Booking_NBC_Show_Part_3

Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus, America's premier acting and commercial modeling career coach, the author of How to Become a Successful Commercial Model, the founder of howtomodel.com, and I've been making my living as an actor and a commercial model for over 26 years. This is the 3rd video that I'm creating talking about an experience I had very recently about getting booked for an NBC television series. And so for this segment, what I wanted to share with you, it's actually— it was a very interesting experience. So I auditioned, I got a phone call from my agent asking if I was available certain days. Once I confirmed that, then I finally got the actual booking itself, and then I had to go for a fitting. Now, I don't live very close to where this is taking place, and I happened to have an audition in New York. This was being shot in Philadelphia. I live in Maryland. So it was a pretty crazy day where I traveled to New York, did a quick audition, drove to Philly, and I actually had to go to 2 different places. And so this was a day where I had to get fitted, and then I had to get approval from the director. And here's where the interesting part comes in. The director was working on a new episode, and this was his first day. I mean, typically for a lot of shows, they switch directors from week to week, especially if it's a series where people are going outside, there's a lot of things going on, and then they'll have the next director for the next episode do scouting, help with auditions, make decisions. So I went to wardrobe— or actually, I went to hair and makeup first. And I can't give too much away at this point, so I'm just going to leave it at that. I mean, normally you don't go to makeup, but for this particular character, it was necessary. I'll just say that. And so went there, spent, I don't know, An hour and a half or so. And then wardrobe was in a different location. So I had to drive over to wardrobe and that is actually where the— or actually, you know what, I got it backwards. I went to wardrobe first, got that all taken care of, and then I had to drive to hair and makeup. Hair and makeup was located on the set of where they were shooting that day. And like I said, this was the director's first day day of shooting for this particular episode. So things were pretty chaotic. There was a lot going on. And so basically I'm just standing there, just sitting in a chair behind the monitors, waiting for the director to look at me and say, yep, you look fine, everything is great, or, no, I need to see something different. And I'm just waiting and I'm waiting and I'm waiting. And, you know, let me tell you what the feeling was. It's kind of like when you're traveling someplace, you're flying someplace and you find out that there's been a delay in your flight. You're not taking off on time. And, you know, a lot of times the first reaction is you're frustrated, you get angry. It's like, come on, I just want to get onto the plane. I just want to get there already. And then, because I do travel a lot, because I do lots of workshops, you get to a point where you just give in to it and you just say, look, this is the way it is. So either you can be angry and start screaming at people behind the counter who have absolutely nothing to do with any of this stuff, or you just accept it and go with the flow. And that's what I did. That's what I did very quickly because, I mean, really, I mean, what I, you know, in my fantasy, I wanted to walk over to the director and tap him on the shoulder and say, hey, would you just take one second, look at me, do I look okay? Great, see ya. That was my fantasy. But I also understood there's a lot going on, there's a lot of pressure, this director is thinking of 10 million different things, and my wardrobe and hair and stuff really was not on his high priority list, especially considering we weren't shooting. for about 4 days after that. So basically, I just stayed very calm, sat, watched the monitors. Actually, it was nice getting a chance to get a feel for the series because it hasn't aired yet. It won't be airing until the winter of next year. So I just sat and relaxed, took it all in. And when there was a break, they finished shooting a certain segment, they were getting ready to break for dinner, they brought me over to the director. I mean, he had seen me, but he didn't have a moment to really sit and concentrate and really look at things. And then he looked at me and he had a couple suggestions for the makeup person, and then that was it. And I probably spent, I don't know, like 4 and a half hours Just waiting for the director to look at me and say, yep, that looks okay. So anyhow, the important thing is sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Just give in to it. Don't fight it. And, you know, certainly I could have been obnoxious about it. I could have had a tantrum. But you know what? That's silly. It's not in my best interest. It's ugly and it's not my nature. And it's also just not a good way to do business. So anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this information, and I'll be able to share some more things with you just about the experience of working on an NBC TV show. So anyhow, I'm Aaron Marcus, and as always, if you have any questions at all, feel free to email me at aaron@howtomodel.com, or you can also send questions to my Facebook page, which is facebook.com/howtomodel. Okay, looking forward to talking with you soon. Bye.