Acting: Make It Your Business: How to Avoid Mistakes and Achieve Success as a Working Actor

ISBN-13: 9781138299498 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 430 str.

PAUL RUSSELL

Opis

In Acting: Make It Your Business Second Edition, award-winning casting director Paul Russell offers a wealth of advice on auditioning, marketing, and networking, and puts the power to land jobs and thrive in any medium – stage, film, TV, or the Internet – directly into the hands of the actor.

Spis treści

Introduction: Cows and Greasepaint—A Journey Begins  1. Working Actors Speak Out: Candor and the Business  2. Being an Actor: A Tough Love  3. Training for the Actor: Tend Your Dreams  4. The Picture and Résumé: An Actor’s Business Card  5. Cover Letters and E-mail: Covering Your Assets  6. Actor Marketing: Set Yourself Apart from the Crowd  7. Auditions Actors Encounter: Are Your Auditions Safe?  8. Audition Preparation: Be First, First  9. Audition Strategies: Leaving a Lasting Impression  10. Negotiating the Contract: Get It On Paper  11. Rejection: "Thanks for Coming in..."  12. Agents and Managers: An Introduction  13. Agents and Managers: Finding One  14. Agents and Managers: Keeping One  15. Exit Lines: Parting Advice  Acknowledgments  Appendix  Index  About the Author

O autorze

Paul Russell’s career as a casting director, director, and former actor has spanned more than forty years. He has worked on projects for major film studios, television networks, Broadway, and regionally. He directs for leading regional theaters and teaches master classes to actors at universities and colleges.