tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859106072714756542024-03-04T20:32:23.391-08:00Gratitude & Attitudedchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-11784067999377706292011-05-02T21:13:00.001-07:002011-05-02T23:00:37.477-07:00A post about headshots...Yeah, I know, I haven't posted in ages. Many reasons for that, which I won't get into right now.<br /><br />Instead, I offer a history of my headshots. Perhaps someone can learn from it.<br /><br />I have had eight different headshot sessions over the years. Yes, eight. Five were paid for; three were free. Of the three free sessions, one was a trade with a photographer, one was a gift from a photographer, and one was a "thank you" from a photographer for being a test model at a shoot. I have used four different photographers, one of which has shot me five times. Why do I keep going back to her? Because, not only do I like her work, but she has also done an amazing job of working WITH me, instead of just working FOR me. <br /><br />So, now begins the pictoral history:<br /><br />This shot is from my very first headshot session, in Chicago. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19trzeeUQAPi4VefQRP9QoGuk5ZYqq_dC_6fUqVJSGn_I_y6XXfmyUfo-lbigPBVrcOyQrQ5TIdZSdTqa6u5MzmFFzft_HErkBZtEg-RGj5CtrZxtwhto1nxJzyLnuJcCOVzgcJL_Mn0/s1600/old+headshot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19trzeeUQAPi4VefQRP9QoGuk5ZYqq_dC_6fUqVJSGn_I_y6XXfmyUfo-lbigPBVrcOyQrQ5TIdZSdTqa6u5MzmFFzft_HErkBZtEg-RGj5CtrZxtwhto1nxJzyLnuJcCOVzgcJL_Mn0/s320/old+headshot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602340083982179778" /></a><br /><br />It's the only shot from that session of which I have a digital copy. I have a hard copy proof sheet and three hard copy headshot proofs from the session. No disc. I got these taken just before I left Chicago. I used them during my first year in LA, before I realized that color was king. The photos are, overall, not the best photos of me, but they aren't necessarily bad. I just look very different in each of the photos. I obviously cannot use these in LA, despite the fact that they are old, because of the black & white issue. However, I have always liked this one shot, so I kept a digital copy of it, for the hell of it. My mom has copies of the other headshots in frames at her house, which is amusing to me.<br /><br />The following shots are from my first session in LA, with Kelsey Edwards. This session was free--I got it as a trade, for working a party that she had at her studio. Kelsey came highly recommended from my friend, Alex, who has shot with her numerous times:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil-nsOKwJUtE0hd_FmzTLiB4v8gULkjt58PmaK4vF0sCWSy_0m9-Did1r7EuEGHolrePXW_TlQhWgF0OwgH1EomGBjcfmZqZzoVuNXbWJ4EfAdY961beMUd9dxbYY2fzhvhcGFgHwHvI/s1600/014_DanielleC_083005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil-nsOKwJUtE0hd_FmzTLiB4v8gULkjt58PmaK4vF0sCWSy_0m9-Did1r7EuEGHolrePXW_TlQhWgF0OwgH1EomGBjcfmZqZzoVuNXbWJ4EfAdY961beMUd9dxbYY2fzhvhcGFgHwHvI/s200/014_DanielleC_083005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602347970585522882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD2DBG40AVELKiPk6zv3QV_FhG8_ShnhbWuGAT_VxOq1i8_K475c-oe7gunumy4vRCWqxu1FByusavMi5R3EZy5jc2bqhyphenhyphenx_nFbnS_y_pqklUVRQpR1aZWQJj40xnpV4j0W67lglttC8/s1600/003_DanielleC_083005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaD2DBG40AVELKiPk6zv3QV_FhG8_ShnhbWuGAT_VxOq1i8_K475c-oe7gunumy4vRCWqxu1FByusavMi5R3EZy5jc2bqhyphenhyphenx_nFbnS_y_pqklUVRQpR1aZWQJj40xnpV4j0W67lglttC8/s200/003_DanielleC_083005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602347965688176754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON7g6tywQlmvo0fLo9O0Jb2aKix41lRwXB1pUoGXhSyJW_lKWySvc2UGiygdPOY2oXTJOCoYAS6Ked4Hroaw5yXnHEXHuzYGXR_Kr0bJ6uEQYw9ruH8wGT6MYC1eMjtF_s-xAYIg-2aA/s1600/073_DanielleC_083005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON7g6tywQlmvo0fLo9O0Jb2aKix41lRwXB1pUoGXhSyJW_lKWySvc2UGiygdPOY2oXTJOCoYAS6Ked4Hroaw5yXnHEXHuzYGXR_Kr0bJ6uEQYw9ruH8wGT6MYC1eMjtF_s-xAYIg-2aA/s200/073_DanielleC_083005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602348960788817042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9glUQxhI6xyZSq-JQh4ws7sSgu2K1dpSTz5Ph1GyCWUbeY2f8UdJ5huofPxFF-GD2XE37xTn6QgFILEc2Af73QNr6pPVuCNYK8gmFkK1IYLLnsam9CR9rkDZryubGxlWtt19qbA1DPkU/s1600/037_DanielleC_083005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9glUQxhI6xyZSq-JQh4ws7sSgu2K1dpSTz5Ph1GyCWUbeY2f8UdJ5huofPxFF-GD2XE37xTn6QgFILEc2Af73QNr6pPVuCNYK8gmFkK1IYLLnsam9CR9rkDZryubGxlWtt19qbA1DPkU/s200/037_DanielleC_083005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602348950245830210" /></a><br /><br />Now, these photos don't have anything wrong with them, per say. But...I never loved them. Part of it is that I can tell I'm uncomfortable in a lot of them...but, I also feel like they are very "stock" photos--the looks are all generic. Girl next door, sexy, etc. There's no sense of who I am in them, at least, not to me. This is particularly true of the "sexy" look--it could not be less sexy to me. If you had seen the amount of make up I had on...insane. I think the photos are pretty--they're well shot, that's for sure. But...they lack something. I will also add that I was not particulary comfortable during this shoot, and that must have added to the lack of personality coming through on most of the shots.<br /><br />My first shoot with Felicity Murphy garnered these shots:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIHSWmTpJTTO1ohEgQ2Cio-igmaLFIOn7SGzNtE28MAVb8vXeRS0Rcx2X6lpXBhtZp5YYpEBbIja8SUnLdaizrcgOd61PCQaDdlK6Pi-P8HlzlslHzRUGq7LAoYch3Xlo49gkIaWSwrU/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_269_r.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIHSWmTpJTTO1ohEgQ2Cio-igmaLFIOn7SGzNtE28MAVb8vXeRS0Rcx2X6lpXBhtZp5YYpEBbIja8SUnLdaizrcgOd61PCQaDdlK6Pi-P8HlzlslHzRUGq7LAoYch3Xlo49gkIaWSwrU/s320/Cloutier_Danielle_269_r.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602345046951316674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6RRlBERNWtQpr0GIh69Yx3sEhJZpzDi284GlBZAjOFWqldATXel9_jZb6v7guHo8vGQegrz4h2I1L7F_fsCp-9V_43R0zX3ELREBd-PzYEufOSS-SFawZg34APQOf8OczL7oLKWmoHE/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_210.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6RRlBERNWtQpr0GIh69Yx3sEhJZpzDi284GlBZAjOFWqldATXel9_jZb6v7guHo8vGQegrz4h2I1L7F_fsCp-9V_43R0zX3ELREBd-PzYEufOSS-SFawZg34APQOf8OczL7oLKWmoHE/s320/Cloutier_Danielle_210.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602345744640804130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadjzqY6GayIx_3ECP0EqPzx3j1a7fEPNVqgCG2trrehb8w8IT-KN0xUeqkNVc5ybtYWEEC60imzivuuFQOGbaSodQv-GxUefQESjelwXopWqTjy622m4ofnJDB9FGTCKCb_EYdiAUCns/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_191.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadjzqY6GayIx_3ECP0EqPzx3j1a7fEPNVqgCG2trrehb8w8IT-KN0xUeqkNVc5ybtYWEEC60imzivuuFQOGbaSodQv-GxUefQESjelwXopWqTjy622m4ofnJDB9FGTCKCb_EYdiAUCns/s320/Cloutier_Danielle_191.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602345737467096098" /></a><br /><br />These three photos were ones selected for use by my reps. The one with the yellow background is one that they still use--and I know for a fact that it gets me into the room for commercial auditions. One of the things I was looking for in this session was a "Sexy Tina Fey" look, which I think I achieved with the shot where I am wearing my glasses. During this session, I was able to let some more of my real personality come through, but I wasn't 100% comfortable, mostly because, at the time, I was not comfortable taking still shots. The older that I get and the more I am comfortable with my work as an actor, the better I am in in front of all cameras. In these shots, my hair is darker than it currently is--I had a hair horror story just prior to the shoot, in which my (now ex) hair dresser did a real number on my hair while trying to give me red highlights. I had to dye over everything, resulting in a darker hair color than my natural color. I love the color, but nevertheless, it's not true to how my hair looks now (although the length is close). <br /><br />These are from a free session with Christopher Moscatiello:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6RHc-vbDJE_l3-4ywdWsuGhOA7edXtz95pkn5b_G4plY6K2GI2wxzmnCjp9WigasPfjBVasxP_9Y67CugMbo-vs0E7xc0CiMfUoEC-2q52PCtmInrYj5LcCvT9vlVuRpzZAGvijsUyY/s1600/01_231_Edit1_eyebrows3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6RHc-vbDJE_l3-4ywdWsuGhOA7edXtz95pkn5b_G4plY6K2GI2wxzmnCjp9WigasPfjBVasxP_9Y67CugMbo-vs0E7xc0CiMfUoEC-2q52PCtmInrYj5LcCvT9vlVuRpzZAGvijsUyY/s200/01_231_Edit1_eyebrows3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602351013182908834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X-nxcmZKFembEyI5MB-9I4GAM0lNPbY9qMnEl4xSTAgj0nt070s7QC7V3pFZK8a-46biT6c5CxeKJFV3ox7Ztq1ccyOn4s7BhC8esGlRZw2lKYgQFAju1-t_oXAtb7bHGOHVBcq1DQ4/s1600/01_016_Edit9_lk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X-nxcmZKFembEyI5MB-9I4GAM0lNPbY9qMnEl4xSTAgj0nt070s7QC7V3pFZK8a-46biT6c5CxeKJFV3ox7Ztq1ccyOn4s7BhC8esGlRZw2lKYgQFAju1-t_oXAtb7bHGOHVBcq1DQ4/s200/01_016_Edit9_lk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602351023950798834" /></a><br /><br />My main issue with this session was my make up. I hated it. At the time, I was working on reshaping my eyebrows based on recommendations from the lovely ladies at Anastasia...this required me to grow them out, in order to fill out a certain shape...which left me with a bald spot, oddly enough. So, in the photos, my eyebrows look strange--the photog tried to do all of the retouching, but it looked weird, so a friend of mine worked on the photos as well...in the end, none of the photos really worked out for me. My reps were not fans of them, either. <br /><br />These are from my second session with Felicity