Happy SAG Awards weekend! Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners! In today’s blog entry, I continue the journey of achieving my goal of booking supporting roles in feature films produced and distributed by independent or mid-sized studios like A24, Neon, Focus Features, Sony Pictures Classics, Searchlight Pictures, etc. My latest round of administration (aka action items) was to start getting on the radar of the super-duper, wonderful, and amazing casting directors behind these films!
As I mentioned two weeks ago, I identified and wrote down my favorite/impactful films that were nominated during the 2019 to 2024 awards season (and most of these films were produced and distributed by the above movie studios.) I identified and wrote down the casting directors for those films. I emailed my agent the list of casting directors to see if they have a relationship with them and to put an introduction for me (and forward my communication to them regarding the film(s) they cast.) If they cast these types of films, chances are they will cast similar ones in the future. Keep reading below 🙂
This past week, I created a Google Spreadsheet to type in the names and contact info for these casting directors. In addition, I also typed in the names of the casting associates and casting assistants who were involved in casting these films as well. As a result, my target list grew and I ended up with a total of 73 names! Once I typed everyone’s names into the Google Spreadsheet, I utilized different resources from IMDB Pro to social media to get contact info for them. This took a MINUTE to do, but it was worth it in the end. I had to think of the bigger picture! I ended up getting contact info for 65 people. I will reach out to my relationship map for help on the 8 people I was unable to get contact info for. Keep reading below 🙂
Next, I began drafting my communications. And I knew that these couldn’t be generic and general communications. They had to be specific and authentic about how their casting impacted me. After sending out a few communications this past week, I realized this would take a little longer than expected because of the specificity and personalization of each communication. So, I need to write and send out at least one communication every day to move through this list with intention. Keep reading below 🙂
As I continue sending out communications to each casting team, I’m already thinking ahead to the next round of career administration for this particular 2024 goal. I already highlighted the next section of administration in my Declaration of Independence (business plan) that I want to tackle after I finish sending out these communications. This highlighted section also includes a couple more things to tackle with my list of casting directors so that I can continue getting on their radar and get called in for future films they will be casting.
Chasing The George 