{"product_id":"9781780016689","title":"Surviving Actors Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essential, one-stop handbook for actors, with everything you need to survive and thrive, from the team behind the internationally successful Surviving Actors conventions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing an actor is a vocation, but it’s also a real-life job. Talent, determination and passion are vital, but will only get you so far. In addition to developing the craft of acting, actors have to remember that it is a career, and so the business side needs to be taken just as seriously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis manual covers the day-to-day essentials you need to succeed in the industry, with sections that cover:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablishing your personal brand and business plan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting great headshots, showreels, voicereels and a website\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDealing with agents, casting directors and auditions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping your networking skills\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd managing your money\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonest, straightforward, but also empowering, it will help you unlock your potential and focus on being the best, most employable - and, hopefully, successful - actor you can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by the team at Surviving Actors, and drawing on a wide range of other experienced professionals, the\u003cstrong\u003eSurviving Actors Manual\u003c\/strong\u003e is designed to help you develop and sustain your career and to create your own new opportunities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFelicity Jackson and Lianne Robertson both trained as actors. Together they run Surviving Actors, founded in 2009 to help and encourage other actors in all areas of their professional lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300999315696,"sku":"9781780016689","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780016689_p0.jpg?v=1769890109","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780016689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}