Author : Joan See
Publisher : Back Stage Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,28 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780823088027
Professional actors covet opportunities to act in commercials because of the potentially high income and visibility. But commercials require an acting style that is specific to the medium. This updated volume explains how to adapt one's acting skills to the needs of brief and persuasive commercial scripts. 16 illustrations.
Author : Squire Fridell
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Acting for television
ISBN : 0517884372
Popular television commercial actor Squire Fridell updates his classic guide of inside tips and advice for breaking into the commercial business and for continuing to get work. This revision includes completely new lists of agents, union offices, and publications along with Squire's essential guidelines for industry entries.
Author : Squire Fridell
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0307450244
Updated advice and practical suggestions on how to break into one of the most lucrative areas of the acting profession explain how to create a resume, get an agent, develop one's commercial acting techniques, prepare for an audition, and memorize lines. Original. 20,000 first printing.
Author : John Leslie Wolfe
Publisher : Heinemann Drama
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This book provides much-needed training for actors aspiring to work in a range of media, including television commercials, corporate films, and video communications.
Author : Squire Fridell
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0307452573
The Ultimate Guide to Commercial Success Acting in television commercials is a highly competitive business, but it can also be very lucrative. Whether you’re looking for your first break or want to take your acting career to the next level, Squire Fridell will give you the insider’s edge. Arguably the king of TV commercials, Fridell distills four decades of experience in this comprehensive, humorously written guide that has been indispensable to aspiring TV commercial actors since the first edition hit the shelves in 1980. This fully updated fourth edition gives the lowdown on how online and digital technologies have changed the industry and tells you everything you need to know about: • Getting a terrific headshot • Writing a winning résumé • Finding (and keeping) the perfect agent • Honing the skills that every serious commercial actor should have • Auditioning well and getting the job • Using the best online services for posting your headshot, résumé, and reel You’ll learn how to launch your commercial acting career and–more important–how to sustain it and be successful.
Author : Chambers Stevens
Publisher : Sandcastle Publishing LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Child actors
ISBN : 9781883995133
The Ultimate Commercial Book For Kids and Teens: The Young Actors? Commercial Study-guide! provides 6-18 year-olds with true-to-life comedic and dramatic commercials, all 100% tested by working young actors. It is packed with detailed descriptions of how to increase your presentation's impact, whether preparing for a class assignment or professional commercial audition. This includes training, preparation, and materials such as resumes, photos and classes. +150 original commercials are included for practice. Interviews with six Hollywood 101 insiders, all currently working industry experts provide tips on making your presentation stellar. Also includes Stevens? list of Presentation Do's and Dont?s, example agent query letter, a glossary of industry terms, and info. on where to get work permits. This book is meant to be read by the young performer who is searching to improve is presentation/commercial audition skills.
Author : Squire Fridell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Television acting
ISBN :
Author : Tom Logan
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780879103071
This guide deals exclusively with acting in commercials, covering script terminology and procedure, commercial dialogue, camera staging, working the product, training, photos, unions, and actor-agency contracts, and also provides a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices.
Author : Joan See
Publisher : Back Stage Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0307799514
Every actor knows that working in commercials is lucrative. But many actors, trained primarily for working on the stage, have mistaken ideas about this field and lack essential on-camera experience. Now in an updated and expanded edition, Acting in Commercials is the only resource that fills all the gaps in the performer’s knowledge of this demanding medium. Invaluable for its insight into the craft as well as the business of acting, it tells you how to prepare for commercial auditions and, once you’ve landed a job, how to deliver the most expressive on-camera performance—leading to more work and success in a competitive field. Author Joan See illuminates all the secrets she has learned while appearing in hundreds of commercials over the past thirty years. She shows you how to approach five distinctly different commercial forms and explains the specific acting techniques to employ in each. In fact, Acting in Commercials will take you beyond commercial work, sharpening all your acting skills for a broader film and television career.
Author : Chris Agos
Publisher :
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 31,81 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9780982886304
