How to Audition for TV Commercials
eBook - ePub

How to Audition for TV Commercials

From the Ad Agency Point of View

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Audition for TV Commercials

From the Ad Agency Point of View

About this book

What do ad agencies look for when casting TV commercials? This insider's guide, written by a former actor turned ad agency exec, has the answers. It provides step—by—step instructions to help actors understand and master the entire process, from assessing one's looks and personality to the agency preproduction process, from reading scripts and understanding storyboards to preparing for the audition, doing the shoot, and more.Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

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Publisher
Allworth
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781581154191
eBook ISBN
9781621533689
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Careers

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for How to Audition for TV Commercials
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Dedication1
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Prologue: The Other Side of the Room
  10. Chapter One: Setting the Bar High
  11. Chapter Two: You versus the Business of Commercial Acting
  12. Chapter Three: It’s Time for Your Close-Up
  13. Chapter Four: Advertising 101— How an Ad Agency Works, How Commercials Are Created, and How You Can Benefit
  14. Chapter Five: Preproduction
  15. Chapter Six: Ordinary People Watch TV for the Entertainment; Commercial Actors Watch TV for the Commercials
  16. Chapter Seven: Land Mines and Gold Mines in Commercial Scripts
  17. Chapter Eight: Storyboards
  18. Chapter Nine: Good Things to Know before You Audition
  19. Chapter Ten: In the Waiting Area
  20. Chapter Eleven: In the Studio
  21. Chapter Twelve: Back at the Agency— Looking at First-Call Auditions: How We Choose Who Makes the Cut
  22. Chapter Thirteen: You’ve Made It to the Callback
  23. Chapter Fourteen: Oh, Behaave! The Seven Deadly Sins Actors Commit in Front of the Agency
  24. Chapter Fifteen: Decision Time
  25. Chapter Sixteen: Congratulations, You Got the Part
  26. Chapter Seventeen: Resources—Make it Your Business to Know Our Business
  27. The Last Word
  28. Acknowledgements
  29. Index
  30. Books From all Worthpress

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