* ALL MY BOOKING BABIES
* CLASSES
* TONY ARKIN – NOT JUST AN AMAZING ACTOR AND MUSICIAN, BUT ALSO AMAZING REEL EDITOR
*36 STUDIO/PRECISION PHOTO – AN AWESOME PLACE TO PRINT, GREAT REHEARSAL STUDIOS…AND SEE BELOW FOR A PROMO CODE FOR AN EVEN BIGGER DISCOUNT!

hello, my lovlies, happy April fools!!!

slowly but surely it’s becoming more and more spring-”ish”… thank god…

just a quick thanks to those of you – who i really need to be thanking individually, but as most of you can see, i’m always flyin’ like a complete lunatic. so here goes…THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR REFERRALS! you all ROCK. really… i can’t thank you enough, and i can’t tell you all how much i love teaching you, watching you grow, and seeing you GETTING AGENTS AND BOOKING JOBS!!!!!

okay. before i start to well up and cry, lets talk about how much you all have kicked ass this month! nadia, began the luck at the begining of the month by scoring both web md, AND zyrtec  in the same week! kat  scored her own allergy medicine allegra, and recorded FOUR spots!!! i now have two kids who have dueling allergy meds – both booked in the same week!!! yeah to margot who has been submitting herself like and bandit and landed an on-camera industrial spot for Johnson & Johnson! carlita also booked duncan hines as well as an industrial for the cannes film festival. three cheers for jason griffith for booking alcatel mobile, And national and cable for CIBA Contacts/Eye care AND was put on hold for Aquafresh.  And YAY, my lovely joe Avellar, who’s off to Brussels to film a Duracel commercial! okay. if that’s not enough, yay to joelle who booked SGU, and Michael Philip… omg, i’m blanking… Jenevieve told me what you booked, but my brain is toast… and speaking of Jenevieve, she has officially sent out 7 out of 8 of you from my last evening in! and most of you, SEVERAL times! yay! once again, makin’ mama proud…

The next classes at phantom will be April 27th and May 4th, after this round of on-camera classes with fellow Casting Director Ian Weiss and myself. Our next evening in will be with a Casting Director. I will give out the name in about two weeks… can’t wait to sip wine and watch you peeps network!

AND NOW TO PLUG TWO GREAT BUSINESSES…

1. TONY IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, WHO COMES FROM ACTING LEGACY. HE IS AN AMAZING ACTOR, AND MUSICIAN. SO HE KNOWS WHAT ACTORS NEED, AND HE HAS AMAZING TIMING; SOMETHING ALL EDITORS MUST HAVE INHERENTLY WITHIN THEM. TONY HAS THAT. CHECK OUT HIS SITE, AND READ BOTH HIS AND HIS EDITING PARTNER’S BIOS. BOTH ARE EXTREMELY GIFTED, AND HAVE WON NUMEROUS AWARDS, IN DIFFERENT FACETS OF THIS BUSINESS. IF YOU NEED AN ACTOR’S REEL, OR YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE THAT NEEDS SOME GREAT EDITING WITH AWESOME FLOW, TONY AND JIM ARE THE PEEPS TO GO TO. HERE’S THEIR WEBSITE:

http://www.getreelgetreel.com/getreelabout.html

2. HAVE YOU HEARD OF 36TH STREET STUDIO?  PRECISION PHOTO???? WELL IF NOT, GET TO KNOW THEM!!!! MICHAEL, THEIR FEARLESS LEADER THERE IS AWESOME, AND IS OFFERING ANYONE I SEND TO HIM 20% OFF ALL PRINTING. HE ALSO HAS THREE GREAT REHEARSAL STUDIOS, THAT I PERSONALLY THINK HE’S GIVING AWAY FOR A SONG… CRAZY!!!!!! HE ALSO HAS A LOVELY, RECEPTION AREA, AND FREE COFFEE AND WIFI! HE WANTS EVERYONE TO FEEL AT HOME THERE, AND I THINK HE’S SUCCEEDING IN HIS MISSION.  HIS WORK IS GREAT, AFFORDABLE, AND FAST! SO, CHECK IT OUT! 260 W. 36TH ST, 3RD. FLOOR. 212-302-2724.  GREAT PLACE TO KNOW, FOLKS. AND IF YOU TELL HIM I SENT YOU, OR USE THIS PROMO CODE: NYACT, YOU’LL GET THAT 20% OFF ALL YOUR PRINTING…AND DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE REHEARSAL SPACES…

