When a person arrives for an in person talent
audition they better have a good personality and be
ready to show it. No one want to have to work at getting
you to show me your personality. However, we don't need
people to come in dressed up in cow costumes or acting like
a crazy character unless they just want to end up on outtake
footage on shows like American Idol. For instance, on Fear
Factor they went and set up a bar event people would come
in with live roaches and eat them in front of them. That
put the casting company, bar, and applicant in jeopardy
so just be yourself, it's really that simple. The directors
and the producers are looking for people who might lack
street smarts but have a strong business and educational
background or people with street smarts lacking the business
background. At the end of the day you have to assume a person
like 50 Cent feels that if you're going to be players in
the game you need both the business and street smart combo.
The best advice you will hear from everyone in talent
casting is to be YOU and be YOURSELF, we can tell when
you're putting on a show. Lastly, follow the application
instructions. If you are asked to place your phone number
on your video and you forget to, they don't have time to
track you down and will move onto the next talent. So be
prepared and properly label your headshot, resume and videos.
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