HOW TO BE A WORKING TV ACTOR FREE CLASS OVERVIEW
Who are we and why are we here?
Let's take a look at the major blocks when it comes to doing solid oncamera work:
Problems
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1. What's the difference between single cam and multi cam?
2. How to consistently book recurring roles in TV & Film
3. What audition technique should I use for last minute oncamera auditions? (
4. I want to feel free and confident in my life, on set and in auditions, what's the secret?
5. Having a limiting belief that you are not enough (too old, not pretty enough, not skilled enuf)
6. Not having a clear understanding of what you bring to the table as an actor
7. Can't find real representation that will work with you to obtain more meaningful work.
8. No clue how to book a recurring
9. Securing an agent, getting into SAG, and booking a major paying film or tv role
10. What to look for in an agent
11. How do I pitch myself to get people interested in me when I don't have hi profile credits. There is an agent/manager out there for me so how do I woo them, how do I pitch myself that makes them think they will make money off of me and will invest in me. What is the script? The words I say.
12. How to audition for major casting directors consistently
- My agents never get me out!
- LIKE NEVER!
- Grrrrrrrrr
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They will only see me
as a nurse or a bank teller.
How do I get to audition for
roles with some depth?
I was....
actually...
brillant!
Like
Chad-Boseman-Robert-Downey, Jr-
with-a-Meryl-Streep flow brillant!
like
she-drops-the-mike-brillant
she-drops-the-mike-brillant
(But did I mention that I was brillant?)
When I was practicing in my frickin APT!
but now that
the camera is rolling,
I have no idea
where to even look
let alone how to act!
the camera is rolling,
I have no idea
where to even look
let alone how to act!
How to Be
a Working TV Actor
6 Week MFA - EARLY BIRD SALE Price
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What do you believe to be true about yourself?
What beliefs are you holding onto that are no longer serving you?
Remember the law of attraction...what you focus on is what you manifest...
The answer to all of these questions before you solve a problem, you have to believe you have the power to solve a problem.
Have you done everything within your power to make yourself a viable business investment because that's what it is when an agent/manager signs you.?
So what's your focus?
What you don't have?
Or what you want?
How can you manifest more auditions, more confidence, more attention from the right people who will fight to get you in the right rooms?
If what you want is success, then you have to start creating opportunities for success.
Your Actors Arsenal is Every single thing within your control
What does your actors arsenal look like?
1. headshot
2. reel
3. resume
4. on camera technique: memorization, listening and responding , emotional trigger, a foolproof way to create the reality of the world in an audition room. PLUS the ability to pull a 20 pp audition out of your ass in less than 24 hours
5. online calling card/your brand
6. What do you have to offer? What are you selling?
7. a clear understanding of your emotional type/physical type and how that translates into someone wanting to give you a job
8. a stable source of income and living situation so that you can have a training module in place for auditions and show up to auditions at the last minute doing stellar work
9. A project that showcases your work so that agents/CD's/managers can come see you work live on on tape in a something that represents the kind of work that will make that agent or manager money and want to work hard for you....Show them why you're a great investment.
In short, average salary for a series regular is $25,000.
Do you have an arsenal that looks like you're worth $25K for 8 days of work?
In short, your actors arsenal is your inner reality...if it's strong, it will manifest a clear, confident, ready to kick ass professional who folks will run to hire.
If not, let's work on the mindset that got you thinking you don't have the power.
Pulling together your Actors Arsenal is the step you take on behalf of yourself.
Every step you take on your own behalf is an act of self love
is an act of power
is the act of manifesting...
Getting a great acting technique down
Getting a great reel
Getting a great emotional and physical brand packaged in a website/headshot/resume
These are all things completely within you power to make happen...you have the power to change your outer reality...by making small changes that add up to huge progress and growth...
That's what brings courage, skill, success...actively manifesting your dreams...
Actively taking steps on your own behalf that get you closer to your dreams...
Today, we 're going to talk about the very first step: acting technique
It's where it all begins....
Now, let's work on some sides
What beliefs are you holding onto that are no longer serving you?
Remember the law of attraction...what you focus on is what you manifest...
The answer to all of these questions before you solve a problem, you have to believe you have the power to solve a problem.
Have you done everything within your power to make yourself a viable business investment because that's what it is when an agent/manager signs you.?
So what's your focus?
What you don't have?
Or what you want?
How can you manifest more auditions, more confidence, more attention from the right people who will fight to get you in the right rooms?
If what you want is success, then you have to start creating opportunities for success.
- What do you have absolute control over right now as it relates to your career?
- What could you do right now that is within your power to solve to get you one step closer to your goal?
