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Just a quick gripe here. Every day I get a lot of casting submissions across my desk. And those which annoy me most are those which contain too much or too little information about the actor.
When you write to a CD start with a friendly opening, a line about what you're going for, a SHORT paragraph about who you are, and then a link to your showreel, etc, then your closing
Today, for example, I had an email with CV & headshot attachments (good) and then no content whatsoever! Not only rude but useless as well! And then I also had one about 1,000 words long with their life story - utterly pointless and a waste of time all round.
Please, when you submit for a job, keep it short, keep it simple, keep it professional, keep it polite.
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Wow! Love this Jenny "Please, when you submit for a job, keep it short, keep it simple, keep it professional, keep it polite." It applies to so many areas of life. Great advice. Thankyou.
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Unfortunately, many actors don't want to do the research necessary to understand what is "industry standard", and then more specifically what are the preferences of the person they are contacting.
For instance, my agent of 20 years still requires mailed submissions of headshots/resumes for new talent inquiries. Partly for how they like to run their process internally, but also because it discourages some actors who don't want to go through the "work" of mailing something. It weeds out some of the actors who aren't truly motivated.
Yes been film since childhood looking for extra work