Acting in Movies
Shyam Benegal making a point. Noted film-maker Shyam Benegal who has been honoured with the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his "outstanding contribution" to Indian cinema.
Acting in Movies
Every successful actor has to have two skills. One is a certain amount ( but not necessarily a lot) of acting talent, which usually comes from a combination of natural ability and constant training. The second skill, and perhaps the more important, is knowing how to market yourself as a product.
As an actor, you're a salesperson, and the product that you're selling is you. In order to sell yourself to the people in position to pay for your product (you as an actor), you need a head shot (so people know what you look like), a resume (so people know what experience and skills you have), and the necessary talent to wow a casting director when you audition for a role.
When auditioning for a role in a TV commercial, you read from cue cards. Cue cards are like large flash cards that have an actor's script printed on them in big letters. If a TV performer forgets the lines, she ever-so-subtly looks at the cue cards and reads from them. The viewing audience doesn't see cue cards because the person holding them is standing next to (not in front of) the camera. When auditioning for a role in a movie, TV show, or theatrical play, you read from a script. Keep the following script etiquette in mind when auditioning.