Know Where You Belong – Photographer/Director, Wilhelm Scholz, shares his simple and clean career advice

From Spain, photographer/director Wilhelm Scholz has traveled the world producing imagery for advertising and editorial clients in countries such as New Zealand, Greece, The United Arab Emirates, China, Peru, and more.

His keen eye for capturing the essence of a location, developed while working in New York as a first assistant, producing shots and making sure all was in order on set.  Before long, he took the next step.  “I realized I could do my own thing,” Wilhelm Scholz shares. “I saw what people were doing and felt confident I could do that as well. So, I built a portfolio of what I really like, which is travel with a commercial twist to it.  All location based, very little studio.” Currently the owner of Wilhelm Scholz Studio, Wilhelm casts for both print and commercial work. So we asked him to share his twist on the print and commercial industry, with NYCastings.com…

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Get the Unexpected – Jay and Mark Duplass share their organic style of filmmaking

As a writer/director team, Jay and Mark Duplass create smart, witty, relationship driven films for audiences that want to laugh, cry, grimace and applaud – all at the same time. They start by writing a tight script, building a unique,  powerful structure,  and then they do the unexpected. They give their actors complete artistic freedom to evolve each scene into something fresh and inspiring.

“We have a shaggy control,” says the Duplass brothers, Jay & Mark, about their organic approach to filmmaking.

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Get Funny Fast – Stand-Up advice from Andy Engel, New Talent Director Comix

If you want to succeed in the comedy biz you need to “get as funny as you can as fast as you can,” says Andy Engel, New Talent Director Comix. 

Andy Engel has over eighteen years of experience producing New Talent shows in NYC. He helped countless talent, including: Jim Gaffigan, Ed Helms, Lisa Lampanelli, Greg Giraldo, Demetri Martin, Jessica Kirson, Tom Shillue and many others. He knows how to spot an original comedian and what it takes to make serious tracks in this industry. 

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