5 Steps To Winning Casting Calls

It’s 11am and you’ve been waiting impatiently for the last 2 hours. You’re palms are clammy and your heart is pounding as the casting director calls out your name. You slowly and tentatively make your way to the stage. In your mind you’re thinking to yourself that you’re going to stink up this audition like you did the last one. Even though you were prepared for the last audition it was a total failure because your nerves got the best of you. You hate when this happens but there’s no time to worry about it now because it’s show time.

Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation to where no matter how hard you tried you didn’t feel you had the confidence to perform at peak levels?  You know you’re good but it’s always hard to nail those auditions.  As soon as you start thinking about your audition you get those butterflies that come up, and you wonder whether or not you’re prepared for the task ahead.  You don’t trust yourself and you second guess your every attempt to succeed.  If you’ve ever felt overcome by your nerves at an audition then read on and learn the top 5 Steps to Unbeatable Casting Calls.

Commitment: The first step to ensuring an unstoppable casting calls is to make sure that you have made a commitment to be successful. You have to put all trivial things aside and you have to develop a focus, a practice and a will to act that is second to none. Commitment has power in it and when you show the world a forceful commitment the world will rally around that commitment and mysteriously come to your aid in all things. I know this may sound a little fluffy but it’s true. All successful men and women in the performance arts and otherwise have made an undying commitment to their art and expression. You have to make that same commitment and have faith and belief that your commitment will be rewarded. In addition, one way of strengthening that commitment is by constantly practicing your craft and constantly seeking new ways to learn, grow and develop personally.”

Do you have a burning desire to reveal the many dimensions of your soul through the performing arts?  Are you an entertainer looking to be discovered or looking for the kind of role that will take your career to the next level?    If you’re here now then you are in the right place because this website reveals the top 5 things every performer must know to land the best jobs.

Skill/Personal Growth:  The third step to ensuring an unstoppable casting call is to make a commitment to develop your skills and dedicate some of your time and energy to personal growth.  I am sure that you are an awesome performer but you have to come to the realization that there is much that you do not know about performing and about the entertainment industry.  You have to be sensible enough to recognize what you don’t know and set out to get those skills.  You have to put in some time studying your craft in an intense and committed way if you want to stand out at auditions.  You have to seek out the best acting coaches and industry professionals and become their students.  You do not have to have face to face sessions with these coaches but you do need to find out who they are and read their books, watch their interviews on television, go see their movies, or contact them directly if you want to benefit from the years of knowledge and understanding they have to offer.  Preparing for success is s full time job but when the opportunity arises luck will be on your side.

Secondly, you have to get involved in the world of self-development.  What self-development will help you do is get rid of those beliefs that hold you back and change your mindset in a way that prepares you for success.  Self-development involves learning, as well as, going beyond the spiritual, mental, and physical limits that you have set for yourself.  Self-development means getting rid of the bad habits you picked up from family and friends while growing up and it also means enhancing the good habits you developed from those same people.  Self-development means making a conscious effort to become better at who you are and what you do.

Preparation: Thesecond step to ensuring an unstoppable casting call is it to be prepared. Confucius, China’s most famous teacher says “Success depends on previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” In the movie industry there is a lot of talk about how luck plays a big part in the roles you get as well as how your career advances. The famous Roman philosopher, dramatist, and politician Seneca said that “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

There are no cutting corners when it comes to being prepared for success. You have to make a commitment to practice your art everyday. You have to make a commitment to study and model the success of others. You have to set it in you mind that you are going to be the best performer ever and you have to dedicate yourself to the practice that will take you there.

Presence/Appearance: The fourth step to ensuring an unstoppable casting call is to improve your presence and your appearance.  The performing arts, and especially the movie, television, and modeling industries, are very visual in nature.  Although many people think that it’s unfair that there is so much focus on looks in entertainment, they will have to get over it because that’s not going to change.  It’s just the nature of the beast.  You can be the best performer in the world but if you don’t have a natural presence and you are not presentable then your journey to success will be long and laborious.  The good thing is that it is relatively easy for you to develop a compelling presence and there are many resources available for you to use in enhancing your personal appearance.  As far as developing a natural presence that comes with your commitment to self-development and personal growth.  Doing things like working out at the gym, reading books, boning up on current events, and spending some quiet time with yourself are all very powerful ways to increase your mental, physical, and spiritual presence which ultimately transmits to your stage performance.

Also, the services that are available for helping us change our outward appearance are plentiful now-a-days.  There are procedures available to alter our appearance from head to toe.  If you are dealing with appearance issues whether it’s your hair, your eyes, your teeth or any other part of your body you should consider finding a service that will help you overcome this obstacle and you should include these changes as a part of your career development.  Keep in mind that if you do explore these options that you only make the changes that you want to make that you believe will help you feel more yourself.  Only make changes that others suggest if you feel they won’t compromise who you are or who you want to be.  Also, take your time and investigate thoroughly the options that exist and always make safety the number one priority when considering cosmetic changes.

Communication: The fifth and final step to ensuring an unstoppable casting call is to become a master communicator. The arts are all about communication. You have to become a compelling communicator. You have to find ways to communicate the brilliance of your soul. You have a special voice that needs to be heard. There is something unique about you that’s crying out for expression and you have to become a master communicator to express that message of your soul. When you see people that are successful on the big screen, you are not only seeing their acting skills but you are also seeing the brilliance of their magnificent soul shining through. You are seeing the hard work, discipline and dedication to success that so many people seek. You are seeing a glimpse into your own soul and the possibilities the lie therein. Succeeding is about letting your true self rise to the surface and letting it shine for all to see.

Communication is also about your ability to persuade. You have to be a sales person to be successful in the business. Actually you have to be a sales person to be successful in any business and anything that deals with other people. We are always trying to sell ourselves in one way or another. You can sell yourself to a man or woman in convincing them they should be in relationship with you. You can sell yourself to a potential employer convincing them that you are the best person for the job. You can sell yourself to your children in persuading them to believe that you put restrictions on their behavior because you want what’s best for them and you have their best interest in mind. It’s amazing that so many people detest salesmen and saleswomen. I think it partially because they don’t feel they are good sales themselves but in order to be successful in the entertainment business and to be success in life generally you have to better sell yourself. So make an effort to learn some proven sales techniques relevant to your industry and use them at the next casting call.

In closing, I hope you learned some new ways to approach your career as an entertainer. Life is always evolving and part of your job in creating success is to recognize this constant change and dedicate yourself to personal growth and development. There are an infinite number of ways for you to increase what you’re currently doing and if you dedicate yourself to learning and success you will meet with success sooner than you anticipate. You deserve good luck so make sure that you are prepared when the opportunity you are looking for presents itself. When you apply the power of your brilliant soul to your work there is nothing that can stop you.