Download or read book The Truth about Being an Extra written by Jo Kelly and published by Background Actors Seminars. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Background Acting Secrets written by Deacon Ford and published by . This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How You Can Work As A Background Actor(Extra) in Movies, Commercials, and Television. Have you ever wanted to be on TV or in the movies but lacked acting experience? Background acting takes zero experience and you do not even need any Hollywood connections(other than me)! Background acting is also great for actors who have trouble fi nding regular acting jobs. Background acting is where many actors get started and how they pay the bills until their acting career takes off. It is also how many average people fi nd a little excitement by participating in the entertainment industry. I will reveal the world of the Movie Extra to you. I worked as a background actor(also called an Extra) for over three years. A small sample of the jobs I worked are listed in the appendix along with some famous people I met in the industry. This book documents almost everything I learned and in it I reveal the secrets that will help you succeed in Hollywood. Now, let's get you started in the movie business.
Download or read book Back to One written by Cullen Chambers and published by Cullen G. Chambers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Movie Extras Guidebook shows you how to get started, find jobs, work with agents, market yourself and make money as a Hollywood extra. Included is essential information on: -- Photos and wardrobe -- Resumes -- Callbacks -- Working conditions -- Set etiquette -- Labor laws and pay scalesUp-to-date listings of unions, studios, extras-related services and publications, 100 extra casting agencies and AFTRA TV shows are packed into this useful guide. This book and a little persistence are all that is needed to begin a career in the movie business.
Download or read book Be an Extra Background Actor written by Additicius Histrionis and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to be in the movies or on TV? How about if you got paid to be on screen? It is possible, by working as an extra, also called a background actor. Extra opportunities are available all across the United States. This book covers all the basics, including getting an extra gig, what to expect on your first job, what to bring with you, how to get paid, getting extra upgrades, and much, much more. Extensive resources are included at the end of the books, including two dozen agencies in the US, Canada, and the UK. Several pages of definitions are also provided, along with audience work and voiceover resources.
Download or read book How to Become a Successful Actor and Model written by Aaron Marcus and published by Marcus Institute. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever dreamed about becoming an actor or commercial model but had no idea how to get started? Or, how to take your current career to the next level? Do you live in a small market and think there is no work available, can't find an agent or afraid of being scammed? Actors and commercial models of all ages and sizes, beautiful and real looking, are cast for magazine, newspaper and billboard ads and in TV commercials, films and TV shows. From getting discovered to landing your dream audition and role, How to Become a Successful Actor and Model is the ultimate step-by-step, no luck required guide to becoming a successful actor and model. For over 34 years, Aaron Marcus has worked as a full-time actor and commercial model, booking over 1,250 jobs. Some of his many bookings includes: Gotham, House of Cards, Heart of Life, Irresistible, Thespian, Philomena, Halt and Catch Fire, Project Almanac, The Wire and Do No Harm. He has taken all of the strategies, techniques and lessons he has learned over his career and boiled them down into a simple, sensible, engaging, and fun approach to how actors and models can book the job! This book explains how he did it, and how you can too. Aaron teaches you, in a practical, honest, and economical way, his secrets and strategies for getting started and succeeding no matter where you live. Aaron has written this book to not only help those wanting to break into the industry, but also to help those actors and models who want to take their career to the next level. The chapters in How to Become a Successful Actor and Model are: 1. What is Commercial Modeling? 2. Preparation for Commercial Modeling 3. Head Shots 4. Resumes 5. Composite Sheets 6. Makeup 7. Finding a Good Agent 8. How to Get Work 9. How to Work as a Professional Model 10. Auditioning (Including – How to Shoot Home Auditions) 11. The Realities of Being a Full-time Actor and Model 12. Now What Do You Do? 13. Resources **Bonus** Free list of over 500 agents (agents from every state in the U.S.) and in other countries as well
Download or read book Background Being a Background Actor in Movies and Television written by Millie Wannamaker and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to become a TV/Movie "Extra". What are the Casting Directors looking for, how to format and submit Resume's and Headshots, how to find work, a typical day on a Set. Cardinal Rules of being an Extra and Helpful Hints from an experienced Background Actor (Extra).
