If You Are Looking To Break Into The Industry

Here Are Some Great Resources To Help

It’s important to realize that there are different categories of talent in the entertainment industry.  

Are You An Actor?

You need to determine what type of work you want to do. If you want to be an actor and do TV commercials, television and film you would use a headshot along with a full length shot to represent yourself for auditions.

Are You A Model?

If you want to do print modeling for magazines, advertisements, live conventions, or runway, you would build what’s called a comp card and a digital portfolio or digital book. 

Where Do You Fit?

Clients look for talent of all ages. They look for kids, teens, twenty’s to seniors. They also look for families, couples, fitness models, bodybuilders, athletes, special-needs and more.

In every case, no matter what age range or type you fall into, you need strong professional images that represent what you look like. 

Proper headshots and model images are taken by professional photographers that specialize in those types of photos. If you use a wedding or portrait photographer for these types of pictures in most cases your images will not come out with the style that entertainment industry clients respond to. Proper headshots are not simple photos, they literally stop traffic.

A great resource for professional photos for both actors and models is Talent Development Brokers. They are a company that connects with strong professional photographers that specialize in fashion and commercial headshot photography all over the country. They also work with producers and agencies to style and book the shoot.

TDB offers ease of mind with your investment by communicating with your agent directly to confirm the types of shots you need.

If you don’t have an agent they can provide a coordintor or producer to create a beautiful product that will successfully market you for years. 

You can purchase a photo package by clicking on the Book A Shoot and filling out your information. Ask a question or get connected to a photo producer that can help you plan your shoot. 

If you are looking to break into acting, getting training is always the first place to start. In most cases, the easiest technique to learn is commercial acting. Most people can learn enough about commercials in three or four months to begin auditioning successfully. That along with a good headshot can mean a lucrative side income if you are in an area that has a good commercial market.

Virtual classes are convenient and offer you comfort and safety by training in your own home. They also teach you a valuable skill set in today’s entertainment industry. Learning how to communicate and audition over zoom is a big part of today’s entertainment industry.

Since the Covid pandemic major casting companies have gone on-line to do their auditions and are not bringing in actors and models in person any longer. It saves major brands money and allows them to scout all over the country without having to pay for multiple castings.

Using zoom to learn on-line acting and auditioning techniques is a very important part of today’s entertainment industry. Learning how to self-tape and having a professional set up at home is also a valuable resource if you want to work.

Here are resources that are both virtual training and zoom-based classes. 

Commercial Training

One great resource for commercial acting is The Studio Orlando. They have a fun and engaging three month program that lays a strong foundation for commercial acting.  Their commercial acting class is called “Working Commercial Markets in the new norm”. You can access them and register for a class by clicking this link

Commercial &

Tv Episodic Training

If you are looking for commercial and TV training in episodic television shows, the LA Actors Institute is a great resource. It is also a virtual-based training program and has classes in commercial technique “Booking Commercials LA” and “TV Episodic” is television technique. Both classes are virtual and also three months long. You can learn more about their program and register with the school by clicking on “Book A Class”

Intensive Study

If you have already trained in commercial technique and are looking for more, or if you are not going the commercial route, but want to invest in traditional acting training, the New York Actors Conservatory is a great resource.

Many young acting students aren’t sure which technique to invest in. There are many different styles of acting technique to consider. Some of them include, Method, Meisner, Hagen, Stadler, Stanislavski, and more. This remarkable school has an “Intro To The Masters” class that does short overviews of each technique, allowing the students to get a taste of a program to see if it resonates with them. After the introduction to the technique, the student is encouraged to dive deeper into the style that fits their sensibility and direction. You can access the school by clicking here.

Try The Groundlings School for ground breaking Improv classes that have trained the likes of Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and many other comedy stars.

Improv

Second City

The comedy and improv training grounds for Tina Fey, Jim Belushi, Mike Myers, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and more

Intensive Film Technique with 

Larry Moss

Larry has been an acting coach for over 35 years and now is one of the most sought after acting coaches of our time. He has worked with many of our top stars including Helen Hunt, Hilary Swank, Leonardo diCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Jim Carrey, Jennifer Garner, David Duchovny, Tea Leoni and many more.

Audition & agency referral required for enrollment

Stella Adler NY

Incredible school in Manhattan for film and tv skills. They have online zoom programs that are great. Adler is one of the great masters of acting.

To prove it google famous people that studied Adler technique.

Audition Required