There are many books, written by entertainment experts to help you with every phase of becoming famous, from making the move to new york or to los angeles (hollywood), finding an agent, finding auditions, how to audition to get the job, how to get a sag card, how to get a callback and what to do at the call back to win the role.
While rob tencer has seen many books on the subject, the following acting business books appear to be the best.
Its worth checking on every book link, because the price of some of the books are a little more than $1.00, while others are much more expensive. You won't know the cheap ones unless you check the books out more closely.
You will also learn more about which is best for you, and which won't be to expensive to buy. Maybe you could write me a comment, and tell me if the books helped you.
I am receiving compensation from the bookstore, but as mentioned earlier, some of the books are very cheap to own.
Once again, I tried to find the most complete help books on how to be famous, how to audition, how to practice for the audition, how to act, how to get casted in the role, how to approach the casting director and your audition, how to get the callback, and how to win the role.
Book Description: World famous Los Angeles acting coach and hollywood legend Ivana Chubbuck doesn't need to advertise; actors flock to her studio door. Ivana's students have included Brad Pitt, Elizabeth Shue, Jim Carrey, Matthew Perry, and Oscar winners Charlize Theron and Halle Berry. In The Power of the Actor, Ivana Chubbuck teaches the core principles of her secret and very successful Chubbuck Technique, where Ivana provides her unique approach to character motivation and character development and scene analysis.
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You Got the Part! is a must–have resource for anyone auditioning for roles in film and television. It is a comprehensive guide showing how to land an audition, how to prepare for and perform at that audition, and how to follow up afterward. Written by an award–winning casting director with twenty–eight years in the industry, this book takes the reader behind the scenes at actual casting sessions. Practical information is mixed with insiders' tips supported by anecdotes and stories from actors and casting directors. You Got the Part! is amusing and informative, and an essential tool for both the novice and the experienced actor.
Provides the expert advice you need to get your big break!Jump-start your career and land that paying partFrom preparing for auditions to finding an agent, the acting business is a challenging and competitive field. This indispensable guide is what every aspiring actor needs to get a foot in the door. Discover how to market yourself, choose a dynamic head shot, create a stellar acting resume, join unions, and pay the bills while you pursue your acting dreams.The Dummies WayExplanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationIcons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun.
When you show up to some auditions, the casting director will sometimes like you, but ask you to show her something more. You better be prepared, and with this book, you will be better prepared.
This user-friendly workbook, including a two hour DVD, features the best practical information on making it in the entertainment business from Christina Ferra-Gilmore, the founder of one of Hollywood's leading acting schools, and produced by Wink Martindale, the legendary host of 19 TV game shows. Included is vital information on: • How to network • Finding an agent and avoiding scams • Making a living while looking for acting jobs and creating a budget • Taking appropriate headshot photos, with examples of good and bad • Writing an actor's resume • The business side of acting • Developing your skills.
Callan's no-nonsense book provides both newly arrived and long-arrived actors the nuts and bolts information about how to be more saleable to casting people, agents, producers and directors.Callan's no-nonsense book provides both newly arrived and long-arrived actors the nuts and bolts information about how to be more saleable to casting people, agents, producers and directors.
This book isn't about methods. It's not another how-to book. It's a revelation: a shared collection of actors' trade secrets - tricks of the trade divulged by professionals in an experimental workshop that lasted nearly a year. You'll discover what actually sells you more than talent. You'll find out how powerful body language can be, and even how influential color is in the audition room. You'll learn what keeps a photo on a casting director's desk and what keeps a casting director on your side. In short, you'll have 101 innovative ways to get what you've always wanted: more of the parts you deserve.
Thinking about moving to Los Angeles to be an actor? Then you need this book. This is a book about all the crazy things you'll encounter as you start your new life in Los Angeles. You need this book. Especially if you aren't intimately acquainted with this ridiculous, over-the-top, celebrity-riddled, coke-infested, smoggy, earthquake-prone, tofu-eating, laid-back, purse-dog-carrying, who-you-know city. This book is current, hip, funny, and written by two young guys for younger people. You need it.In Waiting Tables, Dodging Bullets, Brendan Brandt and Charles Hayes walk you through the arc of a young new actor's career and tell you how to navigate LA without getting shot. With advice on making the big move, getting settled, finding employment outside of acting, spotting soulless scam artists from hell, cracking the Pandora's box that is SAG, dealing with (and loving) rejection, booking your first job, taking acting classes, (not) doing extra work, creating your own work, compromising your integrity, and more, Brandt and Hayes cover it all, sharing their own off-the-wall experiences along the way.
