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How to Create an Actor's Demo-Reel
How to Create an Actor's Demo-Reel
An actor's demo reel is video or audio presentation that's used to show off your acting skills to an individual or company you'd like to work with. It's full of clips of your past work. Demo reels are sometimes called demo tapes or show reels. They're a crucial marketing tool for actors, so it's important to learn how to create an effective actor's demo reel.
Contact the directors of the various projects you've worked on. Get them to send you clips of the sections where your work appeared. Sort through the clips you get from directors. Select only the absolute best. Be brutally hard as you eliminate some clips. You need to make the best impression possible on your demo tape, and one lousy shot could ruin your chances of getting the job.
Make your demo reel the length of an average television commercial. An actor's demo reel should only be 30 seconds long. When you make the reel, see yourself as the producer of a TV commercial that promotes you. If you must make your demo reel longer, never exceed 4 or 5 minutes.
Hire someone to compile the best clips onto a professional DVD. Get a digital file of it so that you have the option to post online on your website.
Tips & Warnings
· Be sure to include your agency contact info on your actor's demo reel. Never put your personal information.
· If slating (Introducing yourself before the camera), be sure to include: Full Name, Agency, Location, Age.
· Never include home videos, no matter how great or funny you think they are. You'll only succeed in looking unprofessional.
· Never appear to take credit for another person's work. If other people are involved in any segment on your demo reel, then make that fact very clear to your prospective employer.
An actor's demo reel is video or audio presentation that's used to show off your acting skills to an individual or company you'd like to work with. It's full of clips of your past work. Demo reels are sometimes called demo tapes or show reels. They're a crucial marketing tool for actors, so it's important to learn how to create an effective actor's demo reel.
Contact the directors of the various projects you've worked on. Get them to send you clips of the sections where your work appeared. Sort through the clips you get from directors. Select only the absolute best. Be brutally hard as you eliminate some clips. You need to make the best impression possible on your demo tape, and one lousy shot could ruin your chances of getting the job.
Make your demo reel the length of an average television commercial. An actor's demo reel should only be 30 seconds long. When you make the reel, see yourself as the producer of a TV commercial that promotes you. If you must make your demo reel longer, never exceed 4 or 5 minutes.
Hire someone to compile the best clips onto a professional DVD. Get a digital file of it so that you have the option to post online on your website.
Tips & Warnings
· Be sure to include your agency contact info on your actor's demo reel. Never put your personal information.
· If slating (Introducing yourself before the camera), be sure to include: Full Name, Agency, Location, Age.
· Never include home videos, no matter how great or funny you think they are. You'll only succeed in looking unprofessional.
· Never appear to take credit for another person's work. If other people are involved in any segment on your demo reel, then make that fact very clear to your prospective employer.
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ATLANTA'S BDF SUMMER INTENSIVE JUNE 7 - 12, 2010 (9 AM - 5 PM)
(With Performance on the evening of the 11th)
Auditions held at RISPA Studios, 480 North Main St., Alpharetta, GA 30004
Audition Schedule
January 23
(2:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
February 21
March 28
(Audition Location for 3/28 to be determined)
May 2
Cost of the Camp is $895/week
Discounted Price of $595 if registered by the end of January.
Discounted Price of $650 if registered by February 21st.
Discounted Price of $750 if registered by March 28th.
Discounted Price of $795 if registered by May 2nd.
Price of $895 for all registrations May 2nd or later.
MAY 16, 2010
ATLANTA SHOW AUDITIONS TO BE HELD AT RISPA
(Open to all registered students for the concert featured roles.)
Limited Scholarships Based on Financial Need
For an audition appointment, please e-mail auditionsbdf@gmail.com
Please visit our website at www.mybroadwaydreams.com or e-mail
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News Clip from Previous Year's Camp:
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Atlanta Area Camp Location And Faculty To Be Announced Soon!!
Last Year's Faculty included:
The roster of Broadway stars attending this year's camp includes Diana DeGarmo (American Idol Season 3 Runner-up, Hairspray, Brooklyn); Paul Canaan (Judge for MTV Series "Legally Blonde, The Search for Elle Woods," Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage Aux Folles, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon); Nikki Snelson (Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Annie Get Your Gun, TV-Desperate Housewives); Leslie Kritzer (A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde); Amanda Watkins (Sweet Charity, Beauty and the Beast); Matt Trent (Lead Principal Dancer with the Australian Royal Ballet, Billy Elliot, Boy from OZ) and Dave Barrus (Les Miserables, Chess with Josh Groban, Beauty and the Beast, Westside Story, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).
