PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

A professional actor is an independent contractor who needs to be able to manage his or her career in a competitive environment.  To enable the actor to comfortably and expertly enter the profession on completion of this course, the Professional Skills class has two components:  Protocol and Business.

PROTOCOL covers:

  •  Theatre Etiquette

Venue and backstage tours
Costume maintenance
Makeup
Back stage etiquette
Green room etiquette
Roles and functions of cast and crew
Rehearsals
Technical week
Publicity and interviews

  •  On-Set Etiquette

Roles and functions of cast and crew
Reading call sheets
Pink and yellow pages
Script order
Health and safety (Equity)
Pubilcity and interviews

  •  Audition Etiquette

Research
Reading the full script
Instructions
Singing--correct music

  •  Voice-Over Etiquette

What to bring

 

BUSINESS covers:

  •  Small business skills--invoicing, GST, accounting
  •  Creating work
  •  Producing work
  •  Applications--funding and submissions
  •  Agent protocol
  •  Marketing--photos, gym, etc.