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From: submit@impossiblecasting.com | Profile Link - Member 199728
Subject: OMP Referral for Josephine - ID#359321
Date: Mon-Jan-2009
Hi Josephine,
I saw you on one model place and I thought you may be interested in our Editorial casting for Details Magazine. We're shooting with Bela Borsodi (
www.belaborsodi.com) who is an incredible photographer.
You can check out our work at impossiblecasting.com in the print section.
If your not interested in this kind of work we completely understand.
Thanks,
Craig Lechner
Impossible Casting
122 West 26th St
NYC 10001
212.255.3029
Type: Editorial Print
Client: Details Magazine
Shoot Location: NYC
Shoot Date: Jan 8th
Photographer: Bela Borsodi
Casting: C. Lechner & M. Wulf, Impossible Casting NYC
Pay: $500 plus 20% for 8 hour shoot.
*Artistic Nudity Required*
We need make sure the model is very comfortable being nude and having
objects placed on here. There will be no fall frontal and no nipple showing in the
magazine, but they must be comfortable posing on set. NYC Talent Only.
High Fashion Photographer Bela Borsodi brings his unique spin on men's
fashion accessories to Details Magazine, using the female form as his
landscape. Please see
http://www.belaborsodi.com for examples of Bela's
work.
TYPE: FEMALE, ANY ETH, 18 to 35. Perfect body, Beautiful Face, Must be very
comfortable with Artistic Nudity on a closed set.
To submit: Please e-mails Head/Body shots plus a snap shot. Include in
submission Height, Weight and measurements.
EMAIL TO: submit@impossiblecasting.com
SUBJECT: ATTN Bela Shoot
My name is Eddy Jean Philippeaux, (French) for short I call myself "Eddy Jean" not be confused with any other Eddy Jean that are out there, I have spent 10 years in the U.S. Air Force in Washington,DC
I LIKE TO THINK THAT I AM A TALENTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER WHO LOVES TO SHOOT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OR MODELS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE FRIENDS OR YOU ARE INTERESTED IN US WORKING TOGETHER, DO NOT BE SHY, PLEASE DO LEAVE ME A MESSAGE OR TAG ME, THANKS A LOT FOR REVIEWING MY WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
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I like to work with a model who is not so inhibited by that I mean, who will not get between me and the creation of great and beautiful work, I love to work with an exciting model and I have tried to show that it is not the garment that makes the model but the reverse is true and that a good model can make anything look very exciting; I also do the make up and the styling, have a small beautiful wardrobe, attended four years at FIT, Fashion Design, I shoot accasionally for the top agencies in New York City since 1991, ID Models, Next and Elite Models and others. I work with freelance models because they are more flexible in many ways including their schedule and I can also help them secure work and contracts with agencies all over the world through people I network with. I shoot a model because I like her looks, friendship and personality and that form a basis for us working together"
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Seeking beautiful female models for paid assignments or/and TFCD and possible referral to commercial print advertising and top modeling agencies in the New York City area, Paris and Milan. You must be willing to shoot very edgy fashion and glamour, lingerie artistic style type of photography. As a model you need to understand a lot about the human figure and its movement, in fashion, I suggest researching the fashion croqui. I like models that that have an open mind to creativity and not be limited to the cliches of the past. The work will be extremely artistic,fashion and tasteful such as shown in the work samples displayed here.
(French)
Mon nom est Eddy Jean Philippeaux, (français) pour court je m'appelle « Eddy Jean » n'est pas confondu avec aucun autre Eddy Jean que sont dehors, j'ai passé 10 ans dans l'Armée de l'air américaine à Washington, DC que j'AIME PENSER QUE je SUIS UN PHOTOGRAPHE DE MODE DOUE QUI AIME TIRER LES BEAUX MODELES DE OU DE FEMMES ET SI VOUS AIMERIEZ qu'Etats-Unis POUR aient ETE DES AMIS OU VOUS ETES INTERESSE DANS LES Etats-Unis TRAVAILLANT ENSEMBLE, ne PAS ETRE TIMIDE, S'IL VOUS PLAIT ME PARTIR UN MESSAGE OU M'ETIQUETTE, REMERCIE BEAUCOUP REEXAMINER DE POUR MON TRAVAIL ET ATTEND AVEC IMPATIENCE ENTEND DE VOUS. « J'aime travailler avec un modèle qui n'est pas si gêné par que je signifie, qui n'obtiendra pas entre moi et la création de grand et beau travail, j'aime travailler avec un modèle passionnant et j'ai essayé de montrer que ce n'est pas le vêtement qui fait le modèle mais l'inverse est vrai et qu'un bon modèle peut faire n'importe quoi paraît très passionnant ; Je fais aussi le forme et le style, avoir une petite belle garde-robe, assisté quatre ans à la CRISE, la Conception de Mode, je tire accasionally pour les premières agences à New York depuis 1991, les Modèles d'ID, Modèles Prochains et d'Elite et d'autres. Je travaille avec les modèles de travailleur indépendant parce qu'ils sont plus flexibles dans beaucoup de façons y
compris leur plan et je peut les aider aussi obtient le travail et les contrats avec les agences partout dans le monde par les gens que je forme un réseau avec. Je tire un modèle parce que j'aime ses regards, son amitié et sa personnalité et cela forme une base pour nous travaillant ensemble » **********************************************
Cherchant les beaux modèles de femelle pour les tâches payé ou/et TFCD et la référence possible aux caractères commerciales font de la publicité pour et le sommet modelant des agences dans le secteur de Ville de New York, Paris et Milan. Vous devez vouloir tirer la mode et l'éclat très anxieux, la lingerie type de style artistique de photographie. Comme un modèle vous avez besoin de comprendre beaucoup de la figure humaine et son mouvement, dans la mode, je suggère préparer le croqui de mode. J'aime les modèles que cela a un esprit ouvert à l'imagination et n'est pas limité aux clichés du passé. Le travail sera extrêmement artistique, la mode et de bon goût comme montré dans les échantillons de travail a affiché ici.
