The Sam Christensen Process Gave You the Truth.
You did the work. You cried in front of strangers. You walked out with your Essence Statements & Neighborhoods
that says who you actually are. Now let's make it pay.
That Paper Is Gold. Most Graduates Just… Frame It.
If you're reading this, you've probably already sat through four days (or two weekends) of the Image Process™, and walked out with a description of who you actually are; not who you've been pretending to be for casting or what you think casting wants, or hoping you were what casting wants...
I turn it into a marketing engine.
Let's Be Clear About Who Does What
Sam Christensen's Image Process™, taught by Brooke Jaye Taylor and Matthew Cornwell at Get Taped in Atlanta, is the excavation. It's the only room I know of that reliably and deeply closes the gap between how you see yourself and how the world actually experiences you. I went through it myself as a client. I'm a facilitator. I don't teach it, and I don't speak for Get Taped! Full credit where it's due: go to Get Taped for the workshop itself.
My job starts the moment you leave that room.
The Problem Nobody Tells You About After Day 4
An Essence Statement is not a bio. It's not a tagline. It's not slide-in-your-DMs copy for your Actors Access profile. It's raw material. It is true, unpolished, and not yet built for an industry that skims everything in six seconds.
Most actors leave the workshop excited…
...and try to slap their Essence Statement directly onto a resume or self-tape submission.
…and watch it land with a thud.
Not because the process failed them, but because nobody taught them the second skill
That second skill: translation.
I know this because I've seen many actors make the same mistake, wasting time and resources.
I take what you discovered in the Image Process and translate it into the materials that actually move your career.
What I Actually Do With Your Essence Statement
The one that reads like a person, not a resume with adjectives glued on.
The 10-second version you say out loud to a casting director, agent, or stranger at an industry mixer — without sounding memorized.
Matching your essence to the roles worth your time, instead of shot gunning your headshot at everything with a pulse.
So the image matches the statement instead of contradicting it.
This isn't a rehash of the workshop. It's the next job: turning insight into income.
What Grads Are Saying
She helps you 'find your unicorn' — those qualities which make you unique from the others in your category. She was able to capture the essence of who I was and distilled that down into fantastic summaries for my bios and pitch letters.
I signed with Vault Talent in Atlanta. Signed on Thursday afternoon, and by Monday I already had my first audition. Thank you to Zele for helping me tweak my materials and my submission package. Your help was invaluable.
Zele gave me a lot of action items, and in return, I got real, tangible help that landed me with a top agency! She helped me get my pitch email in tip-top shape with subject lines and content hyper-tailored to me as an actor.
Who This Is For & How We Work
Who This Is For
This page is for Sam Christensen Process graduates only. If you haven't done the workshop, this won't make sense yet, go do that first, then come back.
If you have graduated and you're sitting on an Essence Statement you don't know what to do with, that's the actual starting line, and it's where I come in.
How We Work Together
A focused session (or short series) where we take your Essence Statement apart and rebuild it into:
- A bio
- A pitch
- A submission strategy
- Clear direction for your next headshot session
A note of integrity: I'd rather lose the sale than lose your trust. Nothing here should be read as a promise about the workshop itself or a claim of partnership with Sam Christensen's estate, Brooke Jaye Taylor, or Matthew Cornwell at Get Taped! I'm a graduate, we have worked together and I am a huge fan of the work. I am offering the marketing follow-through that helped me.
Insight Into Income.
Get marketing strategy built specifically for Sam Christensen Process graduates — delivered straight to your inbox. No fluff. No vague “just be yourself” pep talks.
The practical, marketing-hat-on follow-through.
