A - Z OF MODELLING 4 - MODELLING TERMS EVERY MODEL NEEDS TO KNOW

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MAKEUP ARTIST: Applies and changes makeup for photo sessions, fashion shows and films.

MARKET WEEK: When seasonal clothing lines are shown to buyers. This occurs 4-6 times per year.

MARKET, JOB MARKET: Any location where there is a lot of work.

MISSES: A women’s clothing size. In department stores, misses is adult women, petite is small women and junior is child-teen women.

MODEL AGENCY: Represents models for employment and receives a percentage of the bookings.

MODEL BAG: A large tote in which you carry all your makeup and working essentials.

MOOD: Happy, sad, pensive or joyful, this is the emotion the model is asked to display in a photograph or on the runway..

NON-UNION: A person or job that does not have union status. Models can belong to one or more of several unions or guilds.

ON SET: Meaning filming/shooting at the location/studio where a shoot is being done.

OPTIONS: An option is put to a model by a client to see if he/she would be available for their shoot. Options are then either confirmed as a booking, or released.

PENCIL BOOKING: A provisional booking for a model.

PERCENTAGE: The fee your agent and/or manager takes out of the money you make.

PERSONAL ASSISTANT: An all-purpose term for the person who assists a model, a modelling agent, a photographer, etc.

PHOTO LIBRARY/PICTURE LIBRARY/STOCK IMAGES: Pictures taken by photographers to be placed in "photographic libraries" from which clients can buy or "rent" a picture for their particular needs. The model is paid for his/her work in front of camera while the usage fee for the images (if used) are split between the photo library, photographer and client.

POLAROID: A type of camera that delivers the developed film instantly. On castings and go-sees, Polaroids are usually taken of every model and stapled to their resumes and headsheets.

P-O-P: Short for point-of-purchase. This is anywhere a consumer purchases a product. Sometimes a model's likeness is used at a point-of-purchase, like at a cosmetics counter that displays a poster of the model wearing that company's make-up.

PORTFOLIO: A book containing a selection of photographs and tearsheets that a model shows to clients.

POSE: One of the many stances or positions a model may assume during a photo shoot or a fashion show. Strike a pose - there's really nothing to it.

PRINCIPAL: the main subject in a photograph, as opposed to an extra or background model.

PRINTWORK: Photography taken for catalogues and mail order, books, brochures, ads for magazines or newspapers, magazine covers, commercial photography for household products, business products and services and glamour products.

PRODUCER: The person responsible for the day-to-day decision making of a production.

PRODUCT CONFLICT: Representing competitive products - to be avoided.

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Produces video/film for viewing.

PROMOTION: An event that may require models to promote a product, a service, a new store, etc. Or publicity to advance a product, service or person.

PROOF: An intermediate stage of photographic development from which the photographer or client can chose the model’s best poses.

PUBLIC RELATIONS: A public relations company is sometimes hired by a modelling agency, a model's manager or by a model to promote and publicize the model and his or her career. Public relations representatives distribute information (press releases) to the media about a client's comings and goings in order to get that client's name in the papers or magazines.

Source: Model's Direct