About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities and misconceptions surrounding the advice for actors to create their own content.

"Make Your Own Content" Is Incomplete Advice. Here Is What It Actually Means. I was scrolling TikTok, as one does, and I came across an actor who was fired up. She said the advice to make your own content is terrible. Her take was basically, I'm an actor, not a writer, not a producer, not a director. I don't have a crew or a budget. So what are you actually asking me to do here? Pull a short film out of thin air between my day job and my auditions? And I watched that video and thought, you know what, there's a point there that's fair. But I also think the advice is incomplete. Not wrong. Incomplete. And incomplete advice is dangerous because it sounds reasonable enough that people try it, fail, and then blame themselves. So today I want to unpack what make your own content actually means, who it's for, and how it means something completely different if you're a voice actor. The Advice Is Missing a Map As it's typically delivered, in workshops, masterclasses, panels, the advice sounds like this. Don't wait to be cast. Create your own opportunities. Write something. Film something. Put it out there. For a certain type of actor with a certain set of skills and resources, that advice…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Pamela Rose

Topics covered

• content creation
• acting advice
• voice acting
• creative opportunities
• industry challenges

Keywords

• make your own content
• acting
• content creation
• voice actors
• creative process

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