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Book Synopsis How to be a Happy Actor in a Challenging Business by : Justina Vail
Download or read book How to be a Happy Actor in a Challenging Business written by Justina Vail and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why a book for ACTORS on the subject of HAPPINESS? Actors face a unique set of challenges. No matter what level a career has reached, uncertainity, rejection, judgment, and disappointment are all part of being an actor, and happiness is often placed in the hands of what happens 'out there.' Yet the truth is, happiness is an inside job. Being generally happy and fulfilled is absolutely essential to the success and longevity of an actor's career. In Happy Actor you will learn practical and transformational steps to help you, the actor, boost your happiness levels while navigating the worlds of stage, film, and television. You will hear personal stories of Hollywood actors as they have adopted these powerful keys, as well as inside perspectives from some of our top award-winning industry professionals, including: producer/director David Nutter, actress Christine Lahti, casting director Marck Teschner, and casting director/acting coach Risa Bramon Garcia.
Book Synopsis The New Business of Acting by : Brad Lemack
Download or read book The New Business of Acting written by Brad Lemack and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best actor never gets the role. But the right actor always gets hired and if you want to be the right actor, you need to create a well-paved pathway through the traffic jam that can slow you down, divert your attention and create stress behind the wheel of the career you're committed to driving forward. It's your journey and it's time for a career tune up, even if you're just starting out In this revised and expanded Next Edition to his popular book for actors, talent manager, educator and author Brad Lemack tackles the tough challenges actors face in seeking, building and maintaining rewarding careers in the new landscape. From the role of personal ethics and integrity to landing the role of a lifetime, Lemack teaches readers how to navigate through and thrive in a continually changing landscape in an industry challenged to redefine itself and how it does business. Whether you're new to the business or in need of a professional career rebranding, The New Business of Acting: The Next Edition will empower you with a critical perspective on how to create, map out and embark on a life-long journey that will earn you the career-building opportunities you seek.
Book Synopsis The Actor's Business Plan by : Jane Drake Brody
Download or read book The Actor's Business Plan written by Jane Drake Brody and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person. It assists performers to flourish using the same kind of business/career planning that is a necessary part of life for entrepreneurs and business people. This introduction to the acting industry provides essential knowledge not only for how the business actually works, but also describes what casting directors, agents, and managers do, demystifies the role of unions, discusses how much things cost, and offers advice on branding and marketing strategies. It differs from other such handbooks in that it addresses the everyday issues of life, money, and jobs that so frequently destroy an actor's career before it is even begun. While addressing NYC and LA, the guide also gives a regional breakdown for those actors who may wish to begin careers or to settle in other cities. It is loaded with personal stories, and interviews with actors, casting directors, and agents from throughout the US. The Actor's Business Plan is the answer to the common complaint by students that they were not taught how to negotiate the show business world while at school. It is the perfect antidote for this problem and can easily fit into a ten or a thirteen-week class syllabus. Offering support as a personal career coach, empowering the actor to take concrete steps towards their life and career dreams, The Actor's Business Plan: A Career Guide for the Acting Life is a must-have book for actors who are determined to be a part of the professional world .
Book Synopsis The New Business of Acting by : Brad Lemack
Download or read book The New Business of Acting written by Brad Lemack and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an expanded and updated follow up to his popular first book, The Business of Acting: Learn the Skills You Need to Build the Career You Want, talent manager Brad Lemack offers both young, new-to-the-business and “working” actors a vital perspective on the changing landscape in which they seek to launch and grow (or to reinvent) their professional careers. The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape teaches actors how to be smart, proactive and strategic throughout their career journeys. Lemack teaches actors the critical, non-performance skills they need to build the careers they want – and how to apply those skills in positive, professional and productive ways. The New Business of Acting, with a foreword by Isabel Sanford, the Emmy Award-winning star of the long running television series The Jeffersons, explores the revolution taking place in how business is conducted and how those dramatic changes impact how actors must conduct the business of their careers. This empowering new book builds on the lessons taught in The Business of Acting, while addressing how to apply those lessons to the digital and economic landscape that is the “new” business of acting. Key chapters explore the changing roles of agents and managers, the new demands on casting directors in the new landscape, the importance of creating, protecting and honoring your “brand,” emotional, physical and fiscal fitness in a challenging economy, and guidelines for seeking out and getting a head shot that fits the frame of the new business. Readers will learn the art of managing expectations, a required skill in knowing how to act (and when not to) on the global Internet stage of self-submission opportunities, and, perhaps most important for the young actor, those about to or just entering the business will discover what they must know to make a healthy, happy and empowered transition from student of the performing arts to wanting-to-be-working, professional actor. Readers will also learn how to create and launch both their "brand" and an Action Plan for career success that teaches them how to effectively and strategically use the tools introduced in the book, and how to be a smart actor implementing their plan all along their journey. It’s not about talent and performance; it’s about perspective, planning and process.