THATS ALL FOR NOW!  HAPPY SPRING INTO ACTION, PEOPLE!

dor

dor

http://www.dorianeelliott.com

212.873.9500/718.309.5508

on my down time here, i thought i’d go through some headshots and voice over demos that were piling up on my desk back in nyc – specifically ones that were from a NYC AFTRA open door we had at the recording studio over at Phantom Audio. that was a little over two months ago, and i’m finally getting the chance to listen to the demos and review the pictures and resumes now. yes, when things get crazy, it can take up to that amount of time – or longer – for an agent or a casting director to get back to you, so don’t lose faith, you may just get some feedback after all…

after sorting through all the headshots – and listening to all of the demos – and writing my comments and suggestions for both – this is what i realized, and i’ll list my gripes in order of frustration:

1. even though these NYC actors all had some great credits on their resumes, a lot of their headshots were either blurry, still black and white, or just plain boring.

2. not everyone had a vo demo, but were coming to audition and IMPRESS upon the fact that they were working vo artists… not good, peeps. (only two of them let me know they wanted to get into doing vo’s. those peeps i applaud.)

3. MOST of the demos i listened to were…either very old and dated, poorly recorded/produced, or just plain boring with no range. only three out of 20 something stood out… yikes…

4. 2 demos didn’t even play – it was just a bunch of digital noise blasting at me when i hit the play button…. ya GOTTA check your cd’s on a player, folks – NOT a computer – to make sure they will play on anything!!!!

5. (and this was my biggest pet peeve) many did not have an EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!! wha?????? i couldn’t believe it. only numbers… come on, folks. get with it! honestly, you should all have your own websites at this point, let alone an email address where we can contact you when we want…so, lovely actors. make yourselves be known to the world with a simple click. (that would be your website.) and let yourselves be reachable at any time of the day or nite for email… don’t let what happened to those who were NOT prepared bite you in the butt as well…

my next blog is going give you the names and descriptions of the ONLY website master and photographer that i ever send my students to… they rock… tune in!!!!

that’s all for now!

yes, i blog for two (and only two) sites. mine, and mike’s of newyorkacting.com. there, you’ll find hot tips on the auditioning process, what to wear (and what NOT to) doing your homework when it comes to finding a new coach or producer of your vo demo reels, classes, my tried-and-true technique of F,F,S, range, branding yourself, commercial and voice-over classes, and the friggin’ list goes on. i’ll be blogging here as well, so feel free to click on both.

today i had a long casting session. i cast at phantom here in nyc (http://www.phantomaudio.com) for the voice for a big campaign. not an easy task, as the talent (as always) was amazing, but the clients weren’t sure which direction to go in. and as this voice will be the voice of a huge campaign, AND the  voice of an animated creature, it was tough… it’s so much easier when there’s a specific direction –  the voice of a human…

kudos to my students who came in and nailed it, though. made me proud, for sure. it’ll be interesting for SURE who books it. the copy was amazing, which helped a ton – three very well written, very witty spots. whoever books it is sure gonna have fun in the studio…and for those students who sat with me and watched the process – for damn near the whole session, good for you. what a way to learn…a gift i get at casting where i cast, and a gift i can give to all my “kids”. i’m lucky to be able to have you guys there  in with me while i cast…. oooooh, lucky me, lucky you!

* ON CAMERA COMMERCIAL CLASS IS FILLED, (PLEASE CHECK LIST FOR ACCURACY) AND TAKING A POLL ABOUT ADVANCED OC CLASS WITH MY CO-COACH AND FELLOW CASTING DIRECTOR IAN WIESS FOR AN INTENSIVE
* THIS WEEK’S BIGGEST BOOKER!!!!!!!!!
* TIME SLOTS LEFT FOR PRIVATE COACHING
* YAY! KAT’S IN AN OFF-B’WAY PLAY – SEE FLYER BELOW!!!!!
* NEED SOME WORK ON YER BOD BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS? CHECK OUT THE FLYER UNDER KAT’S… JUST KEEP ON SCROLLING!

*OKAY! FIRST OF ALL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO MY VO CLASSES AT PHANTOM, YOU ROCKED! GOOD FOR YOU! I HAD A GREAT TIME KICKING YOUR BUTTS, FOR SURE! ALWAYS A PLEASURE (NOT JUST TO BE KICKING YOUR BUTTS, BUT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE, AS WELL. LOVE ALL OF YOU, AND I’M SO LUCKY TO HAVE THE COOLEST ACTORS AS MY “KIDS”.

