Here is a guide to starting out with K Talent.  Please work your way through it and let me know if you have any questions.

Please advise Spotlight to move you onto our client list as soon as possible, ask to have my name as your representative

Please send me a copy of your CV. 

If you do not know your vocal range and do not have a current singing teacher, you can check your range here: http://www.vocaforum.com/showthread.php?t=2985

Please email me the jpegs of the main headshots you use

Please send at least 15 copies of your 10x8 headshots into the office for postal submissions. http://10x8prints.com do cheap repros.

We ask that you please keep your CV and spotlight page fully up to date and add any upcoming or recent work to the ‘currently appearing in’ section on Spotlight.  Spotlight is your ‘shop window’ so please make sure you have all your skills and abilities listed so that we can tailor your submissions carefully and sell you as best we can to casting directors.   Adding a showreel and/or vocal demo’s area distinct advantage also.

The agency is on Twitter https://twitter.com/KTalent_Agency

If you are a full member of Casting Call Pro/Dancers/Singers Pro, please list us as your agent.

Please regularly let me know of any dates that you are fully unavailable, so that I can put them in the diary so we do not submit you for castings when you are unavailable.

After castings, please give me a call to let me know you attended how you got on

Singing Teachers:Scott Harrison – scottjohnharrison@hotmail.com  - 07776118474Dance Attic, £40 per hour's lesson. The Joint in Kings Cross, £45 a lesson. The Music Rooms in Marylebone, £55 a lesson.  Private teaching days are Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays

Leontine Hass – at Associated Studios http://www.associatedstudios.co.uk/site.asp?siteID=1&ID=27

Mary King – office@marykingvoice.co.uk

Mark Meylan

Paul Farrington - http://www.paulfarrington.org/

Gareth Ellis – 07866 572 445

Colin Billing (good for rep and audition prep) - 07940 540318

Singing demo’sMark Dalton -  07834270883.

If you need new headshots, I recommend the following photographers:http://www.nicholasdawkesphotography.co.uk  Nic offers our clients £10 off a shoot and an additional retouchhttp://www.mugphotography.co.uk/ Agency Discounted Rate - £225.00http://www.pndphotography.co.uk/ Agency discounted rate - £100 – quote AGENT101http://www.stevelawton.comhttp://www.carolinewebster.co.uk/  Caroline offers 10% off her standard rates for K Talent clientshttp://www.brandonbishopphotography.com/http://www.fatimahnamdar.dphoto.com/http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/view.php?uid=69007 - Shambhalahttp://www.clairegrogan.co.uk/http://www.johnclarkphotography.com/Ryan at www.americanphotography.info 1 Look Shoot - £40

Showreels:

There are essentially three ways to get a showreel together, if you don’t already have one

1. Edit together any footage you already have. You can either do this yourself – if you have the inclination or outsource the job. K Takent can refer you to a preferred editor on request

2. If you don’t have enough quality footage to use you will need to gain more. The best way to do this is to do Short Films. Whilst you will be submitted for appropriate jobs here, there are certain institutions that respond better to actors approaching them directly. These are, amonst others:

MET Film School, London Film School, Ravensbourne and Norwich University of the Arts

Additionally there are a number of casting websites that you could subscribe to to allow you to access jobs not put out on Spotlight. These include:

Casting Call Pro, Mandy.com, Shooting People and StarNow

3. Pay for a completely bespoke Showreel to be written, filmed and edited for you. There are many companies who offer this service but, at this point, there are none we would personally recommend.