My ‘Squib’ Book
Before The Actor’s Network closed it’s doors (it is online only now), one of the things mentioned in their pitch meeting was their squib book. In it everyone wrote down information pertaining to casting directors, agents, directors etc.
I made up my own ‘squib book’ and it has been sitting, collecting dust because it is a 3-ring binder and I don’t carry it around with me.
So, remembering my Auditions Database I made up an Acting Contacts List.
I put all the things I could think I might need to know:
First Name:
Last Name:
Title: (Casting Director, Director, Actor, Agent)
Website:
Email:
Phone:
Note:
Works To Know: (movies or tv shows directed or cast)
Twitter/FB/LinkedIn: (although I still have yet to revisit LinkedIn, I will soon though)
Met: (checkbox)
Met Where:
To Research: (checkbox)
Birthday:
The list is small now, but I recently read The Clock is Ticking on Your Career at Backstage.com and she mentions marketing.. and I thought, “to who though?” (although this should be “to whom though”)
The website castingabout.com has all sorts of contact information, but I’ll need to focus who I’m spending my energy trying to network with. I also saw The Invention of Loneliness and the comment about knowing 150 people really hit home with me. I want to surround myself with people I care about who inspire me and who are working hard toward their dreams. I want to create a list of people in the industry who I would love to meet and work with.. so thus I begin.
This, of course, is an open ended project as I could continually refine my list as I go along. However, each week when I make the time to update it, I will be asking myself, “What have I done recently to achieve my goals?” and in this case it is finding those people who do amazing work and making sure I have chances to work with them.
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