An actor's guide to getting work / / Simon Dunmore |
Autore | Dunmore Simon |
Edizione | [Fifth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.028/023/41 |
Soggetto topico |
Acting - Vocational guidance - Great Britain
Actors - Vocational guidance - Great Britain Actors - Employment - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-47878-1
1-4081-5173-1 9786613478788 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: If you really want to be a professional actor; Those of school age; School-leavers; The mature entrant to the profession; Preliminary training; Full-time training; Choices; Some fundamental considerations; Early preparations; A drama school applicant's toolkit; 'What are audition panels looking for?'; 2: Applying for training - the details; The paperwork; Audition speeches; Rehearsing your speeches; Some practical considerations; Performing your speeches; Audition songs; Selecting and preparing your songs; Performing your songs
Dance auditionsMovement, improvisations and self-devised audition pieces; Sight-readings in drama school auditions; Interviews; Audition days; After your auditions; If you get a place; Reserve/waiting lists; Funding your training; If you don't get a place; Summary; 3: The training; Being at drama school; Your first public appearances; Your first professional steps . . .; Early work (and the lack of it); An actor's toolkit; Slog; 4: Equity and Spotlight; Equity; Spotlight; 5: Directors, producers, agents and casting directors; Who's who in casting; Directors; Producers; Casting directors The mechanics of castingOther issues; Agents; Finding an agent; Working with an agent; Co-operative agencies; Final thought; 6: Your promotional material; Letters, CVs and photographs; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your letters; Writing good letters; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your CV; Creating a good CV; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your photographs; Getting good photographs; Other things to think about before sealing the envelope/pressing the send button; Targeting your submissions; The following correspondence or lack of it; Other promotional material Business cards and postcardsShowreels; Voicereels; Recording your voicereel; Personal websites; Additional internet promotional opportunities; Final note; 7: The casting point: inter viewing and auditioning; Interviews; Preparations for an interview; Some things to consider on the day; Pre-interview checklist; A few final notes . . .; Sight-readings; In advance; Textual details; On the day; In the room; Additional considerations for television, commercials and films; Television interviews; Commercial castings; Films; Digital acting opportunities; 8: Low-pay/no-pay 'work'; Fringe theatre Setting up your own productionSetting up your own company; The Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Showcases; Low budget films; Summary; 9: Other forms of acting income; Role-playing; Presenting at trade shows and business conferences; Enhancing the business-person's presentation and communication skills; Getting work in these fields; Role-play companies; 10: Professionalism: the business of being an actor; Organisation of interviews/auditions/castings; Casting information; You!; Professional public relations; Public relations while working; Essential professionalism; Some additional thoughts Two theories |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463284603321 |
Dunmore Simon | ||
London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
An actor's guide to getting work / / Simon Dunmore |
Autore | Dunmore Simon |
Edizione | [Fifth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.028/023/41 |
Soggetto topico |
Acting - Vocational guidance - Great Britain
Actors - Vocational guidance - Great Britain Actors - Employment - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-47878-1
1-4081-5173-1 9786613478788 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: If you really want to be a professional actor; Those of school age; School-leavers; The mature entrant to the profession; Preliminary training; Full-time training; Choices; Some fundamental considerations; Early preparations; A drama school applicant's toolkit; 'What are audition panels looking for?'; 2: Applying for training - the details; The paperwork; Audition speeches; Rehearsing your speeches; Some practical considerations; Performing your speeches; Audition songs; Selecting and preparing your songs; Performing your songs
Dance auditionsMovement, improvisations and self-devised audition pieces; Sight-readings in drama school auditions; Interviews; Audition days; After your auditions; If you get a place; Reserve/waiting lists; Funding your training; If you don't get a place; Summary; 3: The training; Being at drama school; Your first public appearances; Your first professional steps . . .; Early work (and the lack of it); An actor's toolkit; Slog; 4: Equity and Spotlight; Equity; Spotlight; 5: Directors, producers, agents and casting directors; Who's who in casting; Directors; Producers; Casting directors The mechanics of castingOther issues; Agents; Finding an agent; Working with an agent; Co-operative agencies; Final thought; 6: Your promotional material; Letters, CVs and photographs; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your letters; Writing