Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26861 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Synopsis
A handbook for actors. Co-written by a casting director/agent and a seasoned actress/author, it provides a comprehensive guide to the business of acting, informed throughout with an insider's view of how casting decisions are actually made. This updated and expanded fourth edition features new information on such topics as on-line ways to promote your picture, resume and video performance clips; enhancing your image; jobs in new and emerging markets; interviewing and auditioning tips for the new crop of young actors; and more. The book taps the expertise of dozens of industry professionals for authoritative advice on financial survival, developing and marketing your talent, auditioning, networking, agents, the performing unions, assembling a wardrobe, and how to prepare for a role.

Customer Reviews

If you only buy one book on "the biz" this year, this is it!
Look no further. This is the book that tells it like it is. You can spare yourself years of needless mistakes by taking the advice in this book to heart. Take it from two of the industry's top professionals...the important information every actor needs to succeed. This book could mean the difference between pounding the pavement and signing the contract!

The book has it all.
The book has it all. How to get an agent. Examples of Resumes, headshots, and audition scenes. Simply put it lives up to its title.

A Must Read for Actors
Just moving to NYC, Los Angeles, or Chicago? Don't even think about starting out in the acting world with out reading Mari Lyn Henry's & Lynne Roger's book. It's the bible of the Acting Biz and can save you much time, money, and pain. It has it all... everything from headshots to getting an agent. Don't make a move unless you own it.