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Actor Website Tips | Don't auto-start your actor reel as soon as your website loads, but if you do, mute it.

More and more actor websites I stumble upon seem to auto-start a reel or trailer or some other video as soon as the home page loads. This is just bad and... impolite. Imagine every website you went to, before you could...

Fun Facts | Websites for Actors

Build your #actor #website on a long elevator ride.

Actor Casting Hints | Impress Casting Directors

Rehearse with another human being. If you read with yourself, you may not get the right rhythm.

Actor Dictionary | Product Placement

This is a method that producers of both TV and film use to lower the budget of their project. Knowing that there will be millions of eyes watching the motion picture, they will ask companies pay a fee in order to have their product, logo and brand featured on the screen. For example, FedEx outbid UPS and DHL to have their company be the featured courier in CAST AWAY. The company paid the studio an undisclosed amount which went directly toward the negative cost of the film. There are many opportunities in a typical film for producers to take advantage of product placement opportunities. This could include cellphones, cars, beverages, restaurants, computers and shoes.