Written for Casting Networks News by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. (Photo Credit: Shutterstock) Acting is a fickle business with no job security or guarantees. The desire to pursue it is in your blood; it’s a calling. To stay in it, you have to believe and keep on...
Written for The Networker by Terry Berland @berlandcasting. As an actor, the casting director is the one obvious person on the front line whose attention you’re striving to get. The casting director is regarded as the gatekeeper, responsible for selecting the right...
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...
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...
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...
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...