Book Synopsis Smart Actors, Foolish Choices by : Katherine Mayfield
Download or read book Smart Actors, Foolish Choices written by Katherine Mayfield and published by Back Stage Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first and only book entirely to the emotional side of the performing arts. Smart Actors, Foolish Choices is a resource for anyone who needs to know how to deal with ego-bruising rejection, with anxiety and fear, and with the numerous other challenges of staying happy--and sane--in the turbulent world of show business.
Download or read book Rule Breakers written by Valorie Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Teaches professional actors how to create and operate their acting career as a successful business. Of utmost importance is how actors must change their mindset about the impact and value they bring to their work, including viewing themselves as part-time extras to full-time professionals."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis The Actor's Business Plan by : Jane Drake Brody
Download or read book The Actor's Business Plan written by Jane Drake Brody and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Actor's Business Plan is a self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programs, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, the book offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person. It assists performers to flourish using the same kind of business/career planning that is a necessary part of life for entrepreneurs and business people. This introduction to the acting industry provides essential knowledge not only for how the business actually works, but also describes what casting directors, agents, and managers do, demystifies the role of unions, discusses how much things cost, and offers advice on branding and marketing strategies. It differs from other such handbooks in that it addresses the everyday issues of life, money, and jobs that so frequently destroy an actor's career before it is even begun. While addressing NYC and LA, the guide also gives a regional breakdown for those actors who may wish to begin careers or to settle in other cities. It is loaded with personal stories, and interviews with actors, casting directors, and agents from throughout the US. The Actor's Business Plan is the answer to the common complaint by students that they were not taught how to negotiate the show business world while at school. It is the perfect antidote for this problem and can easily fit into a ten or a thirteen-week class syllabus. Offering support as a personal career coach, empowering the actor to take concrete steps towards their life and career dreams, The Actor's Business Plan: A Career Guide for the Acting Life is a must-have book for actors who are determined to be a part of the professional world .
Book Synopsis The Actor's Business Plan by : Jane Brody
Download or read book The Actor's Business Plan written by Jane Brody and published by . This book was released on with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-directed practical guide for actors graduating from formal training programmes, as well as for those already in the business whose careers need to move ahead more successfully. Using the familiar language of acting training, it offers a method for the achievement of dreams through a five-year life and career plan, giving positive steps to develop a happy life as an actor and as a person.
Download or read book Actors Handbook written by Andrew Heller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actor, writer, director, producer and teacher with over 50 years of experience brings you in exact precise language that is easy to understand to a point where you can be in the business of Acting.
Book Synopsis Acting as a Business by : Brian O'Neil
Download or read book Acting as a Business written by Brian O'Neil and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential handbook for actors–a modern classic–in a newly updated edition. Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. It’s packed with practical information–on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in agent’s office–including: •How to craft a winning theatrical résumé •The most effective ways to join the performer’s unions •Tactics for getting an agent •Strategies for finding work in the theater, on daytime television, and in independent films •Navigating the different customs and cultures of New York and Los Angeles O’Neil has updated Acting as a Business to keep up with the latest show-business trends, including how best to use the Internet, making this new edition no actor should be without.
Book Synopsis Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre by : Lenore DeKoven
Download or read book Changing Direction: A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre written by Lenore DeKoven and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This approach, honed after years of on-set experience and from teaching at UCLA, NYU, and Columbia, and endorsed by many in the industry, including director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and producer/actor Edward Asner, aims to provide a helpful reference and resource for directors and actors alike. It combines underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft. There is material on constructing the throughline; analyzing the script; character needs; the casting and rehearsal processes; film vs. theater procedures as well as the actor and the camera. Distilling difficult concepts and a complex task to their simplest form, the author explains how to accurately capture and portray human behavior. The author's discussion of creative problems she has encountered or anticipated after years of experience, and her suggested solutions and exercises, are immediately useful. Additionally, hear what the actors have to say in excerpts from interviews with such acclaimed actors as Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Glenn Close, Robert Redford, Christopher Walken, Julianne Moore, and Michael Douglas (to name a few) who discuss their work with directors, what inspires them, and what they really want from the director.
