Produktbild: Breaking into Acting For Dummies

Breaking into Acting For Dummies

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.06.2021

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

352

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/19/2,2 cm

Gewicht

482 g

Auflage

2. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-78969-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

24.06.2021

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

352

Maße (L/B/H)

23,4/19/2,2 cm

Gewicht

482 g

Auflage

2. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-78969-7

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: GPSR Kontakt

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  • Produktbild: Breaking into Acting For Dummies
  • Introduction 1

    About This Book 1

    Foolish Assumptions 2

    Icons Used in This Book 3

    Where to Go from Here 3

    Part 1: Figuring Out the Business of Acting 5

    Chapter 1: Staying on Top of the Changes in Show Business 7

    Understanding the World of Acting 8

    What You Need to Succeed 8

    An attention-grabbing head shot 9

    A five-star acting resume 9

    Polished talent 10

    Taking Your First Steps in Show Business 11

    Marketing yourself 11

    Finding your first ally: An agent 11

    Showcasing your talent: Auditioning 12

    Discovering the Many Ways to Make Money as an Actor 12

    Managing Money (A Little or a Lot) 13

    Knowing What to Expect from an Acting Career 14

    Chapter 2: Discovering How Show Business Has Changed and Adapted 15

    Understanding the Business of Show Business 15

    Taking It "from the Top" - It All Begins with an Idea 16

    Selling an Idea 17

    Producing a Script 18

    Going into Production 20

    Action: It's Showtime! 21

    Cleaning Up in Post-Production 22

    Distributing the Product 23

    Chapter 3: From Agents, Managers, and Unions: Introducing the Movers and Shakers 27

    Producers: The Champions of Every Project 28

    Directors: The Bosses on the Set 29

    Writers: The Idea Makers 29

    The Studios: The Ones That Make Everything Possible 30

    Financing a project 31

    Marketing and distributing a project 32

    Casting Directors: The Gatekeepers 33

    Agents: Your Door to Show Business 34

    Personal and Business Managers: The Guiding Forces Behind the Scenes 34

    Actors: The Talent in Front of the Spotlight 35

    Unions: An Actor's Best Friend 36

    The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) 37

    Actors' Equity Association 38

    Part 2: Packaging and Marketing Yourself 41

    Chapter 4: Making a Great First Impression with a Head Shot and Samples of Your Work 43

    Introducing the Head Shot: An Actor's Calling Card 44

    Examining Variations on the Standard 46

    The commercial head shot 47

    The theatrical shot 47

    Creating the Perfect Head Shot 48

    Hiring a professional photographer 48

    Picking the right look 50

    Making the most of your photo session 50

    Getting Your Head Shot Ready 51

    Publicizing Your Head Shot with a Twist 52

    Avoiding Problems with Head Shots 52

    Is that really you? 52

    Technical problems: You look great but your head shot still stinks 52

    Using Film to Represent Your Work 53

    Chapter 5: Creating a Five-Star Acting Resume 55

    Tackling the Basics of Creating a Resume 56

    Creating an Online Resume 56

    Identifying the Info to Include 57

    Your name, union membership, and contact information 57

    Your physical characteristics 58

    Your acting experience and education 59

    Your knowledge of special skills 60

    Avoiding Resume No-Nos 61

    Examining Sample Resumes 62

    The beginner's resume 63

    The intermediate actor's resume 63

    The veteran's resume 66

    Chapter 6: Training to Improve Your Acting Skills 69

    Mastering the Art of Auditioning: Taking Classes 69

    Benefiting from an auditioning class 70

    Advancing your auditioning skills 70

    Improving Your Performing Skills 73

    Stand-up comedy workshops 75

    Improvisation classes 75

    Speech and accent coaching 76

    Singing and dancing lessons 76

    Developing Physical Fitness Skills 77

    Improving Your Unique Skills 78

    Part 3: Taking Your First Steps into Show Business 79

    Chapter 7: Representing Yourself, Networking, and Promoting Yourself on Websites 81

    Looking for Your Own Work 82

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