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CastingLingo

Understanding TV/film casting lingo

April 22, 2013 by The NYC Actor 1 Comment

Lead, Co-lead, Principal, featured, background, supporting, U-5. These are the titles of some of the various roles in any given film/TV casting. But understanding what all these mean can be tricky and if you are unfamiliar with the lingo it can dampen your experience on set – especially if you mistake a featured role for […]

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I am doing background work at the moment, is it best to do a lot of it even stuff not in NYC?

December 21, 2012 by The NYC Actor 0 Comments

It depends. I would say do as much of it as you want to and if it is exciting/inspiring to you. But, I should tell you that extra work basically never leads to anything else. It’s good resume-building stuff, but this idea people have of being discovered by the director because of the great background […]

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Acting Advice

Ask Me! – Extra work without credits?

January 24, 2012 by The NYC Actor 0 Comments

Anonymous asked How do you become an extra actor/actress in NYC with no acting experience? Sign up with Casting Networks and submit to every background posting you see as soon as you see it. The earlier you submit, the more likely you are to be called. You can also submit a headshot to Grant Wilfley Casting.

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