วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 3 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2551

The Quickest and Easiest Way to Build Your Acting Resume

Author : leanne@successtipsforactors.com

Do you feel powerless because you dont have much work toput on your acting resume? Well let me tell you the QUICKEST and EASIEST way to build youracting resume.The quickest and easiest way to build your acting resumeis to act in student short film project, theatre,even if amateur, and do some classes.There are many articles and books out there that will show youhow to set out your acting resume that is not the purpose ofthis article. The purpose of this article is getting your actingresume STARTED. On your acting resume you will include Film andTV, Theatre and Commercial work that you have done, where andwhat you have studied (in relation to acting) and also skillsyou are good at.You may feel that short films, independent theater and a fewsimple classes dont really hold much weight but you have tostart somewhere! And believe it or not the more you do at thislevel the more your confidence builds, the more your name getsspread around, the more you can talk about what your are doingand the more work you will attract. The most important thing is not WHAT youre doing but that youGET STARTED! Then over time as your skills develop and youracting resume starts to build you can be more selective aboutwhat roles you take on and only do those projects you feel aregoing to stretch you as an actor or make you some good contacts.Believe me if you just get started on building your actingresume, opportunities will come to you and you will startattracting and landing real jobs that you can use to replaceyour initial jobs.ACTING CLASSES, TRAINING and SKILLS you feel competent at arethings you can add to your acting resume instantly. Build your skills and then add them one by one to your actingresume. Sports are great like tennis, horse riding,skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, football, ballet and alsodont forget to include any languages that you can speak. Addanything that gives you an advantage over others; definitely addany singing and musical instrument abilities.These are things that you can take charge of in your actingcareer, things that allow you to reclaim your power as an actor.Build you skills, take some classes, do short film projects,meet people, grow your list of contacts, you never know whatprojects these directors will do in the future. As actors we want to be Stars yesterday but the reality is, isthat for the majority it isnt like that, it takes time, and youknow what, you may make it tomorrow but that doesnt mean youcant be doing something to get ahead TODAY. So start buildingyour acting resume today look in your local trade paper or onthe Internet or on notice boards for a theatre or film projectand then GO FOR IT! To your acting successLeanne Mauro Leanne Mauro http://www.successtipsforactors.com is a professionalactress working in theater, film and TV. One of her favoritesuccess moments was working with the legendary PeterBogdanovich.

Category : General Art & Entertainment: Performing Arts

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