(Spanish)
Me llamo Eddy a Jean Philippeaux, (francés) para corto yo me llamo "Eddy a Jean" no son confundidos con cualquier otro Eddy Jean que están allí, he pasado 10 años en la Fuerza aérea de EEUU en Washington, DC que QUIERO PENSAR QUE SOY UN FOTOGRAFO TALENTOSO de MODA QUE ADORA DISPARAR HERMOSAS MUJERES O MODELOS Y SI USTED QUERRIA que EEUU SEA AMIGOS O USTED ES INTERESADO EN EEUU que TRABAJA JUNTOS, no ES TIMIDO, POR FAVOR ME DEJA UN MENSAJE O ME ETIQUETA, MIL GRACIAS PARA REVISAR MI TRABAJO Y la MIRADA DELANTEROS OIR DE USTED. "Quiero trabajar con un modelo que no tan es inhibido por que significo, que no conseguirá entre mí y la creación de gran y hermoso trabajo, yo adoro trabajar con un modelo emocionante y yo he tratado de mostrar que no es la prenda de vestir que hace el modelo pero el revés es verdad y que un modelo bueno puede hacer nada mira muy emocionante; Yo también hago el hace y la estilización, tiene una hermosa pequeña guardarropa, asistió cuatro años en ATAQUE, Diseño de Moda, yo disparo accasionally para las agencias primeras en la Ciudad de Nueva York desde que 1991, Modelos de identificación, Próximo y Modelos de Elite y otros. Trabajo con modelos independientes porque ellos son más flexibles en muchos sentidos inclusive su horario y yo también los puedo ayudar aseguran el trabajo y los contratos con agencias
por todo el mundo por personas con que yo hacer contactos. Disparo un modelo porque quiero sus miradas, la amistad y la personalidad y eso forman una base para nosotros trabajando juntos" **********************************************
Buscando hermosos modelos de hembra para el o/y pagado de tareas TFCD y referencia posible a publicidad comercial de impresión y cima que modelan agencias en el área del Ciudad de Nueva York, París y Milán. Usted debe estar dispuesto a disparar moda y encanto muy nerviosos, la ropa interior tipo artístico de estilo de fotografía. Cuando un modelo que usted necesita para comprender mucho acerca de la figura humana y su movimiento, en la moda, yo sugiero investigar el croqui de moda. Quiero modelos que eso tiene una mente abierta a la creatividad y no es limitado a los clichés del pasado. El trabajo será muy artístico, la moda y de buen gusto como mostrado en las muestras del trabajo demostró aquí.
(Italian)
Mi chiamo Eddy Jean Philippeaux, (francese) per breve mie chiamo Eddy" "jean non è confuso con qualunque altro Eddy Jean che sono fuori lì, ho speso 10 anni negli Stati Uniti. L'Aviazione in Washington, DC che AMO PENSARE CHE SIA UN FOTOGRAFO DI MODA DOTATO CHE AMA SPARARE BEI DONNE O I MODELLI E SE LEI AMEREBBE il che gli Stati Uniti ESSERE DEGLI AMICI O LEI È INTERESSATO NEGLI Stati Uniti LAVORANDO INSIEME, non È TIMIDO, MI PARTE PER FAVORE UN MESSAGGIO O MI ETICHETTA, RINGRAZIA MOLTO PER RIESAMINARE IL MIO LAVORO E LO SGUARDO INOLTRANO PER SENTIRE DA LEI. "Amo lavorare con un modello che non è così inibito da che significo, che non prenderà tra me e la creazione di grand'e bel lavoro, amo lavorare con un che l'eccitando modello e ho provato di mostrare che non è il capo di vestiario che fa il modello ma la retromarcia è vero e che un buono modello può fare niente guarda molto eccitando; Aggiusto anche la marca ed il disegna, ha un bel guardaroba piccolo, ha assistito a quattro anni alla MISURA, il Progetto di Moda, sparo l'accasionally per le superiori agenzie in New York da 1991, i Modelli di ID, Prossimi ed i Modelli di Elite e gli altri. Lavoro con i modelli di libero professionista perché sono più flessibile in molte maniere includendo il loro programma e posso aiutarli anche ottiene il lavoro ed i contratti con le
agenzie in tutto il mondo attraverso le persone io rete con. Sparo un modello perché amo i suoi sguardi, la sua amicizia e la sua personalità e ciò forma una base lavorando per noi insieme" **********************************************
Cercando i bei modelli di femmina per il o/e di incarichi pagato TFCD ed il riferimento possibile alla pubblicità di stampa commerciale e la cima modellando delle agenzie nell'area di New York, Parigi e Milano. Lei deve essere disposto a sparare la moda molto affilati ed il fascino, la biancheria intima tipo di stile artistico di fotografia. Come un modello che lei deve capire molto della figura umana ed il suo movimento, nella moda, suggerisco per fare ricerche sul croqui di moda. Amo i modelli che ciò ha una mente aperta alla creatività e non è limitato ai cliché del passato. Il lavoro sarà estremamente artistico, la moda e di gusto come mostrato nei campioni di lavoro ha mostrato qui.