SO. IAN AND I WILL BE STARTING OUR NEXT SESSION OF ON-CAMERA CLASSES STARTING THIS WED. HERE’S WHO WE HAVE AS CONFIRMED:

LINDA
NANCY
ANTHONY – YOU SAID YOU WANTED IN, BUT AREN’T YOU TEACHING???
ANNA
LIZ
…SO, IF ANTHONY IS IN FACT TEACHING, I HAVE ROOM FOR ONE MORE…AMANDA???

ALSO, FOR THOSE O F YOU ADVANCED ACTORS, IAN AND I WERE THINKING OF DOING AN INTENSIVEON-CAMERA CLASS. TWO SATURDAY MORNINGS, 3 STUDENTS… ANYONE IN? FROM 10 – 1PM…HANDS, PLEASE…

*OKAY. ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BRIAN CADE, WHO SEEMS TO BE KICKING MAJOR ARSE LATELY….JUST BOOKED THE BEN BRIDGE ACCOUNT. AND I MEAN ACCOUNT. 7 SPOTS AND COUNTING SO FAR, AND HE’S EVEN GOING IN TO DO MORE NORTH FACE STUFF…. BRIAN… YOU’RE MAKIN’ MAMA SOOOOO PROUD! OOOOOH, SO LOVE IT WHEN MY STUDENTS HIT THE JACKPOT…YAHHHOOOOO! (AND CHECK OUT THE BODY WORK BELOW – THAT’S HIS WIFE, CAITLIN…)

* WHAT’S LEFT FOR THIS WEEK AS FAR AS PRIVATE COACHING SESIONS – BARRING CASTING SESSIONS THAT I CAN’T MOVE:

MONDAY – 4PM

TUE – 11:30, 12:30, 1:30

WED – 12:30, 1:30

THURS – 1, 3, 4, 5

FRIDAY – 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30

NOW, SEE THE FLYERS BELOW. COME AND JOIN ME TO CHEER KAT ON, AND CHECK OUT HOW TO GET A FREE WORKOUT SESSION…

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here’s what i’m getting, and it’s getting me down: people are coming to me after having spent waaaaayyyyy too much money with coaches who a. have no real connection to this industry, but are full of great hype b. have no business “producing” demos, when they’ve never even recorded or edited a single spot for air – let alone a national spot and c. SAY that they’re successful vo artists, when in fact, they’re not. this get’s me fumed, i have to admit.

as a new york casting director, i know who walks through my doors. i know if i’ve never seen these people (or HARDLY ever seen them) in my 15 years of casting, and i know what a competitive demo is supposed to sound like. and what i’m hearing, AINT great. not good at all. furthermore, a lot of these “coaches” and “producers” are charging waaaay too much for these lessons, and these terrible demos.

i used to think “hey. it’s a means to an end for these folks. it’s not my problem if people don’t do their homework and really research these ‘professionals’.” but it seems to becoming more and more my problem, as more and more people come to me with not great experiences, and demos that need to be edited and manipulated at the very least… or completely re-worked.

so, actors. PLEASE do your homework. do your research. whoever you choose, know that you made a choice NOT based on hype, or slick adveritsing. cuz in the end, it’s only gonna waste your precious time, and your precious dinero… that’s all for now…

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dor

212-873-9500

http://www.dorianeelliott.com

here’s what i’m getting, and it’s getting me down: people are coming to me after having spent waaaaayyyyy too much money with coaches who a. have no real connection to this industry, but are full of great hype b. have no business “producing” demos, when they’ve never even recorded or edited a single spot for air – let alone a national spot and c. SAY that they’re successful vo artists, when in fact, they’re not. this get’s me fumed, i have to admit.

as a new york casting director, i know who walks through my doors. i know if i’ve never seen these people (or HARDLY ever seen them) in my 15 years of casting, and i know what a competitive demo is supposed to sound like. and what i’m hearing, AINT great. not good at all. furthermore, a lot of these “coaches” and “producers” are charging waaaay too much for these lessons, and these terrible demos.

i used to think “hey. it’s a means to an end for these folks. it’s not my problem if people don’t do their homework and really research these ‘professionals’.” but it seems to becoming more and more my problem, as more and more people come to me with not great experiences, and demos that need to be edited and manipulated at the very least… or completely re-worked.

so, actors. PLEASE do your homework. do your research. whoever you choose, know that you made a choice NOT based on hype, or slick adveritsing. cuz in the end, it’s only gonna waste your precious time, and your precious dinero… that’s all for now…