What is Show Business?
Show Business is the term that is used to describe the putting on of entertaining performance for consumers to enjoy. Show-business can be a brutal business for actors and actresses. For starters, there is a great deal of competition with other actors. There is lots of rejection, as actors audition for different acting jobs. There are scammers; people who attempt to swindle money from actors or their parents. And, there are people in the industry who try to take advantage of actors, sometimes sexually. The Areas of Show Business There are many different areas for actors to get into the business. There are extras, or background performers, voice-overs, theatre, commercials, television shows and movies, to name the main ones. Extras Movie extras, or background performers, are actors and actresses who usually don’t have a speaking role, and instead, perform in the background of a scene to give the illusion that a scene is real. Extra work is great for beginning actors looking to gain expe
