Acting as a Business, Fifth Edition: Strategies for Success

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The essential handbook for actors—a modern classic—in a newly up to date edition.
 
Since its original publication, Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the standard advice about persistence and luck, Brian O’Neil provides clear-cut guidelines so that it will give actors a solid knowledge of the business at the back of 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—including: 
 
— Tactics for getting an agent, including preparing for the interview
— How to research who will be casting what—and whether there’s a role for you—well in advance
— Examples of correspondence to agents and casting directors for both beginning and advanced professionals
— A detailed analysis of the present trend of paying to meet industry personnel
— How to communicate effectively with an agent or personal manager
— Creative how you can use the internet and social media
  
O’Neil has up to date Acting as a Business to stay alongside of the recent show-business trends, making this fifth edition a reference no actor must be without

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