How to Become a Producer (for Film & TV)
In the holy trinity of film creation there are three key roles: the writer, the director and the producer. The first two are pretty self explanatory, the writer puts it on paper, the director directs...
Posts by: Patrick Cullen
What to Expect at a Film or TV Audition
Film and TV auditions are a big deal. When it comes to career progression as an actor, landing a major role in either film or TV can be completely game-changing. More than anything else, success...
5 Things I Learnt From Luke Cook
Luke Cook is an Aussie actor best know for his work on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Katy Keene and Guardians of the Galaxy 2. What people don’t tend to know about Luke is just how...
An Actor’s Guide to Student Films
To be a successful actor you need three things; training, experience and luck. The very best place to get some experience when you are first starting out is in student films. Student films present an...
What Is the Difference Between an Agent and a Manager?
The debate over what agents and managers do, where the line is between their roles and which one you need is a debate that has confused actors, managers and agents for a long time. It...
Biggest Acting Regrets
I really wish I was one of those people who could get ‘NO REGRETS’ tattooed in bold on the back of my hand, so every day I would wake up and see it, realize that...
Punctuation for Actors
Punctuation. Oh, man. Punctuation is absolutely vital to an actor’s performance, it is the writer communicating with you the actor about who this character is, how they relate to the world around them and the...
How to Deal with a Bad Reader
This is one of the most common questions we get at StageMilk. At least once a day someone will email or comment and ask us how they can combat a bad reader in a self-tape...
What is an Inner Monologue?
You may have read some alarming news recently that not everyone has an inner monologue, an internal thought process that is constantly ticking over that if you were to print it out would read like...
How to Prepare your First Acting Class
So you have got a gig as an acting teacher! Great work friend. Proud of you. Welcome to the wonderful, rewarding, powerful and enthralling work of training actors. Finally, you get the chance to impart...