Apartment Finder: Agents For Acting

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Agents For Acting

Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs. In many cases casting directors, or other businesses, go to talent agencies to find artists they are looking for. The agent is paid a percentage of the star's earnings (typically 10%). Agents sometimes will be referred to as "10 percenters." There are different regulations that govern different types of agents that are established by artist's unions and thehich the agent operates. There are also professional organizations that license talent agencies. Since the decline in viewership in theaters, from the 1950s to 1960s, this caused a monumental shift in how studios would produce films and thus reducing the cost of exclusive and expensive actors.Actors and actresses were working for the studios but were not owned by one major studio entity and so were able to work on within their time and with other studios. Because of this, agents were now seen as a necessity instead of an option.