Budget Friendly, Space Saving Backdrops for your Self-Tape Auditions 👌🏽

[@sanyamjain8821]

I love it!! Just got a major selftest and this would help me a lot

[@kristenhenryking]

Awesome! Good luck!!!

[@naebaby21]

Just came across your page and I love your content! I gosh so helpful!

[@kristenhenryking]

You are so welcome!!!!

[@angieinthecity]

This is so helpful! Self-tapes annoy me so much especially the full-bodied slate. I like your idea to include the full body in your slate!

[@kristenhenryking]

I can’t take full credit for that one, saw it a on one broke actress post and I thought, I’m stealing that. So now I do all my slates like that. Glad it helped!

[@gabyrosario7848]

@@kristenhenryking how do you edit your videos to include the active shot of the standing slate and the smaller slate by side? i am so new to this and unsure of how to edit videos!

[@kristenhenryking]

@@gabyrosario7848 it’s a little more advanced. But do you have Final Cut Pro? It can’t be done with IMovie. I have a video on how to edit your auditions on iMovie

[@StacyPowerhouse]

great video, thanks for sharing budget friendly content!

[@kristenhenryking]

For sure!!!

[@GinoMontesinosVideos]

Super helpful information! Thank you!!

[@kristenhenryking]

So glad you thought so! And you are so welcome.

[@PRETTYWYV]

I just moved into my house and this made me love my unfinished basement even more! 😂 I love my FOVITEC backdrop but I definitely love the more aqua colors, I find it less harsh than the blue so I’m excited to see them expand on their colors even more in the future! 🤞🏾✨

[@kristenhenryking]

yes, I the basement walls are MONEY! def my fav back drop of all!

[@Waltriessa]

I have a beautiful, wooden bar countertop that's makes for a great Backdrop. I don't have to worry about taking it down & reseting it bk up. It also compliments my golden skintone. Yay! For no budget. 🍿🎬

[@kristenhenryking]

That's a great idea! yay for not having to take it down and set it up! such a huge help!

[@jjtcomedy4350]

My back drop is more of a soft smooth texture does texture matter

[@kristenhenryking]

There's nothing wrong with that, honestly if you just have a clean wall that works too. But I do like darker colors behind me.

[@stewartvill5410]

Awesome tips!! Where do you get the cool graphics for your videos? If you don't mind sharing

[@kristenhenryking]

My editor does all those graphics so I'm not really sure. Sorry.

[@dkangel4597]

Needs more views

[@kristenhenryking]

Agreed! 😍

[@LG-os4zt]

Hey, i noticed that the size of the backdrop is a 5 by 6. They sell the 5 by 3 as well and i am trying to figure out if i need the extra inches especially if i am considering to travel around with it. As an actor, who does selftape autions, do you think that the 5 by 6 is too big or is the 5 by 3 too small?

[@kristenhenryking]

If you use the 5x3 you will see the edges in landscape. So def the larger one is better.

[@B1GK1NG]

Thanks for the info Kristen, and I may add that you're very beautiful without the pound of makeup that most women love to use.

[@kristenhenryking]

Wow, thank you!

[@jjtcomedy4350]

Hi does the texture matter

[@kristenhenryking]

I love texture!

[@IanBourn]

Was that you I saw on that Coca Cola recycle commercial??

[@kristenhenryking]

Ha! Yes, but it was for Pepsi ;)

[@IanBourn]

@@kristenhenryking oop! Pepsi! Definitely meant Pepsi! Lol it was cool to see you and point you out to my parents, congrats

[@kristenhenryking]

@@IanBourn Thank you!

[@ZigorBilbao]

First of all, great video! Thanks for the tips. But I wouldn't recommend using a ring light. It creates circular reflections in the eyes that looks unnatural and weird. I know a lot of actors use it. Instead, I use a led lamp with a diffuser. It doesn't create weird reflections and the contrast between light and shadows is softer. I also use a foldable backdrop like yours. And if someone is thinking to get one, they're great! Just one thing: those bastards are bigger than you think and they unfold FAST AS A BULLET so be careful to have enough free space around you. I broke a lamplight the first time I took mine out hahaha!

[@kristenhenryking]

For sure, if you look at my video called bye bye ring light I no longer use one (at least directly on my face with no fill light) And for sure those foldable backdrops can be dangerous!!! Thanks for watching!!!

[@alis_thenics]

With the back of the camera, how is your face not distorted anytime I see someone use the back of a phone camera. Their nose is crooked and distorted from the back camera.

[@kristenhenryking]

Because the sides start to distort. I try to stay in the center.