Yummy…Print and TV casting for adults and kids. $2250 / $1200 for booked talent

Atlanta, GA - Television (non-union) and Print Project #1117 - Pays up to $2250* adults, $1200* minors

A fantastic national shoe retailer is perusing the Soup for some great talent. This upcoming campaign is for Print and Television (non-union). If you are in the Soup, be sure your Physical page is complete (shoe size might be slightly important!). Project is searching on specific physical traits FYI.

Here’s the breakdown - (experienced adult talent, experienced minors helpful but not required): 

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Wireless brand casting for an Atlanta-area family. $2000 if booked.

Atlanta, GA Print Project #1116

A national wireless provider is looking for an actual family to star in a “print” photo shoot for a future advertising campaign. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Ideally, they would like parents and 3 kids but they’ll consider 4 person families too! If you are in the Soup, see instructions below…

Here’s the breakdown- (experience is helpful but not required): 

• Parents, all ethnicities
• 6-9 year old (male or female)
• 10-12 year old (male or female)
• 15-18 year old (male or female)

Shoot date: Project will shoot Friday, June 14th. An in person go-see, by invitation only, may also be scheduled.
Client: A national wireless provider

Usage:  Unlimited use of images, across any advertising channels (print, web, point of sale, etc), forever (in perpetuity). 

Session: 8 hours

Paying A Whole Family Rate (payment based on existing parent’s Entry or Pro account): 

• Independent talent w/ Pro Webcomp - $2000 - 0% = $2000 paid for your whole family
• Independent talent w/ Entry Webcomp - $2000-20% = $1600 paid for your whole family
• Represented talent (agency is registered with us) w/ Pro Webcomp - $2000 + agency ($400) - 0% = $2400 paid to your agency
• Represented talent (agency is registered with us)  w/ Entry Webcomp - $2000 + agency ($400) - 10%  = $2160 paid to your agency

IF YOU ARE IN THE SOUP- Please upload several whole family photos and move them to the top of your photos page. Be sure one family photo is the Main image!

NOT IN THE SOUP? HOW TO GET SUBMITTED

Be sure you upload photos of your entire family. We welcome babies through grandparents so feel free to register everyone! Once you create your portfolio, be sure the Main photo is the whole family photo (this will  make sense once you sign up).

Signing up the whole family is easy (every member must have their own Webcomp account). Here’s how to use the same email address to register them all https://talentsoup.com/forums/faq/topics/6#12

Ready to sign up?

If You Are: An Independent, or Unrepresented Talent

All talent must be signed up in TalentSoup (it’s fast and free) to be submitted. Go to TalentSoup’s Sign Up page and get in the mix! Or visit www.talentsoup.com for more information.

If You Are: A Talent Agency, or Agency-Represented Talent:

Agencies must first register (no cost) their Agency with us at https://talentsoup.com/agencies. Then invite your talent to sign up on TalentSoup. Invitations can be sent from within your Dashboard after you register, or your talent can simply enter your agency name in the “How did you hear about us?” box upon signup through TalentSoup’s Sign Up page.  Full details and to register your agency are found here https://talentsoup.com/agencies

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NOTE- We are a broker and talent marketplace, not an agency. TalentSoup does not discriminate against anyone, for any reason (age, sex, color, ethnicity, etc). ALL humans are encouraged to register, create a Webcomp portfolio, and volunteer themselves for automatic submission to matching projects. Put simply, we love people. All of them.

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Monday’s Encouragement: Your portfolio should work hard for you! Here’s how to avoid a lazy one.

We want you to kick this week off right so today, it’s time for encouragement and education. If are happy with your level of success as an actor or model, stop reading. If not, then we hope you’ll find value in spending the next few minutes reading, contemplating and acting on this post!

First up, Encouragement.

You are probably the greatest hinderance to your own success. Stop it.

The only formula to being successful in our business is constant effort and exposure.

In other words, the work you put into this business is directly related to the success you get out of the business.

Now, for the Education

If you are willing to put in the work, the next step is how to maximize your return on that labor investment. You want to work smart. We all do. No once wants to waste their effort. So start this week off by making a plan and start putting your Webcomp portfolio out there. This includes active projects where you are submitting the URL to your Webcomp AND inactive marketing, where you’ve blanketed your URL everywhere you can (Facebook, email signature, Twitter account, personal website, IMDb, etc).

