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This new edition of Acting in the Million Dollar Minute, the Sequel, provides valuable updates for today's commercial actor. Compiled from thousands of comments from casting directors, ad executives, and producers, it includes guidance on working the product, deciphering the script, beating out the competition, and more.
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Importance of Commercials
Chapter 2: The Slate
Chapter 3: The Top Four Complaints about Your Performance
Chapter 4: Commercial Dialogue
Chapter 5: Basic Commercial Acting Principles
Chapter 6: The Hero
Chapter 7: Why Most Multi-Person Auditions Don't Work
Chapter 8: Multi-Person Commercials
Chapter 9: Openings and Closings
Chapter 10: Playing the Visual Environment
Chapter 11: Basic Camera Staging
Chapter 12: Script Terminology
Chapter 13: How Commercials Are Shot
Chapter 14: That's a Wrap
About the author
Well-known as an actor's director, Tom Logan has successfully written, produced, and directed for many TV shows and feature films, both for the big screen and television. He has directed hundreds of national and international TV commercials. Tom continue to write, produce, and direct in all of these mediums working on multiple TV shows, featured films, and commercials.
He has won multiple awards including various best director and producer awards from prestigious film organizations, as well as for his teaching, workshops, and books.
As an actor, Tom had recurring roles on daytime soaps, including General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, the Young and the Restless, and Capitol. He also had co-starring roles on many prime time TV series and featured films, as well as live theatre, including Broadway.
Tom was an acting coach whose clients included top stars from television, film, top athletes, rock stars, and many other well-known personalities. He has been interviewed on many national talk shows in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, CNN, to name but a few.
Tom's bestselling books include, How to Act and Eat at the Same Time, The Sequel, and Acting in the Million Dollar Minute. He has endorsements from such stars as Lucille Ball, Charlton Heston, Debbie Reynolds, and dozens of well-known agents, producers, directors. Both are required reading in many universities internationally and have rave reviews including the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and many more.
Tom has performed his acting seminars throughout the world for the past 30-plus years.
He headed the TV/Film & Commercial acting departments in Los Angeles at two of the most prestigious acting schools worldwide - the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1981-89), and the American Film Institute (1980-89).
Tom has two sons and resides in Newport Beach, California.
Summary
The third edition of Acting in the Million Dollar Minute provides updates for today’s commercial actor, including the current industry, training, the resumes, unions, contracts, the interview, the screen test, callbacks, pay and working conditions, and a complete list of SAG and AFTRA offices.
