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Is not connecting to a character a real thing? by bruhnumber1 • last post Feb 3rd
How do you guys deal with not connecting to a character? There are just some characters i feel effortless portraying and some I need serious work to "get into". Is that what everybody deals with no matter how gifted of an actor they are? Is there anyone who can do it all? What is versatility?
Celeritas New Episode Coming Soon! by Norma Jean • last post Feb 3rd
Celeritas News! We just finished recording Episode 9 and it should be out by the end of this month. I co-star as Shandra Keating. Celeritas is a top-ranking SciFi Podcast and sits in the Top 10 in 15 Countries in the SciFi Genre. If you're a SciFi fan, we encourage you to take a listen and tell your friends. Thank you! To catch up on the previous Episodes, visit us below: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15836496/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_act/ https://www.magnesiumfilm.com/celeritas https://pod.link/celeritas Back in October 22', we won best Fiction Script at the Austin Film Festival! Quote: "This story is so immersive, I'm blown away."
Saving private Taylor season 2 Ep 2 - 5 by Snoo92419 • last post Feb 3rd
I have two open spots left on a War Audio Drama and Am looking for voice actors to take on the roles of Private Williams and Private Davidson if anyone is interested message me and I'll give you more information :)
Acting with piercings by Pristine_Lifeguard65 • last post Feb 3rd
Howdy! I recently got my lip pierced (snakebites) and I have been wanting to get into the acting business, will my new piercings infringe on my chances? I don’t see many actors/actresses with visible face piercings aside from nose
Head shot photographer not responding by 12747 • last post Feb 3rd
I’m getting ready to start looking for an agent and I want to get some new headshots. I’ve found the perfect headshot photographer, I absolutely love their work and their photos of people who look like me (same colouring) are great which is important. There’s just no one else whose style I like as much as this photographer. I’ve emailed and messaged them (weeks apart) to try and arrange a session and they just aren’t getting back to me (they’ve seen my messages). This photographer has done many well known actors and has a really great reputation so I don’t know what gives. I really want to work with them. Has this happened to anyone else/ is this a common occurrence? I just can’t understand it as I want to pay them for a service so why would they not get back to me. I’m starting to think they may only want more well known actors and I’m just starting out :(
Looking for YouTube Voice Actors (LONG TERM) by tabletop43 • last post Feb 3rd
Hello, We’re extending our team at assemble.gg and looking for voice actors of all types of voices Payment per voiceovers can change but will be between 25usd to 100usd Please apply using our website, [https://assemble.gg/applications/voice-actor](https://assemble.gg/applications/voice-actor)
Including "actor" on applications by notthatsparrow • last post Feb 3rd
Do you do it? Is there an income limit before you include it? How about if the bulk of your work doesn't have a paper trail (W-2)?
Playing a Character with Autism by JimboBirdup • last post Feb 3rd
I was wondering what you all thought - I have an audition today for the lead role in a short film. The character I'm auditioning for has autism, while I do not. I am neurodivergent in that I have severe ADHD with sensory processing disorder, as well as severe mental illness. Is it wrong for me to portray an autistic character? (I know I haven't even auditioned yet, but I'm having second thoughts, as some say only actors with autism should portray autistic character. Let me know what you think. \*Edit - I also just wanted to add that I would not over-do it and make sure that the character is authentic and tasteful. I have also worked with children and adolescents in the past, for several years, as an ABA therapist.
Pulling Footage from YTB etc for your reel best software? by Ravenfire75 • last post Feb 3rd
Hi all, the bain of the actors career: getting footage from Directors, Production Companies. I'm trying to capture some footage from Projects I've done which are online Youtube etc. Any rec's for free safe software to use to pull (rip?) your footage? I'm just a little leary about some of these programs as it seems some of them can have malware etc?
Historical Role Preparation by lostinthoughts88 • last post Feb 3rd
Howdy Reddit folks! I have an interview upcoming for a role as an actor adjacent to tourism that will conduct tours as a historical character. From my research, which may change once I learn more in the interview, they assign you a character, not necessarily someone well-known, once you are hired and then undergo training. That being said, what type of preparation have people used when immersing themselves in a historical role? In this case its revolutionary-era.
Casting Director Class Feedback Self-Tapes by Blueeyesindisguise • last post Feb 3rd
My friend recently participated in a CD class with a CD with a well-known social media presence. After attending her class, he was told the top issue with self-tapes is that they are too slow. In the class they practiced performing scenes at the speed the CD believed was best. When my friend played me his clip from class, the delivery was so fast and emotionless that we both couldn't believe that was what the CD wanted. He thought he was crazy for thinking it was ridiculous the CD wanted the delivery that fast. But he isn't, there is no way you can deliver lines that way with any kind of emotional performance at all! He told me that the CD told him that if the pace is too slow she won't finish the tape or move on to the next tape seconds later! It's upsetting that actors put all this effort into self-tapes and if you don't speed through 10 words in 2 seconds this CD will just move on.
why did this happen? by Spiritual_Minute8559 • last post Feb 3rd
I met an actor during quarantine in an improv class. It wasnt anything so i wasnt considering as such. Well, afterwards, i would just comment on her igs, sometimes mean and i realize that now but she came off very "no one believes in this but me" but also "im a princess" so now im realizing shes going through a lot. She posted yesterday she got an understudy role in her favorite musical and was going to perform her fav role. I messaged her you deserve better. And she said back that came off meaner than you realize. I apologized and i thought lesson learned. Well she posted again on performance day and i messaged her "yes to everything!" And then i got blocked. I messed her later "why i guess were in different parts of our careers but ok your choice is yours" and " a performance review would be nice if youre interested" What happened?