(Russian)
Меня зовут Эдди Жан Филиппо, (французский язык) для короткого я называю меня "Эдди Жаном" не быть смущенным с любым другим Эдди Жаном, которые являются там, я провел 10 лет в американских Воздушных силах в Вашингтоне, округ Колумбия, я ЛЮБЛЮ ДУМАТЬ, ЧТО я - ТАЛАНТЛИВАЯ МОДА ФОТОГРАФ, КОТОРЫЙ ЛЮБИТ СТРЕЛЯТЬ КРАСАВИЦ ИЛИ МОДЕЛИ И ЕСЛИ ВЫ ХОТЕЛИ БЫ, чтобы США БЫЛИ ДРУЗЬЯМИ, ИЛИ ВЫ ИНТЕРЕСУЕТЕСЬ американским СОТРУДНИЧАНИЕМ, НЕ БУДЬТЕ ЗАСТЕНЧИВЫ, ПОЖАЛУЙСТА ОСТАВЬТЕ МЕНЯ СООБЩЕНИЕМ ИЛИ ПОМЕТЬТЕ МЕНЯ, БОЛЬШОЕ СПАСИБО ЗА ТО, ЧТОБЫ РАССМОТРЕТЬ МОЮ РАБОТУ И С НЕТЕРПЕНИЕМ ЖДИТЕ, ПОЛУЧАЮТ ИЗВЕСТИЕ ОТ ВАС.
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Я люблю работать с моделью, кто столь не запрещен этим, я подразумеваю, кто не будет добираться между мной и созданием большой и красивой работы, я люблю работать с захватывающей моделью, и я пробовал показать, что это не предмет одежды, который делает модель, но перемена верна и что хорошая модель может заставить что - нибудь выглядеть очень захватывающим; я также делаю составление и моделирование, имею маленький красивый платяной шкаф, посетил четыре года в ПРИГОДНОМ, Мода Проект, я стреляю accasionally для главных агентств в Нью-Йорке с 1991, Моделях удостоверения личности, Затем и Элитных Моделях и других. Я работаю с внештатными моделями, потому что они более гибки, разными способами включая их список, и я могу также помочь им обеспечивать работу и контракты с агентствами во всем мире через людей, с которыми я передаю. Я стреляю модель, потому что я люблю ее внешность, дружбу и индивидуальность и ту форму основание для нас сотрудничание"
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Поиск красивых женских моделей для заплаченных назначений или/и TFCD и возможного направления к коммерческому рекламированию печати и главным агентствам моделирования в области Нью-Йорка, Париже и Милане. Вы должны желать стрелять очень острую моду и очарование, дамское белье артистический тип стиля фотографии. Как модель Вы должны понять много о человеческой фигуре и ее движении, в моде, я предлагаю исследовать моду croqui. Я люблю модели это, которые имеют открытое мнение к творческому потенциалу и не быть ограничен клише прошлого. Работа будет чрезвычайно артистической, мода и сделанной со вкусом, типа показанного в образцах работы, показанных здесь.
