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How to Get Your Listing Approved — Fast!

Our member's safety is our number one priority so we often need to ask for extra information to verify a casting call before it goes live on site.Sending us this information up front will mean we can get your listing live more quickly, and who doesn't want that?How to be a Model on Expert Tips ?.To Verify Your Listing, Here's 5 Things we Might Ask you for:1. Links to your workSend us links to your previous work such as your IMDb profile or professional portfolio.2. Your company websiteThis should feature your physical address and contact details.3. An email from your company email addressIf you're Sarah from 'Awesome Films R Us' and you have a company email address, send us an email from modelfactory.in to confirm your association with the company, rather than your Gmail.In your email, please quote the listing number and let us know if you use a different email address for your ModelFactory profile. This will mean that we ...

22 Jul 2020
Models

Are you wasting the most important 30 Seconds of your audition?

Are you wasting the most important 30 Seconds of your audition?Reel Scene trains actors how to audition, cold read and teaches them about the realities and mechanics of the industry through seminars led by industry professionals. The Reel Scene also prepares actors on the course to showcase their talent in front of agents, casting directors and directors for an opportunity of representation.Want to know a secret about connecting with Casting Professionals in the audition room? It often happens before the audition even begins.5 Questions You Should Ask When Working as an Influencer.Just as you’d learn the script before an audition, you should also rehearse what you’re going to say about yourself before the audition starts!When I run through hot seating exercises at Reel Scene, (asking the actors general questions as a casting director may do, about themselves, acting or the character they are playing) I’m always surprised how many actors stumble thr...

20 Jul 2020
Models

Are there any costs involved? | model factory

For TalentIt's free to create a basic profile using a Trial Membership, and trial members can apply to some listings for free. To apply for unlimited jobs on site, appear in our Talent Directory, enhance profiles or applications, get priority access to listings and more, members need to select one of our paid membership options, which are about the cost of a fancy coffee a month.We don't take a commission or charge booking fees on work booked through our site.We rarely place listings where there is a fee payable to the Casting Professional upon application, but if we do, this will be stated upfront on the listing – for example, an entry fee for a beauty pageant.For Casting ProfessionalsIt's free to place a listing, and to contact anyone who has applied to that listing.If you would like your listing to be promoted in the search results, you may pay a small fee for this – you'll be offered this opportunity during the ‘place a list...

20 Jul 2020
Models

11 tips to get an acting agent and land jobs | model factory

11 Tips to get an Acting Agent and Land JobsWe hear from the team at the Film and Television Institute of India(FTTI) on their advice for actors looking for, and dealing with an agent. Here are the answers to everything you're dying to know!What's the best way for an actor to approach an agent?How an actor should approach an agent will depend on the agent's preferred method. First up, you should go onto the agency website and see if there are any submission instructions there. While hard copy letters used to be the norm, most agencies (FTII included) now accept representation requests via email. Be sure to follow their instructions exactly, and if in doubt, make a brief phone call. Do not contact an agent via social media, it looks very unprofessional and will simply be ignored.It is also very important that your email to them is professional and polite. This is a job application and you should be using appropriate language and checking your spelling. Rememb...

20 Jul 2020
Models

5 Questions You Should Ask When Working as an Influencer | Model Factory

As an Influencer, you'll often know way more about the different social media platforms and posting options than the casting professional or brand that hired you. For this reason, it's important that you put your best foot forward so you're more likely to get booked time and time again.When working with a brand, make sure you ask the questions below so both you and the people who've hired you are both on the same page from the get-go.Different types of Female Models.1. What are they trying to achieve?They might be looking for exposure, to get more followers for their own account, or have a specific sales target to reach. Knowing what the brand is hoping to get out of working with you means you'll be in a better position to help them achieve their goals. After all, you know your followers better than anyone.2. What channels do they want you to post on?It takes a lot less time to send a tweet than it does to film, edit and upload a YouTube...