hey what's up guys welcome back to my channel and if you're new to my channel
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guys are new to my channel anyway so in this video I want to address a very
popular question that I get all the time and the question is what is the mother
agency how do you sign into a mother agency and is it really worth your time
how does having a mother agency actually benefit your career as a model so don't
go anywhere guys in this video we're gonna break it down coming right up
another thing that I also want to do in this video is that I actually want to
respond to some of my DMS because a lot of you guys send me questions on
Instagram and there's so many I have so many DMS guys like I can't possibly go
through all of them but some of them actually do respond to you guys in a
reply or your questions but what I want to start doing in my videos is that
maybe at the end of this video I'm going to read about three questions and
respond to him give a video response to those questions if you will so anyway so
what is a mother agency so a mother agency is similar to the name suggest
basically it's a mother agency so this is your first agency that you sign with
your agency the first agency that you sign with can get you work but if they
truly believe in you they would actually try to place you with other agencies as
well so for instance when I first signed to my first agency my mother agency I
signed with Elite Models in Chicago and what Elite Models does since there were
a mother agency in Chicago at the time is that they place their models in other
markets where they feel like the models would get a lot more work so for
instance and just because a mother agency signs it doesn't mean that
they're not gonna get you work locally so while I was signed with Elite Models
I was actually getting work in Chicago but what a
mother agency does is that they look for other markets so like for example my
agent was sending me to New York and booking me jobs in New York through
another agency sometimes they send models to South Africa this is really
popular I'm actually one of my friends Brianna you guys remember her she's
actually doing some work in South Africa right now so shut up Brianna
a mother agency they starts you off locally in your city whatever city that
they're located in they get you some work to kind of get your feet wet sand
once they see how you're performing they can actually try to place you with
bigger agencies and other cities so for example very popular Nigeria a few
models for example in Nigeria some other agency but what they do is that they try
to place their models with forge in New York
Wilhemina in New York as well like they try to place your models in Paris and
you know Europe and all that to get their models more exposure and more work
now here's the thing about mother agencies mother agencies charge you 20
percent commission just like in any other agency but if they place you with
another agency in a different city or a bigger markets that agency is also going
to charge their own 20 percent so as a model for example let's say you get a
job with another agency through your mother agency and let's just say for
example for a simple math that the job pays a thousand dollars so you're paying
your agency 20 percent your mother agency gets 20 percent then the other
agency also gets 20 percent and get this they also charge web fees you know to
get your pictures on their website and to keep the maintenance and all that and
who knows what else your agency might be charging you some agencies charge you
for the comp cards things like that so all of a sudden a thousand dollars that
you made is now looking something like five hundred dollars but you still have
to pay taxes on a thousand dollars instead of 500 so as a model it's
beneficial to sign to another agency and get place in other markets because
you're getting more exposure there's a lot more work your faces out there but
the downside about it is that you're losing a lot of money because
your pain Commission to two agencies so that's kind of like the disadvantage of
having a mother agency so I hope I explained to you guys what a mother
agency is I hope you guys get it if you don't drop a comment down below and I'll
break it down a little bit further so now the next question is how do you get
signed to a mother agency what do you have to do so get it signed some other
agency very similar to to get assigned to any agency especially if it's your
first time definitely look up on their websites call get some information most
agencies try to have open calls at least once or twice a week go to their open
call and if you guys have been watching my videos you know what to do to be
prepared for an open call you want to dress like a model look like a model I
have video links in description box down below if you guys don't know how to
dress and look like a model you want to dress like a model look like a model go
with a simple makeup who care hair pull back if you're a girl you know very
minimal and clean look go with your book if you have a book or calm card if you
have a comp card already and you know just represent yourself have confidence
that's very important to get inside because you need confidence for the
agency to believe that you could actually go in front of their clients be
confident and get the job so if the agency that you're targeting does not
have open calls what you want to do is do a submission letter so I'm actually
going to drop out templates a submission letter templates in this video so look
for the link in description box as well I have a template that I've used in the
past which got me meetings and got me scientists some of my agencies so you
want to include my headshots with that and sort of like a full body shots your
size your specs and all that so that's very important and that would help you
get a meeting and potentially get signed another thing about my other agencies is
that you don't necessarily need a mother agency you can just get signed to an
agency and they don't necessarily have to be your mother agency some agents
allow you to sign non-exclusive like for example I'm signed to EMG models in New
York in LA and I'm on a non-exclusive
contract so they also allowed me to go sign with other agencies as well so you
don't necessarily need the mother agency because keep in mind a mother agency
will push you and we'll get you to bigger markets if they truly believe in
you but if you don't have a mother agency that's fine as well you can still
get a lot of work with just your standard agency model contracts alright
guys so I hope that answered your question about mother agencies
drop a comment down below if you guys have more questions on that let's look
at some DMS guys and let me try to answer some questions for you okay so
this question comes from @TDE I can't I don't know how to say this username
but is @tdeoca the question is hello mr. Francis my name is Tim I found your
YouTube channel and learning a lot from you appreciate that I have a question
about odd measurements I'm 510 with a 42 jacket size and a 32
waist but have to have a lot of fat to lose if I were to get only 10% body fats
I would easily have a 30 waist but I'm sure my jacket size would go to 44 like
it was 20 years ago is 510 44 slim 30 waist too weird for modeling business
okay so your 510 your suit size 44 or trying to be a suicide 30 44 which is
too big and your waist size is 30 so in essentially you're kind of like tall but
not too tall and then your waist is really slim but you're up I guess your
shoulders and your upper chest is broad and Big. I would say if you are like
into bodybuilding or fitness yes as long as your body fat percentage is is ideal
under 10 percent or less and you know it sounds like you're more like a
bodybuilder kind of style so I think for a fitness modeling I think that's great
however if you want to do high fashion you definitely want to like slim down
because for men high fashion is between a suit size 38
to a suit size 40 I've actually seen a lot of models who are just a little bit
of both forty maybe like forty one forty to lose
outs and jobs because they couldn't fit into the men's suits that were tailored
between 38 to 40 so try to stay in that range if you can your waist size is fine
thirty waist size I think that's fine it's a little bit on the slimmer side
but I think it's fine your height is okay so I hope this answers your
questions if not drop a comment down below let me know let's look at another
one okay so this one is from at the life of cash kay can I get some advice bro
sure what do you need advice on let me know either drop a comment on this video
or respond to the DM okay and this one is from at ultimate Aires hello my name
is Jai heed and I'm trying to become a model I've been looking at most of your
videos for people trying to start off I wanted to know if you know any tryouts
besides Elite Model Look so I'm not sure where you're located I'm not sure where
you're located but yeah they're definitely a lot of tryouts for model
for modeling jobs like for example you can go to open calls look up agencies in
your city every almost every city has modern agencies so wherever you're
located look up the modeling agencies in your city try to do some research to see
when their open calls are and go to the open calls go to the castings and see
what happens this is the best way to get your career started you definitely need
an agent and once you get an agent's it's up to your agent to get you working
so that's it for the dm's responses hope you guys liked it if you
think this is a good idea for me to like go through my DMS and read or respond to
at least three questions every video let me know if you like this video give me a
thumbs up always appreciate it I'll see you guys on my next one