Ursula Watson writes for The Detroit News: “Think you oughta be in pictures but don’t know how to make it happen? It isn’t as hard as you think.

Since the passage last year of Michigan’s film incentive package — which gives filmmakers who shoot movies in the state up to 42 percent in tax rebates — there are more opportunities available in front of and behind the camera… 

‘The first step in this business is to get representation by a talent agency,’ says Jackie Kagan, owner of  The Talent Shop in Bingham Farms. Her agency provided talent for Clint Eastwood’s box-office success ‘Gran Torino. ‘ ” Read this article on The Detroit New web site.