Steps To A Long, Strong, Successful Voice-Over Career

Steps To A Long, Strong, Successful Voice-Over Career

Written by Terry Berland @berlandcasting for Backstage Industry Expert Advice. I see many talent transition from on camera, theatre, film, comedy and Improv into a VO career. The voice-over field is wide open with many opportunities. If you are going to do it, do it...
Six Tips For Nailing Your Audition In Under A Minute

Six Tips For Nailing Your Audition In Under A Minute

Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. It’s quite a feat to deliver an unforgettable audition in under a minute, but that’s exactly what you have to do in a commercial audition as well as in any short dramatic scene for a film or TV show where you...
Understanding Commercial Regulations Is Good For Your Long-Term Career

Understanding Commercial Regulations Is Good For Your Long-Term Career

Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. (Photo Credit: Shutterbug) The actor union SAG-AFTRA was started, and exists, to protect actors from being taken advantage of.  Actors who have been in the union long term end up with a pension, are eligible...
What Is A Casting Director Looking For?

What Is A Casting Director Looking For?

Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. I like reading blogs about the industry. I wish I had time to read them all. A blog that comes up on occasion, not written by a casting director, tries to solve the big mystery of “What Is A Casting Director...