Tanya Kersey | Hollywood Career Strategist | Hollywood Career Coach | Entertainment Industry Consultant | Hollywood Career Resources

Urban Hol­ly­wood Resource Direc­tory — 2010 Edi­tion
The Urban Hol­ly­wood Resource Direc­tory has the WHO, WHAT and WHERE to help you quickly find the peo­ple and com­pa­nies that are crit­i­cal to your suc­cess. Save the time you would have spent scour­ing tele­phone direc­to­ries or search engines and find who you’re look­ing for all in one place? Whether you want to iden­tify a film dis­trib­u­tor, pro­duc­tion com­pany or pub­li­cist, the Urban Hol­ly­wood Resource Direc­tory is indexed con­ve­niently by cat­e­gory. You would have to spend lit­er­ally hun­dreds of hours try­ing to locate the con­tacts the Urban Hol­ly­wood Resource Direc­tory puts at your fin­ger­tips. It’s com­plete, reli­able and com­pre­hen­sive. A pow­er­ful infor­ma­tional tool!
Price: $30.00

The Actor’s Plan
The Actor’s Plan is a step-by-step work­book designed to help actors develop a career plan. Build the tools nec­es­sary to man­age and grow your act­ing career. The 50 page work­book includes 21+ career devel­op­ment forms and 3 Excel spread­sheets to help you plan each step of your act­ing career.
Price: $37.00

The Hol­ly­wood Career Plan
THE HOLLYWOOD CAREER PLAN is a career plan­ning tool and work­book for writ­ers, direc­tors and pro­duc­ers, which takes you by the hand and assists you in devel­op­ing strate­gies for build­ing and main­tain­ing a suc­cess­ful Hol­ly­wood career. The work­book includes 20+ career devel­op­ment forms to help you plan each step of your career — from iden­ti­fy­ing your goals, devel­op­ing a career path, get­ting your finances in order, lever­ag­ing your assets, pitch­ing your­self and your projects — to cre­at­ing vis­i­bil­ity for your­self, devel­op­ing resource lists, net­work­ing, find­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and career devel­op­ment.
Price: $37.00

Film­maker Boot Camp
14-Week Film­maker Boot Camp deliv­ered by email in 14 weekly lessons will teach you step-by-step how to make films that make money, gain access to cap­i­tal, find rep­re­sen­ta­tion, secure dis­tri­b­u­tion, expand your net­work and build rela­tion­ships, cre­ate vis­i­bil­ity for your­self, and increase your oppor­tu­ni­ties.
Price: $297.00

Film­maker Boot Camp / 2-Pay Plan
14-Week Film­maker Boot Camp deliv­ered by email in 14 weekly lessons will teach you step-by-step how to make films that make money, gain access to cap­i­tal, find rep­re­sen­ta­tion, secure dis­tri­b­u­tion, expand your net­work and build rela­tion­ships, cre­ate vis­i­bil­ity for your­self, and increase your oppor­tu­ni­ties.
Price: $174.00

What You Need to Know Before Mak­ing a Movie MP3 Record­ing
If you’ve got an idea for a film but don’t know where to go or how to start, this is your oppor­tu­nity to find out how to suc­cess­fully take your idea from script to screen. Far too many new­bies just go out and shoot a film which ends up col­lect­ing dust on their book­shelf. Don’t fall into that trap! Movie-making is way more than just pick­ing up a cam­era and shoot­ing if you hope to sell your film. You have to make a film that a dis­trib­u­tor wants to buy and that an audi­ence wants to see. And it’s not about what you think, its about how your film is per­ceived by them. This tele­sem­i­nar will teach you the 10 most impor­tant things you MUST know before embark­ing on your film­mak­ing jour­ney. From rais­ing money for your film, cast­ing and pre-production to mar­ket­ing, post and dis­tri­b­u­tion.
Price: $25.00

Pack­ag­ing Your Film MP3 Record­ing
If you’ve ever gone out and tried to raise financ­ing for your film, secure dis­tri­b­u­tion or sell your film to a stu­dio, you know how impor­tant your film’s “pack­age” can be. Just a few of the gazil­lion things you need to con­sider are a mar­ketable con­cept, cast, tar­get audi­ence, social media assets, ancil­lary and mer­chan­dis­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. This tele­sem­i­nar will show you how to make your film attrac­tive to financiers, stu­dio exec­u­tives and dis­trib­u­tors.
Price: $25.00

