- How to go from a deadly dull 9 to 5 job that is killing your soul to becoming a professional actor
- Why so many aspiring actors fail before they even begin and how to avoid it
- What you need to start up as an actor from scratch
- How to become one of the 8% of successful working actors and avoid being one of the 92% that struggle
- How to uncover the single most important driver when it comes to taking the correct action required to succeed
- Why doing the same thing as the majority of actors will lead you to mediocrity
- How to understand the business structure within the industry
- How to start your small business – ‘You’ Ltd
- How to identify your acting ‘type’
- The language of the industry that every professional actor needs to know
- Understanding the role of agents, producers, directors, managers
- Two essential strategies to develop your reputation and gain ongoing work
- Example contact plans to casting directors, agents and directors
- How to identify up-and-coming projects suited to you
- How and what to put in an Acting CV
- The secret used by Ricky Gervais, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to get industry attention
- The four golden rules of business of acting success
- The classic behaviours and actions that reveal you as an amateur to the industry
- Casting sites – should you use them? Which ones should you use?
- How to contact a casting director, what to say and how to say it
- Why you need a showreel. What you must include – and what you must never include
- What to say to an agent if you are looking for representation
- How to get an agent and what an agent is looking for
- Agent’s fees and contracts – what to expect
- Can you get work without an agent?
- Do you need to train? How long for? Do you need a qualification?
- Are you too old? Do you need a certain body type or image to be an actor?
- Do you need headshots? Where from? How much? What type of photos should you ask for?
- The key to getting great headshots (clue: it’s all about what you’re thinking)
- The audition process – how to get auditions, what to expect in the room, how to act well on the day and what to expect afterwards
- What to say at an audition interview and what never to say!
- The simple secret key to doing well in an audition which is often overlooked
- Why your contact details are so important
- Why you should avoid ‘walk-on/extra’ work if you’re serious about acting
- Should you do commercials?
- Can you just be a film actor?
- Can you just be a theatre actor?
- The fees actors get for different types of acting roles
- Should I have a website? What should be on it?
- Why self-tapes are crucial to your success nowadays
- How to shoot professional self-tapes on a tight budget – and what to shoot
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