How to cope with the realities of life as an actor—if you don't laugh, you'll cry• In-depth interviews with actors, agents, casting directors In this hip, warts-and-all look at acting, author Jason Pugatch shares his insights as a working "day player" to give an unvarnished look at theater, film, and television: how to be "discovered," what to expect from training programs, the grunt work of starting a career, how to keep going despite constant rejection, and much more. Packed with myth-shattering anecdotes and told in an intriguing personal tone, Acting Is a Job is the backstage guide that every aspiring actor must read.
This collection of monologues is accompanied by seven key questions that help young actors to create unique, well-rounded characters directly from their imagination. The monologues can also be used to stimulate creativity in children and help them deal with daily issues of tolerance, self-acceptance, belonging, and self-expression. Topics include loss of love and friendship, jealousy, life changes, and secrets.
A complete step by step guide on How to get Started in Show Business!This book is a handy step by step guide for all those parents who are trying to get their children started in a show biz career, but didn't know where to begin.From newborn or 90+ there is always work in TV Film Commercials or theatre, if you know how to find it. Agent's managers and casting directors are looking for fresh new faces and talent all the time to fill these jobs. Kids especially, are in constant demand for these projects.You will learn about agents, managers, casting directors, child working permits, headshots, resumes and Cogan accounts.This book will give you all the inside information and easy steps to follow for a successful career. You will be prepared with the knowledge and tools to find the auditions, and how book the job.There is nothing more exciting than the fast-paced, star studded world of show business. Make your dreams come true, have the experience of a lifetime, and enjoy the memories forever. If you read the book and follow through, I have no doubt that;I'll see you in the Movies!
Everything an aspiring actor needs to know about the business of finding employment. "I thought Tom Logan had written the perfect exploration of acting and eating when he wrote this book. But the new updated and expanded version makes it even more vital to the newcome's library. It remains a pragmatic and knowledgeable examination of the basic problem actors face: how to act and eat at the same time. He explores the ramifications of this basic dilemma with wit and knowledge." -Charlton Heston "Tom Logan's book, if you really listen to him, can help you through years of productivity. He writes with a sense of humor and knowledge of the fundamentals that are so important - especially to the beginner." -Lucille Ball "FIVE STARS! This book has everything - knowledge, humor, and incredible accuracy. Don't go to another audition before you read it." -Richard Bare, Oscar-nominated director
So, you want to be an actor . . . but you have no idea how to get started. In the pages of Act Now!, you'll find a step-by-step process to show you not only how to get started, but also how to become a working actor. It will take time and commitment, but if you follow these steps you will find success. Author and acting teacher Peter Jazwinski explains every aspect of becoming an actor from start to finish. You'll learn about:• Improving Your Acting Skills• How Actors Get Cast• Finding Auditions on Your Own• Working with an Agent or Manager—and What the Difference Is• The Importance of Networking• And More!A frank and encouraging game plan for success, Act Now! will empower those who have the drive to stop dreaming and start making a living—as an actor.About the Author: PETER JAZWINSKI runs the popular website MyActingAgent.com and writes The Agent News, an acting newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Cloe, and daughter, Storm.
For anyone who's ever wondered how the Princess Bride ended up with an English accent or what Julia Roberts wore to the audition that won her her first major role - or walked out of a movie saying "I would never have put that guy in that part" - here is the first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers are born.Two of the top casting directors in the business, who cast everyone from the Harry Potter kids to the new James Bond, offer an insider's tour of their crucial craft – spotting stars in the making. Recounting their remarkable shared career, from their early days at Francis Ford Coppola's legendary Zoetrope to their twenty-six years in business together, they share the funny and fascinating stories of discovering and casting then-unknown stars like Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack, Matt Damon, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly, Brendan Fraser, Virginia Madsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Meg Ryan, and Benicio Del Toro, as well as insights about the many famous directors for whom they've worked. Taking us from the first casting call through head shots, auditions, meetings, and desperate searches to fill a part, they give us behind-the-scenes access to the machinery of star-making.
