All posts tagged "casting"
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How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who...
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On Using "Real People": A Veteran Talent Scout (and Director of Moss) Shares Advice For Casting Non-Actors
When you need to shoot a scene in a local bait and tackle shop on a small island off the Carolinas and you’re location-scouting the...
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Casting From Your Couch? Mobile Casting App UpCast Aims to Cut Your Time Spent Finding Actors
As mobile technology shakes up everything from dating to banking, Drew Doyon, founder and CEO of UpCast, wants to do the same for the casting...
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More Than You Bargain For: Negotiating With Talent 101
I used to be terrified of negotiating—my instinct was to immediately acquiesce and avoid the hassle. So when I meet moviemakers in my law practice...
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Reaching for the Stars: How to Get a “Name” Actor in Your Film
As I sat in the production office of my latest film, Gridlocked, putting out hourly fires, I turned to notice a production assistant standing speechless...
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Casting a Light: Lessons on Finding the Right Actors From Before the Sun Explodes
When my writing and producing partner, Zeke Farrow, and I set out to cast our film Before The Sun Explodes, we were aware of the...
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Slate Up: Five Things Every Actor Needs to Land Theatrical Representation
In partnership with Film Slate Magazine, we’re publishing “Slate Up,” a fortnightly series with practical filmmaking advice and musings, written by the team at Film Slate. Whether...
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If the Shoe Fits: Casting Meet Me in Montenegro on a Tiny Budget
The best advice for assembling a stellar cast is extremely simple: Cast phenomenal actors who are right for the roles and avoid getting caught up...
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The Joy of Fly Casting: Indie Casting Tips from Man From Reno
August, 2012. I’m sweating like a pig on the streets of Tokyo, frantically looking for my Japanese casting director, Satoshi Mashida. Even though I speak...
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Old Cat, New Tricks: Frankie Valenti in Tiger Orange
Director Wade Gasque’s first feature, Tiger Orange, premieres at Los Angeles’ Outfest on July 18. The film centers around two gay brothers forced to reconnect...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
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How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...