When crafting your reel, what criteria comes to mind?
Showing us the best of the best, most likely, and also making sure you’re showing enough range.
But what exactly do we mean by “range?”
A range of characters? Range of emotion?
We sort of mean both. The range of 𝗬𝗢𝗨 and your ability as an actor.
But what we don’t mean, is a digital pie chart of characters you could play.
You are not a pie chart.
You are an actor. You are a person.
If buttoned up lawyers don’t feel authentic to you, please, please, please 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭.
We do *not* need see a list of characters you can play.
Rather, we want to see many facets of 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Your emotional range, the range of your 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
We don’t need to see you “play a doctor” to know that you’re trained enough to handle a medical role.
Promise.
Focus on the roles that 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 with you vs. the ones you 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 we need to see.
𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕦𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟.
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