Product Description

A definitive handbook and comprehensive directory for novice and working extra performers in the entertainment industry, this annual guide delivers practical, objective advice on how to navigate the world of extra work, from getting jobs to getting paid. There's also a near-exhaustive listing of current casting directors and how best to get work from them. Written in a conversational yet straightforward style, this manual boasts easy-to-understand explanations of union contracts, labor laws, and heavily researched listings of questionable companies to look out for. Including an extensive reference guide containing glossaries, maps, and many useful phone numbers, this book is designed to aid the performer in having a positive experience in the industry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #300462 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 560 pages

Review
"The most complete and concise handbook to get started as an extra and stay working as an extra in L.A." -- DeeDee Ricketts, extras casting director

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Customer Reviews

Dont believe everything you read
The book is good, well worth the money for a beginning background actor. Use the phone numbers and addresses and general info but do not believe the 'reviews'. The company is not well respected in Hollywood. Just because they imply one company is good and another is bad does not make it true. Check out other books on the same subject as well as this one. It is worth buying but just don't believe everything you read.

Best there is
I worked as a background player (Extra) for the first 3 years of my retirement. Without "Extra Work for Brain Surgeons: A Hollywood OS Directory" by Angela Bertolino I would have been lost. This book is the best book ever written for those who want to be in the movies and don't know how to do it. You DO get your money's worth and more with this Informative and great book.

GREAT PRIMER FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
I recently read the entertainment directory titled "EXTRA" WORK FOR BRAIN SURGEONS. This guide has it all for anyone who wants to get started in the entertainment industry by doing extra work. They help you avoid the scams and actually help you find legitimate work on real film and TV sets, many of the big-budget ones too. This is a really useful handbook for anyone wanting to break in to show business. And the author, ANGELA BERTOLINO, has a pretty interesting story: She started writing and self-publishing the book because she was scammed out of thousands of dollars trying to "make it" in Hollywood. She set out to disseminate the information she wished she had had access to when she was starting out.