For todays blog, I thought Id explain some common industry terms.

1. Comp card (composite card): a models business card that contains valuable information such as height, age, weight, shoe size, clothing size, eye and hair color, body shot and head shot. It also contains your agencys information in case you are considered for booking.

Comp cards are crucial for a models career as they attend auditions and meet with important casting agents. It is common for agencies to have a fee to get your comp cards done upon registration. However, it is more of a career investment.

 

2. Go see: if you watched Americas next top model, you are familiar with this term whether your in the industry or not. A go see is essentially a model and client meeting to give a good first impression and to look through the models portfolio to see if the model has potential or not. If the go see goes well, and the client is impressed with the model, this could lead to future of work for the model.

3. Call time: this basically means the time you are required to show up for work.

4. Cold reading: for actors, this means having to read a script for the first time at an audition with no preparation or memorization.

5. Free lance: modeling or acting independently with no representation. This is not recommended as an agency is there to protect you from scams, makes sure you get paid in full, finds you work constantly and looks out for your best interest. Being independent is risky especially if you are a beginner.