Download or read book The Lyndon Technique written by Amy Lyndon and published by Amy Lyndon. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy Lyndon is Hollywood's Premiere Booking Coach and creator of the revolutionary Lyndon Technique: The 15 Guideline Map To Booking Handbook. Besides being a Coach and Mentor, she is also an Actress, Award Winning Director, Producer, Casting Director, and was a CEO of a successful Personal Management Company for 9 years. Her clients are Series Regulars, Guest Leads and Starring in Feature Films around the globe. Some of her Clients include: Nadine Velazquez (My Name is Earl), Adam Brody (The OC), Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless), Hosea Chanchez (The Game), Sterling Knight (Sonny with a Chance), Kenton Duty (Shake It Up), Matthew J. Evans (Bad Teacher) and Raini Rodriquez (Austin and Ally). Lyndon won one of the Best Cold Reading Teachers in Los Angeles Backstage Magazine 2010, 2011 and 2012! The Lyndon Technique proves to be a practical approach to auditioning and booking the job on the first take. Each chapter provides detailed insight into each of Lyndon's 15 Guideline Map to Booking Technique. Lyndon travels Internationally to teach the principles of Booking, Marketing and running a successful business as an Actor. The information is applicable no matter where you live or where you are in your career.
Download or read book The Business of Background written by David Waldron and published by Xlibris. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business of Background is a how to guide for anyone starting out as an extra in film, tv or commercials. We provide you with the tools necessary to impress any casting director and walk onto any production set looking like you're as professional as any background actor that's been in the business for years. The book touches on everything you need to know from registration to wardrobe to etiquette while on set. If you're looking to begin your career as a background artist, this is the book for you.
Download or read book In the Background written by Bill Tarling and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Background gives advice on courses and casting, and how to prepare before shooting begins. It describes the joy and the fear, the pleasures and the pain, the challenge and the boredom of life on set. Wardrobe, taxes, files, resumes, the myriad details of the performer's life -- here are practical details and information that can make the professional difference.
Download or read book Hollywood Be Thy Name written by Jeff Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for those who aspire to become an actor in Hollywood, a re-actor in the background as an extra, or just enjoy reading about the business. In Part 1 Shirley & Jeff each tell their many chances for stardom and why they decided to work as extras. Part 2 is about the movie business: how it was in the beginning and what it is like now. In Part 3 you will meet some interesting extras and also read true untold stories about stars, and directors. You can pick up a rag sheet and read all sorts of things that may or may not be true, but in this book are only the true accounts as seen and heard first hand. This may be the only book about both actors and extras - something that should be informative and fun reading for everyone.Our promise: You will be entertained!See our other products at www.hollywoodwithjeffandshirley.com
Download or read book An Actor written by Brittany Canasi and published by Britannica Digital Learning. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great actors know that acting takes work. Is acting a career for you? In this title, learn all about what it takes to be an actor and the different types of acting jobs. Includes a glossary, sidebars, and photographs.
Download or read book Long Form Improv written by Ben Hauck and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-Form Improv deftly teaches the wildly popular form of improvisation that is so foundational to the comedy stylings of many of today’s top actors and thriving comedians. Crammed with innovative ideas for conceptualizing improvised scenework and “finding the game of the scene,” this crisply written manual covers techniques for experienced improvisers, curious actors, and even non-actors. A complete long-form improv resource comprising topics like ideation and character creation, improvising scenes for extended periods of time and enhancing them—and even performing the most famous expression of long-form improv, the half-hour improvised form known as “The Harold”—this astute text is written in a friendly, supportive voice by an experienced improv teacher and professional actor whose own frustration in learning the craft drove an obsession to create a program free of confounding teachings and contradictory concepts. The book’s groundbreaking infusion with drama theory and game theory brings new life to the teachings of the craft, breaking down various aspects of long-form improv into short chapters for swift, step-by-step intake of its vital lessons. Students of acting and long-form improv alike should expect Long-Form Improv to bolster their education and fast-track their course to improv greatness.
