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#112 Sundance Backstage Pass with Blumhouse Fellow & Filmmaker Chelsea Gonzalez

Release Date: 03/15/2023

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Buckle up, actors, cuz this episode is about to step up your audition game 🚀 In this episode, I sat down with Mel Brown, the Customer Success Manager for Performers at Spotlight, and trust me, you’re going to want to hear this. If you’ve ever stared at your Spotlight profile and thought, "Am I doing this right?" — I’ve gotchu! 💁‍♂️ Here are just a few juicy takeaways: 🎯 How to optimize your profile so casting directors actually find you 🚫 The biggest mistakes actors make on Spotlight (and how to fix them, stat!) 🌍 Why you need to be on Spotlight (even if...

#136 Get More Auditions with Casting Networks

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🎙️Get ready to level up your audition game because in this episode, I chat with Lucky Mackey, Client Success Manager at Talent Systems, and Katie O'Connor, Enterprise Sales Manager for the West Coast at Casting Networks. We dig into all things casting networks—especially how you can make your profile work for you, not against you. 💥 If you're ready to make your profile shine ✨ and get seen, this episode is for you! Here’s what you’ll learn: What kind of headshots casting directors need to see 👀 How to use multiple takes during self-tapes 🎬 to your...

#135 Get More Auditions with Actors Access

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If you're looking to get noticed by casting directors and make your profile really work for you, this episode is full of practical advice to help you stand out. I sat down with Blair Hickey—consultant for Breakdown Services & Actors Access, and founder of CastingAbout—to dish out how to get casting directors to notice you. 💥 We’re talking about why your profile isn’t just “a thing you fill out”—it’s your key 🔑 to unlock opportunities. Listen & Learn: Why a fully filled-out profile helps casting directors pitch you with confidence 👍 How your...

#134 Get More Auditions with Casting Workbook CEO Susan Fox 🌎 🎬

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Join Casting Workbook Now 👇👇 You know me as the go-to guy to get more auditions with your casting profiles. 👨🏻‍✈️💪 So, when Casting Workbook popped into my inbox, my first thought was, “Do we really need another casting site?!?” 🙄 But then, I discovered you can submit FOR FREE! ← Sounds too good to be true, amiright? No other casting site offers that... 🤔 As your self-declared Casting Website Defending Champion, before I introduce you to any other casting site, I had to reach out to their head honcho to get the scoop... Casting Workbook CEO Susan Fox joins...

#133 Casting Profile Secrets Revealed with Casting Networks' Katie O'Connor & Jason Teresi

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On this episode of Brian Breaks Character, I sat down with the powers that be from Casting Networks (again!), Katie O'Connor, Enterprise Sales Manager (West Coast) 🌴 and Jason Teresi, Client Success Manager 💫. They join me to give the inside scoop on all the exciting developments since the Casting Networks overhaul three years ago, and trust me, they do not disappoint. 🙌 👉 Casting Networks is a staple in this industry and they work hard over there to continuously improve the experience for both actors and casting directors. HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: 🌍 Global...

#132 Get More Auditions with these Spotlight Insider Secrets

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In this episode, we've got a surprise for all you actors out there! Spotlight’s Customer Success Manager, David Flynn, joins me to reveal why every actor who wants to work in the UK and beyond (no matter where you're from) should be on this global casting platform. Here are three key takeaways: 🌎 Global Opportunity - Spotlight's reach is massive with 80,000 active performers registered on the platform plus over 2,000 agencies and pretty much every casting director you can name are active on the site. ⭐️ Profile Perfection - David walks us through the art of crafting your...

#131 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Vol 4 - PART TWO

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🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Run, Don't Walk to Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode: https://actorsurvivalguide.com This is Part Two of the Actor Survival Guide. 🎭 Look, we've been living through two strikes! 💥💥 And right now it might not even feel like you're in your acting career because what does an acting career even look like at this point? 🤔 So, I reached out to the crème de la crème of coaches for actors – the über-experts who wholeheartedly devote themselves to your fulfillment & success in this wild career – and asked...

#130 The Official 2023 Actor Survival Guide Vol 4 - PART ONE

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🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ Run, Don’t Walk To Get the Survival Guide that accompanies this very special 2-part episode: This is Part One of the Actor Survival Guide. Whenever the bizniz feels S L O W 🐢 ... ...my thoughts start to get W E I R D. I'm not gonna give a lot of airtime to my trash thoughts cuz I'm gonna guess you know them intimately (E.g., Should I still be doing this, Does anyone care, Why am I banging my head against the wall, etc.). Wallowing in weirdness won't get us anywhere, so I reached out for help from TWELVE (yup, 12) of the best acting bizniz coaches on the...

#129 Make Lemonade with Brian

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We’ve got something special for you in this pop-up episode of Brian Breaks Character. You know, I couldn't stay silent with the strikes that are still going on. 👉 On today’s episode, we dive into the state of the business and the creatives inside of the strike. And… the truth that cannot be denied regardless of what's going on in the business - You were born to do this. 💪 Plus, I'm thrilled to introduce my new Make Lemonade program – devoted to actors who want a healthy dose of focus, less toxic-positivity, and MORE JOY in their lives & careers. 🍋 Life's thrown us some...

#128 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: LGBTQ&A with Jeffrey Masters & Guest Janelle Monáe

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🏳️‍🌈 This is the fourth and final episode of our LGBTQ+ Podcast Series. All this month, we've been elevating and uplifting the voices of LGBTQ+ podcasts and content creators. 🎧🎥 Today, we are happy to highlight LGBTQ&A podcast. LGBTQ&A has been featured in The New York Times, MSNBC, and was nominated for Outstanding Podcast at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards. 🙌 Jeffrey Masters is the host and creator of LGBTQ&A. He's also the former Director of Podcasts at The Advocate and he is currently the Senior Producer of the New Yorker Radio Hour. 😲 Jeffrey's guest on this...

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Now that Deadline has finally announced the big news, I can share Chelsea Gonzalez with you! 🎉

🙈🙊🙉 I’ve had to keep my mouth shut until Deadline, Variety and The Wrap spread the word➞ Chelsea Gonzalez is an Official Selection as a Blumhouse & K Period Media Screamwriting Fellow (...and as a longtime, client & friend, I am just so freakin' proud of her!). 💗 🙌

And on today's episode of Brian Breaks Character she – quite literally! – walks us through her experience at Sundance Film Festival. 🎥

📽 The Who, What, Where, When, & How to make Sundance work for you!

🤝 What you can do to build connections in the film industry: surprise! it's not all about bizniz cards✨

⚖️ How to balance TWO passions 👈 As an actor-filmmaker, Chelsea is a shining example of someone who takes courageous action toward her 2nd passion

💸 When to invest in a big festival like this to ensure it catapults the rest of your career (plus allllll the things she's learned from being on the festival circuit!)

🤔 Chelsea was named ‘Most Powerful Voice’ by Blackbird Film Festival and recently won Best Pilot for the series Legit Married at Dances with Films. 🙌

During the episode, she offers valuable insights on storytelling and filmmaking that will leave you feeling inspired and ready to create (or book a ticket to Park City for next year's festival!). ✍️🎞📺

So sit back, grab some popcorn 🍿, and get ready to be entertained & informed by one of the most exciting emerging filmmakers I've ever had the privilege to know. 🎉

FUN FACT: Before Chelsea found a love of writing and directing, she began her career as an actress in a... Blumhouse feature. 💁‍♀️

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