FROM NOVICE TO PRO:
GETTING STARTED AS AN ACTOR IN THE TWIN CITIES
TOPICS COVERED
Resumes & Headshots- What do you include on them and why?
- What's the advantage of using different resumes for film and stage auditions?
- Is there a "right" way to format my resume?
- What information should I not include on my resume?
- What is a headshot?
- What makes a good headshot?
- Should it be color or black-and-white?
- Where can I get my headshot taken?
- How can I stand-out with my headshot?
- What should I wear?
- Can anyone take a good headshot?
- What are the costs?
- What's the difference between a commercial/theatrical headshot and why should I care?
- Where should I get my headshots printed?
- What's the difference?
- Who represents me?
- Do I have to pay to be represented?
- How can I get noticed?
- What's my "type" and what does that even mean?
- How best to prepare before the audition?
- Making mistakes and how to recover.
- Where does cold-reading stop and improvisation begins?
- What should you wear?
- How does what you wear differ from a commercial/theater audition?
- Why how you enter the room matters...
- Cold-reading and how to improve your skills.
- Adding "a button" to your audition.
GET INVOLVED
There are no upcoming classes, however, if interested contact Michael and we can put one together to fit your schedule and specific needs.