Work by Elliot Cowan

A full video companion to the book

Status: In development — available at beginning of February

This video guide is the full, embodied companion to
The Resilient Artist’s Guide to Self-Tapesteem™.

Where the book gives you the language and structure of the method, the video guide walks you through it in practice — slowly, personally, and without pressure.

This is the work the book prepares you for.

The eBook is the foundation.
The Video Guide is where the method is lived.

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THE COURSE WILL NEVER BE SO CHEAP AGAIN!

For actors navigating self-tapes without burning out, hardening, or disappearing.

On this course, Elliot personally expands The Resilient Artist’s Guide to Self-Tapesteem™ into a paced, embodied video programme.

Throughout the modules, he works directly with his own past self-tape scripts and recordings — including tapes that led to recalls — demonstrating how the method functions in real conditions, not ideal ones.

Each module corresponds to a real decision point in the self-tape process — not motivation, not theory, but orientation — shaped by 25 years as a professional actor navigating auditions from the inside.

The course includes a clear, step-by-step walkthrough of the central app Elliot uses to achieve Kooky Loopy flow, showing precisely how repetition, looping, and ease replace pressure and over-control.

Running through the entire course is Elliot’s 360° view of the modern actor — not only as a performer, but as an actorpreneur: someone who understands their craft, their nervous system, and their agency within a changing industry.

You can move through the course linearly, or return to specific sections whenever a tape lands.

COURSE OVERVIEW

1. The Path to Self-Tapesteem™

Reframing the problem.
Self-tapes aren’t the enemy — the system changed. This module restores agency and introduces Self-Tapesteem™ as a practice, not a result.

2. The Self-Tape Reality Check

Why this feels so hard.
Separating worth from outcome. Naming the emotional toll. Stabilising the ground before you move forward.

3. The Call

What to do when the email arrives.
How to read the brief without panic, stop over-preparing, and enter the work lightly.

4. Bin the Breakdown

Stop outsourcing authority.
How to extract what’s useful, ignore the rest, and work from fewer — truer — facts.

5. Don’t Read All the Episodes

Act the page you were given.
When research helps, and when it paralyses. Staying responsive instead of obedient.

6. Claim the Text as Yours

Turning dialogue into monologue.
Cutting the scene into a playable stream of thought and owning the rhythm of the work.

7. Simplify the Setup

Less kit. More freedom.
Why ease beats polish, natural light beats perfection, and simplicity reveals essence.

8. The Shoot — Looping the Kook

The Kooky-Loopy Method™ in action.
Using repetition and momentum to quiet self-judgement and invite play.

9. Knowing When It’s Landed

Recognising the take.
Not perfect — alive. Trusting presence before control creeps back in.

10. The Ident

Being human again.
A simple, warm moment of rapport — not branding, not performance.

11. The Edit

Clean. Lean. Truthful.
Editing for clarity, restraint, and trust. Then letting go.

12. Becoming a Resilient Artist

Beyond the tape.
Self-Tapesteem™ as a way of staying imaginative, self-sufficient, and intact inside a volatile system.

WHAT THIS COURSE IS — AND ISN’T

This course is:
• Calm
• Practical
• Actor-led

It is not:
• Motivational
• Punitive
• Outcome-obsessed

It’s about presence over perfection — and sustainability over survival.

The Resilient Artist’s Video Guide to Self-Tapesteem™
by Elliot Cowan TRA