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The Best Places for Actors to Find Casting Calls Online
The best places for actors to find casting calls online.
Category: Knowing the Basics
U.S. Models and Actors: Average Income Information
By actorguru on Jan 22, 2009 in Knowing the Basics
One of the questions I frequently get from young models is: What kind of earnings can I expect from my modeling career? The short answer is zero to 30 million. It depends on the area you live in, the type of modeling you do, your talent, looks, and personality.
One day you might make $100 modeling for a small [...]
Am I Model Material?
By actorguru on Jan 10, 2009 in Knowing the Basics
We typically think of a “model” as someone who is tall and thin with a blindingly beautiful face. They have no pores… the skin was airbrushed on at birth. The body is equally perfect —free of the defects sustained by mere mortals.
But look at ads in any consumer magazine or TV and we encounter the [...]
What is Acting?
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play.
The first actor is believed to be Thespis of Icaria, a man of ancient Greece. “Plays” [...]
Movie Producers: What They Do
By actorguru on Sep 30, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Wanna know what a movie producer does? A film producer (movie producer) is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund raising, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors. The producer is involved throughout all phases of the filmmaking process from development to completion of a project.
In [...]
Movie Directors: What They Do
By actorguru on Sep 30, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
A movie director or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A movie director visualizes the script, controlling a film’s artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of their vision.
However, in some cases film directors do not have absolute artistic control. The director can also be selected by the producer. The producer can in this case [...]
Live a Little
By actorguru on Sep 14, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Wanting to be a professional actor is a wonderful thing. However, things take time and patience is gonna be the key to your success. It can be frustrating sometimes to watch other actors perform on television shows or movies when you know you’re good enough to be doing the same thing. Don’t worry, there’s and [...]
Job Flexibility: Paying Your Bills While Pursuing an Acting Career
By actorguru on Aug 29, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Keeping your days open so you can go out on auditions is one of the toughest situations a new actor has to face. On the one hand you have to pay your bills and keep your lights on, on the other, you need to be free during the day to go out on auditions. Your [...]
Watch A Lot of TV
By actorguru on Aug 27, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
One thing that will turn an agent off with the quickness is you being clueless to what’s hot on TV. It’s your duty as an actor to watch as much television as you can. Believe it or not, there are many different acting styles being performed on various television programs. For instance, soap opera actors [...]
What are Actor Residuals?
By actorguru on Aug 18, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
One of the greatest things about being a professional actor is the residuals. You’ll love it when you get your first one. Of course, actors get paid–you know that. Well, residuals are royalty payments that are owed to you every time the project you were on re-runs on television (pay per view, premium and basic cable [...]
The Audition: Never Let’em See You Sweat
By actorguru on Aug 16, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Do you get nervous on an audition? It’s normal. Especially if you’re in the running for something major like a TV series or a big film. Don’t sweat it. The key to going on a successful audition is to never let them see you sweat. Whose “them”? Casting directors. Producers. The Director. Actors whom you’re [...]
After the Audition: Dealing with Rejection
By actorguru on Aug 13, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Rejection is the one thing you will ALWAYS have to deal with as an actor so you might as well mentally prepare yourself for it now. You’ll go out on many auditions but realize that you will not get all the roles. In fact, you’re not gonna book a lot of the auditions you go out [...]
What’s a Cattle Call?
By actorguru on Aug 11, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
When you’re just starting out as an actor (and especially if you don’t have an agent or manager) you will most likely have to go out on many “cattle calls”. So what’s a cattle call? A cattle call is term associated with the audition process. There will be many times when you will go out [...]
What is a Talent Manager?
By actorguru on Aug 09, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
A talent manager is someone who manages talent. They’re quite different from a talent agent. First, let’s break up the two words and define them to give you a better understanding of what a talent manager actually does. According to Dictionary.com, the word “talent” can be defined as a special or natural ability. It also [...]
Los Angeles or New York?
By actorguru on Aug 08, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Let’s say you’re having trouble making a decision as to where to start your professional acting career. You know you need to be in a major city. It’s down to just two choices: Los Angeles or New York.
How Much Do Actors Get Paid?
By actorguru on Aug 03, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Excellent question. Let’s just first say that the average actor doesn’t get paid the gazillions your typical Hollywood movie star makes but you know this. Even most “character actors” you may be familiar with are not getting the megabucks.
In fact, very few actors get paid a lot of money. If you manage to become a [...]
What is AFTRA?
By actorguru on Aug 03, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Founded in 1937, AFTRA, also known as The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is the second largest performers’ union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists (both royalty artists and background singers), promo and [...]
What is SAG?
By actorguru on Aug 02, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
Founded in 1933, The Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) is the largest actor’s union representing over 120,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide. All professional actors (i.e. top actors, stars, celebrities) are a part of this union so this is the one union you have to be in if you’re gonna be [...]
What Does a Casting Director Do?
By actorguru on Jul 31, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
What Does a Casting Director Do?
So you wanna know what a casting director does? Well, I’m sure you already know that they have a very important part to play in the movie business and I’ll explain why. Casting directors are the liaison or “go-between” for the director and producers of a movie or television [...]
Should You Re-Locate to Hollywood?
By actorguru on Jul 31, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
If you ever want to make it as a successful, consistent working professional actor, you must eventually re-locate to Los Angeles.
What Does a Talent Agent Do?
By actorguru on Jul 30, 2008 in Knowing the Basics
What does a Talent Agent do?
This could be a very complex answer but I’ll try to break it down to you as simple as I can. In Hollywood, agents act as the intermediary or middlemen between the actors (which is you) and the studios. In the golden days of Hollywood filmmaking, it was the studios [...]
