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http://fattalent.com/

Talented people wanted! Earn 120-2000

Do you fancy having the opportunity to appear in a global TV commercial campaign for a major clothing/sport brand?

Kate and Lou Casting have been asked to find a whole range of creative interesting people aged between 16 – 45 years of age.

If you have any of the following special skills OR even if you are simply a creative and interesting person, then we want to hear from you…

Some of the skills we are after include….skateboarders, parkour, free runners, hip hop, graffiti artists, street dancer, fixed gear polo players / trick performers, DJ’s, dodge ball players, ultimate players, roller derby, gymnasts, acrobats, soapbox car racers, stick ball players, double Dutch skipping, basically if you do anything urban, street, funky and cool…..

This will be shooting within the last 2 weeks of September and you may only be needed for 1 day in that time.

Anyone chosen for the shoot will be paid.

If you want to go for this then please come along to Coptic Street Studios, 9 Coptic Street, London WCA 1NH

Between 1pm – 9pm on Wednesday 12th August

OR

if you need more info please contact either

Kate on 07976 252 531 or Lou on 07885 763 429

OR

email us on cast@kateandloucasting.com

Check out our website www.kateandloucasting.com

http://www.fattalent.blogspot.com

First Impressions.....

Apparently a first impression takes 7 further 'encounters' to alter the persons perception of the initial impression......ie.....be a miserable cow the first time you meet someone and people will generally believe you are like that unless you prove them otherwise on 7 consecutive occasions; and thats if you even get to do that after your down turned mouth, huffy attitude and crossed arms didn't warn them off for life.

Impressions therefore are crucial to your Networking and business development, and if you are self employed you are literally a walking billboard for your business and no matter whether chilling with friends or in a business environment, you still represent your product or service.  Pants sometimes, but just the way it is.  

In the creative industries, in my personal experience anyway, work and future commissions have certainly been received from networking, meeting new faces and generally getting yourself out there.  So being friendly and accommodating and also making sure you mention your business (but not force it down peoples throats!) is in my eyes, essential.  Also....thank those that have passed on your name.  Shout about those that you have networked with.  People love to have something or someone great to recommend....so give them someone to (you!) and also go on to recommend them.  

Another little fact I learnt today is people will generally moan about a company before they praise it, so bad impressions are more likely to get out than good one's.  For instance, I met a 'model' (apparently!) the other week who was snotty, bad tempered, rude and to be honest a big pain in my arse.  She refused to get in pictures, slumped her shoulders when we managed to staple her to the floor long enough to get some snaps and then continued to moan after the job about how poorly she felt and how she would photograph terribly anyway.  To this day, it still lights a little fire in my belly and makes me just a bit mad!

Anyway, I have not once mentioned to anyone all the positive things from that shoot, the other people involved, the fact we actually got some ok pictures and the wonderful rest of the day I had; the only thing I have mentioned, almost boasted about is this miserable b**ch that stood in front of me like a stroppey teenager.  I will not be recommending her or her agency, I will not be working with her again (even though she sent me a message a few days later wandering if I would be interested in doing some pics?!) and I will only remember her strops.  Basically, she ain't getting nothing but bad press.

I think that is evidence enough of the whole First Impressions Count lecture.

Foto x

The wonderful world of websites

The 'creative writing' section on Gumtree is usually a very useful resource for media students who want to get work experience and possibly internships in the media.

It is the place where I noticed that they were looking for Fat Blog bloggers so now I big up Gumtree whenever I can because they do provide very useful opportunities to get involved in all things creative.

However, recently there have been a lot of people alleging on gumtree that some of the voluntary organisations asking for creative help are not credible. Whether or not this is true, a useful website to check out issues of credibility is http://www.nuj.org.uk/index.html which is the National Union of Journalists.

They have a student website which includes best practice guidelines for work experience and NUJ student membership which gives you a free press card, an opportunity to meet other journalists in your area and up to 75 per cent discount on their professional training.

The NUJ is there to represent and protect the rights of journalists everywhere, so take a look at their website today.

Fabuluso xx

And a happy New Year......

What is the blog going to offer you in the New Year?!  Well we can promise more fashion tit bits, thoughts of the creative mind, tips and tricks, a dare to miss diary of must know creative events plus some steaming Hot Topics.  We will also be keeping a close eye on talent to look out for in 2009.....look out for an overweight, mince pied up, too much Christmas Cheer FAT BLOG!

Want to get naked?  Want to be exposed as a new talent to look out for?  Get in touch - carli@carli-art.co.uk / pr@fattalent.com

Music, Fashion, Art, young persons event to shout about - Want it listed?  Get in touch - 

carli@carli-art.co.uk / pr@fattalent.com

Want to see something on the Fat Blog, want us to nosey through a celebs fridge or start talking politics?  Let us know people!!  carli@carli-art.co.uk / pr@fattalent.com

Me

All that I am and all that I have.....

So I have been writing creatively for several years, it is what I know and how I understand who I really am. The words, 'All that I am and all that I have' conjure up the true depth to my creative side. It's a way of expression as we all know, as is Art, music and rhythm.

I would often sit in my room as a kid writing poetry that belonged to my inner self awareness. The colours of my soul and the strength of an ability that I once felt was a shadow of my own existence. I didn't know who I really was until I re-read what I had written down. All sounds very deep and a bit sickening to the outside world, but that is it-a world deep with intrigue.
I am a regular 26 year old lass who works hard (seems like even harder in these particular times) and gives life a good go at whatever is thrown my way. Yeah, I've had a difficult time throughout my young years, but who hasn't?! Times are good, times are bad, but what is important, is that as a person you manage to get through these times without falling to the ground.

I like marmite and tea in the mornings, a sunny day with the birds singing-not too early mind, I do have to sleep. I like to smile and think that smiling is, in itself an art. If you cannot smile at the games that are played in this life, then what have you got? Isn't life a game anyway? play it, you may win it, you may feel that at times you fail, but to actually get through smiling at the other end, really is something. Waffle waffle you maybe thinking, but it is all relevant in the long run.

I am deep, I am inquisitive, I am sincere and I am creative. I think that beauty is only skin deep, I believe that books are too often judged by their own covers. All that I am and all that I have is a hidden depth, a lonely sense of freedom.

Words: Freedom