(Japanese)
ｫ?????ｻMy name is Eddy Jean Philippeaux, (French) for short I call myself "Eddy Jean" not be confused with any other Eddy Jean that are out there, I have spent 10 years in the U.S. Air Force in Washington,DC I LIKE TO THINK THAT I AM A TALENTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER WHO LOVES TO SHOOT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OR MODELS AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE FRIENDS OR YOU ARE INTERESTED IN US WORKING TOGETHER, DO NOT BE SHY, PLEASE DO LEAVE ME A MESSAGE OR TAG ME, THANKS A LOT FOR REVIEWING MY WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
" 私がモデルを扱うのが好きである 誰 でない とても抑えられている それで 私 意味する 誰が私と大きな美しい仕事の創作の間に着かない 私が刺激的なモデルを扱うのが大好きで、モデルを作るのが衣服ではないが、逆が本当で、良いモデルが何にでも非常に刺激的に見えさせることができることを示そうとした； 私が同様に型式を修理する そして デザイン 小さい美しい衣装を持っている ファッション・デザイン1991年(IDモデル)以来の私がトップの機関のためにaccasionally にニューヨークを撃つFITの出席された4年 次 そして エリートのモデルと他。 スケジュールを含めて多くの方法でのそれらがより柔軟で、同様に仕事と私がネットワーク化する人々を通じての世界中で機関での契約を確保するのを手伝うことができるので私がフリーで仕事をする人モデルを扱う で。 彼女の見栄え、友情、及び人格が好きであるので、私はモデルを撃って、一緒に働いてそれは私たちの根拠を形成する」 **********************************************が支払われた任務のために美しい女性のモデルを捜して or/and 商業的であるプリント広告とニューヨークエリアのトップモデル作成機関、パリとミラノ、に、 TFCDと可能な参照 あなたが非常にいらいらしているファッションと魅力を撃つことをいとわないに違いない ランジェリー 写真の芸術的なスタイルタイプ。 ファッションcroquiを研究して、「モデルとしてあなたは人間の桁とその動き(流行している)についてとても理解する必要があります」と私は提案します。 私がモデルが好きである それが創造性に偏見のない心を持っていて、過去の決まり文句に限られていない。 仕事が非常に芸術的で、ここで表示された仕事サンプルで示されるようにファッションと趣味がよいそのようであること。
(Portuguese)
Me chamo-me Rodamoinho Jean Philippeaux, (francês) para curto chamo-me "Rodamoinho Jean" não é confundido com qualquer outro Rodamoinho Jean que somos lá fora, eu gastei 10 anos nos EUA. A Aeronáutica em Washington, DC que eu GOSTO DE PENSAR QUE SOU FOTÓGRAFO COM TALENTO DE MODA QUE AMA ATIRAR MULHERES BELAS OU MODELOS E SE GOSTARIA DE EUA SER AMIGOS OU SÃO INTERESSADOS EM EUA TRABALHANDO JUNTO, NÃO É TÍMIDO, POR FAVOR DEIXA-ME UMA MENSAGEM OU ME ETIQUETA, AGRADECE MUITO PARA REVISAR MEU TRABALHO E OLHAR ADIANTE OUVIR DE VOCÊ. "Gosto de trabalhar com um modelo que tão não é inibido por que quero dizer, que não receberá entre mim e a criação de grande trabalho belo, eu amo trabalhar com um modelo animador e eu tentei de mostrar que não é a peça de roupa que faz o modelo mas o contrário é verdadeira e que um modelo bom pode fazer algo parecer muito animador; Eu também faço o compõe e o estilo, tem um guarda-roupa belo pequeno, assistiu quatro anos em TAMANHO, Projeto de Moda, eu atiro accasionally para as agências superiores em Cidade de Nova Iorque desde que 1991, Modelos de identificação, Próximo e Modelos de Elite e outros. Trabalho com modelos por conta própria porque são mais flexíveis de várias maneiras incluindo seu horário e eu também posso ajudá-los segurar trabalho e contratos com agências no mundo inteiro pelas pessoas
eu ligo em rede com. Atiro um modelo porque gosto de seus olhares, amizade e personalidade e isso formam uma base para nós trabalhando junto" **********************************************
Procurando modelos belos de fêmea para designações pagos ou/e TFCD e possível referência a publicidade comercial de impressão e topo modelam agências na área de Cidade de Nova Iorque, Paris e Milão. Deve estar disposto a atirar moda muito angulosa e encanto, lingerie tipo de fotografia artístico de estilo. Como um modelo que você necessita entender muito sobre a figura humana e seu movimento, em moda, eu sugiro pesquisar o croqui de moda. Gosto de modelos que isso tem uma mente aberta a criatividade e não é limitado aos clichês do passado. O trabalho será extremamente artístico, moda e de bom gosto tal como mostrado nas amostras de trabalho exibiu aqui.
http://www.musecube.com/eddyjean
http://www.myspace.com/eddyjean02
http://portfolios.models.com/eddyjean/
http://www.ujenatalent.com/masters/10989.html
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT WITH WITH ME, SEND ME AN EMAIL AT eddyjean01@yaoo.com WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR MODELMAYHEM NUMBER
*****Available for work in the following categories:*****
Fashion, Glamour, Beauty, Portrait, Fashion Shows, Events. Entertainment, Fine Art, Swimsuit, Lingerie, Location Assignments Photography, Films, High Fashion, Editorial Magazines Assignments, Commercial Print Advertising, Swimsuits, Fashion Catalogues, Ready To Wear,Sportswear, Events/Parties Photography, Portraiture/Executive, Models Portfolios, Ad Campaigns, Modeling Agencies, Supermodels, Model Composites/Portfolios,Album Covers, Celebrities, Digital Photography, High Resolution, Erotica, Figure, Fine Art Nude.
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MODELING BOOKS:
Below are four(4) books that will help you compete your way
in the modeling industry all the way to the top, and all these books are available online; just need to google the title and follow the link.
"So do you wanna be a model, yeah?
All you got to do is show up, wow!"
