Kerry Beyer

HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUSTON

acting

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ACTING DEMO REELS


Need a great acting demo reel? You may be missing out on auditions without one. Your current reel could be riddled with mistakes that are actually hurting your chances of success.

An acting demo reel is an essential marketing tool for an actor. The main purpose of a demo is to get your foot in the door. Considering that most roles get upwards of 1000 submissions, a demo needs to be short and sweet, with the main objective of letting the casting director know that you are going to be worth the time to bring in for an actual audition.

I recommend keeping demos extremely short – 1 minute, tops. Short clips showcasing a range of character types. That’s it. Cut everything else out.

Editing demo reels is an art, much like editing movie trailers, and is done best by someone who has a little distance from the material. As actors, sometimes we are too close to our own material to be objective. This is why I recommend getting someone who has experience editing and marketing actors to cut your reel.

I know, as an actor, you want to showcase all of your work, and include every nuance of your performance. The sad truth is that casting directors are only watching about 15 seconds of your performance. They just don’t have time to view everyone’s demo reel in it’s entirety.  Did you waste those 15 seconds on an opening montage of images or a flashy title intro?

If you have access to your footage, or a DVD, I can create a great reel for you. If you don’t have footage, contact me to discuss staging a few scenes to build a reel.

Rates:

$150/hr for editing services. (Most demos can be done within 2 or 3 billable hours).

I will need footage in quicktime .mov format, or DVD. (please note: ingesting footage from DVD will incur billable time for the transfer).

If providing DVD, please note the timecode of the clips desired.

Completed demo reels will be delivered in quicktime .mov format via hightail.com

Please contact me with any questions you may have.

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AUDITION TAPING & COACHING


Want to book your next audition? Professional audition taping and coaching is essential to booking a role. As you probably know, more and more auditions are being submitted on tape (digital video), and as a result, more actors are going up for the same roles than ever before. Competition has skyrocketed.

A role that may have had a few hundred submissions previously, now has THOUSANDS! How will your audition stand out?

Sure, you can self tape, but even seasoned professionals can benefit from an experienced coach directing their performance. The difference in that polished performance could be the difference between booking the role, or languishing as a struggling actor.

My experience directing feature films, working with Academy Award nominated actors, allows me to guide performances to better match what producers and directors are looking for when they are casting.

AUDITION TAPING:

Professionally lit and filmed in HD, with high quality audio. (Most coaches are filming with a camcorder, using poor quality on camera mics. I use the same HD production camera I use for my feature film work,  with an overhead condenser boom mic, providing superb audio).

Rates:

$150/hr (1 hour min.) $50 each additional half hour.

I will edit and deliver a quicktime file to you or your agent via hightail.com

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HOW TO BOOST YOUR IMDB STARMETER

How to Boost you IMDB Starmeter

Lets face it, your IMDB star meter is important. Directors, producers and casting directors look at your IMDB profile and starmeter to get a sense of your experience, and yes, popularity – and like it or not, Hollywood is a popularity contest. Can you manipulate your starmeter? Sure… is it a good idea to pay to do so? …Not really.

IMDB frauds are easy to spot. A one week jump up to 323 when your normal ranking is  1,000,000 is a dead giveaway. A top 5000 ranking when you have 3 credits looks a little suspicious, and industry veterans can spot this type of manipulation.

So how do you boost your IMDB starmeter legitimately?

First, and most obviously, credits… the more you have, and the more high profile, the more likely people are to click on your IMDB profile page… which is the key metric for the starmeter ranking.

I know, I know,  it’s tough to build credits quickly, but producing your own short films is a great way to rack up credits. Heck, you can even make movies on your iPhone now, so grab your acting class buddies and make a short over the weekend.

Speaking of shorts over the weekend… SplatterFest is a great way to get credits and a DVD. The film festival gives filmmakers a weekend to write, shoot and edit a horror short film. The festival releases a DVD and screens the films theatrically, and gives away cash and prizes. There are many of these short film competitions, and an aspiring actor should participate in as many as possible.

Share your IMDB page socially, via Facebook, Twitter and whatever else the new trendy network is.

Link your IMDB page in your email signature and in “about” or “bio” section of your social media profiles.

If you blog, link your IMDB page within the article, or author bio.

Pretty much anywhere you can think to stink a link that’s not obnoxious, do it.

BUT don’t be all about yourself… share the love. The best thing you can do in this industry is to help other people. Promote other actors, filmmakers, projects, etc. Recommend cast and crew. Be seen as a contributor to the community, and the community will contribute to you.

If this article helped you, click my IMDB… it will help me. 🙂

 

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PICKAXE MURDERS III: THE FINAL CHAPTER

Just wrapped my role on the 80’s style slasher Pickaxe Murders III: The Final Chapter! Directed by the talented Jeremy Sumrall and starring scream queen Tiffany Shepis, the film follows the mayhem of the ominous Alex Black, resurrected from the dead.

I had a blast playing the lead guitarist in the 80’s glam rock band Sacrilegious Desecration. (Think Motley Crue meets Danzig). With fellow bandmates Chad Thackston, Drew Brown, Trow Parker, and John Wayne Communale, we rocked the house in true 80’s fashion – complete with big hair and eyeliner.

We had so much fun, the band may get together for a reunion tour, lol. The film is featured in the print edition of this month’s classic horror magazine Fangoria.

Special thanks to Jeremy Sumrall and the entire cast/crew of Pickaxe Murders III The Final Chapter. Honored to have been a part of this production.

Check out my IMDB page.