Child Performance Licence – explained

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…

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Types of Allergies

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…

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Types of Diet

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…

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Types of Multiples

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…

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Acting Terms

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…

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Could I be a Hand Model?

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…

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Upload Passport

All talent will need to provide a copy of their passport. Take a photo of the full photo pages as pictured, and name them: “Firstname Lastname (passports).jpg”. Upload to your profile, or email pics to media@tvtwins.uk Passports are preferable, but if you haven’t got a passport, you can upload a birth certificate or driving licence.

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HOW TO Take a decent Headshot

We don’t expect professional headshots from everyone, but we do expect you putting in a little effort to get them looking decent. Your MAIN HEADSHOT needs to be in landscape (wide 4:3) mode, not portrait or square! Here’s a helpful video on how to take passport photos on your phone! Take a selection with various natural facial expressions, and upload to your profile, or email pics to…

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What Headshots do I need?

If you don’t have headshots, we won’t be able to submit you for any work at all. Photos don’t have to be professional, just recent, well-framed and well-lit (see HOW TO TAKE A DECENT HEADSHOT)… As you can see from our website, a performer’s main headshot is LANDSCAPE (4:3 wide), but we also require gallery pics as 4:3 or 3:4 (landscape or portrait), so if…

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