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Self tape courses · Self-Tape Academy
Our self tape courses teach you everything casting expects, from your first self-tape to your next booking. Three focused courses, a learning dashboard, a Self-Tape Coach and a certificate for each course you finish. One payment of $199 unlocks them all.
Three self tape courses
Take our self tape courses in order for the full path, or start with the one you need tonight. All-Access includes every lesson and quiz in all three.
What a self-tape is, why casting uses them and what casting directors expect.
Backdrop, phone camera, framing, lighting and clean sound on any budget.
Prep the sides, work with a reader, slate, record, edit, name and submit.
All-Access pricing
No subscriptions and no upsells inside the lessons. Pay once and all three courses appear in your learning dashboard as soon as your payment is confirmed.
Built from 10,000+ self tapes
Since 2014, The Creation Station Studios has recorded more than 10,000 self tapes in Los Angeles, Texas and New York. Then phones got good enough for every actor to tape at home. So we turned what we learned into a clear, step-by-step academy.
The lessons are short and practical. Each one ends with a coach’s tip. You can finish a course in an evening and use it on your next audition.
Check out once and create your account. Lessons are short pages you can read on a phone between auditions. Each part ends with a tip you can use the same day, and a short quiz checks what you learned.
Your progress saves automatically, so you can stop and pick up later on any device. When you finish a course, click Complete Course to unlock your certificate.
Your learning dashboard
See your progress in each course and jump straight to your next lesson.
Ask about framing, light, sound, readers, slates and file names, any time.
Tick off your home setup. It saves to your account and prints for your wall.
Finish a course and get a certificate with a verification code.
One payment of $199 unlocks all three self tape courses: What Is a Self-Tape?, How to Set Up a Self-Tape and How to Self-Tape.
Every lesson and quiz in all three courses, your learning dashboard, the Self-Tape Coach, the saved setup checklist and a certificate for each course you complete.
No. A phone, a tripod or steady surface, a plain wall and a window are enough to start. Course 2 shows you how to use them.
About an hour for Course 1, an hour and a half for Course 2 and two hours for Course 3. Go at your own pace.
No. All sales are final. Course access is digital and opens as soon as your payment is confirmed, so Self-Tape Academy purchases are non-refundable.
Create your account at checkout. As soon as your payment is confirmed, all three courses appear in My Self-Tape Path in your learning dashboard.
Prefer one-on-one help? See coaching and consultation or meet our acting coaches. Union actors can find member news at SAG-AFTRA.
