Join us from anywhere for an exciting 8 weeks online. Featuring special guests each week. From casting directors to talent agents and fashion agents, the course features a new guest each week while we cover each topic (listed below).
Class 1: Modeling and Acting Categories
Where do I fit in & How do I get an agent?
•Know your market
•Know your strengths and weakness
•Realistic Expectations
•Fashion vs Commercial
•Lifestyle
•Theatrical vs Commercial
•Beauty, Real and Character Actors
•Union vs Nonunion Agencies
•How you’re booked
•How your paid
•How to read breakdowns
•What Agents love and what they hate
<--Special Guest: Stephanie Duke, Director, Halo Models & Talent Agency
Class 2: Marketing Materials, In Person & Self Taped Auditions
•Comp cards vs headshots
•Resume
•Social Media
•Before the audition
•During the audition
•After the audition
•The wait
•Personality Slate vs Scene
•Proper Taping Etiquette
•Crafting your content
•Enlist your practice audience
<-- Special Guest: Professional Model & Actress Caroline Malloy who worked on Baywatch, Love Simon, Belk, Jacks Burgers, Anthropologie and more.
Class 3: On Set Etiquette - You booked the job, now what?
•Behind the scenes- what’s allowed, what’s expected of you and what you can expect.
•The 3 P’s
•How to arrive and who not to bring with you
•What to bring to a modeling or acting job
•What’s ok to ask and what’s not
•How you affect your agency on set
•Talent Bags
•Behavior clause
Special Guest TBD
Class 4: Photo movement & Runway walks
•Fashion Photography Movement
•Commercial Photography Movement
•Movement for Kids/Teens
•Movement for Women
Movement for Men
•Do’s & Don’ts on the runway
•Your walk
•How to walk confidently into a room
•Basic turns for the end of the runway
•How to handle mistakes
<--Special Guest: Michelle Lynch, Celebrity Stylist and Fashion Agent with Poshe Productions
Class 5: Acting for TV Commercials & Film
•Auditions for Camera
•Cold Read Auditions
•Prepared / Sides Audition
•Improvisation for creativity
•Pitch & Tone variation
•Using Improv in interviews/auditions
•Improv for script choices
Special Guest: New York Casting Director Barry Shapiro with Herman Lipson Casting
Class 6: The Business of Modeling & Acting
Learn the business side of the business
What’s the union and should I join
•Union vs Nonunion jobs pay rate
•Stage vs film acting
•13-week cycles and buyouts in perpetuity
•How do I get selected for jobs?
•How do I get paid for jobs?
•Commercial Modeling Rates
•Fashion Modeling Rates
•Models who act
•13-week cycles and buyouts in perpetuity for campaigns
<-- Special Guest: Megan Gordon, Influencer and Professional Model/Actress
Class 7: Interview Skills for Auditions and Small Talk for Set
Build self-confidence and nail the audition by mastering the art of small talk
•Your “elevator pitch”
•How to craft your pitch
•Your content and text
•How to small talk
•Strategies for winning the conversation
•Tips for awkward situations
•Tips for introverts
Special Guest: Stephanie Duke, Director Halo Models & Talent Agency
Class 8: That's a Wrap Panel Session with all Special Guests
All guest return for a Q&A session with all participants.
Meet all guest speakers ONE MORE TIME! Join our VIP panel discussion as we invite all special guests to participate in a Q& A session for all participants and parents.
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