Murphy:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPRMWdLnIpFYJ_FP0mg_yKiTVvaOoH-8TFO9RnxnuAs2JGYtHIx3g_EYNX5-HjshIPz0Wr9mLSf4vHo6n-6-LFW4_nXROryYxbo1cOgvu-E9ad4OH3W9640bVst1WzB65AViywBXTCAQ/s1600/DC2_118_ret_smaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNPRMWdLnIpFYJ_FP0mg_yKiTVvaOoH-8TFO9RnxnuAs2JGYtHIx3g_EYNX5-HjshIPz0Wr9mLSf4vHo6n-6-LFW4_nXROryYxbo1cOgvu-E9ad4OH3W9640bVst1WzB65AViywBXTCAQ/s200/DC2_118_ret_smaller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602353192294376786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4LjWNY_wCucxxGjdynGr3b71HLcUmDXDtvJYMPiS_BriX83P_UjH37iNgzYgIjKxGXsCbCGEz_uEa-GACuH9-Guu-KgP5-gM-KIBAMc7vnBU3nobfYPWziC5wYFBvxWNmWvLzcKLCyU/s1600/DC2_206_ret1_smaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4LjWNY_wCucxxGjdynGr3b71HLcUmDXDtvJYMPiS_BriX83P_UjH37iNgzYgIjKxGXsCbCGEz_uEa-GACuH9-Guu-KgP5-gM-KIBAMc7vnBU3nobfYPWziC5wYFBvxWNmWvLzcKLCyU/s200/DC2_206_ret1_smaller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602353186744835874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXAQvmtk4Py7zu0mT2pf2Y196cnscGsgkFlyosTUbBWfCmaqxuUBUOGx_3pvHscv78_EFplDQ0I8Zo3kR1dRT5exa9uBFYz3BAaLXFsuA4lX5A_c02bvXpp2h2R87bgGgK17dpD3KBU/s1600/DC2_099_Ret1_smaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVXAQvmtk4Py7zu0mT2pf2Y196cnscGsgkFlyosTUbBWfCmaqxuUBUOGx_3pvHscv78_EFplDQ0I8Zo3kR1dRT5exa9uBFYz3BAaLXFsuA4lX5A_c02bvXpp2h2R87bgGgK17dpD3KBU/s200/DC2_099_Ret1_smaller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602353185652906450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnMO9uXyH23KDu-6jdfAoemxrxHz6Upw1C2znl1aTQusgI9K9iQMri9X_TC1IPNvGB9er9eT6EqP34JjcM1XlLd81gYe4BDBW3hcbnE3iV7JcyD65jXZW02OAa5cQqjcfsdUMRgYYJ40/s1600/DC2_180_ret_crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnMO9uXyH23KDu-6jdfAoemxrxHz6Upw1C2znl1aTQusgI9K9iQMri9X_TC1IPNvGB9er9eT6EqP34JjcM1XlLd81gYe4BDBW3hcbnE3iV7JcyD65jXZW02OAa5cQqjcfsdUMRgYYJ40/s200/DC2_180_ret_crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602353182106013186" /></a><br /><br />These are among the shots that my commercial reps use--specifically, the one in the red shirt is used as my main commercial shot. I worked with Felicity to nail down the looks that my agents had requested (I approached them ahead of time, for input on what they felt I needed). We took soooooo many photos during this session--and much more of my personality came through. All of the shots from this session lean heavily toward commercial, versus theatrical. <br /><br />The next round of Felicity Murphy shots:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVo-m5CtlECngtEjFRILHQLlIYgvFRjHRX5QlmgIF4y3DOTVruADQhaxRAogXsnCjwvW1XEe0bjQ2lwDX4Iz75RIhPgKeao-CVDOqCGTibr16kYCRz_e4FeCHZPorDmuw59DdpoPfYv8/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_208_smallerjpg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVo-m5CtlECngtEjFRILHQLlIYgvFRjHRX5QlmgIF4y3DOTVruADQhaxRAogXsnCjwvW1XEe0bjQ2lwDX4Iz75RIhPgKeao-CVDOqCGTibr16kYCRz_e4FeCHZPorDmuw59DdpoPfYv8/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_208_smallerjpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602354867810911618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89o1fQGHZnJcL0I_SBj4fjl8glx6jPYE0C4yATLRp7QXhDJlUe7jC2aJPRWoIazMqFzet6GcM-ykgsrygPr-6uhbT4CjJQls4d-hO3gWNq0guTF2JMAntKCeHYFFEcfRCnLMbuTHNTe0/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_029+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89o1fQGHZnJcL0I_SBj4fjl8glx6jPYE0C4yATLRp7QXhDJlUe7jC2aJPRWoIazMqFzet6GcM-ykgsrygPr-6uhbT4CjJQls4d-hO3gWNq0guTF2JMAntKCeHYFFEcfRCnLMbuTHNTe0/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_029+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602354863336227602" /></a><br /><br />Now, I had a specific goal with these shots: sexy. I wanted sexy pictures. It had been something on my Bucket List, for lack of a better description. I took advantage of a special discount package that Felicity had been offering. We worked with my favorite make up artist, Michelle Diaz, who has worked with us on all of our shoots together. I picked two looks and researched them, bringing photos to the session for us to work off of (for the record: I also did this for my first session with Felicity, too). I was very happy with the results. I got what I wanted. I was comfortable enough to play and be myself, and the photos reflect that.<br /><br />My Broncolor session pics:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcwjKdbFpaV6EK2y4ldJMEfm8-Q29eTloBw4dsxVITq6Or4sO8glLov6J5TurlJxTswDYadi7xyTFtie9nFCr_nxqqnPbJyWCizC6hob3Wx2vpH0WUj3sPkXg4uTer-KYty_FVeksaCM/s1600/_MG_3925.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcwjKdbFpaV6EK2y4ldJMEfm8-Q29eTloBw4dsxVITq6Or4sO8glLov6J5TurlJxTswDYadi7xyTFtie9nFCr_nxqqnPbJyWCizC6hob3Wx2vpH0WUj3sPkXg4uTer-KYty_FVeksaCM/s200/_MG_3925.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602356619459127106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhFHEkKSMw-KIbv8jhMNLrP9AMyvWGHwB1CMwrDoSt6THf0nSby8UBHcvMP3xc-k24gzODhh_aABy1OOKglCKYc67niLoQIkeTCUyAvMPk94cJC4RiGC82KeKgQo5QNT1mqwseHX1Yf4/s1600/Aliano-5341_tiny_twittercrop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJhFHEkKSMw-KIbv8jhMNLrP9AMyvWGHwB1CMwrDoSt6THf0nSby8UBHcvMP3xc-k24gzODhh_aABy1OOKglCKYc67niLoQIkeTCUyAvMPk94cJC4RiGC82KeKgQo5QNT1mqwseHX1Yf4/s200/Aliano-5341_tiny_twittercrop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602357850383628498" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ABRiE07SGneAL8-j7r4XJ_wldRsrq17HLgU5In-_0tIfsp-jJQdawWTovg0FwJcc6pstVwI66AeoRjgVifgepBIoQN7QvyCGHdb-YgfK0Nh9PYHk6YiMvJjPpw_jXFvMp1gIGYc3aio/s1600/SisMeliss291.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ABRiE07SGneAL8-j7r4XJ_wldRsrq17HLgU5In-_0tIfsp-jJQdawWTovg0FwJcc6pstVwI66AeoRjgVifgepBIoQN7QvyCGHdb-YgfK0Nh9PYHk6YiMvJjPpw_jXFvMp1gIGYc3aio/s200/SisMeliss291.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602357845567494770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIKlR4L7j-0dtZ-h0u9_z4Xoxp3TMCAdbScIYSaptxu28FmkIMEmgEGZ5vF2MQJRsXoO249aSGdksbK_mmVqOkdnrZ-Vr3D8qunVfLwYlawgfQkkaOv32BV260wr1J3v7qaZi-4C_Wuk/s1600/IMG_0770.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIKlR4L7j-0dtZ-h0u9_z4Xoxp3TMCAdbScIYSaptxu28FmkIMEmgEGZ5vF2MQJRsXoO249aSGdksbK_mmVqOkdnrZ-Vr3D8qunVfLwYlawgfQkkaOv32BV260wr1J3v7qaZi-4C_Wuk/s200/IMG_0770.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602357843106518994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsCtrG8fbhBtJYSEV5dLrIPHaQQPkNu45X-bYPK-NyOsYhe0JijO2759gIwVFVVC5bhijz3N96laGjNgnpA0JijYOuLHi4xlg2zo9UTXN8HjBLRdKpvyEHqzsv-MAtplYvxdhglFiKq4/s1600/IMG_0906_smaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsCtrG8fbhBtJYSEV5dLrIPHaQQPkNu45X-bYPK-NyOsYhe0JijO2759gIwVFVVC5bhijz3N96laGjNgnpA0JijYOuLHi4xlg2zo9UTXN8HjBLRdKpvyEHqzsv-MAtplYvxdhglFiKq4/s200/IMG_0906_smaller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602357835302890530" /></a><br /><br />These photos were free. Felicity asked me to be a model for her friend, who was holding photo tests for his lighting company. As payment, Felicity shot some "headshot" like pics for me. The other photographers involved were Melissa Brooks (purple/blue shirt) and Allyson Aliano (pink shirt with blown out lighting). I didn't end up using these photos for anything more than business cards and social network profiles, but I do like a number of them, just for fun. I also cut my hair off not long after taking them, so I can't use them unless I grow it out again. :)<br /><br />Latest session with Felicity:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU_Zp2W662jF0I9qgy7V4BKtcccMCD5_TFcpaum69vjJL4iACFt6WuCNyqRCvU510HMf4q2MmkwDMsovnmHVAGcx46q2LwsX8Cfk_Y6j-lU7YBZ6yuoOWhn2sK8I3NIOyBJk1cRrTLBE/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_245.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoU_Zp2W662jF0I9qgy7V4BKtcccMCD5_TFcpaum69vjJL4iACFt6WuCNyqRCvU510HMf4q2MmkwDMsovnmHVAGcx46q2LwsX8Cfk_Y6j-lU7YBZ6yuoOWhn2sK8I3NIOyBJk1cRrTLBE/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_245.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602358815183276226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c6fyCLQpTml9Q8ffK5GIKURmjR_hOXJnx5MEcZ0nmQ3yqlVyg9FBTY6emRsRFQ6PzYuDW-SmK4UdIXJ24o47CGva3W4pGojjUfqk2WgGvyK6RGgoo8AhBoRRcWvw4aCJ33YJy4QOe9Q/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c6fyCLQpTml9Q8ffK5GIKURmjR_hOXJnx5MEcZ0nmQ3yqlVyg9FBTY6emRsRFQ6PzYuDW-SmK4UdIXJ24o47CGva3W4pGojjUfqk2WgGvyK6RGgoo8AhBoRRcWvw4aCJ33YJy4QOe9Q/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_108.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602358809891098146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jScn8XwGQgenR7hdihZM3AssjrraQ_rMqwJ-qRkWoYNIIsoqZm3XKiOZiBCwz0pY3x5fnHl5hr0cW-XXLu5oh5S3mBOqP6XdfUgpVs2NlTF9frIZ6NAIR1oMD6XOor5qRoIH8lcun-I/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8jScn8XwGQgenR7hdihZM3AssjrraQ_rMqwJ-qRkWoYNIIsoqZm3XKiOZiBCwz0pY3x5fnHl5hr0cW-XXLu5oh5S3mBOqP6XdfUgpVs2NlTF9frIZ6NAIR1oMD6XOor5qRoIH8lcun-I/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602358802143434546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVudwKI2VM5Y9Px9YsDAsMIzjiEU5fqq4cCq6UcS32IXujnFKS4kNGgML7zwzvSykZyjKtaDSAg-T5NqaxHDr9TMysrO79S4C5EYpscquChnEtmRo4kI7p3s-mW6sQKuQI8JGuAlFZwK4/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVudwKI2VM5Y9Px9YsDAsMIzjiEU5fqq4cCq6UcS32IXujnFKS4kNGgML7zwzvSykZyjKtaDSAg-T5NqaxHDr9TMysrO79S4C5EYpscquChnEtmRo4kI7p3s-mW6sQKuQI8JGuAlFZwK4/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602358796537452434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvKkXUnWEzA5o2L-dJl1bcWtGFpSu9J9YBaWY4VSthAX6tLS_8x-x8jSut4LGqt36Yoa4l5cpKXP3ilvcTTPCVLnTy7VgYvOl8sKVOAf5X-OY4dZveDOGektxqKIcePdQ0GIyuLq0K1c/s1600/Cloutier_Danielle_017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvKkXUnWEzA5o2L-dJl1bcWtGFpSu9J9YBaWY4VSthAX6tLS_8x-x8jSut4LGqt36Yoa4l5cpKXP3ilvcTTPCVLnTy7VgYvOl8sKVOAf5X-OY4dZveDOGektxqKIcePdQ0GIyuLq0K1c/s200/Cloutier_Danielle_017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602358797942944370" /></a><br /><br />This session came after I decided to chop off my hair. Why did I do that? Last summer, I won a general meeting with Mark Measures of Abrams Artists, through Twitter. He held a contest in which the person who submitted the best haiku on why they should get a meeting would win a meeting. I won (as did my costar from my Big Lots commercial, Cory Jacob). At that meeting, Mark suggested that I find a different way to do my hair. Why? Because, at the time, I had very long, beautiful hair...which did not fit my most marketable commercial look. I had been thinking of cutting off my hair anyway, because I had noticed that most gals who were my "type" in commercials did not have hair as long as mine. So, after consulting with my rep, I opted to chop off 10 inches of hair. The photos that my reps chose are: yellow tank top, both shots with the orange plaid shirt, and the cupcake shot. The teal sweater shot is the one my acting coach chose for a theatrical option, although I don't love it as much as another shot I am toying with getting reproduced. At any rate, during this session, I felt most like myself. I was able to get MANY usable shots, with different looks, all of which exhibited some aspect of ME on top of being a typed shot. Here are some others: <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5gyOUwH2j7tFloUWNC88dtWNKQAcdDIfCLjpqVSWKsOBto6yqVtKLFAO3YqLtYSwDF6Lz07WFKsbOvcqbnnQMCbYvabqTIrQAVzULYLYdGiaoYsHOIqIRL_ymEBKLgvmGCLHssOdV20/s1600/DC3_347.