Inside the Room (part 2)

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by in Posts, Videos

**(The following posts come from my experience during the last few weeks working as an intern in a busy casting office. While some of the stories/observations will be based on the particulars of the office itself – I feel there are many, many, many take away points from which any actor can benefit.)

  • General mailed submissions are a waste of money.

  • If you are going to mail – plain envelopes are just fine. You don’t have to use expensive mailing supplies or services.

  • Do your research, and submit to the appropriate office.
  • Write the character name and episode number on the outside of the envelope to let whoever is opening the mail know that it is an actual submission.
  • Use a post-it, or write the character name on the headshot itself.
  • Consider organizing a drop-off co-op with some friends. Find out which friends live in different areas around town and exchange headshots.
  • GET CREATIVE!


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2 Responses to “Inside the Room (part 2)”

  1. Debbie

    14. May, 2009

    So, are you saying send a headshot to a casting office only if it is for a specific role that you know is casting? Otherwise sending headshots to casting offices are a waste of time/money? I am always wondering about this.

  2. Seth Caskey

    14. May, 2009

    @Debbie: If you are mailing in a headshot and resume to an episodic casting office and it’s not for a specific role, I would say yes – it is not the most effective use of time and money.

    However, if you know the casting director and you are not submitting on a role, but just want to update a picture – great. Write that on the envelope as well. The more information that the person who is opening the mail has, the less likely it is to get thrown away.

    But blind mailed submissions to CDs you don’t know – not very effective.

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