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Opportunities in acting careers / Dick Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Dick, 1925-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acting--Vocational guidance--United States.
- Acting.
- Acting--Vocational guidance.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 163 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [2005]
- Summary:
- Are you looking for the latest information to open the door to the career of your dreams? The nation's largest career books series, McGraw-Hill's Opportunities in...series gives you the inside scoop on more than 100 professions as well as on all the essential aspects of your potential career, no matter how specialized the field. From the latest training requirements to current salary statistics to the lowdown on life on the job, each book is packed with comprehensive, up-to-date information to help you confidently pursue the profession that's right for you!
- Perfect for anyone from high-school students to career changers, this comprehensive, no-nonsense guide takes the stress out of launching a career that's both satisfying and financially rewarding. Here you'll find ample expert advice to make an informed, intelligent choice about your career-and your future.
- Contents:
- 1 There's No Business Like Show Business 1
- The typical actor
- Disadvantages
- Advantages
- Personal requirements
- Paradoxes of the business
- Job opportunities
- Adjustment
- Trends
- The effects of emerging technologies
- Working at working
- The paperwork
- The personal interview
- The audition
- Some final hints
- 3 Where the Jobs Are-and How Much They Pay 67
- Broadway
- Regional theater
- Dinner theater
- Off-Broadway
- Off-off Broadway
- Stock
- Children's theater
- Business theater
- Film for theater and television
- Television
- 4 State of the Unions 81
- Why were the unions formed?
- Will joining a union get you a job?
- What do the unions do?
- How are the unions governed?
- When and how do you join?
- Survival
- Rules of the game
- 5 What About Agents? 105
- Do you need an agent?
- Exclusive management or freelance?
- Why is it important to deal with franchised agents?
- How much do you pay?
- Things to remember
- Personal managers
- Independent casting directors
- Some words of warning
- 6 School Daze 119
- Choosing a school
- Acting classes
- 7 Going for It! 129
- Regional theaters
- Opportunities for minorities and women
- Related fields
- Temporary work
- 8 Northern Exposure 137
- Canadian Actors' Equity Association
- Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists
- Runaway production
- 9 Summing It All Up 143
- Managing retirement
- Appendix B Organizations 149
- Appendix C Additional Sources of Information 151
- Appendix D Equity Theater for Young Audiences (TYA) Companies 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148).
- ISBN:
- 0071438459
- OCLC:
- 56911751
- Online:
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