Commercial Art

Practical filmmaking tips, tricks, and philosophies specific to the art and craft of directing commercials for television and the web. Filmmaker Jordan Brady has directed more than 1,000 spots and shares his insights from more than 20 years filming for advertising. 

New York City, 1977. Cool and crime-ridden, cheap and wild. Bruce Van Dusen shows up in town with a film degree and $150 to his name. He wants to make movies. So he does. The only ones anyone will pay him to make? Little ones. Thirty seconds long. Commercials. He has no idea what he's doing, and the money sucks. But he's a director. He quickly learns he has the two things he needs to succeed in the fickle world of commercial-making: a talent for telling short, emotional stories, and the hustle to fight for every job no matter how small.

Discover the songwriting technique used in 97% of all hit songs. Music is a tough industry to break into. With production gear being affordable for the first time in history, it seems like everyone is making music these days. Getting noticed in the continuous stream of information that is the Internet seems almost impossible. But: There is a technique designed specifically to captivate and hook an audience and with The Addiction Formula, you can learn it in a couple of hours.

Authentic Commercial Voiceover gives aspiring voice actors the tools they need to master commercial copy, helping them realize their dreams of becoming a full-time voiceover talent.

Voice actors across the globe rely on commercials as a good source of income, but success in this area of the voice over industry can be tricky. VO talent need a strong understanding of the many elements involved in delivering captivating, original commercial reads. Commercial Voice Over Strategies: Tell a Story, Land the Job is the answer. Veteran voice talent Chris Agos walks you through a step-by-step way of ensuring your reads will resonate with talent buyers.

Cosmopolitan.com editor Amy Odell takes listeners behind the stage of New York's hottest fashion shows to meet the world's most influential models, designers, celebrities, editors, and photographers. But first, she has to push her way through the crowds outside, where we see the lengths people go to be noticed by the lurking paparazzi, and weave her way through the packed venue, from the very back row to the front.

Jonathan Goldsmith has many answers to that question. For years he was a struggling actor in New York and Los Angeles, with experiences that included competing for roles with Dustin Hoffman, getting shot by John Wayne, drinking with Tennessee Williams, and sailing the high seas with Fernando Lamas, never mind romancing many lovely ladies along the way. However, it wasn't all fun and games for Jonathan. Frustrated with his career, he left Hollywood for other adventures in business and life.

Commercial$peak! is a must for anyone who does or is considering doing voiceovers, broadcast commercials, or narration. Five of America's foremost television and radio commercial voice talents share coaching tips and new techniques on auditions, interpretive copy delivery, voice demos, and unique promotional strategies. Plus, top names in the business share secrets for producing a killer voice demo, preparing a winning audition, finding and working with the right agent, stretching your voice and enhancing your delivery range, and developing your signature voiceprint.

Six-Figure Fast Lane for Real Estate Agents: The Art of Converting and Keeping Clients for Life is a practical guide for real estate agents who want to skyrocket their income and build a thriving business by mastering the art of client conversion and retention.

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How to Make a Living as a Commercial Actor includes 10 absolute acting musts and top tips for being a successful commercial actor.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for each of the bands.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the following bands: The Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, The Band, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, The Chambers Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Spirit, Vanilla Fudge.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for each of the bands.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the following bands: Donovan, Joni Mitchell, Monterey Pop Festival, The Beach Boys, Traffic, The Velvet Underground.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the following bands: Canned Heat, Janis Joplin, H.P. Lovecraft, The Byrds, The Doors, Steppenwolf, Jethro Tull, Ravi Shankar, Bob Seger System.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the following bands: George Harrison, Nazz, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Booker T. & The M.G.'s, The Steve Miller Band, Three Dog Night.

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the following bands: Blind Faith, Bee Gees, Iron Butterfly, Johnny Rivers, Neil Diamond, The Ventures, Jan & Dean, and The Stooges.

This fascinating audio program includes actual radio commercials from the 1960s for the band.