Submission notes are a feature that AA/BD offers that allows both actors and reps to include a note to casting when submitting yourself to a project.
Seems like a great opportunity to make your submission stand out or communicate with casting, right?
Maybe… 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵.
Sometimes an office may specifically ask you to notate a special skill or level of experience (i.e. military experience or dance). In that case, please do use the submission notes to be as clear and concise as possible. “12+ years ballet experience” is a perfect example.
If they don’t ask for anything specific, most of the times, 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.
Notes like “would really love to be brought in for this!” or “would love to be on this show” are redundant. If you didn’t want/think those things, you probably wouldn’t be submitted.
We know you’re submitted because you want the audition. Period.
Make sure you watch out for generic pitches, as well.
Sometimes actors (and reps) will use pre-written pitches in the submission notes. And many times, these pitches are quite outdated.
Every CD has encountered a submission for a show the actor has already worked on, with that information in the submission notes.
Example: “So and so just booked a recurring guest star on Grey’s Anatomy.”
Why yes, we are aware, as we hired them for Grey’s Anatomy 2 months ago. And now they are somehow being submitted for the show… again.
Take the time to avoid these types of situations. While they are sometimes comical to us, they also take away valuable time.
𝕂𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝟙𝟘𝟘% 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.
Everything else can be left for the resume or a pitch email.
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