My Career Interests
Actress & Model
Actress : Career Description
- Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing. An actor (actress for a female; see terminology) is a person portraying a character in a dramatic or comic production; he or she performs in film, television, theatre, or radio.
Skills Needed For Acting
- Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively. - Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. - Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. - Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. - Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. - Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. - Speech Clarity
The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. - Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. - Memorization
The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. - Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Acting Tasks
- Study and rehearse roles from scripts in order to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
- Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
- Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other in order to develop role interpretations.
- Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
- Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
- Attend auditions and casting calls in order to audition for roles.
- Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements in order to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
- Work with other crewmembers responsible for lighting, costumes, makeup, and props.
- Sing and/or dance during dramatic or comedic performances.
- Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances.
- Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
- Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies.
- Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions.
- Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences.
- Introduce performances and performers in order to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events.
- Manipulate strings, wires, rods, or fingers to animate puppets or dummies in synchronization with talking, singing, or recorded programs.
- Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences.
- Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants.
- Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.
Most Common Work Activities
Wages
Actors make different amounts of money depending on their director and movie. The amount ranges from 1,000 too 1,000,000 dollars. If you have a important director and a movie thats going to be really big, then your salary will be big.