Task 1D:2D Images

Today I created a Flickr account. I have had an Instagram account for a few years so I wanted to try using a new form of social media. As I use Instagram for personal use I decided to set up Flickr solely for Professional reasons and to provide small insights into my performing career. I am still getting my head around Flickr but it seems to have some similarities to Instagram. However, Flickr seems to have options to share photos in groups that you can join, making photo albums, creating wall art and photo books and the options to upload photos privately and publicly.
Below is a link of my own flickr account:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/148330486@N03/
 
In my Professional Practice the use of audio visual and visual images in social media are becoming very popular. Performers are using sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to self advertise. Many performers will make a Showreel and/or Voicereel which showcase their strengths. As social media is now used by the majority of people many Casting Directors and Choreographers will have accounts on these sites and by posting clips of your showreel, voicereel or even a video of you in a dance class it can lead to people in the industry viewing your profile. Nowadays, taking into consideration the volume of performers in the industry Cruise companies have began allowing performers to submit their Showreels and Voicereels to their Casting teams. I know of performers who have obtained jobs on Cruises via a Showreel which highlights how useful they are to a performer. In an article on "The Stage" it is said that before obtaining an audition for TV many Casting Directors will have a quick look at your Showreel to make sure a performer doesn't have "dead eyes". Casting Directors for TV shows now audition performers via Self-Tape which is a self recorded clip of you performing a scene sent by the Casting Team as it is time and cost effective. In an article written by the Casting Director Ros Hubbard he explains that there are benefits for performers in self-taping:
"Self-tapes allow me to see your acting even if you are working in a different country or elsewhere in the UK, on a theatre job, another film shoot, or even on holiday" 
Hubbard also explains in his article that self-taping allows more actors to be seen for roles when a Casting Director wants to take a first glance at an actor.
 Using your performance head shot as your profile picture on social media is a great way to get your face recognised especially if you are quite active on your pages. YouTube is a great platform for performers of all genres to post videos of their own work. In an article in the New York Times about the choreographer Tricia Miranda she explains:
 “I’ve been a dance instructor for 15 years,” she said. “But it wasn’t until I got big on YouTube that I started getting this much attention.”
The Choreographer has been viewed over 27 million times. The Times also explains how the use of sites like YouTube, Vine and Snapchat have made Choreographers stars in their own right. 

Articles mentioned: https://actorsandperformers.com/actors/advice/154/securing-work/casting

 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/fashion/tricia-miranda-choreographer-youtube-rihanna.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FYouTube&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=28&pgtype=collection&_r=0

 https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2017/dear-west-end-producer-casting-directors-watch-showreels/