Last year's attendees also benefited from instruction and advice from renowned NYC talent agent Jamie Harris (Clear Talent Group) and casting director Craig Burns with Telsey & Co. Casting.
Times, dates & locations:
City: Alpharetta
Contact Name: Annette Tanner
E-mail: auditionsbdf@gmail.com
Contact Phone:
Link: http://www.mybroadwaydreams.com
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THE BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR
ATLANTA'S BDF SUMMER INTENSIVE JUNE 7 - 12, 2010 (9 AM - 5 PM)
(With Performance on the evening of the 11th)
Auditions held at RISPA Studios, 480 North Main St., Alpharetta, GA 30004
Audition Schedule
January 23
(2:00 pm to 5:00 pm)
February 21
March 28
(Audition Location for 3/28 to be determined)
May 2
Cost of the Camp is $895/week
Discounted Price of $595 if registered by the end of January.
Discounted Price of $650 if registered by February 21st.
Discounted Price of $750 if registered by March 28th.
Discounted Price of $795 if registered by May 2nd.
Price of $895 for all registrations May 2nd or later.
MAY 16, 2010
ATLANTA SHOW AUDITIONS TO BE HELD AT RISPA
(Open to all registered students for the concert featured roles.)
Limited Scholarships Based on Financial Need
For an audition appointment, please e-mail auditionsbdf@gmail.com
Please visit our website at www.mybroadwaydreams.com or e-mail
Annette Tanner at annette@mybroadwaydreams.com for more information.
News Clip from Previous Year's Camp:
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/16552989/index.html
Atlanta Area Camp Location And Faculty To Be Announced Soon!!
Last Year's Faculty included:
The roster of Broadway stars attending this year's camp includes Diana DeGarmo (American Idol Season 3 Runner-up, Hairspray, Brooklyn); Paul Canaan (Judge for MTV Series "Legally Blonde, The Search for Elle Woods," Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage Aux Folles, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon); Nikki Snelson (Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Annie Get Your Gun, TV-Desperate Housewives); Leslie Kritzer (A Catered Affair, Legally Blonde); Amanda Watkins (Sweet Charity, Beauty and the Beast); Matt Trent (Lead Principal Dancer with the Australian Royal Ballet, Billy Elliot, Boy from OZ) and Dave Barrus (Les Miserables, Chess with Josh Groban, Beauty and the Beast, Westside Story, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).
Last year's attendees also benefited from instruction and advice from renowned NYC talent agent Jamie Harris (Clear Talent Group) and casting director Craig Burns with Telsey & Co. Casting.
Times, dates & locations:
City: Alpharetta
Contact Name: Annette Tanner
E-mail: auditionsbdf@gmail.com
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Link: http://www.mybroadwaydreams.com
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When it comes to finding a job these days, what you study – not just where – is playing an increasingly large role.
Michigan State University recently announced it is cutting its American studies and classical studies degree programs, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is eliminating philosophy.
While the schools blame declining popularity for the cuts, pressure from students demanding a more career-oriented education is another likely key factor.
Katharine Brooks, author of You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career, told the The New York Times that she expects that kind of pressure to continue. "Particularly as money gets tighter, people are going to demand more accountability from majors and departments."
So how can you ensure that the time and money you invest in your education is well spent? Choose your major wisely.
Read on to learn which majors and degrees have the greatest chance of leading to employment opportunities in today's tight job market.
Major #1 – Accounting
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) surveyed 16,500 students who graduated in the spring of 2009 and found that over 53% of accounting majors received a job offer prior to graduation, ranking them first overall.
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Fast Fact: Opportunities for accountants and auditors are expected to rise 22% through 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, a much faster rate than most fields. Most jobs require a bachelor's degree in accounting.
Major #2 – Computer Science
Computer science degrees are another hot qualification in today's job market, according to NACE, with 48.7% of computer science majors finding work before graduation.
