“AUDITIONING FOR TV”
2 DAY PILOT SEASON MASTERCLASS with
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SEMINAR
LONDON
MASTERCLASS, taught by Nancy Bishop, CSA
Weekend of 28-29 October 2017
Nancy Bishop CSA, Emmy- Award Nominated Casting Director and author of Auditioning for Film and TV, offers a special two day PILOT SEASON MASTER CLASS and INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SEMINAR for actors who wish to position themselves for international work. Stay on top of your audition technique with practice in taped auditions, self tapes, and cold reading technique. This class will focus particularly on the demands of pilot season, with targeted scene work typical of American pilots.
Saturday 28 October 10:00 – 4.30
10:00 Coffee and Welcome
10:30- 12:00 Targeted warm up exercises will hone cold reading audition technique.
12:00- 13:00: Lunch
13:00- 15:00 Feedback on Self Taped Auditions selected from pilot season sides:
Casting directors are often expected to cast pilots within shorter time periods so they are increasingly relying on self-tapes. Actors will provide a pre-assigned self taped audition from sample pilots for feedback from Nancy
15:00-16:00: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SEMINAR
Seminar for actors will focus on strategies for actors to promote themselves and procure work in the international market. Topics will include how to best take advantage of the internet for marketing, organize a professional CV, choose a winning headshot, produce an effective show reel, record auditions to send to production, and use social media.
16:00- 16:30: Actors are assigned two pilot scenes for the next day.
Sunday 29 October 10:00 – 4.30-5 MOCK PILOT AUDITIONS
10:00 – 12:00: Actors will perform and tape scenes assigned on Saturday with coaching from Nancy.
12:00- 13:00: Critique of taped scenes
13:00- 14:00 Lunch
13:00- 16:30 (Might go later) : Second Round of pilot scene taping and critique
MASTER CLASS INFO:
WHAT: MASTERCLASS , MARKETING SEMINAR and BOOK LAUNCH
WHEN: 28-29 October 2017
TIMES: 10:00 – 16:30
WHERE: The Umbrella Rooms 241 Shaftesbury Avenue, T- 0207 693 9776
COST: for fees and further info, please email
TO REGISTER: Send CV and photo to: nancybishopworkshop@gmail.com
