Hire Me, Hollywood!
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Hire Me, Hollywood!

Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting - and Unexpected - Jobs in Show Business

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Hire Me, Hollywood!

Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting - and Unexpected - Jobs in Show Business

About this book

The secret to Stan Lee's writing process
The story behind Elmo's giggle
What's for lunch on the set of The Walking Dead
Squirrel training with Johnny Depp

Think you know what it takes to get your favorite TV show on the air every week? (You'd be surprised.) Or what all those people whose names in the credits of the latest blockbuster actually do? (Including the Supervising Digital Colorist?)What better way to find out than from the who's who of Hire Me, Hollywood!

Entertainment insiders Mark Scherzer and Keith Fenimore are here to give you a crash course in all things Hollywood through thirty sometimes funny, occasionally racy, and always revealing interviews with such industry experts as:
  • Ryan Randall, Hair Stylist/Makeup Artist (American Idol)
  • Sam Trammell, Actor (Sam Merlotte on HBO's True Blood)
  • Paula Davis, Senior Talent Executive (Conan O'Brien)
  • Mark Steines, Cohost (Entertainment Tonight)
  • Sara Holden, Stunt Woman (House, All My Children, How I Met Your Mother, Iron Man 2)
  • Cecilia Cardwell, On-Set Tutor (Titanic, Little Miss Sunshine, No Ordinary Family)
  • Michael Gelman, Executive Producer (Live! with Regis and Kelly)
Whether you've always dreamed of yelling "Action" on a major movie set or you'd be thrilled just to get Matthew McConaughey his morning coffee, this book will give you inside scoop from craft service to the director's chair—and every take in between.

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers in italics indicate term definitions.
Actors. See Susi, Carol Ann (character actress); Trammell, Sam (actor)
Advertising dollars. See Cassaro, Dave (president of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Digital Sales)
Affiliate appearances, 254, 259
Agency, 26, 356. See also Studio teacher’s agency
Agent, defined, 136
Alexander, Mike (lead animal trainer), 229–39
advice from, 232, 237
biographical sketch/background, 229–30, 231–32
on breaking into field, 232
career path, 232–37
day in life of, 238–39
on getting animals to perform, 232–33, 234–35, 236–37
on income potential and work availability, 237–38
on responsibilities, 230–31
on stunts with animals, 235
Tim Burton and, 236
on working way up, 232
American Beauty, 124, 129
American Idol, 27–28, 29–31, 206, 210–11. See also Williams, Debbie (head stage manager)
Animal trainers. See Alexander, Mike (lead animal trainer)
Animatronics, 88, 94. See also Rosengrant, John (makeup effects artist)
Apprentice film editors, 340, 341, 343
Art department, 2, 4, 71, 317
Art department coordinator, 64, 69–70
Art department jobs, 69–70
ASC award, 38, 42
Assistant director. See Mahony, Sam (first assistant director)
Assistant production coordinators, 314, 318
Associate producers, 184, 188
Ball, Alan, 15, 22–23, 124, 129–30
Banowetz, Dean, 28–29
Barbosa, Carlos, (production designer), 63–73
advice from, 71
on art department jobs, 69–70
biographical sketch/background, 63–64, 65–66
career track, 66–70
day in life of, 72–73
getting into union, 68
Lost experience, 70
on making money, 72
on production activities, 70–71
on production designer duties, 65, 70
24 experience, 68–69
Becker, Gail (president, Edelman (western region), chair of Canada and Latin America), 349–60
advice from, 357
on agency vs. studio-network route, 356
biographical sketch/background, 349–50, 352
career path, 352–56
clients of, 351
day in life of, 359–60
DVD format development and, 354–55
on growing business, 355–56
job responsibilities, 350–51
naked man on TV story, 358
Richard Edelman and, 350, 355
Time Warner work, 354–55
on traits to excel in PR, 357
work on political media tours, 353
Book overview, ix–x, 361
Branding, 270–71
Breakdown service, 242, 246
Breaking a story, 136, 142
Breslin, Abigail, 79–80
Burch, Jackie (casting director), 241–51
advice from, 250
biographical sketch/background, 241–42, 243
Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles anecdotes, 245
breaking into field, 243–44
career path, 243–48
on casting process, 246, 247, 248–50
on coordinator qualifications, 246
day in life of, 250–51
Ellen Chenoweth and, 244
home run audition for, 249–50
on income potential, 249
John Hughes and, 244–45, 247
Michael Chinich and, 243–44
movies cast by, 241–42, 243
on psychics and mediums, 248
on responsibilities, 243
on trust from colleagues, 245–46
on working independently, 247–48
Burton, Tim, 236
Cage, Nic, 260–61
Callbacks, 196, 198
Call times, 172
Cameron, James, 44, 94–95, 331, 332
Cannes Film Festival, 300, 306
Cardwell, Cecilia (on-set tutor/studio teacher), 75–86
Abigail Breslin and, 79–80
biographical sketch/background, 76–77
career path, 77–78
on child labor laws, 80, 81
day in life of, 85–86
on disciplining child actors, 82
getting hired, 78–79
on grades and standards, 81–82
on income potential, 83–84
on job perks, 81
on ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Stan Lee: Comic Book Legend
  9. Sam Trammell: TV/Film/Stage Actor
  10. Ryan Randall: Hairstylist/Makeup Artist
  11. Shane Hurlbut: Cinematographer/Director of Photography
  12. Lisa Melamed: TV Writer/Producer
  13. Carlos Barbosa: Production Designer
  14. Cecilia Cardwell: On-Set Tutor/Studio Teacher
  15. John Rosengrant: Makeup Effects Artist/Co-owner of Legacy Effects
  16. Howard Sussman: Costume Supervisor
  17. Zach Kane: Craft Service
  18. David Janollari: Head of Programming, MTV
  19. Tammy Ader Green: Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer
  20. Kevin Clash: Puppeteer/Creator and Voice of Elmo
  21. Leonard Maltin: Film Historian and Movie Critic
  22. Paula Davis: Senior Talent Producer for Conan O’Brien
  23. Michael Gelman: Executive Producer Live with Regis and Kelly
  24. Carol Ann Susi: Character Actress
  25. Debbie Williams: Head Stage Manager
  26. Joel Plotch: Film Editor
  27. Mike Alexander: Lead Animal Trainer
  28. Jackie Burch: Casting Director
  29. Mark Steines: Cohost Entertainment Tonight
  30. David Thomas: Creative Director
  31. Sara Holden: Stunt Woman
  32. Vin Di Bona: Executive Producer of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Chairman of FishBowl Worldwide Media and Vin Di Bona Productions
  33. Sam Mahony: First Assistant Director
  34. Tracy Moody: Script Supervisor
  35. Steven J. Scott: Vice President, Creative Director, Supervising Digital Colorist (EFILM)
  36. Dave Cassaro: President of NBCUniversal Cable, Entertainment and Digital Sales
  37. Gail Becker: President, Western Region, Chair, Canada and Latin America, Edelman PR.
  38. Conclusion
  39. Index
  40. About the Authors