Beyond Post: My Film is Com­plete, Now What? MP3 Record­ing
Are you say­ing to your­self, “My film is com­plete, now what? Don’t let your film col­lect dust on the shelf. Learn how to design a suc­cess­ful mar­ket­ing, pro­mo­tion, and dis­tri­b­u­tion strat­egy and make money from your film.
Price: $25.00

Prepar­ing to Hit the Film Fes­ti­val Cir­cuit Tele­sem­i­nar
If you’re plan­ning to take your film on the film fes­ti­val cir­cuit, this tele­sem­i­nar will teach you how to decide which fes­ti­vals to apply to, ways to max­i­mize your chances of accep­tance from the per­spec­tive of a fes­ti­val pro­ducer, how to posi­tion your film once you’ve been accepted, and how to take advan­tage of all the oppor­tu­ni­ties many film­mak­ers don’t know exist. Far too many film­mak­ers screen their films at fes­ti­vals and have noth­ing to show for it. Get insider infor­ma­tion, from a fes­ti­val direc­tor, on how to suc­cess­fully nav­i­gate the fes­ti­val mar­ket­place and use your fes­ti­val appear­ance to take your career to the next level.
Price: $20.00

It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Know Tele­sem­i­nar
n Hol­ly­wood, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. That’s why so many peo­ple with great ideas and projects never get them off the ground, sold and distributed…no one knows who you are and what you’ve got. So how do you cre­ate mean­ing­ful busi­ness rela­tion­ships? Find out in this tele­sem­i­nar which shows you how you can meet and net­work with indi­vid­u­als who can make an impact in your career. You’ll also find out what the most com­mon mis­takes peo­ple make when net­work­ing in Hol­ly­wood so you can avoid them.
Price: $20.00

Start Local, Think Global MP3 Record­ing
Are you think­ing about relo­cat­ing to Hol­ly­wood to pur­sue your dream in the enter­tain­ment indus­try? Hold on! Don’t just pack up to your belong­ings and relo­cate because there’s a lot that you should do before you make that move. Most peo­ple come to Los Ange­les unpre­pared with no plan and no con­nec­tions. This town doesn’t need any­more out-of-work actors, writ­ers, direc­tors and pro­duc­ers. The key to smoothly relo­cat­ing to Hol­ly­wood is plan­ning every step of the way. This 60 minute tele­sem­i­nar record­ing will show you how to suc­cess­fully make the move.
Price: $25.00

One hour career coach­ing with Tanya Kersey
In 60 min­utes of laser-focused coach­ing deliv­ered via web­cam or phone, we will dis­cuss your project(s), indus­try related ques­tions, options and/or career goals.
Price: $175.00

Career Strat­egy Ses­sion & Fol­low Up
In 60 min­utes of laser-focused coach­ing deliv­ered via web­cam or phone, we will dis­cuss your project(s), indus­try related ques­tions, options and/or career goals, and you will get to ask as many ques­tions as time per­mits. Also includes two follow-up webcam/phone coach­ing ses­sions of 15 min­utes each to fol­low up on your progress.
Price: $200.00

3 Months Inten­sive Coach­ing
This pro­gram gives you in-depth and per­son­al­ized career coach­ing over a three month period that will give you the tools and skills to com­pete effec­tively in the enter­tain­ment indus­try. If you’re ready for a career break­through, will­ing to make a com­mit­ment to your cre­ative career, and will­ing to take action, I can help you take your career to the next level. You’ll get twelve (12) one-hour webcam/phone coach­ing ses­sions. Includes UNLIMITED email sup­port dur­ing the dura­tion of the pro­gram.
Price: $2000.00

VIP Day Inten­sive In Per­son Career Retreat
If you’re seri­ous about get­ting ahead in your career, and want to spend an entire day work­ing with Tanya one-on-one, then this is for you! In the full day inten­sive career retreat, Tanya will coach you and con­sult with you per­son­ally on your spe­cific career and project needs and answer all your ques­tions. The pro­gram includes one full day in per­son with Tanya Kersey in Los Ange­les, Cal­i­for­nia as well as a 30 minute prepa­ra­tion ses­sion by tele­phone and 2 pri­vate 30 minute follow-up coach­ing calls and gourmet lunch.
Price: $1250.00

5 Career Strat­egy Ses­sions
Sign up for five Career Strat­egy Ses­sions and save $100. In each 60 min­utes of laser-focused coach­ing deliv­ered via web­cam or phone, we will dis­cuss your project(s), indus­try related ques­tions, options and/or career goals, and you will get to ask as many ques­tions as time per­mits.
Price: $650.00