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5gyOUwH2j7tFloUWNC88dtWNKQAcdDIfCLjpqVSWKsOBto6yqVtKLFAO3YqLtYSwDF6Lz07WFKsbOvcqbnnQMCbYvabqTIrQAVzULYLYdGiaoYsHOIqIRL_ymEBKLgvmGCLHssOdV20/s200/DC3_347.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602362236599507026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xgKUzt8Z6QrtjFiB518uUQhrig2vjtJY0aoHE6B6FZQQnLQJ_2q7bYhD5Ak3eSdiXusrFUT-ivw6V7MfABzl2jAhjGxtyNdGwOWM7H-bk3nkI4_Ae-KEyPCRf636SYQ9q4ZJtHnmsz4/s1600/DC3_308.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xgKUzt8Z6QrtjFiB518uUQhrig2vjtJY0aoHE6B6FZQQnLQJ_2q7bYhD5Ak3eSdiXusrFUT-ivw6V7MfABzl2jAhjGxtyNdGwOWM7H-bk3nkI4_Ae-KEyPCRf636SYQ9q4ZJtHnmsz4/s200/DC3_308.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602362228636048642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGLew6LUgLrktcjtxQlM8wJosTl3DV-lZyjU8XzVj0TU7KjXW8LSTtMBdCRO0HngTq0JIO8ywaxqy7NpMJJ-pId3UwdgEiuBs-slF3Z4lx2owvmDW4EUzre30lQiOgGKvxLjbL7PbiDg/s1600/DC3_258.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGLew6LUgLrktcjtxQlM8wJosTl3DV-lZyjU8XzVj0TU7KjXW8LSTtMBdCRO0HngTq0JIO8ywaxqy7NpMJJ-pId3UwdgEiuBs-slF3Z4lx2owvmDW4EUzre30lQiOgGKvxLjbL7PbiDg/s200/DC3_258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602362224752818210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNNHDFJu0bCvtM4S0BG2WclcuRxn3kKCx3oj6UNNZNhp12Wsg_QLXd25JiQC-onmwk59CK_PGIzRPmIDFDxn7-VFaTisFAOcqUInja87_Kv5_ugIVmNamubYahIl4VLhrJ2c0AWSnU1I/s1600/DC3_191.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNNHDFJu0bCvtM4S0BG2WclcuRxn3kKCx3oj6UNNZNhp12Wsg_QLXd25JiQC-onmwk59CK_PGIzRPmIDFDxn7-VFaTisFAOcqUInja87_Kv5_ugIVmNamubYahIl4VLhrJ2c0AWSnU1I/s200/DC3_191.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602362214530516770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pGP6wQW0p86TH8-8CL2bVm_uPsq8NgvJ9vuiWGskTEYfxqO64QQ_2fbkdsM4xcxJuPPW56lcXkNrTD9URKIKu4bLv7hYOZM0wvges7TfeKEgboNaOTkVObQVpVbGM98FLCS9KAPiGEc/s1600/DC3_176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pGP6wQW0p86TH8-8CL2bVm_uPsq8NgvJ9vuiWGskTEYfxqO64QQ_2fbkdsM4xcxJuPPW56lcXkNrTD9URKIKu4bLv7hYOZM0wvges7TfeKEgboNaOTkVObQVpVbGM98FLCS9KAPiGEc/s200/DC3_176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602362212073102434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqiqCWK6gh4-BnPMDxBkaX5ZK08RZFM2l7fRWN8beNscuw3d_kKotvp1Aonq1Z_4fr6QpJSNyM9BCAxfoF_8JwT3Yn70wNVTZ-QYRD0OfGH-784T5XCNg7o5lXxRGI0DLZZtb279yVHU/s1600/DC3_427.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqiqCWK6gh4-BnPMDxBkaX5ZK08RZFM2l7fRWN8beNscuw3d_kKotvp1Aonq1Z_4fr6QpJSNyM9BCAxfoF_8JwT3Yn70wNVTZ-QYRD0OfGH-784T5XCNg7o5lXxRGI0DLZZtb279yVHU/s200/DC3_427.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602364932133290978" /></a><br /><br />I have a tradition with Felicity of saving one look to be a "fun" look--on the first round, it was the yellow background with the 60s dress...during the "commercial" round, it was an 80s look...during this last session, it was my Mad Men look with the pink dress. <br /><br />(The 80s look--improvised at the end of our shoot, just for the hell of it...we ran around and found this van in Los Feliz to shoot in front of...)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsfA6Pm6q93cv0CBMSV7n0VvnZgL6Rt-YGyDw2h9i1B-M80-5rPYAuSK1O8b3V8w84Pt_w5tBNsz4_IDxiXG-SbrWMWSkoHdtzToF7BBxjtFXIFGjXIzL6ZKn3lPD2v52Am7R8XGST6I/s1600/80s.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsfA6Pm6q93cv0CBMSV7n0VvnZgL6Rt-YGyDw2h9i1B-M80-5rPYAuSK1O8b3V8w84Pt_w5tBNsz4_IDxiXG-SbrWMWSkoHdtzToF7BBxjtFXIFGjXIzL6ZKn3lPD2v52Am7R8XGST6I/s200/80s.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602364211712503506" /></a><br /><br />This is one of the reasons that I love working with her--she took the time to "get" me. She encourages me to be ME in my shots and instinctively knows when I'm holding back or uncomfortable. She doesn't have an ego about things--if a shot or a look isn't working, she wants to make sure that we find a way to get what we want, even if that means abandoning the shot or idea. Over the years, she's really developed how she works with actors, so her shots have gotten better and better. The cupcake shot was a totally improvised thing--I had brought cupcakes because it was Michelle's birthday that week. We were playing around with them and thought, "Why not try some shots with these?" They ended up being the highlight of the shoot--those photos have SO much personality and energy. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPzUXBsiEsJb0Ah0CLoJR7v5OrcQHj80Ito5FWmk7W4TDjcbwzWYmt38F3yYWCzy4iBkaXsjzEVUmd0WspaWt2xwlCYnEVcr59MCALwTPSgEZ4YYhHsnvcxyH51oTGDI1QHm-_MZeyfQ/s1600/DC3_120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPzUXBsiEsJb0Ah0CLoJR7v5OrcQHj80Ito5FWmk7W4TDjcbwzWYmt38F3yYWCzy4iBkaXsjzEVUmd0WspaWt2xwlCYnEVcr59MCALwTPSgEZ4YYhHsnvcxyH51oTGDI1QHm-_MZeyfQ/s200/DC3_120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602365430331394274" /></a><br /><br />Clearly, I am a fan of her work. :) <br /><br />My overall recommendation for headshots--no matter who you shoot with--is to go in knowing what types you want to nail for the shoot. Do your research, not only into what types you fit best, but also, how those looks can be translated into shots. Look up actors who are your type or who you look like--see what shots are out there of them. Might give you some ideas of how to translate that look for yourself. Do your best to be comfortable with whomever you're working with, and most of all, try to let your personality come through.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.headshotsthatbook.com">Felicity Murphy Photography</a> if you want to check her out on the web. :)<br /><br />Okay, so I think that's quite enough photos of me for tonight...dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-56763760394773137702010-12-08T16:36:00.000-08:002010-12-08T16:49:33.090-08:00Holy Hell, it's December!Wow, how is it the end of the year? Insanity!!<br /><br />The last couple of months have been nutty! I had a bit of a dry spell with auditions, which freaked me out (naturally), but things began to pick up last month! I scored three callbacks in a row, which felt great! I actually just had another audition today, for another cd I hadn't seen before--love going into new offices!! My holiday cards have been sent out (to cds who've called me in...I think I still have another round to write, for cds whose workshops I've attended), I have been doing GREAT in class, and I am working on some writing projects! I have a feature in the works with a friend from class--starting it slowly--and have been tweaking some shorts I'd like to shoot. I also am back at working on the pitchbook for our pilot! It's been so much fun to get back to it--more ideas are flowing about the character arcs, which is really great!! Have also been participating in some in-person networking with other actors/creative types that I have met through Twitter/Facebook--LOVE that!!<br /><br />A quick note: I've noticed (and heard about) an increase in some actor-scams recently. By this, I mean unsolicited emails or texts (possibly calls), offering actors a chance to "register" with the casting director's database for some kind of fee. This is crap. Don't touch it. If you are approached, contact the City Attorney's office (NOT SAG--they can't help you...however, if you are experiencing a situation where a prospective Agent/Manager is asking for money up front, SAG needs to know. At the very least, they can put these people on a scam-watch list). At any rate, no casting director should be charging to put you in their database. Yes, people who do extras casting do charge fees (i.e. Central Casting), but someone who is casting for PRINCIPAL ROLES should never charge a fee. Do NOT pay it. What they are doing is illegal under the Krekorian Act!<br /><br />MMkay, I have to run, as I have class tonight and need to study my lines, but just wanted to check in. Oh, ALSO, two of my foster kittens are still looking for homes!! Please check out their Facebook Fan Page, filled with photos, videos and information about them!<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1047002912#!/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/The-Weasley-Kittens-Ron-Fred-and-George-need-Forever-Homes/144933185549513">ADOPT The Weasley Kittens!</a>dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-34488719439491288582010-10-29T23:46:00.001-07:002010-10-29T23:56:05.087-07:00Well, that was nice!Tuesday was kinda busy for me--an audition at a new office AND a callback for a cd that has booked me before. The audition was a lot of fun! Very playful commercial copy. The callback was a strange situation. The original audition was for a commercial that was almost exactly the same as the Cox spot that I did last year--same company, same cd, same director, virtually the same copy. I thought it was interesting that I got called in for it, but went with it. I ended up auditioning for that spot and another spot while I was there. I got called back for the second one, but when I arrived, I ran into the cd and she told me that I could go home if I wanted to, as I was out of the running. Since I had booked a spot with them last year, the company did not want to re-use me. However, she did say that they loved me, and they called her after I was put into callbacks, after they realized who exactly I was...so, it was nice to know that my work was good, and this was a technical issue, if that makes sense. The cd chatted with me for a bit, then had me run into the session room to say hi to the director, since he also did my spot. He was so kind--gave me a hug, told me I looked great, complimented my work and said I was doing things right, since I "went straight to the top again". I left the situation very pleased. <br /><br />I had a callback yesterday for the fun audition from Tuesday. I didn't feel brilliant about it, but I think that's just the mood I've been in lately. At any rate, I did my job--went in, committed, did what was asked. I did send a thank you card to the cd after the initial audition, too. So, that's good. Hoping that I made some kind of a decent impression.