TapeReady Editors — Editorial team
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The working actors, editors and camera assistants who test every setup TapeReady recommends.

TapeReady's editorial team writes every guide on this site. The group is made up of working actors who self-tape weekly, plus editors and camera assistants who spend their days looking at footage shot in bedrooms, hallways and hotel rooms.

Everything published here is tested in the same conditions readers work in: rented rooms with bad overhead light, thin walls, one lamp, and a phone. If a technique only works in a treated studio, it does not make the guide.

Gear coverage follows the same rule. Products are used on real submissions before they are written about, and picks are ranked by what survives a busy audition week rather than by spec sheets.

Covers: Self-tape technique, Lighting and sound, Camera and gear testing, Audition workflow, Apps and file delivery
Based: Chicago and remote · Since 2024
Profile: https://tapeready.live/authors/tapeready-editors

Team
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- Dana Reyes — Editor — lighting and setups (Chicago, IL) — dana@tapeready.com
  Self-tape coach who builds and shoots every lighting setup we publish, usually in a bedroom smaller than the one you are working in.
- Marcus Hale — Audio and gear reviews (Atlanta, GA) — marcus@tapeready.com
  Camera assistant and location sound mixer. Runs every microphone through real submissions before it earns a spot in the gear picks.
- Priya Nair — Workflow, apps and file delivery (Remote — London) — priya@tapeready.com
  Working actor who tapes weekly. Tests the editing apps, naming conventions and upload paths casting offices actually accept.
- Jordan Okafor — Casting insight and fact checking (Los Angeles, CA) — jordan@tapeready.com
  Former casting associate. Checks claims about what readers on the other side of the tape can and cannot see.