Book Synopsis How to Enter the Business of Commercial Modeling and Acting ... Without Getting Ripped Off by : Stuart J. Scesney
Download or read book How to Enter the Business of Commercial Modeling and Acting ... Without Getting Ripped Off written by Stuart J. Scesney and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You a Beautiful Woman? Great... Are You a Handsome Man? Great... You an Everyday Looking Person?Even Better! Not only BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, 5'11" plus get work modeling and acting! REAL PEOPLE get work too! Think about it. Monitor your TV for 12 hours. What characters do you see more of on TV commercials, movies, infomercials, web commercials, etc.! It's the "real" person! "Real" people target the "real/everyday" consumer. Modeling and acting is not only fun...it's KILLER money!" Stuart Scesney Author, Talent Adviser Former C.E.O. Talent Factory & Stu's Casting, Inc. "Shark repellent for the serious actor...I recommend this book to any new talent." Brian Robinson Marketing Director Morgan Creek Productions
Download or read book No More Waiters written by John Rodriguez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **WARNING** This book is NOT for "Hobby" actors or "wanna-bes" It's for PROFESSIONALS ONLY, and is priced accordingly. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ACTORS: Those who bring the check to the table, and Those Who GET THE CHECK In The Mail... Which do YOU Want To Be? Dear Fellow Talented Actor, You don't realize this now, but in the next few minutes you're going to re-think everything our teachers taught us about "The Acting Thing"... If you're anything like me, you got out of school ready to be a successful actor, and use your talents performing for eager audiences on TV, Film, or in the Theater. Do you remember what it felt like to dream about your life and what "being an actor" meant to you? I remember, and I thought I was ready. And Then... REAL "ACTOR LIFE" HIT! Everyone says that the Acting Business is tough, and that your chances of making a full-time income are slim because in real life, you need to be to make money while you build your dream career. And that's why... 95% of Actors Quit The Business Before They Turn 30 Years Old. Because unless mommy and daddy are paying the bills, you'll get a job, and by the time you're done working, you're too tired to focus on your career. That's where I was: broke, frustrated, and doing shows for my friends and family. The SAME friends and family. Sound familiar? When did our teachers tell us that we would be doing all these things that have NOTHING to do with acting? Waiting tables, Temping at an office Living with 5 roommates just to pay bills Begging your parents for money Never getting auditions because you're too busy working! We were taught that if we just continued to hone our craft and get "good", then we would "be discovered" by someone right? But guess what- that's not true! In the real world, you need to support yourself while you hone your craft, and learn how to live as an actor- to be an actor. And most people never make it. If you're like I was, you're dreaming about sharing your gift, and getting the accolades you deserve. You're working with some amazingly creative people, and doing work that inspires, fulfills, and entertains you and others. But isn't This What Our Teachers Taught Us? "Take classes, get BACKSTAGE every week, and get a job waiting tables or bartending. If that doesn't work in a short while, get more schooling, meet the right people, and maybe that'll work. If not- teach acting!" Don't get me wrong, the teachers that have taught us how to ACT are great- They Taught Us "How To ACT", But Not How To BE A SUCCESSFUL ACTOR And there's a big difference. My friends who were far more talented than me, and had degrees from acting schools were starting to quit. They were getting older, and they started saying things like "I just can't stand being broke anymore" I had a desk job myself, and I was about to throw in the towel too. I Was Broke, Frustrated, and Going Nowhere In My Acting Career... This book describes how I went from Failure to Full-Time Actor, and how YOU can do it too! After I did what I describe in this book: I STARTED MEETING AGENTS, GOING ON AUDITIONS, and BOOKING ACTING WORK! And my family started seeing me on TV... My mom actually started telling people that I was an actor, (instead of being embarrassed) and proudly asking "Have you seen my child on TV?" And my neighbors saw me on TV... And they would stop me in the street "Hey! I saw you, and I told everyone that I knew you!" You see, once I got free of spending most of my time trying to make money to live on, I could do what I ACTUALLY wanted to do: I get to PERFORM all the time, and not worry about the money! Nobody asks "Are you still TRYING to be an actor?" when you're making money! So Now I've Put Everything I Learned Into A Quick, Easy, Book For Talented Actors Who Want To Quit Their Day Jobs and Go Full Time Too! "No More Waiters- How To Build Your Acting Business WITHOUT A Day Job!"
