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Actor Website Tips | Don't fall for charge per image / charge per video traps.

Here's another scam you need to avoid. These websites truly frustrate me and I've only seen these scams when the client is an actor or a model, no other cases.These companies take advantage of the fact that you need to...

Fun Facts | Websites for Actors

Build your #actor #website while brushing your teeth.

Actor Casting Hints | Impress Casting Directors

Figure out your casting type online, via a type class or from friends and family.

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.