Online Auditions are Offering Regional Actors Their Big Break in the New Fall TV Lineup

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- It's fall, that means football, the leaves on trees changing color and dozens of new TV shows to watch. For the last two years Breakdown Services has helped change the way those shows are cast with its virtual audition tool, Eco-Cast. Charlie's Angels, Person of Interest and Homeland are just a few of this year's new TV shows that are using Eco-Cast, allowing actors to live anywhere in the country and still get cast in major TV roles.

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Jeryl Prescott wanted to act her entire life. She lived in Los Angeles, auditioning every pilot season when she got the recurring role of Jacqui on the hit series The Walking Dead – by sending an Eco-Cast through her agent in North Carolina. The show, which is filmed in Atlanta, is regionally cast by Fincannon & Associates. The casting director saw the L.A. actor's audition through the tool, which helped get her the part.

"Every actor loves opportunities to be seen in auditions, on the small screens in people's living rooms, and on the big screen," said Prescott. "Eco-Cast multiplies those opportunities. And, like Jacqui, we actors must adjust to a rapidly changing world, no matter how unfamiliar and frightening! Many people are intimidated by technology, but Eco-Cast is easy to use."

Fincannon & Associates have locations in Wilmington, New Orleans and Atlanta. The family run casting office has been using Eco-Cast for the past couple of years to cast shows such as Eastbound and Down, Drop Dead Diva, Homeland and Necessary Roughness. Allowing actors all throughout the Southeast to have their chance on the small screen without having to fly or even move to L.A. to audition.

More and more actors are staying where they are, be it the Midwest or Southwest, to build up their resumes. With movies like GI Joe 2, The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn also using Eco-Cast, actors are getting a chance to build their resumes in a much smaller pool of actors than they would find in Los Angeles.

About Breakdown Services, Ltd.

Breakdown Services (www.breakdownexpress.com) was established in 1971, creating the process that is used around the world to cast feature films, television shows, commercials, theater and other projects that require actors.  Since its inception it has developed many other services for the industry, including the Virtual Channel Network (www.virtualchannelnetwork.com) that uses the power of the Internet to transmit original content developed specifically for members of the entertainment community.  Actors use Breakdowns' Showfax service to obtain audition material at (www.showfax.com) as well as Actors Access (www.actorsaccess.com) that allows for actors to update their pictures, resume and demo reels to submit for specific roles posted at the request of casting directors, CastingAbout (www.castingabout.com), an up-to-date source for real-time casting and production information in Los Angeles and New York and Talentproplus, a database application that organizes and automates the daily tasks of talent representative businesses.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Breakdown Services operates through a global network of services in the U.S., England, Canada and Australia. More information is available on the company's web site located at www.breakdownexpress.com.

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