good letters; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your CV; Creating a good CV; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your photographs; Getting good photographs; Other things to think about before sealing the envelope/pressing the send button; Targeting your submissions; The following correspondence or lack of it; Other promotional material Business cards and postcardsShowreels; Voicereels; Recording your voicereel; Personal websites; Additional internet promotional opportunities; Final note; 7: The casting point: inter viewing and auditioning; Interviews; Preparations for an interview; Some things to consider on the day; Pre-interview checklist; A few final notes . . .; Sight-readings; In advance; Textual details; On the day; In the room; Additional considerations for television, commercials and films; Television interviews; Commercial castings; Films; Digital acting opportunities; 8: Low-pay/no-pay 'work'; Fringe theatre Setting up your own productionSetting up your own company; The Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Showcases; Low budget films; Summary; 9: Other forms of acting income; Role-playing; Presenting at trade shows and business conferences; Enhancing the business-person's presentation and communication skills; Getting work in these fields; Role-play companies; 10: Professionalism: the business of being an actor; Organisation of interviews/auditions/castings; Casting information; You!; Professional public relations; Public relations while working; Essential professionalism; Some additional thoughts Two theories |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788530903321 |
Dunmore Simon | ||
London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
An actor's guide to getting work / / Simon Dunmore |
Autore | Dunmore Simon |
Edizione | [Fifth edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 792/.028/023/41 |
Soggetto topico |
Acting - Vocational guidance - Great Britain
Actors - Vocational guidance - Great Britain Actors - Employment - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-47878-1
1-4081-5173-1 9786613478788 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1: If you really want to be a professional actor; Those of school age; School-leavers; The mature entrant to the profession; Preliminary training; Full-time training; Choices; Some fundamental considerations; Early preparations; A drama school applicant's toolkit; 'What are audition panels looking for?'; 2: Applying for training - the details; The paperwork; Audition speeches; Rehearsing your speeches; Some practical considerations; Performing your speeches; Audition songs; Selecting and preparing your songs; Performing your songs
Dance auditionsMovement, improvisations and self-devised audition pieces; Sight-readings in drama school auditions; Interviews; Audition days; After your auditions; If you get a place; Reserve/waiting lists; Funding your training; If you don't get a place; Summary; 3: The training; Being at drama school; Your first public appearances; Your first professional steps . . .; Early work (and the lack of it); An actor's toolkit; Slog; 4: Equity and Spotlight; Equity; Spotlight; 5: Directors, producers, agents and casting directors; Who's who in casting; Directors; Producers; Casting directors The mechanics of castingOther issues; Agents; Finding an agent; Working with an agent; Co-operative agencies; Final thought; 6: Your promotional material; Letters, CVs and photographs; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your letters; Writing good letters; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your CV; Creating a good CV; Some pitfalls to watch out for in your photographs; Getting good photographs; Other things to think about before sealing the envelope/pressing the send button; Targeting your submissions; The following correspondence or lack of it; Other promotional material Business cards and postcardsShowreels; Voicereels; Recording your voicereel; Personal websites; Additional internet promotional opportunities; Final note; 7: The casting point: inter viewing and auditioning; Interviews; Preparations for an interview; Some things to consider on the day; Pre-interview checklist; A few final notes . . .; Sight-readings; In advance; Textual details; On the day; In the room; Additional considerations for television, commercials and films; Television interviews; Commercial castings; Films; Digital acting opportunities; 8: Low-pay/no-pay 'work'; Fringe theatre Setting up your own productionSetting up your own company; The Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Showcases; Low budget films; Summary; 9: Other forms of acting income; Role-playing; Presenting at trade shows and business conferences; Enhancing the business-person's presentation and communication skills; Getting work in these fields; Role-play companies; 10: Professionalism: the business of being an actor; Organisation of interviews/auditions/castings; Casting information; You!; Professional public relations; Public relations while working; Essential professionalism; Some additional thoughts Two theories |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829082703321 |
Dunmore Simon | ||
London : , : Methuen Drama, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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