So you want to be a TV presenter? : discover your TV-presenting potential-- and launch a new career /: discover your TV-presenting potential-- and launch a new career. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathryn Wolfe ; foreword by Chris Tarrant.
• Other Names: Wolfe, Kathryn
• Contents: Cover; Title page; Contents; Dedication; Foreword by Chris Tarrant; Introduction; Before you start; Part One -- Why?; Why now?; Why me?; Why presenting?; Part Two -- What?; What makes a good TV presenter?; What are the differences between presenting and acting?; What are the similarities between presenting and acting?; What is 'being you'?; What if you get nervous?; What is good posture?; What can you do to relax?; What is correct breathing?; What eyeline should you have?; What is good diction?; What kind of energy do you need?; What should you wear? What if you are grey, wrinkly, mature or overweight?Part Three -- How?; How to talk to camera; How to talk to time; How to memorise scripts; How to write scripts; How to present in studios and on location; How to present live and recorded programmes; How to walk and talk; How to read from a prompt without looking like you are reading; How to work with in-ear talkback; How to interview; How to do vox pops; How to present on shopping channels; How to be a children's TV presenter; How to do 'makes' and 'demos'; How to be a weather presenter; How to present for different screens. How to cope with on-air disastersPart Four -- Getting a Job; Where to train; Create a presenting CV; Create a showreel; Where to find presenting jobs; What happens in presenting auditions; What happens in presenting interviews; Getting an agent; What a producer is looking for; How to be a one-take wonder; Part Five -- Top Tips and Troubleshooting; Epilogue; The professionals speak. . .; Appendices; Resources; Short, timed scripts; Checklists; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Other Titles in the Series; Copyright Information.
• Publisher Details: London : Nick Hern
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 198 pages)
• Subjects: 791.45028023; Television personalities -- Vocational guidance; Television announcing -- Vocational guidance; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Television announcing -- Vocational guidance
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1780010575; 9781780010571
• Related ISBNs: 9781848420625; 1848420625
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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