<br /><br />Class was interesting this week. Did a great, GREAT improv with one of my classmates, who is so talented. I might write it down from memory and see if we can film it. It really sold both of our particular comedic strengths well. I struggled a bit with my scripted scene, even though I did well. I'm pushing myself to do scenes where my characters are angry, since I tend to shy away from that and tend to give myself trouble with it. I think it was successful on a few counts, and I heard nice feedback about it, but I'm still processing it. However, I do know a few things I thought were good moments for me, and I think every time I take on a challenge like this, it is great for me.dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-72095470185538306382010-10-25T15:32:00.000-07:002010-10-25T15:37:47.073-07:00Nearly NovemberWell...been a few weeks since I last posted!<br /><br />Had a couple of auditions for commercials recently, which made me so happy (had a bit of a dry spell for a bit!). I have a callback tomorrow for one of them, for a cd that has booked me before AND for a company that has booked me before. So...fingers crossed! I'm just thrilled to have the callback. Feels like things are right in the world, if that makes sense. :)<br /><br />Just got a mention in Bonnie Gillespie's newest 'The Actor's Voice' column on Showfax:<br /><br /><a href="http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/archives/2010_10_25.html">http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/archives/2010_10_25.html</a><br /><br />The article breaks down actor bios: what works, what could be changed, etc. Bonnie used mine as an example, which was totally cool--and a surprise! I had told her offhand, via Twitter, that she could use the one I had in my POV article as one to dissect, if she was still looking for samples--had no idea she would! Very cool. Article is helpful, too--bios are often a pain for most actors. :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-15194925370715248752010-10-06T02:18:00.001-07:002010-10-06T02:45:48.712-07:00More workshopsI had a couple more workshops this week, one with an associate with a major tv casting office, and one with a film cd that has worked on some AWESOME projects (including a recent Oscar winning film). I'd never seen either cd before. I did the same scene for both, and received high marks from both. :) I was pretty tired during the second workshop, which impacted my performance somewhat, but my work was still there, so that's good.<br /><br />I also had a good night in class last week. I did a scene from So<em>ns of Anarchy</em>, playing a character that was different for me--required a lot more anger and aggression than I normally play. It was a challenge for me, but that's exactly why I chose it. :) At any rate, I had a hard time with it the first few times--although, I was told that you really couldn't tell I was having a hard time, which I guess is nice--but it clicked on the last time through, mostly because I stopped holding back the physical element in the scene (it called for me to grab the other character by the throat, which I did not do the first few times out of concern that I would hurt her--which was amplified because she was sick and had lost her voice). Anyway, I'm happy with how it turned out...and doing the same character again this week!<br /><br />I signed up for a workshop designed to boost callbacks for commercials...I still need to pay my deposit, etc, but I am interested to see how it goes. I've heard great things about it, and I am hoping it helps breathe some life into my auditioning. I haven't had a commercial audition in over two months, which is a REALLY LONG stretch of time. I don't really know what the issue might be, although I have heard it's been slow in general for a lot of people. I'm trying to keep positive about things and just do what is mine to do--got new headshots, printed some of those, worked with my agents to get the ones they liked online, updated my various casting profiles, etc. So...fingers crossed! <br /><br />On a total side note, unrelated to acting:<br /><br />I am fostering three adorable kittens right now, named Ron, Fred & George (after the Weasley brothers from <em>Harry Potter</em>). Please become a fan of their page on Facebook! We created the page to help network them, so we can get them adopted into great homes as soon as possible. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Los-Angeles-CA/The-Weasley-Kittens-Ron-Fred-and-George-need-Forever-Homes/144933185549513">The Weasley Kittens: Ron, Fred and George Need Forever Homes</a><br /><br />The page is updated with new photos, videos and information almost every day. :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-87410072760963941272010-09-27T02:32:00.000-07:002010-09-27T02:41:04.085-07:00TidbitsI had a great workshop this weekend at the Stella Adler theatre, for an awesome commercial casting director. We were assigned comedy scenes a few days ahead of time, along with partners, but my partner canceled on me, so I didn't meet his replacement until the day of the workshop. Our scene was from Friends, which is always fun. My partner was doing his end of it a little more slowly than I expected--more like it was drama, almost--but it was a good test for me, in terms of picking up the beat and carrying my end of it strongly, not forcing it, etc. In the end, I got great feedback from the cd, who is someone I am friendly with on Twitter. I had a great time at the workshop and was so happy that I did it. :) So, we'll see! I have to drop off my headshot at her office tomorrow (was going to mail it, but she specifically said to drop it off), then mail my thank you card. <br /><br />I have another workshop, for a tv cd associate, on Thursday. I'm still settling on a scene for it. I also have a difficult scene in class this week, which is kinda freaking me out. Well, not freaking me out so much as giving me some trouble. It's just a new type of character for me, one that I haven't challenged myself much with over the years, which is why I chose it. So, it'll be a good experience no matter what happens, because I'll be learning. :)<br /><br />I picked up my new postcards at Argentum, and I think I am all set with new headshots and postcards for now. I may do another set of business cards, but they aren't absolutely necessary at this point. I love the new postcards, and the new headshots. I chose a theatrical one that my coach liked a lot. I'm less crazy about it, but the one I liked more turned out much darker than expected in the test printing. And, I thought he had a point about why he preferred the one over the other--the one I liked more sells "sexy" harder, but there's not necessarily a depth to it, whereas the one he liked more has more subtlty to it, but still something in the eyes. <br /><br />On a totally unrelated note, I am now fostering three tiny kittens, all about 4 months old. So, if anyone is looking for an adorable kitten, please let me know. We're requiring indoor only, claws intact homes, as well as applications & adoption fees. I'll post photos of them soon. :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-69606859517821705862010-09-22T15:01:00.001-07:002010-09-22T15:12:27.346-07:00Gearing upThe last week or so has been a period of gearing up, if you will. <br /><br />Last week in class, I worked on a scene than I wrote, which my partner and I intend to shoot as a short. It went well. I was most definitely not in the comedy mood while at class, but I managed to push through it and do the scene well. And my partner, Ryan, is very funny, so he's able to give me a lot to work off of, especially since the scene casts me in a bit of the straight man role. I need to fix some of the writing, but I think we'll be able to shoot it and do a lot with it that will be fun. I emailed him yesterday to see when he thinks we could do it. I'll keep on him about it. :)<br /><br />I also spoke, via email, with my friend Brian, who I went to high school with, and who lives in LA (he's a writer), to see if he'd be up for helping me film a short dramatic scene with another friend from class. He expressed interest, so I hope we can get it done. Again, I have to rework some of the writing (again, a scene I wrote), but I think we'll be able to get what we need from it. <br /><br />I have a workshop this weekend with Danielle Eskinazi, who is a great commercial CD in LA. I just got my scene, which is from <em>Friends</em>, and which was assigned to me (along with my partner). The scene is a good fit for me--I'm impressed. Sometimes, when scenes are assigned at workshops, I end up with something that is a little off. It helped that they asked us what celebrities we are like and what types we play, instead of going just off of headshots. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it.