The Art of the Cover Letter.
Let’s face it… writing a cover letter feels like walking a tight rope. Striking the perfect balance between charming and professional, tooting your own horn without bragging, and cramming all the essential information onto one page takes a lot of work!
Now, you can take your cover letter from ordinary to excellent with four simple and effective tips in my latest Acting Business Bite Video.
Following these sure-fire tips will give you CONFIDENCE in your Cover Letter and make it stand out from the rest.
**Note from Dallas** I know it seems obvious, but just in case… Please know that when I say “Dear Casting Director”, I’m implying that you should insert this person’s name in your salutation.
Once you’ve got my fool-proof cover letter formula, who is the first person you’re going to send your new and improved cover letter to? Tell me in the comment box below the video.
This is great information. However; what if you want to send 30 Cover letters to Theatrical CD’s?
Does each Cover Letter *GIVE* need to be Specific to the sender?
What if there is no *GIVE* available on a relatively new CD?
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May 11th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
The more specific, the better Eric!
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Very concise… I feel more confident about writing my cover letter. Thanks, MB!
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Should my cover letter include my address?
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Great insights, Dallas. Question: I have always been told the cover letter should be attached to my picture, but not cover my face. So the cover letter needs to be really short. In your opinion, is it ok to have a full page cover letter, fully covering my headshot? Thanks!
Cynthia
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I really got allot of great tips from this, I am writing a cover letters to agents I have never meet can you please share some tips, I really apprecite it
Thanks
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Great video. I always have trouble trying to decide what to put into a cover letter, and have found it difficult to find any information that fits in with my situation. For instance, I have very little experience (some extra work and very local gigs), so I never know what to say about “why I should be called in for this part” or even offer them evidence of a recent role I was in.
Also, I sometimes find it very difficult to determine who the casting director for a specific project is! Obviously, on “hollywood” projects this isn’t usually a concern, but many casting notices do not give a lot of information.
Do you happen to have any tops for a beginner who runs into these types of situations? In the past, I have just made my letter out to “Movie A Casting Director”, etc. if I was unable to find additional information after researching. I know that can’t be good, but what to do?
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