Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit
Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit

Author: Squire Fridell

Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0517884372

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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.

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit
Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit

Author: Squire Fridell

Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0307450244

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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.

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, 4th Edition
Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, 4th Edition

Author: Squire Fridell

Publisher: Crown Archetype

Published: 2009-02-24

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0307452573

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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.

Rich and Famous in Thirty Seconds
Rich and Famous in Thirty Seconds

Author: Batt Johnson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-09-30

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0595130372

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Rich and Famous in Thirty Seconds is written by a veteran of more than thirty years in show business and is filled with inside secrets and helpful tips, many not taught in university programs. It has in-depth interviews with successful actors, teachers, agents, and casting directors. Special chapters on marketing, getting jobs, and actor’s tax deductions provide stimulating insight. Additional chapters are dedicated to broadcasters, models, and children who want to succeed in the fun and lucrative business of TV commercials. This book will help you develop highly marketable skills, maximize your potential, avoid pitfalls, and profit in the process.

Acting in Commercials
Acting in Commercials

Author: Joan See

Publisher: Back Stage Books

Published: 2011-11-16

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0307799514

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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.

VO
VO

Author: Harlan Hogan

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1581158610

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Not only does veteran actor Harlan Hogan offer a fascinating personal account of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and amazing coincidences encountered during his twenty-five year career, he also provides a wealth of tested tips for surviving and thriving as a voice-over actor. This indispensable guide features dozens of techniques to help readers train their voices, gain experience, make a demo, join unions, get an agent, and more. It also includes strategies for finding work in venues outside film and television, including games, automated telephone systems, and even Web sites. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone else who longs to make money speaking into a microphone will cherish this informative, insightful, and often hilarious glimpse at the business.

How to Enter the Business of Commercial Modeling and Acting ... Without Getting Ripped Off
How to Enter the Business of Commercial Modeling and Acting ... Without Getting Ripped Off

Author: Stuart J. Scesney

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-12-07

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1462072240

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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 & Stus Casting, Inc. "Shark repellent for the serious actor...I recommend this book to any new talent." Brian Robinson Marketing Director Morgan Creek Productions