<br /><br />I've also signed up for two more cd workshops, one for a tv associate and one for a head cd for film. I still have yet to settle on my scenes for those. I also inquired about a commercial callback workshop that came highly recommended--it took me a while to get someone to call me back, but they finally called today. I'm on the fence about it, mostly because of the financial cost of it. But, since it's been very slow the past two months as far as auditions go, I'd like to start strong this fall, and maybe this will help. <br /><br />I have to run off to approve some headshots at the printers, and probably order more stuff, before I'm off to class tonight, where I'll be doing a <em>30 Rock</em> scene. I was scheduled to do a <em>Sons of Anarchy</em> scene, but it got pushed to next week, because my original partner will be absent tonight for a chemistry read. So, since an old friend and classmate is dropping by class to say hi (having just moved back to LA from Kansas), I asked her to do a quick comedy scene with me. Should be fun. I wasn't ready for the SOA scene anyway--it's an intense scene, and a new type of character for me, so another week to prep will be good.dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-88862991263429992252010-09-13T21:54:00.001-07:002010-09-13T22:45:39.463-07:00FavoritesI've got a link to the 'favorites' of my new headshots, which were tough to choose. I narrowed things down over time, asked for advice from friends, etc. The results are here:<br /><br /><a href="http://sessions.argentum.com/ARU/kich/dco23/fave1282964998544_01.html">http://sessions.argentum.com/ARU/kich/dco23/fave1282964998544_01.html</a><br /><br />There are four pages, with 46 pictures. If you've got a favorite pic, let me know. I think I know what I'm going to get printed, but it helps for me to know what stands out to folks. <br /><br />In other news, so desperately in love with <em>Mad Men</em> again this season. It's so amazing. I didn't know how the show could get any better, but it did. Also, powered my way through the first two seasons of <em>Sons of Anarchy</em>, which I'm enjoying. Charlie Hunnam is mouthwatering. And talented, which is lovely. <br /><br />Doing a scene in class this week that is one I wrote. Testing it out, in hopes of filming it as a short sketch for Funny-or-Die. Still thinking about the short film idea that I've had, as well as the new pilot idea. And working on a mock commercial with a friend. He sent me some rough drafts, have to read through them. <br /><br />Might bake some muffins for my commercial rep tonight. Mulling it over. Still waiting to hear if they like any of the headshots from the new session (god, I hope so!), but owe them a visit anyway. :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-6757995877286062922010-09-08T17:36:00.001-07:002010-09-08T17:43:41.515-07:00Dynamic Imagery StudiosActors, the time is great to get yourself into a wonderful acting class. TV shows have ramped up production, so why not get into a class where you can stretch, grow, stay sharp, et cetera?<br /><br />I have been with my long-time acting coach, Adam Wilhite, for over 5 years (probably closer to 6 at this point). I would not be the actor that I am--nor the writer, nor even the PERSON that I am--without him. His guidance, love and support over the years has truly transformed me. I have been lucky enough to learn from him and to have many breakthroughs in my acting (and life) with his support...and to have seen so many other actors have breakthroughs as well. Adam's technique is brilliant and leads to powerful performances. We work each class, doing new scenes every week, as well as improv to start each evening. Adam can read people very well, and he'll figure out how best to coach you and what you need to grow very quickly--his coaching is individualized in that sense, even though we all learn the same technique. He's very special, and I am so lucky to have found him.<br /><br />If you're looking for a great new class, please come check out Adam's classes. Audits are free, and he's very open about communicating with new studio members, giving information, etc. I'm happy to answer questions as well.<br /><br />Here is the website for the studio, which will give you more information: <a href="http://www.dynamicimagery.us">Dynamic Imagery Studios</a><br /><br />Hope to see you audit soon! :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-21265691379694813232010-08-26T23:56:00.000-07:002010-08-27T00:38:05.869-07:00New headshots!!!I had new headshots taken yesterday, by my longtime photog <a href="http://www.headshotsthatbook.com">Felicity Murphy</a>. It was SUCH a blast. Her fantastic makeup artist <a href="http://www.michellemakemeup.com">Michelle Diaz</a> did a great job, especially with my 'Mad Men' inspired look. :)<br /><br />We shot over 600 pics, and Felicity narrowed it down to 465. I've uploaded quite a few to Facebook, but I'll put a small selection on here. We did a lot of looks, and I think I got some great shots to a) showcase the new hair and b) update a lot of older looks I had, from previous sessions. We also got some looks I'd been wanting to get, too!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAqpRGMF6m3dZ36j0BFTOxZ8FzaZkm3d6X-QbUjNY1rHGuNB_66wGR52P5Gw8z6wKeJw_XWUGFWQMYbPwtuHYv055H8x-YZbP3tyxDpYcDgJOdJrzZ0wOetuBg0WWqFm34Fv2f1KNplo/s1600/DC3_248.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRAqpRGMF6m3dZ36j0BFTOxZ8FzaZkm3d6X-QbUjNY1rHGuNB_66wGR52P5Gw8z6wKeJw_XWUGFWQMYbPwtuHYv055H8x-YZbP3tyxDpYcDgJOdJrzZ0wOetuBg0WWqFm34Fv2f1KNplo/s320/DC3_248.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509990097983901666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqneNGP0APs4JCRLwhCGhCKi94qWhRSHyFbxoTZ8w_INC8LjAAPADAxBbgoj9TDEJ8sw_ECxt_QhodYXe5fhXUztHq4dgZMSvFg0oCBYLitkxDdWw-cLKM5RQpbrvDjc2kX7P9jbx5mZQ/s1600/DC3_239.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqneNGP0APs4JCRLwhCGhCKi94qWhRSHyFbxoTZ8w_INC8LjAAPADAxBbgoj9TDEJ8sw_ECxt_QhodYXe5fhXUztHq4dgZMSvFg0oCBYLitkxDdWw-cLKM5RQpbrvDjc2kX7P9jbx5mZQ/s320/DC3_239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509990091413272642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vGnETKXuE26dtcUkgTVxOOCXGbfLTmnlhcSsAYNEy-q547jcJXPhXw35CGeqkbHjl-nxehy9PiMAcVw2JyCqywG3L3b-gocj0DQ_fInlCArATxZZNL2OcmVuMOvyD5Qqo9EsDYOS9rI/s1600/DC3_203.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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The winning films in each category will be screened, and guests will be able to participate in industry and guest panels, attend the awards ceremony, and network with other industry folks. There's a KILLER raffle, too!<br /><br />I was asked to serve as a judge by my co-star from the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsfsNKzk5BE">Big Lots! commercial</a>, in part because I act, write and (from time to time) produce, and because of my <a href="http://more.showfax.com/plus/pov/2010/05/tafthartley_yourself.html">Actor's Voice - POV article</a>. I've been enjoying the process of watching the films, as it's giving me a chance to learn what works, what doesn't work, etc. It's been nice to see the films that are well done, too. :) <br /><br />So, actors, writers, producers, directors...if you're in Hollywood and want to come out to the festival, here's the website with the full details:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.angelenofest.com">www.angelenofest.com</a><br /><br />Day pass tickets are $10 (which gives you access to everything AND $5 to the bar); Award Ceremony only tix are $5, as are the Raffle tix. I personally have tickets I can sell you, if you see me in person this week. Otherwise, you can purchase them from the website!<br /><br />I hope to see some folks come out and support the fest!!! :)<br />----------------------<br /><br />Actors, there's a great Emmy Roundtable interview in the August 23 & 30 issue of Newsweek. Pick up a copy if you can (article is not available online yet). Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston, Eric Stonestreet, Connie Britton, Matthew Fox and Chris Colfer are featured. <br /><br />----------------------<br /><br />Last week, I submitted myself online for a webisode that is being cast by a cd that I've had some positive interactions with...I know how many submissions she got for her last project, which was larger in scope (she Tweeted that she got around 15,000 for that one!), so I was just doing it to do it. Knowing something like that helps put in perspective that it really is about submitting yourself, then letting go. I always am grateful to get auditions, period. Anyway, I received a message, asking for a taped audition a day or two later. <br /><br />Believe it or not, I had never had to tape myself before!! So, I opted to approach things in the most professional manner I knew--I hired my acting coach for a private session and to have him film my audition! I felt like it was an important step forward for me, as an actress, to commit to the action of "putting my best foot forward". I worked hard on breaking down the script, finding the nuances and dynamics in the character to ground her in reality, while giving her enough crazy details to push her out there in terms of comedy. Since improv was encouraged in the audition, I came up with a bunch of details, things to riff on, etc. It made for a really fun coaching and taping session! <br /><br />We will see if anything comes of the work as far as being called in for the meetings/callbacks. I sent my video link in (they requested we put the videos online, i.e. on youtube), and got a confirmation that it was received...so, we'll see! <br /><br />Regardless, what I am trying to take away from the experience is that I made the choice to commit to doing it the best I could do it. And that's important, because I think it so often happens that a lot of us don't always give it our best, or limit ourselves in some way. In the end, it's entirely possible that I don't have the right look they want, or I went broader and they wanted dry, you really never know. All I can do is what is mine to do, and I did it. That's something to be proud of. :)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-68855282300171548802010-08-16T20:33:00.000-07:002010-08-16T21:13:54.046-07:00Actors Helping Actors!Today, I received the following (fantastic) email:<br /><br /><em>Danielle,<br /><br />Thank you SO much for the article you wrote for Bonnie back in May. Because of you, I just got taft-hartleyed.<br /><br />I did a SAG webisode recently in which I only had one line, and the line was off-screen. The producer thought that because the role was so small, I couldn't be taft-hartleyed. But, because I had read your article, which taught me about the SAG New Media contract, I figured it was worth following up with SAG to make sure. Turns out, I *can* be taft-hartleyed off the project! So, thank you, thank you, thank you! I was also able to help a fellow actress on set, who was in the exact same situation as me but had no idea one could be taft-hartleyed through the New Media contract.<br /><br />Also, just thanks in general for being so generous with sharing info with your fellow actors.