Act One: Beginning Your Acting Career

Act One: Beginning Your Acting Career
Published 5/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz

What you’ll learn

An in-depth look at necessary marketing materials, including resumes, headshots, video reels and voice demos

A demystification of talent & casting agents, as well as the entire audition process.

An overview of ACTRA, the Canadian actor’s union, what it does for performers and the ways to get your first credit

Requirements

No experience needed; "ACT ONE" covers everything you need to understand the acting industry (minus the acting lessons).

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why Should You Become an Actor?

Lecture 2 Who Am I?

Lecture 3 What To Expect As an Actor

Lecture 4 The Different Areas of Acting

Section 2: Gaining Experience

Lecture 5 Training

Lecture 6 Getting on Set: Background Work

Lecture 7 Getting on Set: Indie & Student Films

Lecture 8 Practice, Practice, Practice

Section 3: Your Marketing Materials

Lecture 9 Your Marketing Materials

Lecture 10 Headshots

Lecture 11 Resumes

Lecture 12 Video Demo Reel

Lecture 13 Intro to Voice Demos

Lecture 14 Voice Demo – Video Game

Lecture 15 Voice Demo – Animation

Lecture 16 Voice Demo – Commercial

Section 4: Talent Agents

Lecture 17 The Role of an Agent

Lecture 18 The Actor / Agent Relationship

Lecture 19 Choosing The Right Agent

Lecture 20 Self-Representation

Section 5: Auditioning

Lecture 21 The Role of the Casting Director

Lecture 22 In-Person vs Self-Tape

Lecture 23 Preparing For Your Audition

Lecture 24 The Audition Room

Lecture 25 Self-Taping

Section 6: ACTRA: Working With The Canadian Union

Lecture 26 What is ACTRA?

Lecture 27 Joining The Union

Lecture 28 The ACTRA Community

Lecture 29 When to Call Your Union

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 30 That’s A Wrap!