Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

Screen Acting Trade Secrets is the definitive guide for the screen actor in the 21st century. From your first awakening as an actor, to the end of your first day on a movie set, Screen Acting Trade Secrets walks you through it all with humour, priceless information, eye-opening revelations, helpful exercises, real-world examples, tales from the trenches, insider secrets and a boat load of genuine inspiration. You won’t be able to put it down; then you’ll start again with a highlighter.

“Bravo!”
Jane Jenkins, Casting Society of America
Da Vinci Code, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride

“A game-changer.”
Paul Weber CSA, Casting Director, Producer, former head of casting of MGM Television Casting

“How things really are. It’s brilliant.”
Deb Green, CSA, CDC

Brokeback Mountain

“After reading this book, you can walk onto your first set like you were born to be there.”
Dori Zuckerman, CSA

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Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

Screen Acting Trade Secrets is the definitive guide for the screen actor in the 21st century. From your first awakening as an actor, to the end of your first day on a movie set, Screen Acting Trade Secrets walks you through it all with humour, priceless information, eye-opening revelations, helpful exercises, real-world examples, tales from the trenches, insider secrets and a boat load of genuine inspiration. You won’t be able to put it down; then you’ll start again with a highlighter.

“Bravo!”
Jane Jenkins, Casting Society of America
Da Vinci Code, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride

“A game-changer.”
Paul Weber CSA, Casting Director, Producer, former head of casting of MGM Television Casting

“How things really are. It’s brilliant.”
Deb Green, CSA, CDC

Brokeback Mountain

“After reading this book, you can walk onto your first set like you were born to be there.”
Dori Zuckerman, CSA

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Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

by Peter Skagen
Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

Screen Acting Trade Secrets: How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Really Acting

by Peter Skagen

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Screen Acting Trade Secrets is the definitive guide for the screen actor in the 21st century. From your first awakening as an actor, to the end of your first day on a movie set, Screen Acting Trade Secrets walks you through it all with humour, priceless information, eye-opening revelations, helpful exercises, real-world examples, tales from the trenches, insider secrets and a boat load of genuine inspiration. You won’t be able to put it down; then you’ll start again with a highlighter.

“Bravo!”
Jane Jenkins, Casting Society of America
Da Vinci Code, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride

“A game-changer.”
Paul Weber CSA, Casting Director, Producer, former head of casting of MGM Television Casting

“How things really are. It’s brilliant.”
Deb Green, CSA, CDC

Brokeback Mountain

“After reading this book, you can walk onto your first set like you were born to be there.”
Dori Zuckerman, CSA


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780993765742
Publisher: Poubelle Publishing
Publication date: 10/03/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 322
File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

YOUR FIRST DAY

Your first morning

Film vs. theater acting

Everything counts

How to break into the Hollywood vault

A few tried and true safecracking strategies

But I live in Podunk

The beauty of Podunk

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

That you are inevitable

That you are marketable

That you are in the game

That you are right for the part

That you get it

That you are 'the guy'

That you give them confidence

That you are a pro

That you can help make them money

That they like you

HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS, BRIEFLY

How to package yourself

How to determine your brand

The producer's point of view

How to focus your brand

The character actor

The numbers game

Headshots

Resumes

The accent of the movies

Demo reels

Agents and managers and publicists, oh my

How to get an agent or manager

How to write a query that works

Example query e-mails

Once you get an agent or manager

STORY AND SCREENWRITING, DON'T SKIP THIS

The foundation of everything: Story

Basics of structure

The hero's journey

Genre

Act one

Act two

The climax, or act three

The tag or denoument

Other forms of structure

A story told in pictures

But does it play?

Format

YOUR FIRST AUDITION

Getting the call

The breakdown

The script

The sides

Sending regrets

How to put yourself on tape

The room

The audition land mines

Protocol

Don't distract them

The basics

Props

Wardrobe

Professional courtesy

How to learn lines (and story)

Punctuating the text

Punctuating the sub-text

How to make it audition friendly

The choreography

The cliche

The story and you

Doing it 'right'

Shopping

You are a tie

'Acting'

Getting ready

Arriving

The green room

Waiting to be called

The audition

Make them shut up and lean in

The actors are here

Readers

Eye lines

Keep your eyes open and slow down

Set the stage

The moment before

Get what you want

Connecting

How to prep step by step

Adjustments

Thank you means good-bye

The top one percent

The silence

The callback

YOUR FIRST DAY ON SET

Getting the call

The wardrobe fitting

The script

The day out of days

The call sheet

Your day begins

Arriving on set

Hair and makeup

The important names

The big wait

A word on continuity

Blocking

Rehearsing

The second team

How to hit your marks (without looking)

The little wait

And now for some positive news and reassurance

They already believe

The story

The writer

Your sell/brand/hit/power zone

The other actors

The crew

The director

The editor

The music

The prequel

The event

The audience

First team

Rehearsing again

Calling the roll

Warning and more encouragement

Being unprepared

Ego

Nerves

Golf tips

Stopping

How not to stop

Pick up your lines

Call for a line

Make it up

Coverage

Frame sizes

Working with directors

The end of the day

APPENDIX - 50 STUPID STUNTS IN THE AUDITION ROOM

APPENDIX - 50 STUPID STUNTS ON SET

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