become-a-better-actor/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:51:36 +0000 http://www.nycastings.com/?p=6537 Here is 1 great Tip to becoming a Better and more Successful Actor. Many people think the only way to become a better Actor is to take classes constantly, which is a great way to learn from a seasoned professional, get your techniques down and become better at working within a group, but it costs a […]

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