THESELFTAPE™
SHERMAN OAKS
ABOUT THESELFTAPE
JASON MONTGOMERY
WHAT EXACTLY IS A SELFTAPE
A self tape is a way for an actor to read for a part without actually being in the room with the Casting Director. An actor will receive a request to "put themselves on tape," their agent or someone from casting will email them the sides and instructions and they must now put together what is called a "SELFTAPE"
THE ACTOR MUST:
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Find someone to read opposite them
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Find a place to shoot with proper lighting, sound, & camera
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Find someone to edit, compress, and send your self taped audition online
With the online streaming revolution clearly in place with such great companies as Casting Workbook, Actors Access, Let It Cast, Now Casting, Casting Frontier, knowing how to properly self tape should be an essential part of every actors professional arsenal.
WHY SELFTAPE
There are several reason for an actor to send a self tape. Sometimes you are simply unavailable for the scheduled audition time, whether it be that you are on location shooting, out of town, out of the country, can't get someone to cover your shift at work, etc. More importantly though, a self tape can be used as an amazing tool to,
"get your foot in the door, when you can't actually get in the door."
Many CDs are now accepting electronic submissions, the same way they accept head shots. Only now, thanks to recent advancements in video streaming, those submissions can now be accompanied with an actual taping of the role they are currently looking to fill.
It is the perfect tool for an actor to get seen, discovered, and hopefully land that role. It doesn't stop there either, a self tape can be used in the same way to help you showcase your talents to land an agent or manager!
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GREAT SELF TAPE ARTICLES
THE ART OF SELF-TAPING
By: ANDY HENRY
ACTORS UPLOADING AUDITION VIDEOS TO WEBSITES?
By: CASSIE CARPENTER
WHO WE ARE
Before "self-tape" was a word every actor knew, casting director Jason Montgomery saw where auditions were heading. In 2008, he opened the first studio built specifically to help actors put themselves on tape — professionally, on their schedule, with someone who understood the material.
The New York Times later called him "the Godfather of self-taping." The name stuck, because it was true.
What began as a single taping room has grown into a full creative studio — self-tapes, demo reels, headshots, and the digital tools actors need to compete. Along the way, we've shot over 100,000 self-tapes and helped thousands of actors book work in film, television, and streaming.
The industry caught up. Studios opened copying the model, in LA and beyond. We take that as a compliment. But there's a difference between following a blueprint and having drawn it. We've been refining this craft for over fifteen years, and we're not done — today we're building the next chapter of self-taping with AI at selftape.ai.
The original. Taught the rest. Still ahead.
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CASTING WORKBOOK
Casting Workbook has been innovating casting technology since 1994. They have been pioneers in the online video audition world.
LET IT CAST
Let It Cast is an international casting system used by leading film, TV and stage productions to enable Actors to audition online for free.
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