Heralded as "Best Acting Teacher in LA" by Back Stage magazine, Hollywood's most sought after acting teacher Howard Fine reveals the winning technique that has garnered his students international acclaim and the industry's highest honors in his astonishing book FINE ON ACTING.During his twenty-five years as a teacher and director, Fine has developed a technique that is both useful and exciting.Emmy Award®-winning actor Michael Chiklis (THE SHIELD, FANTASTIC FOUR) writes in the foreword for FINE ON ACTING, “You've purchased this book because you either aspire to be an actor or want to be a better one. Either way you've made a wonderful decision. Howard Fine is a great teacher. His philosophy and approach to the craft of acting are the most helpful, encouraging and practically applicable I've ever encountered.”FINE ON ACTING covers the essentials for actors, including The Common Mistakes, Rehearsal, Auditions, Stage vs. Television and Film Acting, and Comedy vs. Drama. Fine also offers valuable advice for troubleshooting challenging situations, such as playing opposite a bad actor, nerves, memorizing lines, working with a bad director, and being emotionally blocked.A close colleague of the legendary Uta Hagen and the founder of the Howard Fine Acting Studio, Fine has worked with hundreds of stars, including Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, Lindsay Lohan, Salma Hayek, Simon Baker, Amanda Bynes, Gerard Butler, Jennifer Connelly, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michelle Williams, Val Kilmer, Sela Ward, Jason Priestley, Kerry Washington, Amy Smart, Jared Leto, Wilmer Valderrama, Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Rick Fox, Estella Warren, Christopher Meloni, Enrique Murciano, Garry Shandling, Alexa Vega, Heather Locklear, Geri Halliwell, Carla Gugino, James Belushi, Diana Ross, Jon Bon Jovi, and Josh Groban.Fine is one of the few elite acting experts who has devoted his primary career to perfecting the teaching and coaching of professional actors. His outstanding reputation is the product of his remarkable expertise uniquely coupled with his extraordinary gift to inspire.
While television commercials often elicit groans from the viewer, they mean work for actors and can be the bread-and-butter backbone of an actor's career, providing a safety net of income while he or she climbs the ladder to greater success. And for those actors who achieve face-to-product recognition, commercial work can provide handsome residuals for years to come. While many books on the market include some information on commercial work, Acting in the Million Dollar Minute deals exclusively with the art and business of acting in commercials. Here the "art" is narrow: script terminology and procedure, commercial dialogue, camera staging, working the product, sample commercial scripts, and detailed analysis of how a commercial is actually shot; while the "business" side, reflecting the general industry, broadens to include training, photos, the resume, unions, actor-agency contracts, the interview, the screen test, callbacks, pay and working conditions, and a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices. In this revised and updated edition, this book provides direction on how to: Decipher the meaning behind the commercial script; Begin and end every commercial performance; Get the auditioners' attention immediately when the camera begins rolling; Compel the auditioners, with the sheer force of your performance, to actually watch your playback tape; Take the camera from another actor (ie upstaging); Give the director a performance that makes his or her job easier in the editing room.
How to Make a Living as a Working Actor in LA covers modern techniques for getting and maintaining paying acting work. This book covers everything from non-union background work to landing co-star and guest star roles on television. Michael-John Wolfe (Collateral / Mr. & Mr.Smith / The Shaggy Dog) provides the reader with his industry secrets for earning a steady income while working on film, television and commercial sets. In 2006 Michael-John earned $84939 in acting earnings alone, proving that even "non-name" actors can make a healthy living doing what they love. In the back of this book you will also find a list of SAG franchised Agents, Casting Director workshops, background casting companies, major studio addresses, soap opera casting offices and websites used by the author to obtain acting work. (These are merely companies and websites that have worked for the author personally, he has no affiliation with any company in this book and it is left to the reader's discretion to decide if this advice is right for you.)
