Recommended Reading

The following books and websites are recommended by the AMTC as valuable resources.

How to be a Working Actor

If you want to suceed as a professional actor, you want this book!

Acknowledged as the actors’ most comprehensive survival guide since its debut in 1986, HOW TO BE A WORKING ACTOR is now completely revised, updated and expanded to meet the changing needs of the working actor in the new millennium.

According to authors Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers, “The new technology has dramatically transformed the way show business works. Today’s actors need new guidelines for job-seeking. Our book had to focus on the new media, on additional venues and expanded opportunities for employment.

howtobeaworkingactor.com

Breaking Into Commercials

The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Win & Getting the Job

Commercial work is big business, but it is not easy. Competition is fierce. To make it in this industry, you have to be better prepared than the person sitting next to you at the audition. It takes a combination of talent, business savvy, training, the ability to audition effectively, and a lot of hard work. To get to the point where you have the competitive edge, you must invest the time and energy necessary to fine-tune your skills to razor-sharp precision.

Our travels around the country and involvement in the educational development of talent and over thirty-eight years of combined professional experience have given us an everyday, hands-on perspective on what it takes to make it in the business. By collaborating with some of the most respected names in the industry, we have been able to create a complete framework for making a serious move into commercial work.

terryberlandcasting.com/breaking.htm

How To Become A Successful Commercial Model

You see models everywhere, on magazine covers, catalogues, newspaper ads and inserts, billboards, posters, brochures and even on packages in grocery stores and game products. These models are not famous like supermodels, but they can entice you to buy everything from food to shampoo, jeans to health insurance, and earn between $25-$250 an hour throughout North America. These models can be absolutely beautiful or can look like a typical neighbor and friend — and the best part is, unlike fashion modeling, there are no height weight or age restrictions. It is available to everyone.

Have you ever wondered how these people got started in modeling and acting? Do you want to break into a modeling career as a full-time job, or just as a part-time hobby? Now you can learn how to work as a model in an honest, realistic and practical way, taught by someone who has appeared in over 900 projects!

howtomodel.com

The Modeling Handbook: The Complete Guide to Breaking into Local, Regional and International Modeling, 4th Edition

Eve Matheson is a freelance writer, journalist, and author of The Modeling Handbook, a book packed with essential information for both models and parents. Eve has been involved within the modeling and acting world for over 20 years, and her expertise has been gained from an extensive, round-the-world investigative tour in which she interviewed the worldís top modeling agents and scores of other industry professionals. Today, Eve stays in constant touch with industry leaders, gives talks on the business, and frequently judges international modeling and talent competitions.

Available at… amazon.com

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being a Model

You know Roshumba…she’s the six-foot supermodel who hosts VH1 shows and was a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model four years in a row. And if there’s one “role model” in the catty modeling business who can impart savvy advice to wannabes, Roshumba is the cat’s meow! So, don’t give up on your dream yet! Roshumba’s sassy book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Being a Model gives hopefuls the complete rundown on the ins and outs of the runway.

available at… amazon.com

The Complete Professional Audition

A Commonsense Guide to Auditioning for Musicals and Plays

This unique guidebook, by Darren Cohen, gives actors and singers the edge they need to build their confidence and audition to the peak of their capabilities. Chapters include finding the right audition material, how to prepare the material you select, what casting directors look for at auditions, how to control your nerves, what to do before and during the audition, plus many helpful hints on pitfalls to avoid. This is truly an invaluable guide recommended by professionals throughout the industry.

available at… Models Mart

For many books and videos about the industry, visit Models Mart.

models-mart.com

Great Website & Coach in New York City…

Former Millie Lewis Model in Greenville, SC, Lisa Masters, made the jump to New York many years ago. She has been a successful commercial model, actress, and workshop leader. Check out her website,“WorksAsAModel.com”:http://www.workasamodel.com/