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />(I've withheld the name of the writer for privacy concerns)</em><br /><br />That's awesome. I love it. I love hearing about this kind of success! The main reason I wrote the <a href="http://more.showfax.com/plus/pov/2010/05/tafthartley_yourself.html">Actor's Voice POV article </a>was to help other actors become SAG-Eligible! <br /><br />This really made my day! Thank you to the actor who took the time to email me! :) (And, thank you to the other actors who have contacted me as well, via Facebook and otherwise--I appreciate it!)dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-50440880936000169122010-08-16T14:28:00.000-07:002010-08-16T14:49:48.726-07:00Oops, was on vacation!Hiiiiiiiiiii...<br /><br />The last month and a half have been crazy for me--I was on vacation, then had to travel some more for family related stuff, etc, etc. I haven't had much time to update anything as a result--just been too busy! <br /><br />Some tidbits, though:<br /><br />~had my general meeting with Mark Measures from Abrams Artists (head of commercial), which I won via a contest on Twitter. It was a really interesting, educational experience. I went in without an agenda. I really just wanted to meet Mark and see what he was like. I didn't have any questions for him, at least, not any pre-planned ones or difficult ones. He was an interesting guy, very much what you might expect from an agent at a high powered agency. I don't know if he was thrown off by my lack of questions (he did comment on it), but I found his insights and advice to be smart and worthwhile. He gave me a tip about my resume, spoke with me about type, etc. He made two comments that I thought were worth thinking about the most, in relation to me specifically: 1) consider changing my hair, because it's so 'shampoo commercial' that it could be keeping me from being cast in the more traditional 'young wife/mom' sort of roles and 2) the people who work the most in commercials are the ones who blend in--if you can remember an actor from a commercial, chances are that they will not keep working. He did tell me--prefacing it with "don't take this the wrong way"--that I had a face that could make a million dollars in commercials--it's very All American. I didn't take that the wrong way at all! Could I have taken it as, "you blend in" and whatever negative connotations go along with that? Sure. But why would I choose to do that to myself? Doesn't get me anywhere. And, come on, he just told me I could WORK IN COMMERCIALS AND MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS. Seriously, the better choice is obvious here. :)<br /><br />~had a callback and audition the same day that I returned from my second trip--I kept getting calls from my commercial agents, readjusting my schedule, trying to work out if I could make it to both. I did. :) It was kinda crazy--running from LAX, to my house to shower, then to the audition (in the valley), then to the callback, and then to work (no, for real). It was a long day! But I loved it. :)<br /><br />~been redecorating my living room, which I know is not acting related, but it is making me really happy. :)<br /><br />~considered Mark's comment about how this business is all about a haircut (this was related to his suggestion that I consider finding another way to do my hair that made it "less"--I really do have a ton of great hair, and I feel like a jackass saying that, but I do. It's probably my most-commented-upon feature--when I bother to do it nicely)...I spoke with my rep and decided to go about cutting it a lot shorter. My hair was very long, especially for commercials. So...I chopped it a couple of days ago. It's now just above my shoulders, which means it'll grow out to match my last round of commercial headshots well (my hair is just below my shoulders in those). I love it. I was so scared to cut it, because I've had such long hair for about 2 years now, and I was so attached to it...but I really love the cut. I have an amazing stylist, who takes into account bone structure--both face AND scalp, which determines how your hair lies and keeps style--and I love what she's done. I'm excited to see if this opens up anything as far as bookings go!<br /><br />~along with the new haircut, I am looking to do some new headshots in a couple of weeks. My commercial shots should all be okay for right now--yes, my hair is a couple inches longer in it, but I think it'll be okay. My theatrical ones, however...no go. All of the ones I use are photos where I have my very long hair. So...new headshots!<br /><br />~I did get some commercial headshots printed--my main shot that my agents use--just to have them, because I don't really have any commercial ones printed up. I also have some matching post cards that are waiting to be approved at the printer--going to do that today, I think. :)<br /><br />~I'm also signed up for two workshops--one at the end of the month, with a cd associate that I've seen before (about 4 months ago). I did really well in that workshop, so I'm hoping to do well in this one and start the ball rolling on a good relationship with her. The other is a workshop with a commercial casting director, with whom I've become friendly on Twitter, and it is in September. <br /><br />~now, on to class--I had an amazing class last week. I'd been in a bit of an acting funk lately, not feeling like I was totally into what I was doing, etc. But, despite having a hard time wrapping my head around my scene initially, I ended up locking into the scene about an hour before class and getting some power imagery done during our meditation time at the start of class. And my scene was awesome. It was one of those scenes that you can scarely remember what you've done because it was almost out of body. It was from "An Education" (I was playing a character who has one scene--a powerful scene--near the end of the film, with the lead character...trying to keep it spoiler free!). When we were finished and turned to receive coaching/feedback from our teacher, he and other members of the class were like, "Yeah, that's it." Which is, to say, that was a one take scene. It was amazing the first time through. No need to do it again. But we did it again anyway. :) Just to see what we could do, to play with it, etc. I changed my prior moment from a gentle, happier one, to a darker, more annoyed one, and it changed my reactions to the scene--my voice had more of an edge and I had a moment at the start of empathizing with the other character, before the edge took over. It was interesting. At any rate, I was so happy to have had that moment in class, because I needed it. Funny how that works, right? :)<br /><br />So...I think that's it for now? I might have another post later, or soon...we'll see!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-16904041416751127952010-07-19T23:48:00.000-07:002010-07-19T23:53:25.877-07:00Back to the grind!So, just a few little updates and whatnot!<br /><br />~Had a commercial audition with a new cd office (well, new to me). It was interesting, I had fun and enjoyed playing a slightly different type than usual!<br />~Commercial audition again tomorrow, with the office that calls me in the most. Love going there! <br />~Class starts up again this week--have a scene from Dexter, looking forward to getting back into things!<br />~Attending a taping of Tosh.0 soon--scheduled for next week right now. May have a chance to meet at least one of the writers, so that's cool!<br />~General meeting next week!<br /><br />Been mulling over some writing ideas--one script is an idea I've had for a while, but just been thinking about off and on. The other is an idea that a friend gave me, based on a documentary he watched. I ordered the autobiography of the person that was featured in the doc. Plan to read it, see what's there and maybe check into whether or not the rights are available!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-70085499812968302932010-07-14T23:38:00.000-07:002010-07-14T23:47:48.974-07:00Oops, was on vacation!I've been gone for the last couple of weeks, but I'm glad to be back in LA...even if it seems like I brought the hot weather with me from the Midwest!<br /><br />The day before I left, I had an audition for a one line role in an indie film. The folks in the audition were so nice. I did not come in costume, as I got word of the audition very last minute and had nothing that matched what they were looking for (80s wear), nor any time to go get/borrow anything that fit the era (was working beforehand). Anyway, I had a fine time, was happy to be out!<br /><br />While on vacation, I was constantly checking Twitter (addict), and reading the progress of the whole "generals vs. workshops" debate between an agent and an actor that I both follow. Actor was ranting about casting and agency workshops being a waste of time, challenged agents and cds to step up and start having more generals. One agent agreed to the experiment and began offering generals to actors following him on Twitter. I'd been following the entire thing, but had missed the opportunities to submit my name for contention (it was usually like, "The first 10 responders get a general."). However, while I was on vacation, I caught a tweet that offered a general to the person who wrote the best haiku on why they deserved a meeting. <br /><br />So, I broke out a 70 year old dictionary from the shelves, sat down, and crafted three haikus while sitting in an easy chair next to the back door, with the breeze coming in off the lake. One haiku played on my twitter name, one played on my 'type', and one referenced the agent's description of himself in his Twitter bio. The last one was risky, but I figured, hell, why not? <br /><br />Anyway, a day or so later, the agent posted a tweet that said that I had tied with another actor, so we were both getting meetings! And, funny thing is, the actor I tied with was my costar in the Big Lots commercial! :) Love it!<br /><br />So, my meeting is at the end of the month. It should be educational. :) I'm just looking forward to the chance to go to a meeting with a big agency, learn how they work and get a chance to play. :)<br /><br />Next week, there's another test photo shoot, so that'll be interesting--it sounds like it's a lot larger than the one that I did in May! <br /><br />Class is on haitus right now, we return next week. I gotta get a move on with my scenework!!