An essential handbook for actorsndash;a modern classicndash;in a newly updated edition.Since its original publication; Acting as a Business has earned a reputation as an indispensable tool for working and aspiring actors. Avoiding the usual advice about persistence and luck; Brian Orsquo;Neil provides clear-cut guidelines that will give actors a solid knowledge of the business behind their art. Itrsquo;s packed with practical informationndash;on everything from what to say in a cover letter to where to stand when performing in agentrsquo;s officendash;including:bull;How to craft a winning theatrical reacute;sumeacute;bull;The most effective ways to join the performerrsquo;s unionsbull;Tactics for getting an agentbull;Strategies for finding work in the theater; on daytime television; and in independent filmsbull;Navigating the different customs and cultures of New York and Los AngelesOrsquo;Neil has updated Acting as a Business to keep up with the latest show-business trends; including how best to use the Internet; making this new edition no actor should be without.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. There Are Better Alternatives To This BookBy thirdtwinToo narrow in scope and shallow in coverage- even the title is deceptive- there have always been alternative even underground comics from the very beginning of the medium- with its pinnacle as far as variety and availability reached in the 1960s. Is there anyone interested in the medium who hasnt heard of R Crumb by now or the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers for example? I guess its all in how one defines alternative? The point is; its not an emerging literature it was always there since the early pulp books/magazines and maybe before that. More archival and contextual research is needed.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The origin of what we came to call the Direct ...By BLBComicsThe origin of what we came to call the Direct Market is when Print Mint took Zap Comics national back in 1968.10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful BookBy Ian GordonHatfield has written a very good account of the formal qualities of the comic art form. He deals with the interaction between visual and textual elements in comics at a theoretical level not previously broached. His work shows how these qualities play out in comics creating narratives and meaning for their readers. Having delineated these qualities he then sets about a formal reading of specific works in chapters 3 to 5. In these chapters he addresses both the cultural context of alternative comics and their formal aspects. His central argument is that comics need to be reconsidered in socio-historical and aesthetic terms. While acknowledging comics lowbrow origins he points to the emergence of alternative comics and shows that they offer new ways of understanding fiction and readers engagement in constructing meaning.Given that Hatfield is arguing for a greater complexity to the comic art form than is popularly ascribed; and that this requires an interpretative language and theory; his work is direct. Theory of this sort often drifts into abstract language and complex abstractions. Hatfield avoids this pitfall grounding his work in description of comics. Hatfield also addresses broader issues than the simple formal aspects of these comics; or what might in other works be called their literary quality giving a broader context to his work.
