Booking a TV Pilot Part 2

Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus and welcome to my YouTube channel. If this is where you're watching it, it's my Acting and Modeling Quick Tip channel. Hey, and don't forget, if you haven't done this yet, click the subscribe button so that way you can have access to all of these free videos and also click the notification button and that way every time I upload something new, you'll be sent a notice. So this is part 2 of how I booked a pilot. And I just wanted to share with you a little behind the scenes of what takes place on a pilot, or at least in my situation. Certainly, I signed an NDA, non-disclosure agreement, so I can't give out specific details, but you'll get a really good feel of what takes place. So, in the last one, I did talk about how I don't like sitting in a trailer. It's just not a comfortable place for me. I like to be out. If the weather's okay, I'll just walk around. What I really like, if possible, I try to get onto the set as quickly as I can, even if it's an hour before I'm going to shoot. I just like the feel of being there, being able to take deep breaths, just kind of relaxing. I don't mind the hustle and bustle that takes place. I mean, typically there are millions of people running around. The crew is setting up all kinds of stuff. The directors are talking. The director is talking with, you know, a bunch of people. And I'll just sit in the corner. I don't even talk to anybody at that point. I might try my— going over my lines a couple times. Just to kind of get myself ready to start shooting because it can be a little tough if you're sitting in a trailer and you could be in there for 4 or 5 hours. I mean, sometimes it's crazy and then all of a sudden, boom, they're ready for you and then you just run onto the set. It's hard. I mean, look, you have to do it, but I much prefer trying to settle myself in. So one of the things that I make sure of, and it's It's easy to do. Typically, there's going to be a big craft service table where there's tons of food. I like to make sure that I eat because I don't want to be starving going into a session just because you could go on for hours and I don't want to feel lightheaded. I don't want to feel hungry. I don't want my stomach to be growling. But I also don't like to overeat. I don't like to be stuffed because— and it's easy. I'm telling you. True. When you get around craft services, and also when you are a principal, you've got PAs, production assistants, running over to you, you know, asking, is there anything I can get for you? What would you like? And you can ask for anything. I mean, it's really— it's a very different kind of experience if you've never done this before or if you've only done extra work. People are there to take care of you. They will do whatever you need them to do because they want you to be comfortable. They want you to be relaxed. They want you to be happy. They want you to give your best performance. And what I do find is If I overeat and I'm just stuffed, I get tired. My brain isn't working quite as sharply. I guess all the blood is rushing to digest food in my stomach. So yeah, I do make sure that I eat, but I like to eat lightly. And if I can, I like to talk with the other actors, uh, or actor who I'm having a scene with. I typically don't necessarily run lines with the actor. Um, Sometimes, you know, depending on the scene, but sometimes I just want to talk to the person, you know, just to kind of get a sense of who they are and see what I can use from that interaction in the scene itself. So anyhow, I want to keep this one nice and short. I try to— like I said, I just try to get on the set, try to get myself nice and comfortable, don't want to overeat stuff, you know, tons of food, and Just get myself nice and prepared. So anyhow, if you have any thoughts, if you've done principal work on the set, love to hear and have you share what it's like for you. And the other thing too, and I just wanted to mention, as you can imagine, I spend a lot of time and I hire people to help me keep this Acting and Modeling Quick Tip channel up and running and have it look good. So if you can, I greatly appreciate a donation. There's a donation to a PayPal link that you can use, and whatever you can afford would be wonderful, whether it's $1, $5, $10, $50, whatever is good for you. I greatly appreciate a donation, and I can't wait to share more information with you soon. So don't forget, subscribe, click the notification button, and yeah, if you can do a donation, love to have you help support this channel. I'm Aaron Marcus. Can't wait to talk with you again soon. See ya.