{"id":2146,"date":"2017-11-21T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:14:51","slug":"audition-advice-with-casting-director-heather-basten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/getting-work\/audition-advice-with-casting-director-heather-basten\/","title":{"rendered":"Audition Advice with Casting Director Heather Basten"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What casting directors look for in the room<\/h3>\n<p>Heather Basten is currently a casting associate alongside Kharmel Cochrane, where her most recent work was on the casting department for Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;The End of the F***ing World.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Heather is a probationary member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecdg.co.uk\/\">CDG<\/a>\u00a0and she began in the industry at the BFI. 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She moved on to work with Dixie Chassay, and then resided with Des Hamilton where she assisted on BAFTA-winning TV Feature \u2018Ellen\u2019, as well as War Machine and more.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below to see what her tips for headshots and auditions!<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsiveEmbed\">\n<div class=\"embededYoutube\"><iframe id=\"241535397\" title=\"Audition Advice With Casting Director Heather Basten\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6OeCrgk8zJo?rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspotlight.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-2257647_115=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-7=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-12=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Heather Basten IMDB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7191989\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Heather.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What casting directors look for in the room Heather Basten is currently a casting associate alongside Kharmel Cochrane, where her most recent work was on the casting department for Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;The End of the F***ing World.&#8217; Heather is a probationary member of the\u00a0CDG\u00a0and she began in the industry at the BFI. 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