Booking Film, TV & Theatre Work - Strike After Effects - Pilots & Upfronts
By Abigail Hardin, January 31, 2024
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Happy Wednesday, UTD!
Annie and I had a wonderful time at our "Booking Film, TV, and Theatre Work With or Without an Agent" with Actors Connection last week. There were so many great questions! The response was overwhelming, people left feeling motivated and renewed with focus and energy. We're thrilled to share that the workshop was recorded and you can watch (or re-watch) the workshop through your Up-To-Date Actor account.
This hour-and-a-half workshop is available for UTDA members (and free trials). Login to your account or sign up for a free trial to view this workshop on our workshops page. On this page, you can also find helpful tutorials on how to maximize your Up-To-Date Actor account and its numerous features.
In this seminar, we explore these five first steps:
- Know/discover your type
- Know your market, what projects are filming there?
- Are your marketing materials in top shape?
- Know & meet the right casting directors - how to create a targeted list
- How to effectively research new projects and opportunities
- How to craft an effective self-submission that gives a clear picture of your unique talent
We at the Up-To-Date Actor strive to provide you with tools and research that can empower you to take BOLD action to move your career forward.
I hope you'll take some time to watch the workshop and give your career a new year jolt. Production is in full swing now that the strikes and the holidays are over, make the most of this time and craft the acting career you've always wanted!
Now, onto the news!
P.S. We lost a great icon yesterday. Chita Rivera passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Tributes, memories, anecdotes, and thoughts have been flooding in from every sector of our industry for this legend. You will be missed, rest in peace Chiate Rivera!
Production & Content
- New York Production Facility Borden Studios Slated To Open In Queens
- Amazon MGM Studios To Open Production Base At Pinewood Toronto
- The Love List: Top Unproduced Romance TV Pilots & Screenplays Launches
- Scripted TV Season Orders Down in U.S., Says Ampere
Strike After Effects
- SAG-AFTRA Puts Casting Websites On Notice For Charging Fees To Actors
- Hollywood Strike Takeaways: Film and TV Delays, Studios' Streaming Adjustment
- DGA Announces Revisions To Film & TV Contract
- How the Strikes Helped Streaming
- Canada’s TV Sector Nervous As CMPA & WGA Head To Negotiating Table
Film & TV Business
- Paramount Global Layoffs Coming But No Details In Bob Bakish Staff Memo
- January Box Office Slump Continues with Little Relief in Sight
- Movie Theaters Boosted Oscar Nominations, but so Did Netflix
- Paramount Global Braces For New Round Of Layoffs
- Comcast Q4 Profit Surges 8% On Business Services, Peacock, Theme Parks
- TV Premieres Drop, Theatrical Wide Releases Grow in 2023: Luminate
Upfronts
- Paramount Won't Return to TV's Upfront Week in New York
- Warner Bros. Discovery Plans New York Upfront Event for May 15
- Advertisement Spending on Linear TV Drops Again: How Hollywood Is Vulnerable
Streaming
- Scott Stuber Made Filmmakers Want to Work at Netflix
- Netflix Q4 2023 Earnings Results
- Netflix: “We’re Not Interested In Acquiring Linear Assets”
- Netflix Expects to Fully Phase Out Cheapest No-Ads Plan
- Amazon Prime Video Launches Ads: Analysts Forecast Revenue Opportunity
- Will Freevee Continue Now That Amazon Has Ads?
Theatre Talk
- Video: Patti LuPone Discusses Broadway 'Pandering' to Audiences and Possible Return to the Stage on NY1
- Musical Creators' Institute to Offer Musical Theatre Writing Courses In Person and Online
- PAC NYC and Galvan Initiatives Launch The Democracy Cycle
- Titanique's Nathan Lee Graham on How Working Actors Are the Backbone of Theatre
- Obies Ditch Ceremony In Favor Of Winner Grants, Ending 68-Year Tradition
- Fixing Peter Pan...and Its 'Indian' Problem
Awards Season
- The Critics Choice Awards Changed Momentum in the Oscar Race
- AARP Movies For Grownups Awards 2024: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Best Picture
- 2024 BAFTA Nominations: See Full List
- BAFTA Nominations Analysis: ‘Oppenheimer’ Is Unstoppable
- Oscars 2024: In Best Director Race, Greta Gerwig Out, Justine Triet In
- 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees Reviews From Deadline’s Critics
- GLAAD Media Awards Nominations: Full List Of TV & Movie Nominees
- Cord Jefferson Discusses Oscar Nomination
- Emmy Rules Changes Set For 2024 Awards
Film Festivals
- Sundance 2024: Read Keynote Speech from Jonathan Wang
- The 17 Best Films of Sundance 2024 (And How to See Them)
- Critic’s Notebook: 2024 Was the Year that Sundance Came Back to Life
- Berlinale Sounding Alarm Over Rising Hate Speech Amid Middle East Crisis
- Pro-Palestinian Protestors March at Sundance Film Festival
- Melissa Barrera Joins Sundance Pro-Palestinian Protest
- Can Sundance 2024 Titles Succeed at the Box Office This Year?
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Adobe Launches $6 Million Film & TV Fund Ahead of Sundance
- Broken English Productions & Women In Film Launch Initiative For New Women Filmmakers
- Egyptian-U.S. Company Ambient Light Boosts Support For MENA Filmmakers
- Apple Grants To Sundance Indigenous Program, Smithsonian Unveiled
- Prime Video Africa & MENA Staff Face Layoffs In Euro “Rebalancing”
- TV Agents Talk Disability, Ruth Madeley, Liz Carr, Cerrie Burnell
Actors on Acting
- Origin Movie: Director Ava DuVernay on Importance of Background Actors
- Sofia Vergara: Acting Roles are Limited Because of This Stupid Accent
- Hannah Waddingham Was Told By Teacher She Didn’t Have Face For TV
- Dakota Johnson: ‘Madame Web’ Superhero Acting Was ‘Psychotic’
- Sarah Snook 'Too Naive' to Fight Producer Who Yelled at Her Over Cake
- Elvis May Have Left The Building, But His Accent Stayed With Austin Butler