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Finding Actors

X-Carter
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Jul 1, 2003, 6:22 PM

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What are some good ways of finding actors for commercials, corporate videos, etc.? Is SAG the way to go, or not necessarily? Thank you for your input...

X-Hal
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Jul 2, 2003, 8:24 AM

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Call and visit local theater groups. Get to know some of the people.
Then network through them. I've had very good luck with this approach.
Recently I asked an actress friend to help me cast two roles.
She came up with a number of very talented actors and actresses.
I cast two of them the same day. You might want to read my book
"Marketing With Video" which explains this in more detail.
: What are some good ways of finding actors for commercials, corporate videos, etc.? Is SAG the way to go, or not necessarily? Thank you for your input...

X-Jim_Colman
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Jul 2, 2003, 11:09 AM

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Assuming you live in a fairly populated area there are probably a number of talent agents in your area. There job is to provide talent for productions. We use agents almost exclusivly for all our productions because they will take care of a lot of the leg work for you. If you live in a "right to work" state, you don't need to use SAG members and you can negoiate pricing based on budget restraints.
Jim Colman
Horizon Productions

X-Paul_Bolden
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Jul 8, 2003, 3:06 AM

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If you live in LA check out a publication called Backstage West. It's also available in NY, Chicago, Vegas and Miami. In NY i think its called Backstage East. I'm not sure what its call in those other cities.