Monday Myth Debunkers – Two Takes Are Better Than One.

When in doubt, send 2 takes, right?โ 
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Weโ€™ve covered this topic before but it felt time for a little refresh โœจโ 
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To start off, you should always default to the instructions given to you by the casting office. โ 
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If they ask for 2 takes, give them 2 takes. โ 
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If the role is a one-liner, a general rule is that it is fine to send 2 ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ takes (mean 2 different choices).โ 
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If the role is not a one-liner and you were not asked to send in 2 takes? ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‡โ 
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Reminder that if your tape was requested, itโ€™s going to be watched in some capacity. โ 
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And if we think your read is along the lines of what we are looking for, weโ€™re going to watch both takes. โ 
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But when a scene is 3-4 minutes long and many actors are sending us multiple takesโ€”this eats up a ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ of time. โ 
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Especially when those multiple takes are edited into one file. โ 
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What happens if we think youโ€™re really right for a role but we know that your second take is likely the winner?โ 
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We are either stuck having to edit out the first take ๐™ค๐™ง if we are very short on time and already have 9 other selects we like, that very factor might be the thing that sways us into not sending your tape. โ 
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๐™€๐™š๐™ !!โ 
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Actors, this is ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ an easy circumstance to avoid:โ 
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1. IF the casting office asks for multiple takes, please, upload them as separate files.โ 

2. If the casting office DOESNโ€™T ask for multiple takes, use your #actorinstincts to choose your best take.โ 


3. If the role is a one-liner, send 2 ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ takes.โ 
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The more you help us, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.โ 
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Remember: #sameteamโ 
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#themoreyouknow #thecastingdirectorscut #mondaymythdebunker #workingactor

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