In the past few years, the requests for self-taped auditions were becoming more and more prevalent. Today, it’s the industry standard. It can be a gift and a curse for actors. Advantages include the freedom to work a scene until an actor feels like they've nailed it, and can choose and submit their best take. On the flip side, actors don't receive immediate feedback (or anything at all, most of the time) whereas in a live audition setting they're given additional information, notes, and/or re-directs from the casting director or production. Due to this new culture of self-taping, actors are auditioning “blindly,” relying solely on the barebones information provided in the breakdown and any coaching they may receive. In this webinar, Debbie Wittenberg, the owner of The Actors Concierge in L.A., will breakdown the craft of self-taping by providing tips, tools, do’s, and don’ts that will help you get callbacks and book auditions. She’ll go over the different techniques in approaching an audition, based on the genre and how the style and delivery vary for a sitcom vs. an hour-long drama or a feature film. She’ll provide guidelines for taping motion capture, performance capture, and video game auditions and cover other topics and frequently asked questions to help simplify the process for you. Debbie grew up in Chicago performing in theater, film, commercials and T.V. Her first professional theatre experience was landing the role of an orphan in "Annie Warbucks," the sequel, alongside the original creators of "Annie" and the late Harve Presnell as Daddy Warbucks. She became SAG-AFTRA at age 12 when she was cast as the younger Lili Taylor in the movie “Rudy.”

• published: 26 Oct 2020
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