Indie Film Coach­ing Pro­gram
If you’re look­ing to get your film off the ground in the indie film mar­ket­place, I will help you map out a strat­egy for your film’s mar­ket­ing, pro­mo­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion strat­egy, as well as your long term career goals. I will watch your film, offer an artis­tic and mar­ket analy­sis and help you develop a plan to mar­ket and dis­trib­ute it. Draw­ing on my exten­sive net­work and expe­ri­ence in the film indus­try, I will advise you on the var­i­ous options avail­able for your film from pub­lic rela­tions, mar­ket­ing and online strat­egy to sales and dis­tri­b­u­tion. This pro­gram includes: A detailed, writ­ten, review and analy­sis of your film; 90 min­utes of webcam/phone con­sul­ta­tion to dis­cuss the notes and/or to answer any ques­tions you may have after read­ing the review; Two half-hour follow-up calls; and UNLIMITED email sup­port for 30 days.
Price: $1500.00

Film Fes­ti­val Prep
No one can guar­an­tee that your film gets accepted by a film fes­ti­val, other than the festival’s pro­gram­ming depart­ment, but I can help you strate­gize about which fes­ti­vals to apply to, ways to max­i­mize your chances of accep­tance from the per­spec­tive of a fes­ti­val pro­ducer, how to best posi­tion your film once you’ve been accepted, and how to take advan­tage of all the oppor­tu­ni­ties that many film­mak­ers don’t know exist. This is a great deal for film­mak­ers try­ing to make the most of their film on the fes­ti­val cir­cuit. This 60-day pro­gram includes:A cus­tom list of film fes­ti­vals to apply to based on sub­ject, for­mat, etc.; Mar­ket­ing sug­ges­tions for your pic­ture such as web pres­ence, printed mate­ri­als, brand­ing, give­aways, and mer­chan­dis­ing; Three hours of webcam/phone coach­ing; UNLIMITED email sup­port for 60 days.
Price: $750.00

Actor Career Build­ing Coach­ing Pro­gram
If you’re an actor who wants to work more, some­one just begin­ning your career, or some­one leav­ing another career to become an actor, this Career Build­ing Pro­gram offer hands-on and cus­tomized coach­ing to take your career to the next level, no mat­ter where you’re start­ing from. This coach­ing pro­gram includes a 90 minute webcam/phone con­sul­ta­tion, three 30-minute fol­low up webcam/phone con­sul­ta­tions and UNLIMITED email sup­port over a 60 day period. It also includes review of your pic­tures, resume and demo reel, and a copy of The Actor’s Plan: A Busi­ness Plan for Actors.
Price: $600.00

Script Analy­sis
If you’re look­ing for valu­able advice that will make your script more appeal­ing to pro­duc­ers, stu­dio exec­u­tives, and agents, you need more than script cov­er­age. That’s where this Script Analy­sis comes in. This ser­vice is for writ­ers look­ing for live feed­back and an inter­ac­tive dis­cus­sion regard­ing com­ments made in the cov­er­age report, as well as the oppor­tu­nity to brain­storm the material’s fur­ther devel­op­ment, ana­lyze and refine your pitch, and ana­lyze the script’s mar­ket­place saleabil­ity. This ser­vice includes cov­er­age of your script, a detailed 2-page analy­sis of your script, and a 90 minute webcam/phone con­sul­ta­tion.
Price: $350.00

AFM Prep Pro­gram
If you’re plan­ning to attend the Amer­i­can Film Mar­ket (AFM), then you MUST be pre­pared to lever­age the oppor­tu­ni­ties the mar­ket can offer you. Many film­mak­ers don’t real­ize what a valu­able tool AFM is. It’s a great place to pitch your project, help you find dis­tri­b­u­tion, a sales agent, and financ­ing. How­ever, to get the job done you’re going to need a strat­egy, a plan of action. The three month AFM Prep Pro­gram is a mix of audio lessons and pri­vate one-on-one webcam/phone coach­ing ses­sions geared toward help­ing you develop your AFM strat­egy. The pro­gram includes my per­sonal eval­u­a­tion of each filmmaker’s trailer and pitch pack­age.
Price: $750.00

Film­maker Boot Camp Home Study Pack­age
This is the com­plete home study course of the Film­maker Boot Camp which includes 14 CDs and work­book.
Price: $347.00