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-39975229267322437262010-06-24T23:49:00.000-07:002010-06-25T00:06:59.749-07:00Sharing the wealthHad an audition today for a Tina Fey-type, for a web project that had a 'Weekend Update' sort of vibe. Was interesting. They wanted each actor to write three jokes, to use in the audition. I got a big laugh off of my last one, so that's a win. :) <br /><br />While at work today, I got a call from one of my commercial reps, asking me about how I was Taft-Hartleyed. He remembered me mentioning that I'd done it myself and wanted to know how I did it. He said that it's been harder and harder to get non-union clients in on SAG jobs, so he wanted to know how I got my eligibility (I think to share, maybe?). Anyway, I confirmed that I'd done it through New Media, that it didn't cost anything (no fee), that you don't have to pay the actors, etc. I promised him an email when I got home, with more info. :)<br /><br />So, I sent him a brief overvue of some details of how I did it, including my <a href="http://more.showfax.com/plus/pov/2010/05/tafthartley_yourself.html">Actor's Voice POV </a> article, and a brilliant post from Ben Whitehair's <a href="http://playbillsvspayingbills.com/2010/03/01/sag-whats-the-deal-and-how-to-actually-join-no-really/">blog</a>. I hope it helps answer his questions. :) Maybe I'll be able to help other clients with my info, who knows! <br /><br />I love that he remembered that I'd done it, and that he reached out to ask about it. I really love that. :)<br /><br />In other news, my reps picked out one headshot from the Broncolor shoot, which I've already uploaded to Actor's Access and LA Casting (it's the one with the glasses, below). My acting coach gave me some notes on the photos, too--he picked that shot as well, in addition to a few others. The selections are below. I'm still deciding...I, naturally, like other ones, too. Of course. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynh95_M7NVVVMpASOo_wflabccj3rVEGt1kr6nNvJVKldAeaAZqInaB125tnblkH4OzrzU96i5bArKPaiN3WYb8b-45l_RoOGCrZdSc3FGdwFu5bNkkL1gyIb5QgqFHN3tLhDeGwzRwI/s1600/IMG_0847.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynh95_M7NVVVMpASOo_wflabccj3rVEGt1kr6nNvJVKldAeaAZqInaB125tnblkH4OzrzU96i5bArKPaiN3WYb8b-45l_RoOGCrZdSc3FGdwFu5bNkkL1gyIb5QgqFHN3tLhDeGwzRwI/s320/IMG_0847.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486604076471098978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rRqtGUEnq3Yissae_MfMmvu5MtpbHTQsg-NfSSE2tL-VAoLEd9uNk6-o4D1-U-EPkIZZh52ozrwDjOos5iquzN1xuyQwg4hLjXLKe0QFpXeBLwEl0fRXURqAgyd_ehGH3E68tKVywss/s1600/IMG_0859.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rRqtGUEnq3Yissae_MfMmvu5MtpbHTQsg-NfSSE2tL-VAoLEd9uNk6-o4D1-U-EPkIZZh52ozrwDjOos5iquzN1xuyQwg4hLjXLKe0QFpXeBLwEl0fRXURqAgyd_ehGH3E68tKVywss/s320/IMG_0859.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486604065789168290" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZiKkekWR3MpfFFF6aTXZgoklYxX-fzC1H020uOo43vYP0HZQgtwDNxNmYDsseZXkEQ0DtvKDSgBLlbj2fgZKz5QOUxZAI-v97VCvhOFWAoWY2FxmZfKYSVG7Rre_Jp8fbAA78bkBc9A/s1600/IMG_0903.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZiKkekWR3MpfFFF6aTXZgoklYxX-fzC1H020uOo43vYP0HZQgtwDNxNmYDsseZXkEQ0DtvKDSgBLlbj2fgZKz5QOUxZAI-v97VCvhOFWAoWY2FxmZfKYSVG7Rre_Jp8fbAA78bkBc9A/s320/IMG_0903.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486604054414271282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxmY0k1bjZTQAAvQeUmNyvjPWE77b7zHc2foOajTqLbE-EDyVUoZQ7lsdk_IYZuC6BOKWyL8uL-wQxrdUyK2N3WrSgfeWjKZdI7_FgjGWuwjRjMYLoteN3fRZ-gNiKNJFDzJvRkuW0IE/s1600/IMG_0770.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxmY0k1bjZTQAAvQeUmNyvjPWE77b7zHc2foOajTqLbE-EDyVUoZQ7lsdk_IYZuC6BOKWyL8uL-wQxrdUyK2N3WrSgfeWjKZdI7_FgjGWuwjRjMYLoteN3fRZ-gNiKNJFDzJvRkuW0IE/s320/IMG_0770.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486604045778874642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGUyXJNFuOiPrjvgSyg2jZM32SfJB3dxEZNLBJhPD9n2btYA_cVcqbGkNPzFPxk2CVkGL14rFfSkE7agHpMGVUgrMDwgWRopQnr1h8f7cLjZfpTJlZctWZyfNsOQEG9hOhx86FM-qgCw/s1600/IMG_0753.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGUyXJNFuOiPrjvgSyg2jZM32SfJB3dxEZNLBJhPD9n2btYA_cVcqbGkNPzFPxk2CVkGL14rFfSkE7agHpMGVUgrMDwgWRopQnr1h8f7cLjZfpTJlZctWZyfNsOQEG9hOhx86FM-qgCw/s320/IMG_0753.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486604035032073346" /></a>dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-22738464730760124852010-06-23T15:41:00.000-07:002010-06-23T15:44:17.113-07:00The Working Actor interview is LIVE!My interview on <a href="http://www.theworkingactor.net">The Working Actor</a> is now LIVE!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theworkingactor.net/2010/06/23/danielle-cloutier-the-dog-house-dog-handler/">http://www.theworkingactor.net/2010/06/23/danielle-cloutier-the-dog-house-dog-handler/</a><br /><br />Please take a moment to check it out! Super cute photos of some of the dogs at work, and a video of me telling the story of my most awkward audition. :)<br /><br />If you're interested in being interviewed by Mark, send him an email!! (Email address is on the site.) He's on a job in NYC for the summer, and is looking for NYC actors right now, but I am sure he'd love to have LA folks lined up for when he gets back!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-85950211425092732162010-06-21T12:52:00.001-07:002010-06-21T13:08:16.713-07:00The Working Actor teaser is up!Remember how I did an interview with <a href="http://www.theworkingactor.net">The Working Actor</a> a little while back? Well, the teaser for the interview is now up on their site!<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/azt5Bk">http://bit.ly/azt5Bk</a><br /><br />It features some photos of our clients, as well as my commercials! :)<br /><br />As soon as the interview itself goes live, I will post a link here!<br /><br />Other small things:<br /><br />~Designed and (finally) ordered new business cards. Waaaay overdue, as my old ones were...well, old. I like the design, I'm pretty happy with the photos that I chose (all from the Broncolor shoot), and I had fun working out what text to use. I wanted to use three photos that represented my possible types, but also my personality, and I think I managed to do that fairly well.<br />~registered the URL that matches my new Twitter name...now, just have to figure out what to do with it! :) I'd like to have it forward back to my actual website, but I have no idea how to do that...need to do some research.<br />~Excited for class this week...doing a scene from season 4 of <em>Dexter</em>! (Season 4 was a gift from an awesome lady--see below for more info)<br />~had a commercial audition for a non-union spot, being cast by the CD who booked me on my first ever commercial...first time I'd been in her office in a while, so it was cool to be back. She said I was "great" and seemed very confident in the product (a laundry detergent). Alas, no callback. Sometimes, I wonder if I'm just a little too young for some of the "Hero Mom" parts (mostly, the ones where the children are about 8 years old, or where there are multiple children...I even when on one where the eldest kid was 16, which was kinda wrong...that would have made me a VERY young mother!!). But, I still go in and do my best, because you never really know! :) Anyway, as usual, I sent a Thank You card to follow up!<br />~dropped off homemade cookies to my commercial rep, as well as cheap test prints of the Broncolor photos, to see if there are any they like. Hoping they like at least one or two--I 'd love to use at least one as a commercial headshot!! :)<br /><br />Okay, so, now on to a shout out:<br /><br />So, the truly awesome gal who brought me so much joy with the <em>Dexter</em> gift? Well, she has this AWESOME blog, full of funny, interesting tidbits, full on rants about political stuff, about insane products, etc...it's so much fun and so great! Check it out! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.angryblacklady.com">Angry Black Lady Chronicles</a><br /><br />No, seriously, it's totally worth your time. And, if you're like me, you'll be on it every night.dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-80330135956095696232010-06-13T22:57:00.000-07:002010-06-13T23:05:46.787-07:00TwitterSo, after much hemming and hawing, and some awesome help from Pamela Vanderway of <a href="http://www.dialect411.com">Dialect 411</a>, I settled on a new Twitter handle. I went from 'lady_elleinad', which was an old online nickname I had (my name spelled backward), to 'ReelSmartCookie'. The new handle came from a few things:<br /><br />-I was once typed as having 'real girl energy' by Todd Sherry, from Patrick Rush Casting. It's among my favorite comments ever to be received at a workshop. My most frequent comment is that I'm very natural in what I do, so 'real' plays into that as well.<br />-The word play of Reel/Real. PS, I love me some word play.<br />-Reel to work in a reference to film/tv.<br />-Smart, for type. It's a strong suit of my characters and my writing.<br />-Cookie, because it is already a word commonly strung together with 'Smart'. And I like cookies.<br /><br />I'm really happy with the new handle. :) I was looking for something that helped create a brand for me, that played with my type/strong suits, that fit my acting AND my writing, etc. This also has a spark of my personality, which I love. I had originally wanted something with my actual name in it, but this won out over all variations of anything with my name (and, for the record, my actual name is one character too long for Twitter's limit). I've added a widget to this blog, as well as my website, and I have updated IMDb. I also registered the domain, too. I'm trying to figure out how to have it link straight to my actual website. Something to look into, for sure!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-62627115551447241992010-06-10T00:55:00.000-07:002010-06-10T01:32:56.583-07:00Broncolor Lighting Shoot Pics, plus some linksHola!