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“ Quiet On The Set... Lights.. Camera.. Action”

 "So, you want to be in motion pictures? Or television? Or theater? Or any visual arts medium?"

This is the dream of many people. It all looks so glamorous up on stage or the big screen. The money seems to be more than ample, the work plentiful.

The truth is that the performing arts is not only hard work, it’s also hard to find. There’s a lot of competition from people with the same dream you have. Much of it can be knowing the right person, securing the important contact, even being related to someone in the business. But much of the success achieved is by being in the right place at the right time. Some of that you don’t have any control over. Other aspects of it you do, and it is here where this concentrates on pointing you in the right direction so that if you have the desire to work hard at the craft, you can work your way up to the level you dream about.

Acting is a tough profession. The finished product may look easy up on the screen, but that’s the deceptive brilliance of the actor or actress. It takes an immense amount of work to play a role and have it look so natural you think it’s easy to bring off. There are hours and hours of rehearsals, take after take of scene shots, a lot of standing around and waiting… in short, anything but what most people think.

It’s also not a question of hopping aboard an airplane and flying out to Hollywood, walking into a studio and checking the auditions list to see what parts you can try out for that day. Acting is an art and there’s much to be learned and experience to be had–– first!