Five reasons why it's good to have a live read of your script.
If you haven't done a live read of your script, here's an interesting article on why you should. http://www.la-screenwriter.com/2018/08/30/5-reasons-why-live-reads-matter/
Yeah, but don't ignore some of those adjectives this article sneaks in: "good" actors. "Skilled" reading. I live in NYC and know tons of actors. But cold reading is a specific skill. I stopped doing readings because I found that if I brought in 5 actors, at least 2 of them would stink and it would be of very limited use for all the time and effort involved.
Anyone who can get a stable of enough skilled cold readers to cover all the roles, sure this could be helpful. But that's hard to do, in my experience.
Yeah, but don't ignore some of those adjectives this article sneaks in: "good" actors. "Skilled" reading. I live in NYC and know tons of actors. But cold reading is a specific skill. I stopped doing readings because I found that if I brought in 5 actors, at least 2 of them would stink and it would be of very limited use for all the time and effort involved.
Anyone who can get a stable of enough skilled cold readers to cover all the roles, sure this could be helpful. But that's hard to do, in my experience.