Check Every File Before You Submit

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Check Every File Before You Submit

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12 min Beginner Creative Actor Get Hired Career outcome: Avoid Professional Risk

Check your tape, slate, file details, links, contact information, and delivery requirements before you submit your audition.

We'll use them to write your prompt.

Make Your Play

Give us the situation. We’ll build the prompt.

You can catch wrong takes, broken links, naming errors, missing permissions, and incomplete contact details before they cost you an opportunity.

Your answers save as you type.

What you'll do

This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.

01 Match your package to the instructions You turn the original instructions into a line-by-line checklist and match each requirement to a file, link, or detail.
02 Run the hard-stop check You inspect the actual package for problems that should stop you from submitting.
03 Submit and save proof You send only the approved package, then confirm that the delivery completed.

Use this when

Use this after you choose your final take and before you upload, email, or share your audition package.

You'll need

  • Submission requirements
  • Deadline and time zone
  • Submission method
  • File and link inventory
  • Contact details

Fill these in the prompt workspace.

You'll get

  • Every requested file confirmed
  • Each name and format checked
  • Every link and permission tested
  • Your contact details verified
  • Before the deadline submitted
  • Your confirmation saved

By the end of this playbook

You will have:

  • Every requested file confirmed
  • Each name and format checked
  • Every link and permission tested
  • Your contact details verified
  • Before the deadline submitted
  • Your confirmation saved

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Nail the Self-Tape

10 playbooks

You follow a practical self-tape process from breaking down sides and setting eyelines to checking your setup, choosing a take, and submitting clean files.

Next: Give Your Reader a Clear Scene Brief

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