Advantages of Working With a Talent Agency
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It’s no secret that the film and television industry has its complexities when it comes to getting a foothold in it— especially for directors, screenwriters, actors, and producers who don’t yet have a lot of experience, contacts, or credits in their cache.
For this reason, today we’re going to talk about talent agencies, including their important role within the sector, the advantages of having their support, and the fact that they can benefit any professional who decides to work with them.
- What Is a Talent Agency?
- Advantages of Working With Them
- Agency and Production Company in One: A Success Story
1. What Is a Talent Agency?
A talent agency, within the framework of the audiovisual industry, is a company that acts as an intermediary between specialised technicians of a profession — such as an actor or a director — and professionals who are looking to hire someone with their profile.
In addition, they can fulfil other functions for those who contact them, like advising people on how to run their business or projects, supporting them when it comes to creating their image, or helping them to gain visibility in the market.
In Spain, it’s already common to reach out to them, and the proof is in the different agencies that are distributed throughout the country. However, this way of working is somewhat different to the one used in the US, where the agency profession is the most institutionalised and professionalised. In fact, its market doesn’t have a large number of agencies, but is led by three or four very powerful ones that control most of it.
2. Advantages of Working With Them
It all started with an unmet need, especially in Spain: that directors, screenwriters, and other creatives were looking for work, but had no one to negotiate or mediate for them.
The boom that the market experienced about five years ago as a result of hits such as La Casa de Papel made Spanish fiction series begin to succeed like never before. As a result, the local sector managed to place itself on the international map. More and more calls came for Spanish filmmakers and artists, who were offered jobs with better pay and…
