22 February 2009

WILLARD

February 27, 2009 10:22 AM Filed in: The OutSide

We have 5 inside/outside cats here at the office, but we have only 1 house rat, Willard. He's about the same size as your average agouti, somewhat larger than a gray squirrel. Well, Willard got to removing all the dry cat food out of the dish on the shelf on the porch and storing it behind the trash can. Every night he would tote off and stash about 2 cups of dry food and he was getting fatter and fatter, but really pretty—shiny coat, bright eyes, pink toes, a fine specimen of Rattus norvegicus. Read More...

Hackberry Emperor—on the Flip Side

February 27, 2009 09:22 AM Filed in: My Garden

On a bright day in early September this little guy was sunning on a windowpane—a sorta dirty windowpane, but I don’t do windows. Besides, a less clean pane is easier to hang onto if you’re a butterfly. He was small enough that I could cover his wingspan with my thumb, but active enough to get my attention by rhythmically alternating his wing position from flat against the glass to folded vertically, and back . . . and forth . . and back . . and forth. Makes you wonder why. Probably a territory display since Emperors are quite territorial and aggressive toward other males. And it may look pretty sexy to cute little females too!
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Resumes That Work

February 26, 2009 10:27 AM Filed in: Career Tactics

Whenever you go to an audition, you are expected to leave the casting folks a headshot card, not just a snapshot, but an 8 x 10 headshot with your name pre-printed on the front side. Everybody knows that, but what a lot of people don’t think about is having a resume to accompany that headshot.
The acting business is a highly competitive field and your resume is a very important piece of information that can truly make the difference in getting selected for a part . . or not. If a choice comes down to two similar looking people who have comparable “reads” in an audition, and one leaves a resume and the other not, the odds favor the selection of the one with a good resume. Read More...

A Good Working Resume —Just the facts, mam.

February 26, 2009 09:32 AM Filed in: Career Tactics

Casting people are busy people. They have a lot of people to sort through in an unbearably short span of time, and they simply do not have the luxury to take as much time as you might like. So, it is up to you to give them the cleanest (fat free), most accurate, and up to date resume possible. Read More...

It's not only ABOUT you, it’s also UP to You.

February 25, 2009 02:08 PM Filed in: ATS/MJA

So, you have your photos in your portfolio book and you have your comp cards and headshot cards—your tools are in place, now what?
You may have amazing looks and talent but unless somebody sees and really notices you, very little, if anything will happen for you. How do you get that all important “exposure”?
Agents, scouts, casting directors are the people who first see you and form an impression of you in their minds. If you could personally go to a hotbed of modeling, acting, music and print like New York, Los Angeles, or Nashville, it would be great. But, think about it. What would it cost you to go to one of these fabulous places? Who would you go see? Could you get an appointment with anyone at a big agency and actually get to sit down with a person who can get you through the door? Then, how much time would or could such an agency give you to really get to know you and see the depth of your skills and talent?
And what if you needed to “make the rounds” and see more than one agency and go to more than one city . . . or even a half dozen locations across the country?
Gets a bit daunting, doesn’t it? Read More...