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Most actors are not short on talent. They are short on proximity - the directors, casting people and fellow actors who think of you when something comes up. This page is everything SAS has on building that: two classes, twelve things to actually do, and every question we have ever been asked about it, answered.
Start with the masterclasses Go to the goalsIf you only do one thing: watch Journey 6A, then pick two goals from the list and do them this month. That is the whole method.
Journey 6A is the full method. 6B is the film-festival version of it. The Step 8 intro is the two-minute overview of the goals below.
1Journey 6A · 1h 41m
Network Your Way To Work (Even For Introverts!)
The complete masterclass. Who to meet, how to meet them, and how to stay in touch without being weird about it. Built for introverts as much as extroverts.
2Journey 6B · 45 min
How To Network At Film Festivals
Festivals are the highest-density rooms in the industry. How to work one whether or not you have a film in it.
3Success Path · Step 8 · 1:46
Up Your Networking Game
The short overview of the twelve networking goals. Watch this, then start ticking them off.
Class downloads
Four downloads with each of these masterclasses
Open the masterclass and you will find them under the video: a Class Summary Booklet so you can read it instead of rewatching, a How To Guide laid out in the order you do the work, a Goal Checklist to tick off as you go, and a 50 question Test with the answers at the back.
Free guide
Film festivals for women filmmakers
Choosing which festival to go to next? 74 festivals with a section, award, prize or lab for women directors, women filmmakers or female leads, ranked by quality, with how to enter and the next deadline.
These are the Step 8 actions from the Success Path. Each one is a real thing you go and do, with a short video on exactly how. Pick two a month. Doing all twelve in a year will change who knows your name.
Short guides pulled straight from the masterclass. Handy to share with an actor friend, too.
Free guide
How to Network as an Actor (Even If You're Shy)
Where filmmakers really are, the one line opener, and the follow up that turns a chat into a booking.
Free guide
How to Get in Front of Casting Directors
Where casting directors actually meet actors, and the direct pitch that booked Kym a job.
Free guide
How to Email an Acting Agent: Pitch Template
The subject line, the pitch under 300 words and the three follow ups that get your reel watched.
Two-minute answers, straight from the casting directors, agents and managers in our library.
Actor question
Are Casting Director Workshops Worth It?
What happens in one, when you are ready, and what the law says.
Actor question
What Do Casting Directors Look For in Actors?
How 25 casting directors choose who to audition.
Actor question
Casting Sites for Actors: Actors Access and More
Actors Access, Casting Networks, Eco Cast and which ones CDs use.
Actor question
Acting Jobs: How to Find Auditions Yourself
Where to find auditions, with or without an agent.
Every networking question members and casting directors have answered, grouped by where you are. The how-to pieces come first in each group, the rapid-fire answers after.
Events, panels, festivals, house parties, waiting rooms, on set. Kym's answers and Ajarae Coleman's answers to the same questions, side by side.
Email, social media, your contact list, and the follow-up that most actors never send.
A member-run community for sharing opportunities and finding scene partners. What it is and how to use it.
Family, partners and old friends are part of your network too, and they are the ones who ask the hardest questions. How to handle it.
The collections and pages that sit next to this one.
Collection · 44 videos
Moving to LA
Building a support network from nothing in a new city, and everything else about the move.
Collection · 9 videos
Hometown To Hollywood
Comparing the markets and deciding where your network should actually be.
Member page
Sign With Representation You Love
Every agent and manager list, plus the four classes that teach you how to use them.
Member page
Member Home
Your first four steps, what is on live this month, and everything to download.
One more thing. Networking is not schmoozing. It is being genuinely useful to people whose work you respect, consistently, over years. Every video on this page is about how to do that without feeling gross. Start with the goals - they are small, and they compound.