I wish every actor who auditioned for me had read this book first. - Carrie Frazier Head of HBO Films Casting Fresh, eye-opening, practical advice for actors. - Thomas Derrah Actor/Faculty, IAT Training at Harvard University American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre School Every actor should read this book. Want to be a better actor or a better teacher? This is your book. - Jose Luis Valenzuela Head of the MFA directing program, UCLA Artistic Director, the Latino Theater Company and the New Los Angeles Theater Center Making an audience fall in love with you. That's what great acting is all about - no matter whether you're in a casting room, on stage, in film, or on television. In How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You, you'll find out how to go beyond the obvious and unleash your most exciting self in every role.From Shakespeare to soap operas, in How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You veteran acting coach Deryn Warren helps you make the best of any script. Her analysis of scenes from such hits as When Harry Met Sally, The Green Mile, and Fawlty Towers will show you how to take big risks, deepen your choices, perfect your technique, and get parts. How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You will take your acting to a new level - whether you're a working professional or just starting out. You'll get the first job and keep getting hired because casting directors will fall in love with you too
In the United States, there are 300000 actors; 100000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need-because before actors can act, they have to pass the audition! Here's practical, hand-holding advice for choosing material, rehearsing, warming up, staying calm, standing out in a crowd, understanding casting, avoiding pitfalls, following up, getting the right headshot and resume, and accepting an offer. There's even a section on handling rejection-not that The Complete Professional Audition user is ever going to need that, of course. Ultra-useful appendices of recommended songs and monologues (yes!) make this the complete guide for everyone with an audition coming up.• Designed for both play and musical auditions• There are 300000 actors and acting students in the US-and all of them want an edge at the audition• Through his workshops and seminars, author Darren Cohen knows exactly what actors need to pass an audition and get that part• Practical, down-to-earth ideas that work
This easy to use handbook, Get the Callback: The Art of Auditioning for Musical Theatre, offers practical advice on all the facets of auditioning. It walks the reader step by step through the audition process, explaining what to expect, how to behave, and how to prepare for a (hopefully) winning audition. It also coaches the actor through the ins and outs of pursuing a career in musical theatre, with detailed advice on callbacks, job offers, headshots, resumes, and college auditions.
This user-friendly workbook, including a two hour DVD, features the best practical information on making it in the entertainment business from Christina Ferra-Gilmore, the founder of one of Hollywood's leading acting schools, and produced by Wink Martindale, the legendary host of 19 TV game shows. Included is vital information on: • How to network • Finding an agent and avoiding scams • Making a living while looking for acting jobs and creating a budget • Taking appropriate headshot photos, with examples of good and bad • Writing an actor's resume • The business side of acting • Developing your skills.
The third edition of this indispensable companion provides all the essential information you'll need to launch your film or TV career in Hollywood. Actor and writer Michael Saint Nicholas reveals not only how to survive your first year, but also how to keep your finances, acting skills, and even your health and well-being on the right track. You'll discover how to: • Find a place to live and a job to pay the bills • Work as an extra • Get an appropriate headshot • Put together a professional résumé • Find places to study your craft • Ace the audition • Acquire a SAG card • Snag a top-notch agent • Build credits and gain exposure • Handle contracts • Be prepared once you land the part Top industry professionals and successful actors provide detailed, first-hand advice and the thorough appendixes make contacting agents, studios, soap operas, and game shows a breeze.
A complete step by step guide on How to get Started in Show Business!This book is a handy step by step guide for all those parents who are trying to get their children started in a show biz career, but didn't know where to begin.From newborn or 90+ there is always work in TV Film Commercials or theatre, if you know how to find it. Agent's managers and casting directors are looking for fresh new faces and talent all the time to fill these jobs. Kids especially, are in constant demand for these projects.You will learn about agents, managers, casting directors, child working permits, headshots, resumes and Cogan accounts.This book will give you all the inside information and easy steps to follow for a successful career. You will be prepared with the knowledge and tools to find the auditions, and how book the job.There is nothing more exciting than the fast-paced, star studded world of show business. Make your dreams come true, have the experience of a lifetime, and enjoy the memories forever. If you read the book and follow through, I have no doubt that;I'll see you in the Movies!
Thinking about moving to Los Angeles to be an actor? Then you need this book. This is a book about all the crazy things you'll encounter as you start your new life in Los Angeles. You need this book. Especially if you aren't intimately acquainted with this ridiculous, over-the-top, celebrity-riddled, coke-infested, smoggy, earthquake-prone, tofu-eating, laid-back, purse-dog-carrying, who-you-know city. This book is current, hip, funny, and written by two young guys for younger people. You need it.In Waiting Tables, Dodging Bullets, Brendan Brandt and Charles Hayes walk you through the arc of a young new actor's career and tell you how to navigate LA without getting shot. With advice on making the big move, getting settled, finding employment outside of acting, spotting soulless scam artists from hell, cracking the Pandora's box that is SAG, dealing with (and loving) rejection, booking your first job, taking acting classes, (not) doing extra work, creating your own work, compromising your integrity, and more, Brandt and Hayes cover it all, sharing their own off-the-wall experiences along the way.
