Tate Ellington Instagram – Simply can not wait for y’all to see this one! ❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you @evening.standard for including @jessplusnone in #topfilms to watch! @britishfilminstitute #bfiflare ❤️ Saturday screening is #soldout and Wednesday tix are goin fast! Please come say hi if you’re there 🙌 ❤️🙏 | Posted on 09/Mar/2023 04:00:25
![Tate Ellington Instagram – The acting community is blessed to have a casting director who loves us as much as @cdfioe ❤️❤️❤️
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Hi friends. With all the recent articles flying, I feel compelled to weigh in. It’s no secret that I’m a Casting Director married to an actor. For the past 3 years, I’ve benefited from the flexibility provided by self-tapes as a CD, while also witnessing first-hand what it’s been like for actors.
CD me knows at the beginning of the pandemic, casting exclusively from tape was done out of necessity and concerns for safety. But in July of 2021, SAG removed the language about tapes being preferential, and yet…nothing really changed. Why? Well, budgets have been reduced/reallocated, timelines truncated, people relocated, many folks have downright refused to even try returning in-person, and simply put: it’s more efficient *for CDs* to do at least the first round via tape.
Wife-of-an-actor [and friend to even more] me recognizes all of the pros. But let’s talk about some cons.
It’s lonely. It’s tedious. If you have kids & need to tape on a weekend or have a last-minute deadline—god help you. Finding a reader can be challenging. Taping from home puts you in a vulnerable spot—it means people see where you live. You might feel compelled to invest in fancy equipment, even if people say only the acting matters. You may have to constantly move furniture or other things around. Taping with a partner can really put a strain on your relationship. Believe me.
The biggest downside? Auditioning in a vacuum. The overwhelming majority of self-tape requests come with ZERO direction, tonal notes, or context. Zip, zilch, nada. In person, CDs asked actors if they had any questions. Over tape, the opportunity for that conversation is gone. For new projects it means everything is a wild guess. You end up doing a billion takes until one finally feels “right,” send it, and cross your fingers.
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