The New York Times reports on digital services for compiling and sharing reels and audition tapes, something that certainly resonates in the world of broadcast journalism…
The entertainment industrys trickiest compilation remains the actors list. Coming up with six or a dozen candidates for every role in every movie and television show is so complex that it has spawned an entire profession: that of the casting director.
Recently, the art of list building among those who cast roles has been altered by a little-noticed technological revolution that should have even those of us who dont know stage left from stage right paying attention.
The change involves using digital techniques to compile, swap and assess lists of actors techniques that have the potential to be used more generally when people apply (or audition) for jobs. Full article…