Self-tapes include a stills-style hold and a short movement. We do not cast from a single smiling headshot.
Wardrobe tests on camera, in the key we intend to use. Fabric that photographs well in a phone snap can fail under HMI.
Agencies get selects with notes on motion, not only beauty. The person who ‘looks like the deck’ still has to walk.
Background talent is scheduled, not hoped for. A documentary-looking office still needs people who can ignore the camera.
Releases are signed before wrap, including stills usage. A film release that forgets print is a lawyer’s letter in month four.
Seacount Desk is on Rua da Prata, a ground-floor room with a yard. The book is tinned fish, tile workshops and the small rooms that rent by the week. Mornings are for the street and the hill. Afternoons are tabletop in the yard, under a silk, when the tile is too bright to be useful.