A HEADSHOT FOR ACTORS? THAT'S JUST A PHOTO, RIGHT?

I started pushing marketing yourself as an actor and offering advice way back in 2008 and onwards, when actors would look at me as if I was a little loopy.  “I will learn how to market myself when I have to… right now I am concentrating on my acting skills” was the common response.  Of course today, actors are starting to realise that to get work, they need to have a sellable product and to sell that product you need to know how to market it.  Learn about the Industry I would drum into actors and for those who listened… They are now making a go of it in LA.  Take control of your own career.

25th WA SCREEN AWARDS - MANUSCRIPT NOMINATED FOR BEST FILM.

Matt Zappala, Writer/Director, Debbie Thoy, Priscilla-Anne Forder, Brodie Butler (DOP) and Matt Elverd
Photo by Karl Pearce

MICRO BUDGET VS MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGETS FOR BEST FILM...

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

With convincing, I put The Manuscript into the 25th WA Screen Awards for consideration. Sitting at the announcement with Matt Zappala and Matt Elverd, I was relaxed. I was just there to support the film and FTI.  Matt Elverd leans over and asks if I am nervous.  I respond “Not at all, I don’t expect to be nominated” and I really didn’t.