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Crystal Wright's

Portfolio Building & Marketing Workshop for Makeup, Hair & Fashion Stylists

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For 15 years Crystal Wright has represented some of the top makeup, hair and fashion stylists in the business. Seven times a year in LA, NY, Chicago and Atlanta she shares everything she knows about how to launch and sustain a successful career as a celebrity makeup, hair or fashion stylist. This is one class you don't want to miss. To learn more about Crystal and her Agency visit www.crystalagency.com If working in fashion or entertainment has always been a dream of yours, then you will want to join Crystal Wright, President of the Crystal Agency, and author of The Hair, Makeup & Styling Career Guide for an action-packed 1-Day “Build Your Portfolio and Marketing” workshop for freelance Makeup, Hair and Fashion Stylists. Come and learn first hand how to get photographers to take a chance on you with or without a portfolio. Find out how to tell the difference between good and bad photographers, and which pictures should and should not make it into your portfolio. Hear first hand from agents what they want during our hour-long "Industry Experts" panel. STOP guessing what agents, art directors, fashion editors, and photograhers want in order to hire you for everything from CD covers to fashion editorials and print ads to New York runway shows and music videos. Crystal Wright's "Packaging Your Portfolio" workshop takes the mystery out of working behind-the-scenes in print, video film & TV. This 1-Day class focuses on self-promotion, presentation, negotiation, goal setting, and agency representation for the freelance Makeup Artist, Hair Stylist, or Fashion Stylist. In just one 8-hour day with Crystal, you’ll leave with step-by-step instructions on how to build your portfolio, create comp cards, getting an agent to represent you, how to find the right photographers to test with to build your book, what art directors, editors, producers, and photographers want, and how much to charge for your services. STOP! WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND REGISTER TODAY or call us at (323) 913-0500. There’s a class going on right now in your area. What Questions Will Be Answered? Who's Teaching This Class? What Attendees Say About The Class. Where Will We Be Next? The Marketplace

2007 PYP Workshop

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What Questions Will Be Answered?

Agencies

How many pictures should go in my book before I begin shopping it around to agencies for representation?
How and when to present myself to agencies.
Tell me again why I can't have more than one agent?
What an agency really wants to see in my portfolio before they’ll sign me.
What to do if I don’t get signed the first time I interview with an agency?
How many agencies should I interview with?
How much will an agency take out of my check for commissions and expenses?
Which agency will best suit my needs?
Can have more than one agent?

Self Promotion

How do I choose the right pictures for my book and comp (promo) card.
Where can I purchase a custom portfolio. . . . .at a discount, and why it's better than an art store portfolio?
Where can Ihave an inexpensive, well done promo card printed?
What is the best format for my card, and what size should it be?
Who should I send my comp card to, ––at record companies, ––at ad agencies, ––at magazines, ––at production companies, ––for runway shows?.
How many pictures I should use on my promo card.
How do I choose the right pictures for my portfolio to succeed in the market I am working in?
How can I use the Internet for exposure, lead generation & testing?

Presentation

What should make it into my portfolio?
What do people mean when they say that I should have stories in my book?
The difference between assembling a portfolio for film and television vs. print, video and TV commercials.
How to create a flow in your book.
Your Resume: Print vs TV. The differences, and why?
How do I create a painless Internet presence and get my pictures and resume working for me on the web?
How do I present myself and my book to photographers, producers and art directors to get work?
What are decision-makers looking for in my book. . .you mean it’s NOT always my favorite photo!

Testing

Where I can find the RIGHT photographers to test with. . . . . .and what’s the difference anyway!
The importance, value and fun of working for free.
The secrets of getting photographers to test with me even if I don’t have any pictures in my book.
Where to find like-minded peers to collaborate with.
How many FREE jobs should I do and when to pull the plug.
How can I find a good fashion stylist to pull clothes for the shoot?
How can I find good hair and makeup artists to make my clothes look good for the shoot?
Why you should NEVER pay a photographer to test.

Photographers

Why not just any photographer will do.
How to spot a truly great photographer and know when the guy with 3 polaroids in his book is better than the one with a book full of photos.
How to get a photographer to set up an appointment with me.
How to spot a flaky photographer.
How to tell the difference between a head shot guy and a photographer with the potential to take me to VOGUE!

Compensation

How much I should expect to get paid when working on a music video, CD cover, fashion editorial, catalogue, TV commercial, sitcom, feature film or runway show.
How long should I wait for my checks and what’s a voucher
When and how to raise my day rate.

Goal Setting

How to STOP being paralyzed by the size of my dream to become a famous hair, makeup or fashion stylist?
Plan to Work and Work the Plan. Learn Crystal’s secret for chopping my goals into manageable bite-sized pieces. . .
How to take responsiblity for my success.
The true meaning of Luck.

The Sky is NOT the Limit

How too aim high and miss rather than aim low and make it.
What the portfolio of a $2,500+ per day freelance stylist looks like, what makes them GREAT and how you can be great too!

New York Panelists: Hair Stylist Alan Mautino; Celebrity Makeup Artist Monifa Mortis, and her agent Ernest Montgomery

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