Auditions are inevitable in the career path of every actor. The acting skills of the actors are being evaluated during the auditions. Most often the casting directors select the actors during the auditions as they believe that an actor puts his best effort at auditions. So if you want to land in a role, you must put in your best performance at auditions.
The process of booking an actor for a role is done in few steps. The initial short listing is done based on your resume and headshot. The resume should be professionally prepared with accurate description and…
Avatar. The word that is on everyone’s lips as they are going to the movies. James Cameron’s epic film is not just visual masterpiece, but it is also an indication on the way film making is continuing despite the recession. With a price tag a little less than a government bailout, it shows a new trend in film making budgets.
When the credit market began to dry up in 2007, the entertainment industry once saw its flush coffers begin to dry. Most movies are made on credit, so when the money became scarce, so did film projects. Big name…
My name is Thomas Edward Seymour. I have been making Indie films for over twelve years now and believe it or not I’ve directed seven features, won 15 festival awards, and have been called one of the Top 20 Underground Filmmakers in the U.S. I’ve been interviewed and my films reviewed everywhere form the New York Times to NPR. More than likely your reaction to this is, “Well, I’ve never heard of you.” To which I answer, “Not many people have. Sucks for me huh?”
London Betty is my lucky number seven and I’m so very proud to be…
Most people have a somewhat rough idea of what filmmaking is all about. In this article we will try to go view the art and craft of filmmaking in an organized manner so that you can get a better idea of what it involves. First and foremost, what comes to your mind when someone utters the word filmmaking? Most people relate it to the movies and rightfully so because movies are the most popular expressions of filmmaking. However in reality there is more to filmmaking than creating movies. Broadly speaking there are two types of filmmaking, fiction and non-fiction.…
Filmmaking fascinates many people, even those who may not have any knowledge about filmmaking but would like to try their hand in it. Fortunately for such people amateur filmmaking has come of age with the proliferation of digital media. Earlier aspiring filmmakers only had film to work upon which was not affordable to everyone. Film cameras, even the low-end ones were quite expensive. But that’s past now with the rapid progress made by digital photography. In fact there are filmmaking enthusiasts who have been making movies with the cameras provided in their mobile phones! And anyway one cannot underestimate…