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Acting as a business : strategies for success / Brian O'Neil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, 2014Edition: Fifth edition ; First Vintage Books editionDescription: xvi, 154 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0345807073 (softcover)
  • 9780345807076 (softcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.028023 23
LOC classification:
  • PN2055 .O54 2014
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. From stage to screen -- 2. The arsenal -- 3. About the unions -- 4. Approaching agents -- 5. The agent interview -- 6. What's going on? Who's casting what? : theater and film -- 7. The local scene -- 8. Reflections on personal management -- 9. Q & A -- Appendix A. Sample resume (New York format) -- Appendix B. Sample resume (Los Angeles format).
Summary: The essential handbook for actors--a modern classic--in a newly updated edition. Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O'Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. It's packed with practical information--on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in an agent's office.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 160).

Introduction -- 1. From stage to screen -- 2. The arsenal -- 3. About the unions -- 4. Approaching agents -- 5. The agent interview -- 6. What's going on? Who's casting what? : theater and film -- 7. The local scene -- 8. Reflections on personal management -- 9. Q & A -- Appendix A. Sample resume (New York format) -- Appendix B. Sample resume (Los Angeles format).

The essential handbook for actors--a modern classic--in a newly updated edition. Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck, Brian O'Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. It's packed with practical information--on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in an agent's office.

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