This collection of monologues is accompanied by seven key questions that help young actors to create unique, well-rounded characters directly from their imagination. The monologues can also be used to stimulate creativity in children and help them deal with daily issues of tolerance, self-acceptance, belonging, and self-expression. Topics include loss of love and friendship, jealousy, life changes, and secrets.
Everything an aspiring actor needs to know about the business of finding employment. "I thought Tom Logan had written the perfect exploration of acting and eating when he wrote this book. But the new updated and expanded version makes it even more vital to the newcome's library. It remains a pragmatic and knowledgeable examination of the basic problem actors face: how to act and eat at the same time. He explores the ramifications of this basic dilemma with wit and knowledge." -Charlton Heston "Tom Logan's book, if you really listen to him, can help you through years of productivity. He writes with a sense of humor and knowledge of the fundamentals that are so important - especially to the beginner." -Lucille Ball "FIVE STARS! This book has everything - knowledge, humor, and incredible accuracy. Don't go to another audition before you read it." -Richard Bare, Oscar-nominated director
"Frederick has created an indispensable guide for young actors, just as Frederick himself is an indispensable guide for so many kids and adults working in Hollywood."—Ken Baumann, actor, The Secret Life of the American Teenager "Acting in Young Hollywood is a book that every aspiring actor and their parents should read. It will teach you the ins and outs of the business and show you how to find success as an actor."—Asher Book, actor, Fame The youth market is exploding in Hollywood, and there has never been a better time for young people to break into the business. Kids, teens, and anyone who can play young have greater opportunities to find success and celebrity than ever before, and Acting in Young Hollywood is the essential guide any young actor needs to find his or her footing on the oftentimes rocky path to fame. Covering everything from the most basic tools (headshots, reels) to a breakdown of the integral team players (agents, managers) to actually getting out there and acting (auditions and booking), this is the go-to book for anyone hoping to launch—and maintain—a lifelong career. Frederick Levy is a friend to and advocate for young performers, which is why Acting in Young Hollywood is filled with inspiring anecdotes, sympathetic advice, and much-needed encouragement for the future stars of stage and screen.
I wish every actor who auditioned for me had read this book first. - Carrie FrazierHead of HBO Films CastingFresh, eye-opening, practical advice for actors. - Thomas Derrah Actor/Faculty, IAT Training at Harvard UniversityAmerican Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre School Every actor should read this book. Want to be a better actor or a better teacher? This is your book. - Jose Luis ValenzuelaHead of the MFA directing program, UCLA Artistic Director, the Latino Theater Company and the New Los Angeles Theater CenterMaking an audience fall in love with you. That's what great acting is all about - no matter whether you're in a casting room, on stage, in film, or on television. In How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You, you'll find out how to go beyond the obvious and unleash your most exciting self in every role.From Shakespeare to soap operas, in How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You veteran acting coach Deryn Warren helps you make the best of any script. Her analysis of scenes from such hits as When Harry Met Sally, The Green Mile, and Fawlty Towers will show you how to take big risks, deepen your choices, perfect your technique, and get parts. How to Make Your Audience Fall in Love with You will take your acting to a new level - whether you're a working professional or just starting out. You'll get the first job and keep getting hired because casting directors will fall in love with you too.
"At last, an in-depth book about the casting process that tells actors what it is like to be on the other side of the desk, and a must read for the aspiring casting director!" -Marilyn Henry, coauthor, How to Be a Working Actor
Michele Blood, Rock Riddle,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Michele's Musivation International, LLC
"Ginger Howard Friedman is one of the most innovative and important teachers of our time."—Jerry Orbach You got the audition. Now how do you get the part? What can you do to ensure getting a callback? And what can you do at the callback to demonstrate that you're the one for that role? In this invaluable book, veteran casting director-playwright-teacher Ginger Howard Friedman shares her trade secrets for successful auditioning. Through creative visualization techniques and exercises, she prepares you for that first, all-important cold reading, and using those same techniques, she enables you to tap into the dreams and goals of your character - and give the strongest audition you can. With her guidance, you'll learn: What tools to bring with you to a cold reading, how to prepare for a callback at your first audition, how to give your audition the energy of an opening-night performance, and how to get the part - and keep it. The author's exercises in creative visualization utilize scenes from such classic and contemporary plays as A Doll's House, Born Yesterday, Equus, The Lisbon Traviata, and Six Degrees of Separation. The techniques developed from these exercises can be used to prepare for virtually any role, whether on stage, screen or television.
