Ben+Sutton

Name of job

=Actor=

Three questions I want to answer in my research about this job 1.What qualifcations are needed for this job? 2.How much money can you earn from this job? 3.What are the changes of getting a job as a actor?

The sources I used to find this information. List these in order of usefulness

1.wikipedia
2.www.careers.govt.nz 3.www.mymajors.com

= = =**Things about an actor **=

1. An actor is a person who entertains people by playing a role using body movement and speech. The task and duties of an actor is to audition for a play, televison series or a film then to learn the script, then they will have to rehearse their lines to perform on the night or infrount of the camera. Skills that are needed to be an actor is to be a good speacker, being artistic, being reliable so you can be trusted to the person for the role and also having knowledge about the role you are playing/auditioning.Some personal and physical qualities needed to be a good actor is to be talented, have a good personality, good sence of humour, ready for any physical activity like running or jumping.

2. Related job (s)

To be an actor there is no real qualification to be an actor because all you need to do is to be able to act and sometimes sing. To be an actor you don't have to get a qualification but if you won't to have a better chance of being an actor a school to go to would be to NASDA National Acadamy of Singing and Dancing where they only accept 21 people a year so it is one of NZ best acting schools. Some useful experience for a wonnabe actor is to have some experience acting like a local production or done acting at secondery school. The working conditions for an actor would be long hours including weekend and evening, may go for a long time without work and may travel to work on a film so can be away from the family. The pay for an actor is veried because sometimes there will be work and sometimes there will not be anything. Some related jobs would be producer, director and casting director.

My conclusions about this job

In conclusion I think i would enjoy this because it involves a lot of fun when doing the production. My interest in this job is very high because I have good acting qualities because i can act and acting has always been an interest of mine. Something i would need to improve on would be all the different type of acting there was like comedy to dramatic. This job may get easier for people in New Zealand to make it in Hollywood or Broadway.

By Ben Sutton