February 25, 2009 02:08 PM
So, you have your photos in your portfolio book and you have your comp cards and headshot cards—your tools are in place, now what?
You may have amazing looks and talent but unless somebody sees and really notices you, very little, if anything will happen for you. How do you get that all important “exposure”?
Agents, scouts, casting directors are the people who first see you and form an impression of you in their minds. If you could personally go to a hotbed of modeling, acting, music and print like New York, Los Angeles, or Nashville, it would be great. But, think about it. What would it cost you to go to one of these fabulous places? Who would you go see? Could you get an appointment with anyone at a big agency and actually get to sit down with a person who can get you through the door? Then, how much time would or could such an agency give you to really get to know you and see the depth of your skills and talent?
And what if you needed to “make the rounds” and see more than one agency and go to more than one city . . . or even a half dozen locations across the country?
Gets a bit daunting, doesn’t it? Read More...