ABOLISH THE SLATE
🤖 If your slate sounds like a robot, you’re ruining your first impression.
🎬 The goal isn’t to sound “correct.” It’s to let casting meet you before they meet the character.
🗣️ But when you recite the standard line, you sanitize yourself. You turn a moment of connection into a moment of performance.
💬 Introducing yourself shouldn’t feel like a monologue. When they ask, “What are you singing today?” answer the actual question. Speak like a human, not like a voicemail.
✨ Even in required slates (self-tapes, unifieds, generals), you can still speak in your voice. Information doesn’t require impersonating a script.
😱 If “being yourself” feels stiff, give your slate an action: welcome them, take care of them, invite them in. It changes everything.
🚫 Abolish the robotic slate. Let casting meet you, the real human, before the material begins.