-GoGol Bordello
1. Catwalk: Inside the World of the Supermodels (Hardcover)
by Sandra Morris (Author)
2. Model
The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women
By Michael Gross
3. Wilhelmina Guide to Modeling (Paperback)
by Natasha Esch (Author), C.L. Walker (Author)
4. Vogue Beauty (Paperback)
by Kathy Phillips (Author)
Glamour Models
There is a common misconception among many aspiring models that a "glamour model" is one like they see in the pages of "Glamour" magazine. Sorry, those are fashion models or commercial models.
A glamour model may do many kinds of work, but all of them are based on the fact that she is pretty and attractive (unlike a fashion model, who may not be pretty, or commercial model, who may not be either pretty or attractive).
Some of them do promotional work: things like appearing in a bikini at a boat show, or in bars or special events to represent a liquor distributor. Some do "cheesecake" print work, such as appearing in magazines which appeal to a male audience, adorning the product which is the subject of the magazine (such as cars, motorcycles and the like) or appear in calendars. Many do nude work in magazines, videos, for artists, or in the growing field of web site content.
The market for non-nude glamour models certainly exists, but it is rarely something that a model can make a living at, and generally does not pay as well as other modeling work. The vast majority of glamour models who do not do nudes will have no more than a very few appearances in print, and virtually all of them are in New York, Miami or Los Angeles.
The requirements for being a "glamour model" are different from being a fashion or commercial model - generally any attractive woman with an appealing body can qualify. Preferred age varies by the type of job, but is generally from 18 until the late twenties. Some glamour models have successful careers into their thirties, but they almost always became known prior to that.
There are a very few specialized agencies which handle glamour models, but they exist only in a small number of cities. Very few glamour model jobs are booked by agencies. Some agencies do handle promotional or trade show assignments, but other types of assignment generally are booked in other ways: through personal contacts, direct advertising and hiring by the client or photographer, and more recently, through the internet. It is very common for a model to get such jobs through self-promotion of one sort or another, direct to magazines, clients or photographers. A growing number of them also are getting work through the internet, using on-line model referral pages or modeling forums.
Location
This is the single most important thing needed to be successful as a model. You need to be where the jobs are!
It’s possible (remotely possible, not likely) that you may be flown to a job at client expense some day. It happens. But it only happens after you have been selected for the job – and that takes place where the client and the market are. For "fly to" jobs, that is almost always a major market city like New York or Los Angeles.
Here’s how it typically works:
Clients call agencies and tell them what their requirements are for upcoming jobs. The agency matches those requirements against the people in their files, and selects the models they think are likely to be chosen for the job. The comp cards or portfolios for those people are sent to the client, who then selects the models that he actually wants to see – and those people then go on a “go-see” or “casting”. Sometimes the first part of this process is omitted, and agencies simply have their models “go see” the client. There can be as few as one and as many as hundreds of models at these go-sees, and usually a considerable majority of them sent out by their agencies won’t be selected for the job. This is a competitive business, with lots of competitors and, at any given moment, few winners.
You don’t get paid to go to castings, go-sees or auditions, so a great deal of a model’s time is spent on things like go-sees that don’t actually make them any money. And nobody pays your expenses to get to these things, either. That may be OK for someone that lives in the area and can afford to take time off from whatever else they do for an hour or two. But it is simply impossible for someone who lives in Ohio, Texas or even Maryland to commute to these things hoping that they will get a job. The economics don’t work.
If you are going to be in the commercial or fashion modeling business you have to live within a reasonable commuting distance of the marketplace. We generally advise no more than 50-60 miles away, and even that makes pursuing a modeling career very difficult.
If you want to stay home, and home is more than 100 or so miles from where the work is, an agency can’t do much for you.
Investment
Modeling is a business, and like all businesses requires investment by you. These investments may be in time and effort or in money, but you cannot hope to be successful as a commercial model without making them. At a minimum, you will need to invest in the following:
1. Pictures The single most important thing you need is good pictures, in the proper style, to represent yourself. You may find qualified photographers who will shoot you at reduced or no cost, but that is by no means assured. Generally, models must be prepared to spend several hundred dollars at the beginning of their career, and to invest more on a regular basis to keep your “book” or “comp card” updated. Some models (typically young women) may find that they can get pictures done free or for greatly reduced rates, but all models should be prepared for the likelihood that they will have to pay for pictures. Often what you get for free serves the needs of the photographer, not yours. It is relatively rare to find a good photographer who is willing to shoot commercially useful pictures for free.
2. Comp Cards/Headshots Your agency will need photos of you that they can send to casting directors – and they won’t get them back. So you must have printed “composite” cards (for commercial and fashion models) and/or “headshots” (for actors/actresses). “Comps” may run $80-$200 or so; headshots should cost $50-$100. A model can start with only a printed headshot, but a comp is much preferable as soon as enough good pictures are available.
3. Self-presentation skills We discourage models from taking “modeling classes” – they are not required and often are counter-productive. Still, a model should have a good basic understanding of makeup and wardrobe, and may require some guidance on posture and other self-presentation issues. There are a variety of ways to get these things, some relatively inexpensive, and some costing in the hundreds of dollars.