Another benefit of a computer science degree is that job opportunities extend well beyond the information technology (IT) field. IT professionals are needed in virtually every field.
Fast Fact: Computer software engineer is one of the 50 best careers of 2010, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Check out these Computer Science degree and certificate programs.
Major #3 – Economics/Finance
More than 45% of finance and economics majors received a job offer prior to graduating in 2009, according to NACE. Employers reported to NACE that job candidates with finance degrees were their number one target during the 2009-2010 recruiting season.
Fast Fact: U.S. News & World Report says that employment opportunities in the financial industry will get a big boost from the wave of baby boomers set to retire.
Search for Economics and Finance degrees now.
Major #4 – Business
According to NACE, more than 44% of students earning a bachelor's degree in business administration or business management found work prior to graduating in 2009.
Many business students are taking advantage of growing opportunities in the huge health care industry, which comprises 16.2% of the U.S.'s gross domestic product.
Fast Fact: At 328,000, business degrees led the list of 1.5 million bachelor's degrees awarded in the 2006–07 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Fast Fact: "For every Ph.D.-level person in the biomedical careers, there are about 18 associate-degree-level technologists that support that work," Kay McClenney of the University of Texas told U.S. News & World Report.
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When it comes to finding a job these days, what you study – not just where – is playing an increasingly large role.
Michigan State University recently announced it is cutting its American studies and classical studies degree programs, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is eliminating philosophy.
While the schools blame declining popularity for the cuts, pressure from students demanding a more career-oriented education is another likely key factor.
Katharine Brooks, author of You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path From Chaos to Career, told the The New York Times that she expects that kind of pressure to continue. "Particularly as money gets tighter, people are going to demand more accountability from majors and departments."
So how can you ensure that the time and money you invest in your education is well spent? Choose your major wisely.
Read on to learn which majors and degrees have the greatest chance of leading to employment opportunities in today's tight job market.
Major #1 – Accounting
The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) surveyed 16,500 students who graduated in the spring of 2009 and found that over 53% of accounting majors received a job offer prior to graduation, ranking them first overall.
Those numbers were backed up by NACE's 2010 Job Outlook Report, which polled employer members and asked which kinds of students they would be targeting during their 2009-10 recruiting season. Over 46% of employers responded that they planned to hire candidates with an accounting degree.
Search now for Accounting degree programs.
Fast Fact: Opportunities for accountants and auditors are expected to rise 22% through 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, a much faster rate than most fields. Most jobs require a bachelor's degree in accounting.
Major #2 – Computer Science
Computer science degrees are another hot qualification in today's job market, according to NACE, with 48.7% of computer science majors finding work before graduation.
Another benefit of a computer science degree is that job opportunities extend well beyond the information technology (IT) field. IT professionals are needed in virtually every field.
Fast Fact: Computer software engineer is one of the 50 best careers of 2010, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Check out these Computer Science degree and certificate programs.
Major #3 – Economics/Finance
More than 45% of finance and economics majors received a job offer prior to graduating in 2009, according to NACE. Employers reported to NACE that job candidates with finance degrees were their number one target during the 2009-2010 recruiting season.
Fast Fact: U.S. News & World Report says that employment opportunities in the financial industry will get a big boost from the wave of baby boomers set to retire.
Search for Economics and Finance degrees now.
Major #4 – Business
According to NACE, more than 44% of students earning a bachelor's degree in business administration or business management found work prior to graduating in 2009.
Many business students are taking advantage of growing opportunities in the huge health care industry, which comprises 16.2% of the U.S.'s gross domestic product.
Fast Fact: At 328,000, business degrees led the list of 1.5 million bachelor's degrees awarded in the 2006–07 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Search for Business degree programs.
Major #5 – Allied Health
Clinical health care jobs like medical assistant and surgical technologist that typically require an associate's degree are some of the many positions suddenly in demand as aging baby boomers are set to retire in record numbers.
According to NACE, nearly 42% of students in the allied health field received a job offer prior to graduation in 2009, and that number is expected to rise. In fact, ten of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care-related, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Fast Fact: "For every Ph.D.-level person in the biomedical careers, there are about 18 associate-degree-level technologists that support that work," Kay McClenney of the University of Texas told U.S. News & World Report.
Search for local and online Health Care degree programs.
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