You Can Work On Camera: Acting in Commercials and Corporate Films »

John Leslie Wolfe has appeared on Broadway in the original companies of Parade, Passion, Evita, and Sarava and in New York City Opera productions of Brigadoon and A Most Happy Fella. His past and present corporate and commercial clients include Sony, GTE, Xerox, Dodge, General Electric, the IRS, and the USDA.

Brenna McDonough is a professional actor with 25 years' experience. She has worked in commercials and corporate videos in the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles markets. Her clients have included Duncan Hines, AT&T, the IRS, McCormick Spices, Morgan Stanley, Prudential, American Express, and Gorton's Fish.

Although there are hundreds of schools that teach acting, hardly any address work in front of the camera. You Can Work on Camera provides this much-needed training for actors aspiring to work in a range of media, including television commercials, corporate films, and video communications.

More than just a manual of the technical elements of the craft, this handy guide is written to inspire self-confidence and to reduce the self-consciousness that hinders communication abilities. It provides the help actors need to find jobs, with more than twenty pages of dos, don'ts, advice, and wisdom from the authors and seventeen prominent casting professionals, talent agents, film directors, and producers.

Actors of all persuasions will want to read this book: those working on Broadway as well as nonprofessionals, living anywhere, who want to get into the business either as a new profession or as a part of the job they currently hold.

The Audition

Zen and You

Advanced Techniques

Preparation (Is Everything)

In Their Own Words

The Job

Show "Business"

Final Thoughts