Casting Director Tiffany Mak: Advice for Actors

Vancouver Casting Director Tiffany Mak talks to the SpringBreak'12 class at Biz Studio about how she got into casting, how much influence she has in determining who gets cast, the process that she goes through when casting a new project, how she chooses people for auditions, what makes an actor stand out in an audition, and more.
"It's so competitive that you're already ahead of the game just by getting in the room. At ten people out of two hundred people submitted you're already at a five percent chance to get in the room to begin with. And that's where things like your resume, your training, your headshot is key. Your headshot and resume are your business card. So getting high quality headshots even though they're expensive. Getting them and updating them every time your look changes, whether it's your hair or your weight or your height or anything like that. Updating your headshot, taking all the classes that you can, sending yourself out for commercials, student films, short films, independent films, just building your resume so you have that on camera experience. And then your agent's going to push harder for you because they're confident in your work. And I'm going to push harder for you because I'm going to know that you've shown the work ethic and the skill, that you're going to know what a mark is, where the camera is and where your lighting is, and you're going to have that discipline. You need to work your way up you don't just get handed a lead role. You have to put the work in. You have to commit to it." -Tiffany Mak

[@Nunayobizniz]

Tiffany is amazing 🤩

[@ToriiBeast]

can you please do more videos