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...
How To Turn A Bad Audition Partner Into A Good Audition Experience

How To Turn A Bad Audition Partner Into A Good Audition Experience

Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. It is a given if you have a good audition partner that you have a good audition experience and you walk out of the audition feeling like you have a good shot at the call back. Let’s define what a good...
Relationships Between Talent, Casting Directors, Agents And Managers

Relationships Between Talent, Casting Directors, Agents And Managers

Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. Living in the age of on-line and self-submissions, self-taping, and massive competition, in the commercial acting world, I am finding talent is not understanding the importance of the relationship between...