<br /><br />So, first, a couple of links that I think are cool:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dialect411.com">Dialect 411</a><br />A great blog, written by dialect consultant Pamela Vanderway, giving tips, advice and guidance to actors about the art of learning a dialect. Pamela approached me via Twitter (her handle is @Dialect411) and has been really amazing, giving and smart about all of the feedback she has given me about a myriad of things. I highly recommend subscribing to her blog and following her on Twitter!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html">J.J. Abrams 'Mystery Box'</a><br />This is a video of a talk that JJ Abrams gave in 2007, which I found really interesting and inspiring. It's about 20 minutes long, but totally worth it. I love him and want to work with him!!! (This link was sent to me by Jared Meyer, via Facebook, in response to a series of Tweets he saw on my Twitter feed--his Twitter handle is @jaredmeyer)<br /><br />Next, I got a disc of pics from the Broncolor Lighting Test Shoot that I did at the end of May. I think I may have some viable headshot options. There are around 300 pics, so I am still sorting things and narrowing them down, but I like quite a few--even just for fun pics to use on promo materials. I'll post a smattering of the ones I like below...there are quite a few that I'm trying to choose between, as far as favorites, but some of them I just think are fun or cool (like the photo with Elgin, my co-model). There are more I like than even these!<br /><br />I have an idea for a new short--possibly would qualify as more of a skit or sketch. Doing some research for it, jotting notes down, working through ideas, etc. I have no idea how I'd shoot it or produce it, but I'm not worrying about that too much yet--just focusing on the creating part right now. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIKJs8DbTisyx__0LsSuY_o_0hopBefJncfdEeF-OMQKvC0COBS7CQPoMhwN-8aa8mDfphJdPcQ2cZ8pLBwoNxIHRoYmgPda-6bAeO5j1fRP3zf2Sp9ioGcIazDBJyW-jC1PChMG8AOM/s1600/IMG_0880.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIKJs8DbTisyx__0LsSuY_o_0hopBefJncfdEeF-OMQKvC0COBS7CQPoMhwN-8aa8mDfphJdPcQ2cZ8pLBwoNxIHRoYmgPda-6bAeO5j1fRP3zf2Sp9ioGcIazDBJyW-jC1PChMG8AOM/s320/IMG_0880.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481054051230294466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TZSWEJ6HCkmKIPaAJ20wP7eFwI6S-PXeZiP_oikTz2nsDcA1lILynFK0OnlbJUw4o-Y4QXmX688sFPArYsYhHnJMeXNvPD1DX8foBBPXtTuJhyphenhyphenMpxWFsRiFh-ed1o6Wk18MSDrZgB4w/s1600/_MG_3978.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbAGvq2MkwcT2VBtDrR0oTIM5DHFp8JOLwtgpGmbf9ePg55zK-kZ0ZXHsCPWJfBr9w_ycc4HnTTH-8HxQeEnHeLHUsn8fIrawgN6f6iFysNL7IdgZApzWeZW5iniCkeZC8YrUKDmunYg/s320/IMG_0727.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481054992849384786" /></a>dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-85763049840270808342010-06-06T15:54:00.000-07:002010-06-06T15:56:10.501-07:00Improv scenes in filmsThis is a cool post on another blog, about famous scenes in films that were improvised by actors:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hollywoodactorprep.com/blog/2010/06/famous-film-scenes-were-actors-improvising/">http://www.hollywoodactorprep.com/blog/2010/06/famous-film-scenes-were-actors-improvising/</a><br /><br />Check it out!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-2617488467892648472010-06-01T22:09:00.000-07:002010-06-01T22:18:19.742-07:00Quick post about giving backTaken from @DanielleCasting's Twitter feed:<br /><br /><em>Please join our clothes/food drive for "My Friends Place" to support homeless LA teens <a href="http://www.lemonlimeagency.com ">www.lemonlimeagency.com </a>Click on info and giving back</em><br /><br />From LemonLime Agency's site:<br /><br /><strong><br />We will sponsor the drive @ Lemon Lime Offices (parking lot) on<br />Friday June 4, 2010, 11AM-3PM. </strong><br /><br /><em>"My Friends Place is a local center that provides meals, medical assistance, guidance and clothes to homeless teens and youth in the Los Angeles area.<br /><br />We visited the Center on Hollywood Blvd. and it's a very cool place for the homeless and less fortunate L.A. Kids to hang out, grab a meal, get medical attention, attend certain workshops like sewing, computer classes, resume writing etc. They also formed a fantastic "CIRQUE du SOLEIL" inspired group that teaches juggling and other tricks. While all this sounds very hip and cool, keep in mind once 5.30 pm comes around, they have to leave the premise and have to look for a place to spend the night... mostly on the streets, abandoned buildings or some even hook. My Friends Place is the place where they can escape the streets during the day and get the necessary help to get their life back on track and ultimately getting off the streets! We met the kids and they are incredible and thats why we want to contribute to keep this Organization going. They need all the help they can get and are very grateful for every little piece you are able to donate!<br /><br />Below, please find a list with items they hope and wish for. They also appreciate Canned Foods, Clothes, Toiletry items (diapers), Office Material, DVDs.... Hey, these are Los Angeles kids, so they want to look hip and cool, so bring us all your hipster clothes!<br /><br />We look forward to many generous Lemon Lime Faces pop up on Friday, even if it's just to drop a can of tuna fish! Every item counts and is very appreciated! Here is a little more info about <a href="http://www.myfriendsplace.org">www.myfriendsplace.org</a>."</em><br /><br /><strong><u><a href="http://www.lemonlimeagency.com/info/giving_back.php">PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE TO SEE AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF NEEDED ITEMS!!!!!!!!!!</a></u></strong> (The info appears on the LemonLime site, below the segment that I quoted above, on the Giving Back page--which I also just linked through the last sentence). Lots of specific clothing needs, toiletry needs, etc. Tons of options, great ways to give back!<br /><br />Thanks! And share it, if you're so inclined!<br />xoxodchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-25931762130355838962010-06-01T00:03:00.001-07:002010-06-01T00:08:50.235-07:00ATTENTION NEW YORK ACTORS!<strong><u>****ATTENTION NEW YORK CITY-BASED ACTORS****</u></strong><br /><br />Mark from <a href="http://www.theworkingactor.net">The Working Actor</a> is looking for New York actors to feature on his site! He will be in NY this summer and would love to meet NY actors who have cool day jobs, fun and interesting stories, cool projects going on or coming up, etc. <br /><br />PLEASE contact Mark if you're up for being featured and pass this info along to any NY actors you might know, who would be interested. This is a free, fun way to get your name out there!!!!! His email is: mark [at] theworkingactor [dot] net.<br /><br />Check back here to see my interview with Mark--I'll post a link when it's up! :)<br /><br />Thanks everyone!!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-55362600916074575722010-05-31T22:30:00.000-07:002010-05-31T22:33:00.380-07:00Another adventure (of a different kind)I've been thinking for a while about starting another blog, to talk about food and exloring local things in LA...and today, I did!<br /><br /><a href="http://eat-n-explore.blogspot.com/">Eat and Explore</a><br /><br />My first 'official' entry is about today's hike at Santa Ynez Canyon. :)<br /><br />Hope you enjoy!dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785910607271475654.post-48079760822863565652010-05-30T15:10:00.000-07:002010-05-30T15:24:28.407-07:00Bits and PiecesThursday, I had a meeting with a friend's talent manager. It was okay. He reps people who are more developed than I am, as far as credits go, so when he told me it was "a little early", I wasn't surprised. I don't really remember much of the meeting, except that he had a lot of opinions about a lot of things, and I did a lot more listening than I did talking. He basically told me to keep in touch, keep him posted on what I'm up to, etc. He might have been full of shit, but I'll do it anyway. Either it will be something that could develop, or it won't be. <br /><br />Upon leaving the meeting, I checked my phone and saw that my commercial agents had called, with an auditon for Friday. It was for Pediasure, and they were looking for a soccer mom type. I am on the young end of the age bracket they wanted. I went into the audition on Friday, having looked at the sides (which said that they wanted even older than the audition info stated) and hoping that I looked a little older and more soccer-mom-ish than usual. :) I guess I did fine? It was an interesting audition--the spot has two moms watching a soccer game, commenting on what their kids ate and how they were moving (quick vs. slow). They wanted it laid back. So, I was laid back. Anyway, we'll see what happens. I was just happy to have an audition with a new casting office--I sent a thank you card on my way out the door. :)<br /><br />I've been working on my apartment this weekend, and busy with work beyond that, so I haven't been updating as much. I did transcribe a scene last night, for future use in class or a workshop. I'm thinking about how to alter a scene that I wrote, to make it easier to shoot. I was supposed to have a writing meeting today, but I'm not sure if that will happen...I started painting my bedroom, and I really have no idea how long it will take (on a break right now, to let the one and half walls that I painted dry, to see if I need another coat or just touch ups, before I move on). <br /><br />Oh, some interesting videos for folks to watch...interviews with the dramatic actor Emmy nominees (Matthew Fox, Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston, Alexander Skarsgard, Ray Romano and Matt Bomer) from The Hollywood Reporter:<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-RKDPTa8uDw&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-RKDPTa8uDw&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TAAGXFlTSs8&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TAAGXFlTSs8&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/41iVm8XwFPM&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/41iVm8XwFPM&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>dchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363586582325703908noreply@blogger.com0