Book Synopsis The Real Life Actor by : Jeff Seymour
Download or read book The Real Life Actor written by Jeff Seymour and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a sense that permeates most acting classes which promotes the idea that acting is hard and you need to do a bunch of traditional steps if you're ever going to get anywhere. The flame of this concept is kept lit for two reasons. One is tradition. Successful actors and teachers in our theatrical history supposedly believed in or espoused such ideas and two; it is easier for teachers and actors to follow a path that is well worn. Actors feel intimidated to challenge the ideas and teachings of past masters. But isn't that exactly how every field of endeavor evolves? Think of where we'd be in science or medicine or sports if no one questioned past methods or tried to discover new ones. This book will show you an approach that is direct and to the point, an approach that will be far easier to remember and utilize. We'll use real life. We call it acting only because people are watching. "If you're an actor, this book will restore your sanity." Steven Pressfield, Author: The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Legend of Bagger Vance
Book Synopsis Working Actor by : David Dean Bottrell
Download or read book Working Actor written by David Dean Bottrell and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran character actor David Dean Bottrell draws on his 35+ tumultuous years of work in the entertainment industry to offer a guide to breaking in, making a living, and making a life in the fabulous trenches of show business. Covers every facet of the business, including: - Capturing the perfect headshot - Starting (and maintaining) your network - Picking an agent - Audition do’s and don’ts - Joining the union(s): SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association (AEA) - On stage vs on screen - Paying the bills - Self-promotion - Late bloomers - When to get out David Dean Bottrell has worn many different hats during his decades in showbiz: television actor with appearances on Boston Legal, Modern Family, The Blacklist, Mad Men, True Blood, NCIS, and Days of Our Lives; screenwriter for Paramount and Disney; respected acting teacher at UCLA and AADA; and regular expert columnist for esteemed acting site Backstage. In Working Actor, Bottrell offers a how-to manual jammed with practical information and insider advice, essential reading for any artist (aspiring or established) in need of insight or inspiration. Mixing prescriptive advice ("Getting Started," "Learning Your Craft," "Finding an Agent") with wisdom drawn from Bottrell's own professional highs and lows and those of his acting compatriots, this book's humorous, tell-it-like-it-is tone is a must-have guide for anyone hoping to successfully navigate show business.
Book Synopsis The New Business of Acting by : Brad Lemack
Download or read book The New Business of Acting written by Brad Lemack and published by Ingenuity Press. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and expanded edition to his popular series of books for actors, talent manager, educator and author Brad Lemack tackles the tough challenges actors face in seeking, building and maintaining rewarding careers in the new business of acting. From the role of personal ethics and integrity, to landing the role of a lifetime, Lemack teaches readers how to navigate through and thrive in a continually-changing landscape in an industry challenged to redefine itself. The best actor never gets the role. But the right actor always gets hired--and if you want to be the right actor, you need to create a well-paved pathway through the traffic jam. Whether you are new to the business of acting or in need of a professional career rebranding, this book will empower you with a critical perspective on how to create, map out and embark on a lifelong journey that will earn you the career-building opportunities you seek.--From back cover.
Book Synopsis So Ya Wanna Be an Actor . . . Act Like One by : Jerold Franks
Download or read book So Ya Wanna Be an Actor . . . Act Like One written by Jerold Franks and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Franks touches on all subjects having to do with the actor. The casting couch syndrome as well as drugs on a television or movie location are addressed. How do I act in a meeting? What do I say? Jerry is very clear that “So Ya Wanna Be An Actor...Act Like One” is NOT a ‘how to’ book. It is filled with not only life experiences “Anyone of note who appears in my book, has publicy told how “Mr. Franks’ “discovered” me. Bryan Cranston,Leonardo de Caprio, Mark Harmon, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood*, John Stamos and countless others whom Jerry had “opportunity to support.” ‘There is no one person, stranger or relative in the world of acting (nepotism) who can say they are responsible for “making a no name into a star.” While “So Ya Wanna Be An Actor...act like one, addresses with honesty, blunt, forthright and humorous information, Jerry has added to this edition....”Recommendations” and how does one ask for a recommendation or reference???
