As with any showbiz pursuit, it’s important to make a name for yourself. For a budding actress in Los Angeles, a place crowded with budding actresses, the challenge is greater than usual. Your Industry Insider came across today’s profile subject while she was promoting her Younge Hollywood Blast, which was newly nominated for a Shorty Award. We [...]
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It’s a common lament that sometimes the trailer for the movie is better than the movie itself. In some cases, we have today’s profile subject to blame. He edits together promos for some of the biggest blockbuster movies coming out of Hollywood, including this TV spot for SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN. Of course, it’s usually not [...]
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The following is a guest post from Sarah Stockton, an Outreach Coordinator for Voices.com, a site connects businesses with professional voice talents. In the post, she provides background on the state of the industry, and then step-by-step information on breaking into a career in radio. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market [...]
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As those of you pursuing an acting career can attest, one of the main problems in starting out is getting attention for your work. And as casting professionals can attest, finding genuinely talented new talent is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Today, we’re spotlighting a website/web service which aims to solve both of those [...]
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Soon-to-be-graduating Boston University communications student (and “Conan!” intern), Liz Breen, a few weeks ago in her first guest post on YII. Below she provides her thoughts on networking. (Yes, she already has a job lined up and she hasn’t even gotten her diploma!) Networking. Networkingnetworkingnetworking. Your network can get help you get ahead, help you [...]
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Today’s profile subject is relatively early in her career, but she was focused during college and took the opportunity to do several internships in different cities. One of those internships introduced her to the world of casting and she immediately fell in love. Following graduation, a four week on a Food Network pilot turned into 11 [...]
Read More →One of the things regular readers of Your Industry Insider hear a lot is: “Make it real!” This means if you want to be a music manager, find an up-and-coming band and represent them for free in order to get your feet wet and find out if you really like managing a band. If [...]
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At a relatively young age, today’s profile subject has founded (or co-founded) three companies. She credits her second job out of college (which got her into the gaming world) with sending her career in the right direction, but you get the feeling she would’ve gone in the right direction no matter what opportunities presented themselves. [...]
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The following is a guest post by Boston University student and aspiring television writer, Liz Breen, currently interning in Los Angeles. I am an East Coast girl. I grew up in Northern Connecticut, and I study at Boston University. However, I forcibly uprooted myself from the frozen Northeastern ground in early January to thaw out [...]
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Today’s profile subject has adopted an entrepreneurial attitude in his career, a strategy which has been recommended frequently by YII profile subjects, and turned it literally into his own business. As you read his recounting of each step on his career path, you’ll see that he was very deliberate in each opportunity he took, considering what he [...]
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