Acting in Commercials

Acting in Commercials
Author: Joan See
Publisher: Back Stage Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1998
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780823088027

Professional actors covet opportunities to act in commercials because of the potentially high income and visibility. But commercials require an acting style that is specific to the medium. This updated volume explains how to adapt one's acting skills to the needs of brief and persuasive commercial scripts. 16 illustrations.

Acting in Commercials

Acting in Commercials
Author: Joan See
Publisher: Back Stage Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0307799514

Every actor knows that working in commercials is lucrative. But many actors, trained primarily for working on the stage, have mistaken ideas about this field and lack essential on-camera experience. Now in an updated and expanded edition, Acting in Commercials is the only resource that fills all the gaps in the performer’s knowledge of this demanding medium. Invaluable for its insight into the craft as well as the business of acting, it tells you how to prepare for commercial auditions and, once you’ve landed a job, how to deliver the most expressive on-camera performance—leading to more work and success in a competitive field. Author Joan See illuminates all the secrets she has learned while appearing in hundreds of commercials over the past thirty years. She shows you how to approach five distinctly different commercial forms and explains the specific acting techniques to employ in each. In fact, Acting in Commercials will take you beyond commercial work, sharpening all your acting skills for a broader film and television career.

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit
Author: Squire Fridell
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 221
Release: 1986
Genre: Acting for television
ISBN: 0517884372

Popular television commercial actor Squire Fridell updates his classic guide of inside tips and advice for breaking into the commercial business and for continuing to get work. This revision includes completely new lists of agents, union offices, and publications along with Squire's essential guidelines for industry entries.

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit

Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit
Author: Squire Fridell
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0307450244

Updated advice and practical suggestions on how to break into one of the most lucrative areas of the acting profession explain how to create a resume, get an agent, develop one's commercial acting techniques, prepare for an audition, and memorize lines. Original. 20,000 first printing.

How to Audition for TV Commercials

How to Audition for TV Commercials
Author: W.L. Jenkins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1581159471

What do ad agencies look for when casting TV commercials? This insider's guide, written by a former actor turned ad agency exec, has the answers. It provides step—by—step instructions to help actors understand and master the entire process, from assessing one's looks and personality to the agency preproduction process, from reading scripts and understanding storyboards to preparing for the audition, doing the shoot, and more.

You Can Work On-camera!

You Can Work On-camera!
Author: John Leslie Wolfe
Publisher: Heinemann Drama
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This book provides much-needed training for actors aspiring to work in a range of media, including television commercials, corporate films, and video communications.

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute
Author: Tom Logan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This guide deals exclusively with acting in commercials, covering script terminology and procedure, commercial dialogue, camera staging, working the product, training, photos, unions, and actor-agency contracts, and also provides a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices.

The Keys to Commercial Acting

The Keys to Commercial Acting
Author: Stuart Stone
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517705213

This book is about how to get cast in commercials - plain and simple. Whether you are a seasoned commercial actor, an industry newcomer or the parent of a child actor, the advice in this book will be invaluable in teaching you how to navigate the industry to land more jobs. In this book, acclaimed veteran casting director Stuart Stone shares his insights and experience from behind the camera to help you attain your commercial acting goals. Stuart's inspiring words and no-nonsense approach make this book a must read.

Acting in On-Camera Commercials

Acting in On-Camera Commercials
Author: Ruth Geier-Price
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1612332412

Performing on TV commercials is bread and butter for actors. It not only helps them pay the rent while striving for recognition, frequently it enables them to break into film, television and theater. Plus, acting in commercials can be a rewarding and lucrative career in itself. This comprehensive workbook provides step-by-step training, along with commercial copy and other materials available on the publisher's website. Acting in On-Camera Commercials covers every aspect of the field of performing inTV commercials. It is a reference book that will serve the actor throughout all the years of his or her career. PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION "The book is filled with useful information obviously mined from years of experience and success in the field by the authors. The exercises, demonstration copy and practical advice mesh easily with the assignments in my syllabus. This is an excellent resource that will help my students understand the requisite professional standards and develop the many skills necessary to compete in this complex business." Stephen Neal, Instructor, Department of Theatre, Florida International University "I have just completed teaching a very successful course on Acting in Commercials, thanks to Ruthe Geier-Price and Michael Geier's innovative course, as presented in their new book, Acting in On-Camera Commercials. The students loved the very practical presentation of the material, the clever copy provided, and the visuals, as available in the photo illustrations. The reviews presented at the ends of the chapters left no question as to the importance of the salient points. To make his or her mistakes in a non-threatening environment, he or she avoids much of the trial by fire when they enter the actual audition experience." Barbara Lowery, Professor, Performing Arts Department, Miami-Dade College

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute, the Sequel

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute, the Sequel
Author: Tom Logan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1538137658

Acting in the Million Dollar Minute deals exclusively with the art of acting in commercials. Updated, revised, and expanded for today’s commercial actor, Tom Logan uses decades of experience to give the commercial actor insight into what happens on set and how a commercial is shot. He includes guidance on how to decipher the meaning behind the commercial script, begin and end each performance, immediately obtain the auditioners' attention, and beat out your competition. In addition, Logan offers direction on "taking the camera" from another actor (i.e., upstaging), working with the product, what separates the actor who got the part from the actors who didn't, and how to give the director a performance he can “cut” in the editing room. Compiled from thousands of comments from hundreds of casting directors, ad executives, producers, and more, Acting in the Million Dollar Minute provides practical advice from an award-winning director.