Equity Actors - EPAs? by asshoulio • last post Feb 3rd
Hi friends! So I joined the union about a year ago, and moved to NYC a few months ago. I don’t have representation, but with EPAs returning, I’ve attended quite a few at this point. That said, it’s kind of nagging at me - do people actually get cast off of EPAs? Would love to hear the perspective of anyone who works in casting, or from actors who have gotten callbacks or offers from EPAs. Instead of these auditions, should I be focusing my efforts on getting representation?
Looking for female voice actresses by Bludhavensknight • last post Feb 3rd
A friend of mine has developed an hobby for voice acting, he in fact just did his first voice acting of a comic, but of course due to not having a female va to work with him he has to put a bot on female characters, I wanted to look for female vas that are still beginners like him but I'm not having much luck so far, any suggestions? I've been looking on telegram if there was some sort of server and I'll look on discord too
Actor advice? by griho • last post Feb 2nd
Hey everyone. I'm in Chicago and looking to get into commercial and/or TV acting to make an acting career. I have background in improv, children's theater, and have studied a lot of forms of theater (clowning, shakespeare, suzuki, linklater, meisner.) I feel well prepared in the training but ill prepared in marketing myself. I'm having a hard time figuring out my "type." In college I would always be cast as the middle age mom when I was 18-22, and then in theater I would be cast in roles with darker themes, like Lady Macbeth/witch type roles. Problem is I don't know how either of these things would translate to TV or commercial and playing everyday people/people more my age (I'm 27) I recently started a commercial acting class. Here's a screenshot. **What would you say, by look, is my type?** Any advice to someone starting out in the marketing yourself side of acting is welcome here as well. (I'm also growing out a pixie so if anyone has recommendations on what type of hairstyle might make me more castable and on type, please add that, too!) https://preview.redd.it/flupgzwneufa1.png?width=1887&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=27a8b7bc28c58e3591fc689843014dfc1279d146
is this acting studio a scam? please help by rubberducky073 • last post Feb 2nd
Has anyone here ever heard of face forward actors & models academy? There is one in my area and my acting teacher at my college had not heard much about it but I called them and they set me up for an audition last night on zoom with about 10 other talents. The directors name is Shannon and I was told she would email us about an hour after our auditions and let us know if they will be taking us in as they have limited space, I received an email that sounded very personal to me and my audition, not a copy and paste, she told me to call her back this morning so I did and she explained its a $100 one time registration fee and $199 monthly tuition where you have once a week acting class on zoom on Mondays or in person on a different day but that every 2 months you are required to come in person to the studio as agencies will be coming to scout out talent. The next one coming up is March 25th and pay it forward management will be coming from Texas, she showed us testimonials of success stories and that one of the young ladies she worked with won miss USA. It seems real to me but my mom is very skeptical, what do you guys think? If you need more information please let me know and thank you in advance!
Will AI/Elevenlabs replace voice actors? by AdultGrapeJuice • last post Feb 2nd
While this AI can’t mimic human emotion it’s unreal how accurately it can replicate speech itself. I absolutely despise this because I’m scared of many jobs becoming obsolete due to AI. It’s so annoying. Will voice actors be completely unneeded in the future because of developing AI?
Why do actors always write one-person shows? by LeoMajors • last post Feb 2nd
Obviously it's a good way to show off your own talent, but it's almost a cliché at this point. Wouldn't it better show off your acting skills to have someone to play off of? Aren't most people more likely to see a multi-person show than a one-man or one-woman show? It may be easier to write for just yourself, but it almost seems harder to do well. Is it the difficulty of scheduling rehearsals with other actors? Is there something better about showing off your skills solo? Are they just simpler to write? What are the opinions, folks?
Labeling audition footage by hennebeto • last post Feb 2nd
Hey, I have some self tapes i did that i need to submit through actors access. I’ve never submitted through them before. Bare with me! In the instructions it says to separate the clips. So would that mean like takeone.mov taketwo.mov or like separate within one movie file? Also my sides have a scene where i have no lines that my character is not in. Do i still film for reactions in this scene?
Theatre submissions on Actors Access question by rawrshallavenge • last post Feb 2nd
So I'm new to Actors Access - I have good student/semi-professional footage for a reel/clips (I've already uploaded a few), and I have headshots that will do for now (next on my list) Question though - when submitting for theatrical auditions, I know they generally prefer monologues from plays. Is this the norm on Actors Access? When they don't have any specifications or just list "video reel", are film clips expected? Because adding monologues could get pretty expensive quickly with the $22/min model they have, and other actors I've noted don't really have theatre-y footage on Actors Access unless it's singing.