Expert: Kitty Kavey - 9/14/2006

Question
hi i was looking at franchised agencies in my area on sag.org and i saw that some said FSA intead of FS.. what does FSA mean? also, agencies that are model and talent, do they mind if i just want to do commercial print? not acting.
thanx

Answer
That's an excellent question.  Some of SAG's other codes such as TV and TH stand for television and theatrical respectively.  I was always told that full-service included commercial print modeling, and I'm not sure what the A would stand for.  You can email SAG directly at saginfo@sag.org to inquire, or perhaps ask the particular agency that has the FSA next to it's type in the SAG listings.  
The agency shouldn't mind if you just want to do modeling and not acting, as usually those are separate divisions, and require different skills and tools: i.e. you need a composite card for commercial print modeling, but would need to use a headshot/resume for acting.  You would most likely be asked to audition for the acting division, but not for commercial print modeling.
~Kitty