Now for some action. Putting your portfolio to work!

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Communication and call sheets. Keeping our talent informed is important

We get lots of surprised responses from talent and clients alike from the volume and completeness of our communication. While that’s good for us and the TalentSoup brand, it’s a sad reflection on how many agencies operate. We tend to err on the side of too  much information!

Much of today was spent getting booked talent their call sheets, communicating with other talent about active jobs and other bookings, and general emails about Webcomp images and incomplete accounts.

Call Sheets (times, locations, maps, brings, hair and makeup status, phone numbers, etc) are assembled, and sent out to booked talent, copying any agencies whose talent are involved, with a request for reply to confirm receipt. This let’s us close the loop and inform clients when all of their talent are confirmed booked.

Communication is important in our industry and it’s a two way street. We book hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of talent every year. So if we are lucky enough to work with you, please over communicate with us. We don’t mind. 

Do you think casting directors want to see this? An obvious answer and a rant from the Chef.

Yes, this is rhetorical but its really important that our talent consider their Brand, their Package, their Image. You ARE the product folks. So think about what you are presenting to potential “buyers” of your product.

Here is a perfect example from one of the many ripoff sites (more on that below). We get email “submissions” from our free castings that they rip off our site then charge talent to view. The talent respond and apply, which sends an email LINK to us.

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Project updates- Hotel chain, wireless company and home improvement clients..busy day in the kitchen!

Good Tuesday everyone! Sorry for the slow updates here on the blog.

• Hotel Chain - project is closed for submissions and final bookings are almost done. That includes Atlanta and Miami talent.
• Wireless - also closed to submissions. Waiting on confirmation the client is finished booking before it closes, which is likely later today.
• Home Improvement - 29 talent booked in Atlanta. Project is closed.

We’ve got some great stuff cooking so hang in there! And don’t forget to keep looking for work anywhere and everywhere!

Your Webcomp makes it easy, powerful and effective. From stats to track who’s looking at you to beautiful email versions of your Webcomp (not just a link that someone has to follow!), we built incredible tools into your account. So go use them! Check out this short video to get you started.

Boston area engaged couples casting..this is going to be one big party!

Our friends at Natick Collection (an upscale shopping mall outside of Boston) are back for more Soup fun. We are managing the search for engaged couples to be part of their next marketing campaign. 

Given the amazing stores at Natick (that’s who is providing the gifts) I’m guessing this will be an amazing start to one new couple!

If you are in the Soup, and want to be submitted, here’s what to do-

1. Upload at least 2 shots of you together as a couple. Make your Main photo a tight shot of you both.
2. Email chef@talentsoup.com with the Subject - Natick Casting and we’ll get you in there!

If you are not in the Soup, please follow this link to the Natick Shopper Search page to signup!

Never a dull moment around here…happy Monday everyone!

Fantastic new baby product promo with Ashley L.

talentsoupwork:

Great work Ashley L tso.to/mniYIS and @lalabu. Check her out in this video A Day With Lalabu 

 

Project 1112. National wireless company back in the Soup for great talent. $1200 for 5 hours.

A brand we all know is back (5th or 6th year they’ve been a client) for some great talent. This project will shoot May 9th but a closed, invite-only go see is mandatory for select talent. That happens this Saturday in Atlanta. Project will book 2 principals and 2 extras. 

Principals-

• Independent Pro accounts are paid $1200
• Independent Entry accounts are paid 20% less, or $960
• Agency Pro accounts are paid $1200 plus agency to their agent.
• Agency Entry accounts are paid 10% less to their agent.

Extras-

• Independent Pro accounts are paid $500
• Independent Entry accounts are paid 20% less, or $400
• Agency Pro accounts are paid $500 plus agency to their agent.
• Agency Entry accounts are paid 10% less to their agent.

Project 1110. A yummy food brand is back for more talent from the Soup!

Can’t give out too much info but project 1110 is another satisfied customer back for more. We’ll be casting kids and adults in Atlanta (150 mile radius I believe). 3 hours on set.

Pro accounts paid $1000, Pro minors paid $750. Entry accounts get 80% and of course, our Agency linked talent will see fees based on their account with us as well.

Project will have a closed, invitation only on May 9th. Then chosen talent will shoot on one day, May 14-16th.

Keep those Webcomp’s fresh folks. You never know when we’ll be submitting you!