The most comprehensive voice-over guidebook ever!This voice is for hire. In fact, all actors' voices are for hire–or should be. Voice-overs offer a great opportunity for actors to get extra work, even full-time work. Author Randy Thomas is America's most recognizable female voice announcer‐she even announces the national television broadcast of the Academy Awards! Author Peter Rofé is New York City's top voice-over coach–he teaches actors to sell their voices for every possible voice-over purpose. Together they explore all the ins and outs of this exciting and lucrative field: auditioning, making demos, training, marketing, script interpretation, animation, radio, promos, narration, live announcing, and more. Want to get your mouth in the door and keep it inside once it's there? Sure you do. If your voice is for hire, you need Voice for Hire.
Thousands of children and teenagers appear on TV and in movies each year, and thousands more dream of acting in sitcoms, comedies and family shows. With a television in every living room and a movie theater in every town, these dreams are real possibilities for the young actors of today.Your Child In Film & Television is a practical, how-to book on the movie and television industries written specifically for parents of young actors, and for parents who would like to explore these opportunities for their little stars.By explaining the "ins and outs" of the business, this book will help young actors jumpstart their careers with tips on promotions, casting calls, auditioning, and call backs.As they begin to navigate the often confusing world of agents, contracts, studios, and production companies, the possibilities for success can be great, but so are the chances of being taken advantage of. This book informs parents and young actors of their rights.
For any actor in or on the way to New York City, this is the definitive source for advice, winning strategies, marketing techniques, and invaluable insights to being a successful New York actor. This new edition has been completely revised and updated to cover the significant changes in the New York theater landscape over the last nine years. This indispensable guide has also been expanded to include dozens of new interviews with top New York City actors and a completely improved Internet chapter equipped with the most up-to-date tools to thrive in the industry. Aspiring and established professionals will find this thorough and up-to-the-minute volume chock full of resources and advice about auditioning, making professional connections, promoting one's self, seeking opportunities in nontraditional venues, finding an apartment, securing "survival jobs," understanding actor unions, getting headshots, and furthering one's actor training in New York. This guide also details working as a film extra, careers in print modeling, scams and rip-offs to avoid, opportunities for actors with disabilities, and using the Internet to the fullest advantage. Included are in-depth interviews with legendary show business figures such as actor Henry Winkler, casting director Juliet Taylor, and theater director Joseph Chaikin as well as top talents from the fields of film, television, stage, commercials,and talent agencies. Written by a professional New York actor with over thirty years of experience, this meticulously researched guide will give actors the tools they need to survive and thrive in New York show business.
Do you know a teen that's been bitten by the acting bug? Here's just the book they need! Acting for Young Actors, aimed at teens and tweens, lets kids hone their skills and develop their craft. It begins with the five W's: WHO am I? WHAT do I want? WHY do I want it? WHERE am I? WHEN does this event take place? Sounds basic—but many young child actors are told simply to “get up there and act.” This book explores each of these questions, using helpful exercises to allow young actors to work through problems of character identity and motivation. With comprehensive chapters on auditioning, rehearsal, and improvisation, plus a primer on how young actors can break into film, theater, and television, Acting for Young Actors is every kid's ticket to the big time.
In Casting Directors' Secrets, casting directors from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver offer insight in their own words into the do's and don'ts of the audition process and reveal the three biggest mistakes made by actors at this crucial stage. The book offers instruction in these areas and more: How to get the audition - training and preparation, headshots and resume, finding an agent, auditioning for agents; audition/interview etiquette - being late, canceling your appointment, waiting room do's and don'ts, staying focused, filling out the paperwork, behavior toward other actors; bad habits - perfume and cologne, first impressions, don't look for the casting couch!, you and your ego, brown-nosing, tell the truth but not the whole truth; artistic preparation - what your agent should tell you, working with sides, eye contact and the fourth wall, ice-cold readings; performing the audition - rewriting the dialogue, false starts, losing your place, violence in audition scenes (don't make it too real!); growing as an actor - taking risks, attending classes, maintaining the momentum; and more!
Young Amaya is auditioning for a role in a professional play. Although she longs to perform, she is about to learn how much team effort and hard work is involved.As the reader follows her progress from a nervous hopeful at an audition through the fittings for costumes, the rehearsals, the memory work, and even stage fright, Dirk McLean introduces the many people and jobs involved in staging a play. A glossary provides descriptions of terms like casting, choreography, and blocking. Written by an author with extensive firsthand theater experience, this is a must-have resource for young children who are performers. And for those who only dream of a career on stage, it is entertaining to share Amaya's journey and to feel the thrill of a peek behind the scenes.