Your Actors Arsenal is Every single thing within your control
What does your actors arsenal look like?
1. headshot
2. reel
3. resume
4. on camera technique: memorization, listening and responding , emotional trigger, a foolproof way to create the reality of the world in an audition room. PLUS the ability to pull a 20 pp audition out of your ass in less than 24 hours
5. online calling card/your brand
6. What do you have to offer? What are you selling?
7. a clear understanding of your emotional type/physical type and how that translates into someone wanting to give you a job
8. a stable source of income and living situation so that you can have a training module in place for auditions and show up to auditions at the last minute doing stellar work
9. A project that showcases your work so that agents/CD's/managers can come see you work live on on tape in a something that represents the kind of work that will make that agent or manager money and want to work hard for you....Show them why you're a great investment.
In short, average salary for a series regular is $25,000.
Do you have an arsenal that looks like you're worth $25K for 8 days of work?
In short, your actors arsenal is your inner reality...if it's strong, it will manifest a clear, confident, ready to kick ass professional who folks will run to hire.
If not, let's work on the mindset that got you thinking you don't have the power.
Pulling together your Actors Arsenal is the step you take on behalf of yourself.
Every step you take on your own behalf is an act of self love
is an act of power
is the act of manifesting...
Getting a great acting technique down
Getting a great reel
Getting a great emotional and physical brand packaged in a website/headshot/resume
These are all things completely within you power to make happen...you have the power to change your outer reality...by making small changes that add up to huge progress and growth...
That's what brings courage, skill, success...actively manifesting your dreams...
Actively taking steps on your own behalf that get you closer to your dreams...
Today, we 're going to talk about the very first step: acting technique
It's where it all begins....
Now, let's work on some sides
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April Yvette Thompson
April Yvette Thompson is a Tony-winning producer/writer/actor working across media. Film/TV credits include BULL, Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated (w/Susan Sarandon & Delroy Lindo), Accidental Husband, Backwards, Babylon Fields, Law & Order & Third Watch, etc. Broadway/Off Broadway credits include Clybourne Park, (Pulitzer & Tony); Vassar Voices (w/Meryl Streep), Good Bread Alley, Liberty City The Exonerated(w/Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss), Medea, King Lear, Macbeth, etc As SimonSays Entertainment Director of Development, April produced Sundance features: Blue Caprice (w/Isaiah Washington), Mother of George (w/Danai Gurira), Gun Hill Road (w/Esai Morales). April was on the Tony-winning producing teams for 2017 Tony for Best Revival for August Wilson's Jitney directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson and 2012 Tony for Best Revival, Porgy & Bess starring Audra MacDonald (Tony). April wrote, produced & starred in her Miami Trilogy of plays: Good Bread Alley and Liberty City (Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lortel noms & Jeff Award) at New York Theatre Workshop. Her latest play, Black Lives is in development at NYTW. April has taught at Rutgers University, Vassar College, Harlem School of the Arts, University of Zimbabwe, Maggie Flanigan Studio and various Universities throughout the United States as a Teaching Artist for The Acting Company. April has served as Artist in Residence at Manhattan Theatre Club, 651 Arts, NYTW and Director/Founder of the The Children’s Defense Fund’s Fundi Freedom Schools where she developed Arts in Education Curriculum for 1500 at-risk students. EDUCATION: Vassar College, BA and Rutgers University, MFA |
Hilary Ward
Hilary Ward
Los Angeles-based actress, Hilary Ward, is a forceful presence in television, film and theatre. Trained in UCSD's prestigious MFA program, she is a proud member of both SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity (AEA). For the past 15 years, she has made her living exclusively as an actor, coach, and acting teacher. By combining the voice and movement techniques that she learned in graduate school with sharp text analysis and on-camera technique, she has been able to create performances that are unique, compelling and specific. She began teaching voice and speech techniques to undergraduates in 2005 and transitioned into coaching young actors applying to graduate programs. Her clients have been called back and accepted to The Julliard School, University of Southern California, Columbia University, The New School/Pace University, and Harvard University/ART. Her professional clients have appeared on Scandal, NCIS, NCIS-Los Angeles, Grey's Anatomy, Ozark, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Chicago Fire, Law and Order: SVU, The Good Wife, American Horror Story and more. Film/TV credits: the upcoming limited series Sharp Objects (HBO), NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Castle, Modern Family, The Fosters, CSI, Guidance, All the Way, Like You Mean It, Other People, Five Points, Criminal Minds and 20 national commercial campaigns for companies such as Subaru, McDonald's, The Home Depot and AT&T. Theatre credits: La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Classical Theatre of Harlem. EDUCATION: MFA-UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse |