Spotlight is the home of casting. Spotlight connects performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions around the world. Casting professionals choose Spotlight to cast their projects because performers on Spotlight are recognised as the industry’s best. Actors pay an annual subscription. Once registered, TV Twins can submit you directly from the Spotlight board. IF YOU’RE OVER 18 You may be eligible to join…
Casting Callback is a new UK casting platform that works similar to Spotlight, but is free. In the first 12 months they’ve added 15k actors, 500 casting directors have posted over 5k roles and have 200 agents sign up. In brief, if you join the platform under our agency, we can submit you to any castings you fit the…
A chaperone is a person, licensed under a local authority, who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people. All children under 16 need to be chaperoned by law. If the child will not be with their parent, school teacher or home tutor, they must be supervised by a chaperone approved by the council. Sometimes parents can act as chaperone…
A child performance licence is required for all working children in the entertainment industry. The law applies to all children and young people from birth until the completion of compulsory school in which a child reaches the age of 16. If the job is overseas then an overseas licence is still required up to the age of 18. The person…
An allergy occurs when your body’s immune system sees a certain substance as harmful. It reacts by causing an allergic reaction. Substances that cause allergic reactions are allergens. There are many types of allergies. Some allergies are seasonal and others are year-round. Some allergies may be life-long. It is important to work with your health care provider to create…
We’re getting lots of briefs requesting talent eat certain types of food, so we’ve now added a ‘Diet’ section to your profile – please complete ‘Diet’ under ‘Features’ tab. Here are the most common types of eaters. OMNIVORES An omnivore is a person who eats all types of food. The word omnivore literally translates to “all devour.” These eaters do…
Identical twins are also known as monozygotic twins, and result from the fertilization of a single egg that splits in two. Identical twins share all of their genes and are always of the same sex. In contrast, fraternal, or dizygotic, twins result from the fertilization of two separate eggs during the same pregnancy. They share half of their genes, just like…
Acting Dictionary – All Acting Terms For actors in the business, knowing all the acting terms will prove to be useful, as the acting industry runs on them. When you’re knowledgeable in this area, it shows your professionalism. Therefore, on behalf of our Acting for Beginners Guide, we’re very happy to bring you the biggest online Acting Dictionary / Actors’ Vocabulary with a…
Whether you have done hand modelling before or not, we are often asked for hand models, so unless we already have photos of hands on your profile, we don’t have time to chase this work up. So… Make sure photos are clearly labelled so we know whose hands they belong to! HOW TO TAKE PHOTOS We don’t want hundreds of…
Email clearly labelled pics to media@tvtwins.uk or upload photos to Dropbox. Failing that you can Whatsapp them to us in ONE go please!!
