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Marketing Tips for Actors - Color Me Blue
The key word for this week is BLUE.
Why blue? Why a color? Colors are a form of energy. When you communicate, you’re expressing ideas through energy-your personality, your voice, your appearance…and the COLOR you’re wearing! When you appear on camera the lens pick up the energy of that color. Certain colors have more energy and attraction than others. Bright reds and oranges may have a lot of energy but to most people these tones are not very appealing. Red can represent passion but also fire, fear, blood and anger. Dark somber colors-black, evergreen and brown are usually perceived as depressing, cold, sad. Dull shades of gray, navy, and cranberry usually represent the corporate world- serious business. Vibrant and pastel shades are generally the most popular. They’re used frequently in nurseries, schools and hospitals, as they are perceived as happy, relaxing and healing.
And guess which shade is the most popular with most people? You guessed it. BLUE. Why? Blue is the color of the sky and water-lakes, oceans, streams. It is the most frequent color used in nature…at least on our planet. Not green. And it represents a positive energy-HAPPINESS…think about it. Blue skies, blue moon, blue screen, jetblue, TV blue… On any day you’ll see more of the color blue than any shade in the rainbow so it’s the most universal, the most COMFORTABLE. It puts people at ease. Sky blue, French blue, aquamarine, turquoise, and baby blue…these colors are everywhere. Now, you’re asking- how does this relate to ACTING?
When you audition on camera the first thing that anyone sees is the color you’re wearing. Wear something depressing, annoying or threatening and no matter how brilliant your performance, THEY are going to be affected by the color FIRST and the performance second…especially when you are auditioning for commercials, daytime/primetime TV or film roles. It’s subliminal-first impressions and all that.
If you are portraying a psychopath/murderer, a desperate housewife, an aggressive district attorney or an FBI agent…OK, choose to wear the more aggressive colors. But if you’re portraying a professional-a doctor, lawyer, corporate spokesperson or even a happy Mom/Dad, use blue in your ensemble and you’ll book more jobs. Strange, but true. Try it!
Years ago when I auditioned a lot for network TV commercials, I had a blouse that I bought for all of $15 at the Gap –my favorite blouse. It was somewhere between sky and french blue-a warm ocean-lake blue. I booked more spots wearing that one top than any other piece of wardrobe I owned. It earned me million$ over a decade! In more than a few screen tests for the roles of lawyer, doctor, Mom, I wore the blouse. Did I have a successful career because I wore blue? Yes and NO. My audition had to be good and I had to “look the part” and be the right type as well. But when competing with dozens of other actresses who were all talented, attractive, pleasant, professional with comparable credits, how did I have the edge? Ego says it was my talent. But the final “booking factor” might have been the blue blouse.
I was even asked, “...could I bring that blue blouse as wardrobe for the final shoot?” One commercial casting director who had sat in on a final casting session told me that the client (Procter and Gamble) had insisted they hire ”that actress in the blue!” and so I booked that high paying network TV spot…one of hundreds. True story.
If you guys want to book a lot more on-camera jobs, get the advice of a color or image consultant or a Career Coach. What are your strongest/best colors (there are many shades of blue), what hairstyle really sells you and what wardrobe best suits your type? Auditioning is an art-every detail is important. A Career Coach can advise you on all the above. (Give me a shout-be glad to help!).
FINAL TIP*
For on-camera auditions, avoid wearing red, white or black.
WHITE is a no-no for the camera because it tends to create a green shadow around you and glares! Skin tones are then “off”- you do not look good!
RED can be exciting and beautiful to wear in person for a special interview/audition or for a gutsy song-dance number but on-camera, it’s a disaster! The color may turn beet-red, dark, dried blood red, orange or ugly purply pink fuchsia. No matter what your skin tone-eeek!
BLACK looks like a shadow and literally sucks all the energy from you on camera. (Especially if you have dark skin tones-all the more reason to wear something VIBRANT so YOU stand out.)
These colors can be great in an actual shoot-a film, commercial or TV series because during the real thing there’s a person called a “lighting designer” who can add thousands of overhead lights with “gels” to soften/tone/perfect the look or he’ll take a whole day to create the mood and make the lighting fabulous. That’s why film stars look so good.
But during an audition in a casting director’s studio, you usually have one camera and one little light stand with an umbrella reflecting the strong beam. So these 3 colors come out weird making YOU look, well, less than attractive. You’re just shooting yourself in the foot to defy the law of lighting and color. You just won’t win or win very infrequently. (this applies to headshots too, by the way).
I’ve had several clients who wore the classic “all black” outfit- a black t- shirt, ripped or distressed jeans, black boots to every audition and then wondered why they never got a call back for ANYTHING!
Instead of assuming it’s your performance or blaming the casting director’s “lack of imagination”, change your wardrobe and see if you get a different response. I’d be willing to bet on it. You’ve all heard the classic line-“dress the part”. Now, just remember, “dress the COLOR”. First rule of marketing is making YOU, the product, desirable, so how you dress is the wrapping on the product, YOU.
You ca n choose to be the drab green bottle of brown cola
OR
You could be the
flashy RED CAN of COKE!
Ten million people a day buy the RED CAN. Easy!
Meanwhile,
Successful auditioning!
Gwyn
About the Author
Gwyn Gilliss is the Executive Director of TAM, The Actor’s Market, (www.TheActorsMarket.com)a marketing firm for actors. They provide monthly FREE seminars, teleseminars, FREE weekly marketing tips as well as access to top photographers, graphic artists and videographers who provide every marketing tool an actor needs. (Check out their new on-line store for more products and services for actors, http://TheTAMStore.com). Gwyn’s acting career spans several decades during which time she appeared on and off-B’way, in classical roles in American Repertory companies, in over 18 contract/recurring roles in Daytime/Primetime TV, films and dozens of network commercials and Voice-Overs. As a Career Coach she is available to work One-on-One with actors at all levels.
©Copyright Gwyn Gilliss 2008.
All rights reserved.
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Black napkin stain on white cotton shorts
I spilt cranberry and vodka on my white cotton shorts, immediately I whiped them with seltzer and a napkin, unfortunately the napkin was black and blend onto the shorts. I pretreated them with oxyclean and handwashed them. The cranberry came out but the napkin stayed. I then tried soaking them fo 12hrs in Le Blanc Linen Wash, That kind of faded the black. So next stop the dry cleaner, there is just a shadow now of where it was. Is there anything I can do now or is this stain pretty much set?
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