AC in LA! "Cold Reading for TV v. Film" On-Camera with CHADWICK STRUCK, Casting Director

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Learn to book TV shows during Pilot Season in LOS ANGELES with this special one-night only class taught by Chadwick Struck, LA Casting Director/Producer. 

Chadwick has cast studio and independent projects as well as short films that have been on the short list for Academy Award consideration. He also produced twelve films (see bio below).

 

This class is held at:
Space Station Casting Studios
in "Studio #6"
950 N Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Each year, major American broadcast television networks like ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC, etc. – cast for their new TV shows, also known as "pilots".  Train with Chadwick and focus on cold reading while learning about the busiest season for casting.

Students will be recorded ON-CAMERA and video clips will be made available after class. Actors are encouraged to playback each clip, consider the instructors feedback and evaluate your progress. Clips can be accessed online through your profile at actorsconnection.com and will be posted one-week following the class date.

 

 

 Instructor Lesson Plan

 

CLASS FORMAT:  
Group Q&A with Class Materials/Cold Sides Provided On-The-Spot By The Instructor for Scene Work

 

Chadwick will take questions and focus on:

• Who he is, his resume, talk about current projects that he is able to discuss, and how his office works. 
• General audition tips, business tips and educational information 
• The difference between auditioning for Feature Films vs. auditioning for TV
• The importance of being prepared, and the importance of honing cold reading skills
• How important it is for actors to keep their information up-to-date (headshot/resume, websites like Actors Access, IMDB, etc.)
• Actors are encouraged to ask any industry related question as Chadwick enjoys helping actors and giving professional insight to the business. 

 

After the Q&A, students will perform cold scenes assigned on-the-spot. Scene work will be:

• One-on-One setting, where we can work together with feedback and/or direction on the scene.
• If more questions arrive in either of these settings, they too will be answered.
   

Chadwick will provide feedback and/or re-directs whenever possible. He will not be taking the headshots, but actors should still bring them so he can provide feedback and comments on both pictures and resumes.

Chadwick Struck

Casting director and producer CHADWICK STRUCK is starting his 29th year in the entertainment business.  He has cast feature films, series content, theater, Jameson First Shot Short Films (6 Year Project), digital content, commercials, PSAs and has 25 producing credits. 

In 1997, Chad started his career working for prominent Casting Director(s) on Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and a few Star Trek video games which led to working on Star Trek: Enterprise.  He proudly worked at the largest Theater on the West Coast, the Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles. This theater comprises the Mark Taper Forum, and the Ahmanson Theater. Here he worked with Directors Neil Simon, and Shakespearean legend, Sir Peter Hall.  He spent the next seven years working in casting for television.

In 2004, Chad began working with a prominent feature film casting director helping cast projects like: Herbie: Fully Loaded starring Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton, Just Friends starring Ryan Reynolds, and Chaos Theory starring Ryan Reynolds.

With EIGHT films in production, his recent film credits include LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON starring Dermot Mulroney and Vivica A. Fox, RUNNING ON EMPTY starring Jim Gaffigan, MOB LAND starring John Travolta, THE GETBACK, ONE RANGER starring Thomas Jane and John Malkovich, OUTLAWS AND ANGELS, ARCTIC and THE HEARTBREAK KID starring Ben Stiller.

Films in Development: The Razor's Edge (2025 Demian Lichtenstein Film), St. Vincent (Walter Hill Film), Unmerciful Good Fortune (2025), and Thieves Highway (2025).

Follow this link to view his credits on IMDB