Monday Myth Debunkers: Your Self Tape Needs to be Perfect.

You flubbed a line. Your reader didn’t pick up that cue fast enough. Your dog barked. ⁠ ⁠ 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺.⁠ ⁠ And we know that. ⁠ ⁠ This is your reminder that we are not looking for perfection. ⁠ ⁠ In fact, we’ve never sought perfection!⁠ ⁠ And that’s because it’s impossible, especially for an audition. ⁠ ⁠ Even in the room, if you flubbed a line but the intention was spot on? We’re probably not going to …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: If You Don’t Get a Redirect…

That moment when you’ve finished the audition and you’re doing calculus in your head to try and figure out what the CD meant by, “That was great, we don’t need to do it again.” 🧮➕🧐💭⁠ ⁠ And the ruminating thoughts that follow and even haunt you?⁠ ⁠ We get it. ⁠ ⁠ 𝘞𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰.⁠ ⁠ That’s why today’s #mondaymythdebunker is about giving you some peace of mind in regards to getting a redirect… or not. ⁠ ⁠ 1️⃣ Every …

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Monday Myth Debunkers: Your Self Tape is a Short Film.

Pilot season has us like 😵‍💫 so please excuse today’s 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 Myth Debunker.⁠ ⁠ We’re coming in with a hot myth today 🔥⁠ ⁠ Music, sound effects, title cards, sets—make your self tape stand out as much as possible, right?⁠ ⁠ 🚫🚫🚫⁠ ⁠ 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.⁠ ⁠ While we greatly appreciate your passion, effort and creativity, the fact is: your self tape is an audition and nothing else. ⁠ ⁠ 2 main reasons you should not …

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