Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Do Casting?
Today, almost all casting begins with an on-line audition. More on that process here. That means that actors have come to bear the weight of hiring a coach, producing a…
Extreme Roles = Extreme Decisions
Extreme Roles = Extreme Decisions A Checklist of Things for a Parent to Consider At some point in a child actors career, most parents will be faced with an acting…
Learning Lines With Kids
Actor Life Hack: How to Learn Lines with Kids It isn’t unusual to get invited to an audition with less than 24 hours notice. When child actors are working, they…
Pilot Season
The Real Truth About Pilot Season A cottage industry has developed in Los Angeles in the last 30 years or so, an industry that exists to serve something called “pilot…
Online Casting
On-line casting has taken over Hollywood! As with all technological “advancements”, it is a good-news-bad-news sort of thing. The good news is that the use of the internet for storing…
Taping Auditions
The self-taped audition, asking the actors to tape themselves and send the audition electronically, is now a Hollywood staple. We’ve had YouTube and the publicity stunt open calls for a…
All Roles Are Not Created Equal
Do you search the internet far and wide looking for job opportunities for your child? Do you feel strongly that it is your contribution to your child’s career? Do you…
Broadway for Kids – Auditions
The Casting Process There is no real “season” for casting Broadway shows. New Broadway shows and some holiday shows open in October/November, with casting being done in the summer. This…
Legitimate Disney Auditions
BizParentz is very fortunate to have had a working relationship with Disney Studios. We also have personal experience: between us, our children have worked for most of the Disney corporations,…