Download or read book 51 Things Every Actor Should Know written by Bobby Lacer and published by Burning Bulb Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-05 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 51 Things Every Actor Should Know addresses the do's and don'ts and the whys and hows of being an actor in the film industry. It is designed to help actors, at any stage in their career, better understand the industry and avoid making mistakes on important items, such as resumes, headshots, technology, representation, and more. This book is a true 'how-to' guide for all actors, both new and established. And with the additional bonus section, 101 Terms Every Actor Should Know, this is a must-have book for any actor who wants to succeed in the film industry. Forward by actor and producer James Dickey.
Download or read book Reel Extra Money written by Rod Pitman and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Challenge for the Actor written by Uta Hagen and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2024-08-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I held onto this book for dear life throughout my twenties, and still thumb through it when I need a tune up. If I lose my car keys and I’m frantically turning my house upside down trying to find them I look up at the heavens and hope she’s having a good laugh." - Amanda Peet "I was extraordinarily privileged to work with Uta Hagen in Circle in the Square’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s play, You Never Can Tell. She was committed to revealing the truth and we are the beneficiaries of her brilliant observations." - Victor Garber "CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR, written by one of the most important actors of the 20th Century, is a remarkable source of practical principles on how to be a human being in your work and to not just “act." Uta's purpose for this book is to clarify and update the articulation of her technique as stated in RESPECT FOR ACTING. In "Chapter 8" of this book particularly, she provides a self-empowering approach to acting that is an invaluable resource for achieving the art of acting for stage, film, and television at its highest level." - Ted Brunetti "Uta Hagen changed my life. She changed the lives of thousands and thousands of other people as well. To have Uta’s books and to be able to look through them at the drop of a hat keeps me going and keeps me inspired to keep going." - Austin Pendleton "Uta Hagen’s A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR is simply the bible for any acting student serious about their craft. Even as a professional I refer to it time and again for the basics. It is a touchstone." - Laila Robins “'Cynicism leads to mental illness and insanity.' Words of warning Uta Hagen spoke often to her students. Here in lies the difference between Ms. Hagen’s classic RESPECT FOR ACTING and its companion A CHALLENGE FOR THE ACTOR. She meets head on the soul killing demon that threatens the art and craft of all actors, cynicism. The challenge is to remain curious, caring, innocent, disciplined, educated, and life-loving amid dark times. To have the courage to fight the forces of apathy and disbelief in order to serve with all one’s heart the profession that one loves.” - Victor Slezak Uta Hagen, one of the world's most renowned stage actresses, also taught acting for more than 40 years at the HB Studio in New York. Her first book, Respect for Acting, published in 1973, remains a best seller in print. In this edition of her second classic book, A Challenge for the Actor, she greatly expands her thinking about acting in a work that brings the full flowering of her artistry, both as an actor and as a teacher. She raises the issue of the actor's goals and examines the specifics of the actor's techniques. She goes on to consider the actor's relationship to the physical and psychological senses. There is a brilliantly conceived section on the animation of the body and mind, of listening and talking, and the concept of expectation. But perhaps the most useful are the exercises that Uta Hagen has created and elaborated to help the actor learn his craft. The exercises deal with developing the actor's physical destination in a role; making changes in the self serviceable in the creation of a character; recreating physical sensations; bringing the outdoors on stage; finding occupation while waiting; talking to oneself and the audience; and employing historical imagination. The scope and range of Uta Hagen here is extraordinary. Her years of acting and teaching have made her as finely seasoned an artist as the theatre has produced.
Download or read book Career As An Actor written by Brian Rogers and published by KidLit-O. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career as an Actor is an exciting one! But do you really know what it takes to become one? This book takes you inside the career and shows you the day and the life of a Actor. Inside you’ll learn what they do, what training is required, what the future holds, and how you can become one!
Download or read book Film Actor and Extras Casting Call Notebook written by Maurice Johnson, Mr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you an actor, or a very busy background extra in need of an organized solution for your casting call and audition notes? The FILM ACTOR and EXTRAS CASTING CALL NOTEBOOK was created just for you! Keep all of your casting call encounters organized along with auditions, call time, pay rate, production staff and cast members. The Film Actors and Extras Casting Call Notebook is formatted for easy note-taking and includes plenty of space to journal your casting call/on set experience. Best of all, you'll have a notebook that contains all of your casting call information without sorting through a string of emails or worrying about losing anything. Everything is in one handy notebook to make for easily updating your actor's resume and other actor profile required sources.
