MAKE YOUR LIST AND CHECK IT TWICE With Christmas right around the corner and the New Year knocking on our door, most of us will be taking a break from acting to binge on fistfulls of cookies while watching our favorite holiday movies in order to avoid the insane roads full of procrastinating Christmas shoppers…
BEING GRATEFUL CAN BE TOUGH Thanksgiving may be over, but it’s always recommended to constantly reflect on all you have to be thankful for, I mean, you’re an actor, right? You must have lots you’re grateful for! Well, as we all know, that’s not exactly how we always feel. Being rejected, going months without booking…
A SHORT BREAK FROM THE BLOG Hope you’ve been enjoying the AOS blog, for all things acting, modeling, film, and more! As much fun as it is to write blog posts every week, our blog writer will be taking a pause from writing for the next few weeks. Why you ask? She’s getting married! Best…
MORE THAN A TALENT SHOW We’ve covered how to get work when you’re unrepresented, but in looking forward to Tuesday’s open auditions for the March Talent Inc. cast, it seemed fitting to point out and discuss another tool to help get you out there. You guessed it: Talent Inc. To those who who are only…
GET READY TO SING YOUR HEART OUT We’re counting down the days until our voice program and our Fall musical here at AOS, but in the meantime we singers and non-singers alike are always looking for tips on how to improve our voices. I mean, who doesn’t want to be good it singing? If you’re…
DEPRESSION? FEAR? ANXIETY? Millions of people all over the world suffer from mental health issues, among those, two of the most common are anxiety and depression. Even without clinical diagnoses, many of us have found ourselves panicking in social situations or falling depressed in the face of stress. So what if there was a way to…
ALLLL BYYYY MYYYYSELF For one reason or another, you’re unrepresented. No agent, no agency, no manager. Maybe the ones you’ve auditioned or interviewed for didn’t offer, or maybe you just haven’t found one that you’re really happy with. Either way, all that’s running through your mind is how on Earth to get booked for jobs…
ACTORS TWEET TOO! Looking ahead to our Breaking Into the Biz workshops in October, we’re offering extra tips for you to jumpstart your acting career that your drama teacher may have not mentioned. One tip that often goes unsaid, use social media to your advantage. There are probably some things on everyone’s Facebook timeline that…
LOOKING PAST THE STIGMA In the wake of Fall film festival season and the start of Charlotte Film Festival, showing the film FARE with our very own instructor Will Triplett, we thought it most appropriate to pay homage to the film fest industry by determining what these events are really about and deciding if they…
GET READY FOR YOUR CLOSE UP Headshots are worlds away from your average school pictures or your typical selfie. How often do you take those duck-faced photos into job interviews? Never. But as an actor or performer, your headshot is your money maker. It’s as important, if not more so, than your resume. Anyone can…