Although appearing in a TV commercial isn\u2019t \u201cmodeling\u201d\u00a0(it\u2019s \u201cacting\u201d), it\u2019s a logical and common cross-over for models.
\nThe majority of commercial print models are also professional\u00a0actors. That serves two purposes: acting is a supplemental
\nincome for when there is a flat spot in modeling, and acting skills\u00a0are very helpful in modeling. Print ads are usually little slices of a\u00a0make-believe situation, and the model needs to be able to portray\u00a0a realistic role in that situation. Acting helps.
\nTV commercials are the only area of professional acting\u00a0where lots of training and skill are not necessary. Acting classes
\nare advisable for any model, especially a commercial model who\u00a0wants to get into TV commercials. But all you need to get started\u00a0is a short course on auditioning for TV commercials, which\u00a0shouldn\u2019t take more than a weekend and a small amount of\u00a0money. \u00a0Your model agency might have a TV commercial (or \u201con\u00a0camera\u201d) division or you may need to be listed by a talent agency\u00a0which specializes in commercial work. Most model agencies,\u00a0even those with exclusive contracts, will allow this kind of dual\u00a0representation, although a few will not.\u00a0Because Promotional Modeling and TV Commercials are\u00a0outside what is normally considered modeling, we will discuss\u00a0them in less detail than the more accepted forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although appearing in a TV commercial isn\u2019t \u201cmodeling\u201d\u00a0(it\u2019s \u201cacting\u201d), it\u2019s a logical and common cross-over for models. The majority of commercial print models are also professional\u00a0actors. That serves two purposes: acting is a supplemental income for when there is a flat spot in modeling, and acting skills\u00a0are very helpful in modeling. Print ads are usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":13838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166],"tags":[2219,2217,2220,2218,2216],"class_list":["post-13837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guide","tag-acting-skills","tag-majority-of-commercial-print-models","tag-professional-acting","tag-professional-actors","tag-tv-commercials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13837"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13840,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13837\/revisions\/13840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/map.model.world\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}