4. “Bag of tricks” Even though many assignments will have professional makeup artists and stylists to prepare you, some will not. You must have the materials and skills to do your own makeup in a variety of styles, and a wardrobe and shoes appropriate to basic modeling situations. You can reasonably expect that these things, if you do not already have them, may run to several hundred dollars or more, depending on how much you wish to invest in flexibility to easily take a wide variety of assignments.
5. Modeling Skills Although we do not recommend “modeling schools”, agencies and clients do want models to have extensive experience in front of a camera. The best way to get this is, quite simply, to do a lot of shooting. Ideally this should be with a photographer who is skilled at working with models in commercial or fashion style shots. Still, any kind of experience is helpful, and even shoots with relatively new photographers often help you gain self-confidence and posing skill.
6. Advertising You need to get your pictures in front of photographers, art directors, casting agents and others that make hiring decisions. It used to be that your agency would assist you in this by including you in the agency headsheet book that is mailed to such people. Now it is more common to use an agency website as well as promotional mailers. As is customary in the industry, agencies must recover its costs from you for these promotional items. Depending on the degree of promotion of you that the agency does, the cost to you may run from $75-$700 per year. Each agency has its own policies on these services and costs.
7. Communications This is a fast-paced business. If your agent can’t find you quickly, you may well lose a job that could pay you thousands of dollars. There are a variety of solutions that models use: cell phones, beepers, good answering services – but one or more of these is necessary to a successful modeling career.
8. Living Near the Market This is a very expensive item, but also a critical one. Fashion models often must relocate. We do not advise commercial models to move just to be a model – but if you aren’t within an hour or so of the market city, it is very difficult and expensive for you to compete for jobs.
In all cases above your model management company should be prepared to help you decide what you may need to do to be successful and to advise you on appropriately qualified vendors and sources. A true “agency” may not in some cases – it’s outside the scope of their duties.
Height and Body Type
Barring a miracle you need to be 6 feet (for men) or for women 5’10” tall, give or take an inch to be a fashion model. But commercial models are the majority of models in this country, and they can be a much wider variety of heights and shapes. We have found that female “petites” of 5’6” and above generally find ready acceptance in the marketplace. A few very exceptional women of 5’4” and above can get work, but it is much harder. Those shorter than that can work only very rarely in the commercial market, except for Asian models, who can be much shorter.
For the most part, models need to be thin. There are exceptions. "Plus models" are fashion models who meet the normal criteria for fashion models in all ways but one: they are dress size 10 to 18 or so, and they have a toned, proportionate body with about ten inches difference between waist and hips. In addition, in some cities there is work for heavier models (up through plus and XL sizes) as Fit models, but this is a very limited, technical specialty. Fit models can also be shorter than normal fashion model requirements.
Commercial models can also be heavier than the "slim" normal. For older models (40+) an extra 10-20 pounds or so is generally acceptable. At all ages there is also some limited work available for "overweight" models, who tend to be more "character" types.
Attitude
Being a model is like any other job – you have to bring the right skills and attitude to it. Without that, you are doomed to failure. Among the things that help make for a successful career:
1. Self Discipline. You have to be able to get to go-sees, shoots, jobs, meetings and appointments, in good condition and able to perform. If you can’t do that, people will find out very fast, they talk to each other and they remember.
2. Commitment. Modeling requires sacrifice of time, resources, effort and giving up other things you could be doing that you may enjoy. You can’t just hang out and wait to do jobs when called – you have to spend a lot of effort and perhaps significant money preparing yourself for work as a model.
3. Ability to get along with others. Models have to work with photographers, art directors, clients, makeup artists, agency staff and other models. All of these people and others influence which jobs you get and don’t get. Any of them may be able to keep you from getting work, even if you are the person with the best “look” for the job. And all of them talk to each other. If you are abrasive, obnoxious, rude or just someone they don’t like to work with – you won’t get much work. In the long run, people tend to hire people that they like to work with, and you are trying to get hired all the time.
4. Self Confidence. No matter what you really think or feel inside, you must show that you are confident in your ability to be what the client needs you to be. Self doubts need to get left at the door of the go-see or studio.
5. Teamwork. Modeling can be a lot of fun (as well as a lot of hard work). You may find that you are the center of attention, people fluttering around you all day, the object of constant praise, and made up to look like something you only hoped you could be. At times like that it is very difficult to remember that this isn’t about you. It’s about what the client needs, and you are there to be just that. If you look the best you have ever looked, and that isn’t what the client wants, you have failed. As a model you are playing a role, and you need to be what the role calls for, not what you want to be.
Looks
Your “look” is not nearly as important as location and attitude.
Are you surprised that looks aren’t at the top of the list?
Is your “look” important in getting you work? Of course it is. In fact, when you show up at that go-see with your book, it’s the single most important thing that will determine success or failure at that moment. You have to look like what the client wants to hire.
But that just means that once you have the other things that are needed for success, “looks” is the tiebreaker. It’s the other things that really count. If you didn’t live where you needed to so you could show up at the go-see, it wouldn’t matter what you looked like. If you didn’t have the commitment to invest the time and money in pictures, comps, a decent wardrobe and self-presentation skills, it wouldn’t matter what you looked like. And if you didn’t have the discipline to get a good night’s sleep the night before, get up early, prepare yourself and arrive on time, it wouldn’t matter what you looked like. In all of those cases you would be disqualified from competing long before a client ever saw you.
