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The biggest concern I get from new actors entering the industry is ‘where do I find reputable training that will help expedite the process’.
Who can I trust?
I get lots of inquiry around this. People see these amazing advertisements that promise the world. They come into your State and create the hype only to leave you wanting and without delivering on the promises they made. My suggestion is to be trained by seasoned professionals that have a consistently high reputation and are STABLE. Not fly by night groups that you never see again.
I have personally worked with the coaches below and they are top of the line seasoned professionals that have been in the industry for decades. They are based throughout the country and offer their services online so you can be trained from anywhere in the world. This is comprehensive training for actors, models and voice-over artists that want to learn all aspects of the industry from the business side to the craft side.
The US Talent Academy serves talent throughout the USA and worldwide to English speaking talent, offering their group classes online. Parents of up and coming actors are also loving this option because they are taught the right way from the start. You have weekly instruction, assignments to complete, full support by the coaches, step by step curriculum to boost the learning curve and certifications that are recognized nationwide.
As a casting director, I need to see that you know what you’re doing when it comes to self-taping. If you are not self-taping at a professional level you often won’t get seen by the client. This is so disappointing but is an honest truth. It is frustrating for actors, especially when you put so much effort into self-taping. But remember, Casting Directors see a lot of self-tapes and they need to trust that you know the industry standards.
If you are starting out as a new actor – Certification 1 & 2 is the best place to start and will teach you about these important industry standards, expectations, industry lingo, types of headshots, branding, castability, and styles of acting, so you can hit the ground running. The coaches care about your career growth and are very supportive!
Graduates from the US Talent Academy appear in the following productions:
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Freelance Coaches for Private & Group Learning
Joseph Batzel
Private Film Acting Coach
Joseph A. Batzel was born in Pittsburgh, PA, and traveled worldwide to accompany his father on military assignments. His exposure to the world created a desire for his interests in the performing arts.
He attended Brigham Young University on a theater scholarship and was eventually introduced to film and television production. He auditioned and was accepted into the first complete film conservatory training program by emmy award-winner Tad Danielewski. In his extensive training, he was able to take master classes from icons in the industry, such as Frank Capra and Martin Rhitt.
In his educational experience in film and television, Joseph had leading roles for productions sold and aired by PBS.
He graduated from BYU with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Theater and Cinematic Arts.
After graduation, he became an educator and was represented as an actor with TMG in Salt Lake City.
In his forty-plus years in the industry, he has been an actor, director, casting director, and associate film producer. He also collaborated with Vicky Johnston in establishing a film academy for actors in Salt Lake City.
He has been the CEO of his own film company and the founder and CEO of his non-profit company for the preservation of the Arts.
He has participated in over 250 major projects in the stage, film, television, and voice-over industry.
Joseph has performed over 100 voice-over projects, including corporate, documentary, television, radio, animation, and audiobooks.
He has presented numerous seminars in film acting and voice-over for conferences throughout the US.
Presently he works as an adjunct faculty for Utah State University and is an independent professional film acting and voice-over coach.
Mr. Batzel resides in northern Utah with his wife Alice, a published playwright, journalist, and freelance writer.
Email contact: narration@josephbatzel.com
Linda Bearman
Voiceover Instructor & Private Coach
Linda Bearman is a VO coach with experience as a VO actress and even more so, as a VO talent agent in Los Angeles at SBV Inc., where she represented and directed voice actors with varying degrees of experience including countless Hollywood celebrities. Over the years, Linda helped launch some of the industry’s most successful voiceover artists. Upon relocating to Utah, Linda co-founded, owned and operated TMG, Inc. in it’s first decade of business. Hanging up her agents hat granted her the ability to fulfill her colossal love of talent development by mentoring and coaching actors privately and en masse through workshop instruction. Linda has guest directed and taught classes in the world of academia. She also loves collaborating with world class professional colleagues in presenting invigorating and comprehensive seminars. Linda was honored to have been selected as a judge for the 2021 SOVAS Voice Arts Awards and continues her participation in vibrant Voiceover and Acting communities.”
Email contact: lindavoiceovercoach@gmail.com
Charla Bocchicchio
Private Acting Coach
Charla Bocchicchio is a busy working actress with a lifetime of experience. She had her start in theatre and moved to on-camera work in the last 15 years. Winner of the Best Lead Actress / Utah Film Award in 2018 for her performance in Glass Cages, Charla has appeared in many films, TV shows, web series, commercials and industrials. Highlights include: Yellowstone, The Chosen, Blood & Oil, Check Inn to Christmas and Alien Country. Some of Charla’s favorite projects have involved comedy and improvisation, which she adores.
She trained at UCB in LA and has enjoyed working on many successful viral internet ads with Harmons Brothers, Cricket Wireless, PooPourri and more. In addition to her acting work, Charla is also a highly sought after acting coach. She has been teaching and coaching actors for well over 25 years now and enjoyed a few wonderful years as the lead youth teacher for award-winning studio, Keep It Real Acting in North Hollywood. Her teaching and acting style focus on listening and reacting honestly in each moment, being fully present, vulnerable and emotionally available and open to whatever the scene/story brings out in you. Charla has become the go-to audition coach for Utah actors as well as actors from LA while working here on location, needing a professional self-tape.
Charla is also a published author, with a recent memoir, My New Normal, which chronicles her first year of coping after losing her only daughter to a fentanyl overdose in 2016. She lives in Salt Lake City with her husband, John and their adorable golden doodle, Zoey.
http://www.imdb.me/charlaactor
Contact:
205-532-0244