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Acting as a business : strategies for success / Brian O'Neil.
Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2014.Edition: Fifth editionDescription: 154 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780345807076 (pbk.) :
- 0345807073 (pbk.) :
- PN2055 .O54 2014
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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.
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).
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 2055 .O54 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5111728 |
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| PN 2053 .C27 The craft of play directing. | PN 2053 .D44 2006 Changing direction : a practical approach to directing actors in film and theatre / | PN 2055 .B78 2005 Letters to a young actor : a universal guide to performance / | PN 2055 .O54 2014 Acting as a business : strategies for success / | PN 2055 .P69 2010 The acting bible : the complete resource for aspiring actors / | PN 2061 .A3 2002 Acting (re)considered : a theoretical and practical guide / | PN 2061 .A65 1974 Acting: the creative process. |
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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