Would you give up showers, toilets, and other modern conveniences for a chance at a million dollars? Do you long to find the love of your life in front of a national television audience? Are you willing to do anything — and we mean anything — to become famous? Perfect for fans of Survivor, American Idol, The Bachelor, and their countless imitators, The Reality TV Handbook is the insider's guide to winning fame, love, and/or money on the small screen. From creating the perfect application video and auditioning like an idol to keeping your head as you're buried alive, The Reality TV Handbook features everything you need to go the distance. Written by acclaimed television producer John Saade, this illustrated handbook will show you how to outwit your competitors, outsmart the producers, and win over the hearts of TV audiences everywhere!
Welcome to Hollywood! Or maybe you're not here yet? Either way, if you've got plans to act in Hollywood, there's a lot to learn: about Los Angeles, about acting, about agents and managers, about traps for the unwary. What's "pilot season"? "Hiatus"? "A deal memo"? "A producer session"?"Acting in Hollywood" explains these terms to the newcomer and offers a tour of the basic tools, the neighborhoods, "survival" job options, finding acting work, the different types of work (film, TV, background, voice-over, print modeling, etc.), auditioning, finding an agent or a manager and a wealth of other details the newcomer to town will find invaluable. And - are you ready to come? The opening chapters give you points to consider and things to prepare before you even make your move.The book includes a glossary of terminology and some useful links for the Hollywood actor, rounding a comprehensive introduction to pursuing your dream.
Rock musicals are an increasingly dominant force in contemporary musical theatre. Rock the Audition defines what is required of the actor-singer to succeed in the audition room and gives the aspiring performer the tools necessary to interpret rock material with abandon, creativity, and inspiration. This book shows those interested in auditioning for a rock musical how to holistically embody the essence of the show for which they are auditioning. Rock the Audition teaches performers how to: • Pick songs that have or have room to create a dramatic arc • Create their own appropriate cuts and arrangements, and successfully communicate the feel of a song to a pianist for proper support • Capture the essence of the musical they're trying out for • Understand the vocal styles of different genres and how the styles changed over time • Act a rock song Sanders's method also helps singing actors refine their physical life in the audition room when singing a rock song, an approach profoundly different from that of the legit musical-theatre auditioner. Rock the Audition shows readers how to interpret the meaning of the chosen songs and how to bring their own unique point of view to those interpretations.
This groundbreaking new series is for truly young actors—monologues, scenes, and technique book for the elementary school set. Each book builds on the one before it, so skills grow as students grow. Often, young children are given work written for older actors that is difficult for them to understand and retain. This material is comprehensible, relatable, and fun. For all the young characters and performers, there is finally a book for you!And within this series, an exciting collection that breaks down barriers: Square pegs don't fit into round holes. It's that simple.Specifically for young actors of Hispanic descent, M. Ramirez has written a group of books for second, third, fourth generation immigrant kids who don't often feel included in a lot of the literature they're surrounded with. References to abuelos, abuelas, and other cultural specifics help make these performance pieces a little more accessible to kids who might or might not be speaking English as a second language. all with a specific flavor that will help young actors find their voices and stretch themselves, performing pieces that speak not only about them, but directly to them.Because of the Latino flavor incorporated into this material, these kids can focus on what they are meant to focus on- performing - without any cultural barriers.KIDS: These books tell you about how to act and give you some excellent characters to play! There are also many, many games and activities. (PS They may also make you the smartest kid you know!)TEACHERS: This series provides ample material for classroom use. In addition, the Teacher's Guide will give tips and ideas to use in classrooms.PARENTS: If you've got a natural performer in the house, this book provides some simple pieces for auditioning, horsing around, or performing in the living room. These books are both fun and educational.AGENTS/MANAGERS: These monologues are immediate and active, with different emotions and levels within each monologue. Great for auditions.Everyday life was never so nutty! Inside you'll find imaginative "what if " pieces for would-be princesses, cowboys, robots, and superheroes as well as real-life issues like unfair bedtimes, making new friends, and the horrible taste of broccoli. At this stage in life there are lots of firsts, too, like going to a new school and losing your teeth, so there are plenty of topics for children to connect with.
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