Performing Arts & On-Screen Talent Handbook

Step into the professional standards, protections, and philosophies behind ethical on-screen work.

The Performing Arts & On-Screen Talent Handbook is an essential guide for actors, performers, hosts, and creatives seeking clarity, structure, and alignment within modern TV and film spaces. Created by Realm Empire Industries (REI), this handbook outlines how talent is cast, supported, credited, and protected across television and film projects—without exploitative practices or industry guesswork.

This handbook centers representation with responsibility, process over pressure, and community-rooted storytelling, offering performers a clear understanding of expectations on set, on screen, and within collaborative creative systems.

What’s Inside

• Television Division Handbook
• Scripted, unscripted, and performance-based TV roles
• Casting, booking, and professional conduct standards
• Image, likeness, and usage guidelines
• On-screen ethics and narrative integrity
• Film Division Handbook
• Narrative, documentary, experimental, and voice performance roles
• Film casting processes and credit frameworks
• Safe set standards, consent protocols, and artist protections
• Shared Systems & Advancement
• Transparent credit-based compensation philosophy
• Union-adjacent protections without gatekeeping
• Growth pathways from talent to leadership, producing, and mentorship

Who This Is For

• Actors & on-screen performers
• Hosts, presenters, and TV personalities
• Voice actors & performance artists
• Creatives preparing for ethical, future-focused production spaces
• Artists seeking clarity before submitting, auditioning, or onboarding

Why This Handbook Matters

This is not a “how to get famous” guide.

It’s a how to be respected, protected, and prepared guide.

REI believes talent is not disposable—and this handbook reflects a system built to honor creative labor, emotional truth, and long-term sustainability in the arts.

Format

• Digital PDF
• Immediate download
• Designed for performers at any stage

“You are not just stepping into a role — you are stepping into a lineage of creators who believe art can reshape culture.”

— Shareece Williams, Founder & Councilwoman, Realm Empire Industries