Now, given that, what do you need to look like? Well, in the fashion world that’s pretty well understood. Tall, very thin, beautiful (maybe not pretty, but beautiful) and you have a shot. But “commercial models” generally have a different look. Clients and agencies usually want what is referred to as “generic good looks” by type of appearance: soccer moms, executives, doctors or whatever fits the role that the client is casting for in that ad campaign.
A good commercial model is a commodity: able to fit any number of roles – because that is what the client is buying: a person to fill a role. Actors can be excellent commercial models because they can easily take on the “look and feel” of the person that is to be portrayed.
Commercial models don’t have to be “beautiful” – and many of them aren’t, although they tend to be more than just “good looking”. A commercial agency always wants to have some “traditional models” (meaning young, very attractive women) in their group because that tends to attract the attention of clients to an agency. But it is the others – children, older men and women and “character” models, in all ethnic categories – who do a large percentage of commercial modeling work.
“Being Discovered”
We’ve all heard the phrase: aspiring models, just waiting to “be discovered.” The notion is that they can hang out, doing whatever they do, and someone will come along, spot them in the crowd, pluck them out of their hum-drum day-to-day life and suddenly they will be “discovered” and on their way to modeling success.
The worst of it is that once in a while, once in a very, very long while, something like that really happens. When it does it happens to fashion models, not commercial models, and it is a very rare event. Models aren’t “discovered,” they work their way through the system very much like you do in any other job.
But in another sense, the more successful models are “discovered.”
It is a great benefit to a model’s career if someone (or several someones) takes an interest in them, sponsors them and chooses to give them opportunities in preference to other people who could have gotten those chances. Photographers and art directors like to work with people they know, like and have had pleasant experiences with. Agency staff chooses who to send on jobs, and who to recommend to clients in preference to others in their agency who may be equally qualified. There are lots of models, few jobs by comparison, and choices have to be made. It is human nature in all of business for those choices to go to friends and people we like, and in the subjective world of modeling it is all the more true that personal relationships can make or break a career.
Models should always take advantage of opportunities to gain that kind of sponsorship from people with influence in the industry. Virtually all of the most successful models have used “sponsors” to achieve their success.
Required Marketing Materials
Pictures are everything! A great majority of jobs are initially cast by casting directors, art directors or photographers, who typically sort through submitted headsheets or comp cards to select the models they want to hire.
As a model you need pictures that present you in the best possible light. But they also must be in the style that casting and art directors are accustomed to seeing from professional models. From fashion agencies they will expect to see "fashiony" shots in a contemporary style. From commercial print agencies they will expect to see shots in “commercial” style for most jobs, although for some work “fashion” or “theatrical” style pictures are appropriate. With a few exceptions, “glamour” style pictures are not appropriate. Classic “portrait” style, senior photos and snapshots are not acceptable for professional modeling work. You must choose photographers who are skilled in the particular style that is needed in your market. If you do not have adequate pictures already your agent will assist you in finding qualified photographers.
Commercial print agencies generally want models who are experienced, ready to work, and have the marketing materials they need before they are represented by the agency. In that regard they are different from fashion agencies, which generally will throw away most or all of the portfolio pictures, comp cards and headsheets that aspiring models bring to them, and start from scratch.
Commercial Print Models
The bare minimum needed to market you is a headshot similar to those used by theatrical performers. If all you have is one really great picture, that may be what you use at the beginning of your career. (Note: new fashion models sometimes start with no more than simple polaroids taken by their agtency. But they need to change that as rapidly as possible. The fashion clients are heavily influenced by pictures.
If you are going to be a model looking for fashion or commercial print work, you should have a printed composite card that can be sent to potential clients. Typically “comps” are 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, printed on card stock, and double sided. They normally contain a good head shot on one side, three or four other pictures on the reverse, and your stats and agency contact data. Most agencies prefer pictures to be mostly color, but will accept good-quality B&W comps. The agency will probably need at least 50 copies of your comp card in their files. Normally comp cards are updated as you get better pictures or tear sheets that can be included on them, so it often isn’t necessary to print more than 100-150.
If you already have an acceptable comp card it will help greatly for a commercial agency to immediately market you. Fashion agencies and most small market agencies will require you to have a card produced under their guidance. If you do not have a card, but have good quality pictures of the right style, the agency can assist you in finding printers who can produce quality comps at reasonable prices in only a few days.
A “portfolio” or “book” is vital for a fashion model, although less necessary for commercial models. In the larger markets pictures should be 9”x12” or tearsheets from published work. In smaller markets 8x10 may be acceptable, but you should check with local agencies to be sure. Some agencies have adopted other sizes for "walkaround" books, while keeping the "main book(s) at 9x12. For commercial models it is helpful if your comp (or portfolio) contains shots of you portraying some of the “types” that get commercial castings, and that are appropriate to your look. If you can look like a doctor, executive, “young mom”, “active retiree”, “character”, or any other frequently requested “type” you should ensure that you have pictures showing you in clothes and a setting, and with the “look” or attitude appropriate to that type. Also if you are planning on being a “body” or parts model your comp should contain a picture of your specialty as well. Some models with an especially strong specialty may choose to have a second comp card printed which focuses on that specialty.
