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Bookmark or Share- What is a “table read”? - Acting AnswersUsually, the table read of a play still being workshopped is a read that is similar to what I’ve already described – to help the production team work out the kinks. But later, as the play is cast, the table read begins the process of melding the cast together, getting reads and timing down, generating performance notes from the director and ...
- How do I create the perfect acting resume? | Acting AnswersWhen you design your resume, remember that the casting director will be looking at it quickly, so you need to draw her eye to the most important items on the page. The resume itself should be clean, easy to read, not cluttered with inappropriate content, and should help form a great impression on the casting director as quickly as possible.
- What does “plus 10” mean? - Acting AnswersBe aware that this “plus 10” payment structure is more likely to be on the table from the beginning if the acting job you’re up for is a commercial or an industrial production. Although it’s not unheard of for theatrical productions to be plus 10, it’s far more rare for those productions to be willing to pay the 10% separately.
- Walkaway meal - Acting AnswersActors have negotiated for and won very clear requirements for being fed when on set. But from time to time, and at the discretion of the production company, the cast and crew will be given an hour to go to nearby restaurants, or just munch from the craft services table, without a prepared meal.
- What is a script supervisor? - Acting AnswersAll of this attention to detail is meticulously recorded, by hand, in a thick, three-ring bound copy of the script, with cryptic markings and notes, telling whoever should read it next (the editors and directors, usually) exactly what to expect from the raw footage they’re about to piece together, what scenes have been shot, and what scenes ...
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