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Hollywood Game Plan: How To Land A Job In Film, TV And Digital Entertainment

Hollywood Game Plan is an in-depth, how-to guide for aspiring Hollywood hopefuls. It provides a concrete, step-by-step strategy to land a job in the entertainment industry. It is the first book to provide insights and advice from both sides of the spectrum: seasoned professionals with decades-long success and wisdom, and up-and-coming professionals who were pounding the pavement just a few years ago and share the up-to-the minute strategies that helped them land their first jobs.

Paperback: 284 pages

Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions (March 1, 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1615930868

ISBN-13: 978-1615930869

Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 0.6 x 11.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)

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When I was in Jr. High School, I told myself that I when I graduated from High School, I would take some temp job, raise $3,000 and move to L.A. and give myself three months to find a job and start towards my career of becoming a star.By the time I graduated from High School, Hollywood had moved north to Seattle and I had multiple opportunities to act in films and the thought of going to L.A. soon turned into thoughts of love and marriage and children and...Hollywood went farther North to Canada. Oops.Now the ripe old age of 47, I continue to write and have directed my own film and produced two of my son's films and continue to push towards a career in Hollywood. Albeit from an "older" vantage point.So it was with excitement that I got "Hollywood Game Plan" to see if there was anything I could do to land that job in Hollywood.Ms. Kirschner's book is a great read and thorough to the point of almost absurdity. She touches on any and every job that could possibly be available (except for maybe star dog-walker - but I might have missed that one) in the realm of Hollywood.Besides giving the reader insight into the various jobs available she mixes some basic common sense rules (no typos, dress appropriately, etc.) with multiple "Insider Tips" that punctuate the point she is making. Then each chapter finishes with exercises to get one prepared for the next step in that career focus.From looking for the job, she then highlights what to do when you get that meeting, what to do when you get that job and, sadly, what to do if you end up being let go.Capping the book off is a glossary of Hollywood terms and some great appendices with resource links.

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