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Best tips to a great head shot The step-by-step process of how to get a great head shot begins with choosing a photographer.  In this video acting lesson, I walk you through the photographer selection process. First in a 5 part series; learn what to look for,...

Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #2 What's your type? Here is a fun exercise to figure out your type.  Write a long list of your traits and qualities. Are you outgoing? introverted? moody? dramatic? The class clown? Even if you think something seems silly and unimportant,...

Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #3 Wardrobe The following tips are designed to use as a guide. Be sure to add your own personal style! Here are the best wardrobe tips to get a great head shot. Follow this guide and you will be looking...

Best Tips to a Great Head Shot #4 Makeup/Hair for Actors Makeup Hire a professional makeup artist! I cannot stress this enough.  A makeup artist who does makeup specifically for actors, is who you want. Both women and men need a pro. Men have redness, get shiny...

Best Tips to a Great Headshot. Act! This is the final video in my 5 part series, Best Tips to a Great Headshot. OK, you have selected the photographer. Determined your actor "type."Hired the makeup artist. Your wardrobe is approved to match your character types and...

 Soap Opera Tips for Actors If you are an actor on set, you will benefit from these tips. . What are the Pink Pages? The "X's" in your script? What can the X's tell the actor? Where is the camera lens placed? Where do Soap Opera actors put their...

  SOAP OPERA Tips for Actors Soap Opera Acting is "bring your A game" challenging for these 10 reasons: Tons of Dialogue to memorize. Pink Pages (last minute rewrites) 5 am memorizing. FAST pace. One Rehearsal. One Take.  Truthful subtext for every scene. Close up, after close up, after close up. The long stare. Cry on...

What Parents and Young Actors Should KnowAbout the Agent/Talent Relationship and How to be your talent agent's best client. Use these tips. Agents Love Parents and Actors Who: • Are always REACHABLE within an hour by phone, text or email. • Within 2 hours (of an audition notice) confirm...

How Commercial Child Actors Hold Products VIDEO Part of being a professional actor is learning how to deal with props. Especially in commercial auditions, it's important to know exactly how to handle a product. However, it is much easier said than done. You would be surprised to...

  Safeguards On Set for the Child Actor. What parents need to know. Whether it be on a movie, commercial or TV show, what are the safety rules to better protect your child?  There are safeguards in place for your child actor. Here is what parents need...