Hiring Actors
Choose Your Actors
You don’t need to hire a known actor to pitch your product. Some of the best people for the film will probably be members of the organization for which you are doing the project. Actual people who are related to the product or service in some way will be
genuine, authentic, and fun. Using members of your company or even the company CEO is also easier on the checkbook!
If you are camera shy or don't have anyone in your business that can or is good on camera you might want to hire a Professional Actor:
The pool of hired actors available includes theater and media students from the local high school or college and local theater groups; and of course professional actors. You may also want to consider voice talent if your video has a lot of narration. The voices you use in your video can make it wonderful or dull, so if you have someone else narrate your video, and choose someone with a good voice without a mumble or monotone.
You may be able to find voice talent is at your local community or college radio station, and it probably won’t cost you an arm and a leg either. If you decide to use actors, you may find http://www.sag.org to be a useful site. Community college digital video students.
Craigslist: http://craigslist.org, eLance: http://www.elance.com
Now, if everything I've mentioned seems like a lot of work, and you just don’t feel up to the task, you may want to hire a camera operator or have a Video Production handle it. When you hire someone, you might want to have a clear script ready for them, complete with their words and action so that they know exactly what to do.
Now that you have a solid game plan for creating your video, let’s start shooting!
You don’t need to hire a known actor to pitch your product. Some of the best people for the film will probably be members of the organization for which you are doing the project. Actual people who are related to the product or service in some way will be
genuine, authentic, and fun. Using members of your company or even the company CEO is also easier on the checkbook!
If you are camera shy or don't have anyone in your business that can or is good on camera you might want to hire a Professional Actor:
The pool of hired actors available includes theater and media students from the local high school or college and local theater groups; and of course professional actors. You may also want to consider voice talent if your video has a lot of narration. The voices you use in your video can make it wonderful or dull, so if you have someone else narrate your video, and choose someone with a good voice without a mumble or monotone.
You may be able to find voice talent is at your local community or college radio station, and it probably won’t cost you an arm and a leg either. If you decide to use actors, you may find http://www.sag.org to be a useful site. Community college digital video students.
Craigslist: http://craigslist.org, eLance: http://www.elance.com
Now, if everything I've mentioned seems like a lot of work, and you just don’t feel up to the task, you may want to hire a camera operator or have a Video Production handle it. When you hire someone, you might want to have a clear script ready for them, complete with their words and action so that they know exactly what to do.
Now that you have a solid game plan for creating your video, let’s start shooting!