How to approach TV and movie companies for jobs?!
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Jun 10, 2012
Taylor S.
Need help! How would I write and email to people like this. I'm trying to get experience in the industry so I'm willing to work free at the moment. How would I put this without seeming desperate?
Jun 11, 2012
Lauren C.
A. Never offer to work for free on a project where someone else is ultimately going to profit off of it. The more you offer to work for free, the less professional it makes you look, and you'll forever brand yourself as the "free" or "cheap" girl which makes it REALLY hard to raise your pricing or even start charging later on.
B. I've found that production companies will email you. I've never found luck in randomly emailing production companies to see if they want to hire me. I started getting tv/film work just by establishing myself and eventually those companies would seek me out.
Jun 13, 2012
MiMi A.
What Lauren said makes sense. But Lauren, how much can a person starting out in commercial/ tv / movie makeup charge? Or how much could they get paid?
Jun 20, 2012
Candace C.
Saying you will do a job for free won't get you hired. Understand that they pay fees for the location, the camera crew, the craft food services, the talent...all of that adds up to a lot of money. Saying "i'll do it for free" just says that you don't know what you are doing and you might mess up the shoot. Even if you know what you're doing, people won't take the chance to possibly loose money on a shoot because the talent looks bad.
If you have no experience in doing makeup for TV or video then get it by doing makeup for some student films and videos to get the experience. Production companies want to SEE video of your work. That's how you get hired.
Oct 3, 2012
Editorial P.
Production Companies come to you, you RARELY go to them. Second most companies have sites you cant find (seriously) ...when I started doing bigger productions I had to sign up for IMDB Pro... Last, they get tons of emails from ambitious/aspiring Crew members, they usually trash them (I worked for a few so I would know)...
Be patience and build your portfolio !
Oct 5, 2012
mallory w.
I agree w lauren all the way. Also try to go to networking events, makeup shows, film festivals ( i've gotten some great contacts that way and even a few jobs) and put yourself out there. Make a professional website or online portfolio buisness cards and get yourself out there.
Oct 6, 2012
Shelley W.
I don't know what city you're in but every major city has a makeup artist & hair stylists union. Los Angeles Local 706 Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists is a union. Major TV and movie houses go to union before reaching out to freelance. Once you get your union card its your calling card to get work. Cold calling is frowned upon and the gatekeepers won't even bother taking down your information.