Your Demo is Costing You Work!

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of demos for actors and how they should be designed to instill confidence in casting directors rather than just showcase talent.

Today we are talking about something that every actor has… every actor worries about… and almost every actor gets wrong. Your demos. Your video reel. Your voice-over demo. Now, I’m going to say something right up front that might shift your thinking immediately: Your demo is not there to show how talented you are. It’s there to make casting feel confident about where to put you. That’s a very different job. And once you understand that… everything changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jeffrey Dreisbach

Topics covered

• acting
• demos
• casting
• video reel
• voice-over

Keywords

• actor
• demo
• casting
• video reel
• voice-over
• confidence
• talent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broadway Podcast Network

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