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Patricia King: The Voice That Calls
The following was written by Tracy Brown one of the Voice Over Instructors for XP Media Training and a powerful Intercessor. Being called to media can be a frightening call to step into! Often when you voice your desire to do something with media, you receive criticism from family and friends. It goes something like this, “Oh only one in a thousand people ever really become a filmmaker. (Actor, screenwriter, producer, you name it) Why don’t you become a teacher or something else that is more stable”? In order to be a part of God’s media army, we must learn to listen to the voice of the one that is calling us. Enjoy this word and meditate on it!
THE VOICE THAT CALLS
If a friend of yours invited you for dinner, imploring you to come out of necessity and desire, wouldn’t you expect them to open the door and invite you in when you arrived? How often would you return to their home, if week after week they did not acknowledge you when you came?
From the fifth chapter of the Song of Songs, verse 2 we read: “I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.’”
How does she respond to this call? “I have taken off my robe – must I put it on again? I have washed my feet – must I soil them again?” Wow! Are we any different? We have cried out to the Lord…seeking His Presence and desiring the manifestation of His Glory on the earth…and yet He often shows up in the most inconvenient times! We respond with reluctance…not much different than the example above… “Oh Lord…THAT? You want me to do WHAT?” As we continue reading this account, we see what happens as she delays – “But my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.”
Recently the Lord has been reminding me of the blessings awaiting in the inconveniences. He desires our immediate response when he knocks…and I don’t want to disappoint Him, do you? Are you called to God’s Media Army? Has the Lord been knocking on your door? Perhaps today is the day to respond! Listen to HIS voice and don’t let doubt or fear stop you from answering. He is waiting for you to open the door. If not you then who?
- Tracy Brown
Pat Lairson – XP Media Training Point of Contact
Pat Lairson is usually your first point of contact with XP Media Training. She is the Administrator and will give you kind and informative responses to your questions about our schools. She can be reached at Pat@xpacting.com. Pat is also a licensed Marriage Family Therapist and co-author of the book,“Stop the Bully”. Pat does workshops on Confidence and Rejection during the Full time Acting school and Acting -Combo class. To have a career in media you really have to build up a strong courageous foundation and be able to handle rejection. Here is a quick Lesson from the workshop she teaches.
Lesson #1
“Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers“. - 3 John 1:2 (New American Translation)
I challenge you to find one person in life that has not experienced rejection of some sort. It is common and often not personal. It happens in life and in the media and entertainment industry, it happens a lot. It is often not about YOU! In fact if you find you are always focused on yourself and wondering if what people think of you, you may be dealing with a spirit of narcissism. In an acting audition they may simply have wanted someone with a different height, weight, age or some other characteristic based on the character needed. That really means the part is wrong for you, not you are wrong for the part. God wants you to prosper and be in good health. God gets want He wants if you let Him guide you and do a work in you! Trust God and know that He is the one to order your steps. It is of course good to critique yourself if you don’t get the job. What could you have done better or differently? Realize it, practice your skills more and move on. Don‘t get stuck in your emotion. If you find yourself feeling depressed or fearful because your screenplay was rejected or you did not get the part, examine any old wounds this rejection might be attaching too. Get rid of any thoughts that do not build you up! You don’t need them and whatever we focus on we empower. So build up your confidence, keep yourself trained and never, never give up! You will succeed!
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Scott Lairson – Casting Director, Acting Instructor
“Rejection can be protection.”- Scott Lairson
If you are an Actor, there is not a better Acting Instructor or coach, than the person responsible for casting you in TV and Films. A Casting Director gets exposed to the audition process like no other position in media! They read the script, know the characters and know the type of Actors needed for the project they are working on. They see great auditions and not so great auditions and truly understand the dynamics of what it takes to be successful in the audition process. They have an important job because Acting can make or break a film or series.
Meet Scott Lairson, he has over 15 years of Casting experience in Hollywood! His resume includes casting actors for; NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer and numerous independent films. In addition to being able to cast your project, he is the Acting Instructor and department head of XP Media Training. Scott teaches the full time acting school, the Acting 101 and 201 Intensives and the Act Teen class. You can email Scott if you need help in casting your next film project or if you have questions about getting trained at Scott@xpacting.com. He is also the Author of God, I Wanna Be An Actor and the XP Acting 101 Manual.
In order to be an actor you have to be able to rise up and overcome rejection. One of the tools Scott teaches is how “Rejection is Protection”. If God is in control of your media destiny, He is the one to open and close doors for you. Sometimes not getting the part really is protection. We love our students and our students love the time they spend with us in Arizona! God’s spirit is moving on this media mountain. There will be a rise in Films with good moral messages in the coming years! We believe this with all of our hearts!