Your agency should advise you on the contents of your comp and portfolio, but a large market commercial agency will often simply accept one (if it is well done) from new models.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Models work in all kinds of environments and settings, frequently under
uncomfortable conditions. They may pose outdoors wearing out-of-season
clothing, hold an awkward position for up to 30 minutes, or stand and walk
continuously without showing signs of strain. The need to follow strict
routines of diet, sleep, and exercise can interfere with a normal social life.
Models who appear in films or television usually belong to the Screen Actors
Guild (SAG), Screen Extras Guild (SEG) or the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), or all. Artists' models may belong to
models' unions, co-ops, or guilds which schedule jobs and negotiate fees.
How to become a fashion model
Working the camera
A large part of being photogenic is to love to be in front of a camera. To be a successful model you have to be a bit of an exhibitionist and enjoy having your picture taken. It is also important to remember that you need to be very relaxed about nudity. "The best models are the ones that really like the job and want to take part in the process," says photographer Dean Thunderwall who works for magazines like Arena, Mixte Mode, and Italian Glamour. "Some models really work with you on the picture, they come to the shoot prepared, they look up references beforehand and have suggestions and ideas. It's more fun to work with someone who doesn't look at the polaroids to check if she looks good, but does it to see the whole picture and try to make the story work." Like with anything else, it's important to find your own niche and know what you're good at. "Many models have found a certain "character" that works for them. Some are really good at looking pissed off, some are really good at being sexy, like Frankie Raider, and some just look really cool, like Kirsten Owen," says Thunderwall. The girls who know how to perform well in front of the camera are also the ones that are most likely to make a successful crossover into acting. Milla Jovovich is a good example of a model who has managed to bring her talent for expressing herself on photographs onto the big screen. She once confided to us that she always tries to "be as real as I possibly can." Perhaps that is the secret.
CAMERA WORK:
BODY + FIRE + TALENT = PROJECTION
MODEL'S PROFILE
PRESENCE + PERSONALITY + PROJECTION + PASSION
= SUCCESS
Presenting yourself
Presenting yourself for clients is an important part of the job. "Many girls make the mistake of trying to look elegant and sophisticated, but they don't have the fashion knowledge to pull that off," says Bodet. "The client wants to see the natural beauty of the model. We try to teach them not to wear make up - except maybe a little blush - and just have clean hair and nice nails." She also recommends dressing simply - jeans and a t-shirt will do - and wear nice shoes with medium high heels. It is of course also extremely important to have a pleasant and professional attitude. However, don't to try too hard to be charming. Clients are generally more impressed by someone who has a take-it-or-leave-it attitude than someone who seems desperate to get the job.
Finding an agency
Most models are recruited by modeling scouts who roam around the country in a tireless search for fresh faces. Models are often discovered in shopping malls, schoolyards, clubs or other obvious places where young people hang out. If you fit the requirements, it's very likely that you will be noticed. You can also send pictures of yourself to an agency. At the end of the article you'll find the addresses of the top agencies in New York and Paris. You're better off sending a few simple photographs than trying to create an expensive portfolio. The simpler the photographs are, the better it is. An agency wants to see a natural face, not someone that's playing dress up and trying to strike supermodel poses. Another way to get signed is to go to agencies's open castings. Call the agencies's reception desks to find out when those are. Although some models have been discovered through model conventions, most schools and competitions is generally a waste of money. You shouldn't have to pay anybody to get access to an agency.
http://www.modelnetwork.com/theagencies/aonline.html
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This link provides the name, address, email address and phone numbers of almost all of the modeling agencies in the world, if you like to send any of them your electronic composite card for consideration:
Note: SEND ONLY YOUR VERY BEST WORK
http://www.modelnetwork.com/theagencies/aonline.html
Full Name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen
Birth Name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bundchen
Birth Place: Tres de Maio, Brazil
Birth Date: July 20, 1980
Gisele Bundchen as born on July 20, 1980. Growing up in Brazil and initially intending on being a volleyball player, Gisel as been acclaimed as the highest paid model in the world. She is currenltyl the face of more than 20 brands from different countries. According to Forbes, she made $33 million... More
Gisele Bundchen as born on July 20, 1980. Growing up in Brazil and initially intending on being a volleyball player, Gisel as been acclaimed as the highest paid model in the world. She is currenltyl the face of more than 20 brands from different countries. According to Forbes, she made $33 million in 2006, currnelty listing her in the Guinness World Records as "world's richest supermodel".
Gisele's debut on the cover the July 1999 edition of Vogue Magazine, and the accompanying editorial entitled, "The Return of the Curve" is widely viewed as marking the end of the fashion's "heroin chic" era. She would grace the cover again in November and December on her way to winning the VH1//Vogue Model of the Year for 1999, and a January 2000 cover shot would give her the rare honor of three consecutive Vogue covers in a row. In 2000 she was the fourth model in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world"
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