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View for View by Norma Jean • last post Jan 10th
Let's get that GREEN again this week! View for View :) https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2692138 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2692138/
any actors from cambridge uk?how is it for actors? is there a community there? by fogochop • last post Jan 10th
May be moving to England for wife job. Just want to see how the area is for actors?
Be Taft Hartleyed through SAG NEW MEDIA still possible?? 2023 by GrejtestActer • last post Jan 10th
I know I know, everything is online, BUT, I am so frikkin confused right now. I have read that that you can no longer become SAG through an ultra low new media contract anymore as it has been misused by many etc. Yet some people say that while you might not be able to be Taft Hartleyed through that route, you can still take your contract and paycheck to SAG offices prove that you were principal and then instantly become union (difference being that you skip the "eligble" part and immedietal become SAG instead) if you have been a principal role. Is that still true? I am planning on shooting a short film with 1 or 2 SAG actors and myself with a budget of around 2000-3000 USD, is that possible? (The actors will be paid and not deferred) I have a lot of experience from my home country being series regular on a few major productions, recurring guest on a Netflix show and one guest role for another Netflix show, so joining the union is not a problem for me, I know the consequences. But is that route still possible? This article [https://actingresourceguru.com/blog/no-more-new-media-taft-hartley/](https://actingresourceguru.com/blog/no-more-new-media-taft-hartley/) says it possible while this [https://www.wrapbook.com/blog/complete-guide-sag-aftra-taft-hartley-form](https://www.wrapbook.com/blog/complete-guide-sag-aftra-taft-hartley-form) says it has to be a budget of 50k at least. Sooo confused hahah!! ​ I hope this makes sense, thanks in advance! :D
Preferences by Appropriate_Donkey18 • last post Jan 9th
Hello, Do actors have preferred roles? Like, roles which are easier and more satisfying for them to take? Kind regards.
Successful actors, when did you know it was working? by sauronthegr8 • last post Jan 9th
We see a lot of cynicism on this sub, from a lack of auditions to complaining about "nepo babies" and self tapes, and while I definitely get it, I'd like to hear some more positive success stories. One reason is I believe it might be working out for me. I know it's a different path for everyone, but I'd like to compare what it's like becoming a working actor after dedicating some time to it. I graduated from my local college with a degree in theater 11 years ago and moved to Atlanta. I have worked multiple part time jobs, having as many as five at one time. For a long time I couldn't regularly afford class, but got in when I could. For the first few years I did any project I could, mostly community theater around the metro area, but also extra work, entertaining at kids birthday parties and school assemblies, student films, web series, a murder mystery dinner theater. I was able to take six months of a film acting class and from there decided to switch my focus. I made friends with a local independent filmmaker who shoots material for actor reels and hired him. He was impressed with the scene we shot and referred me to his agent. It was mostly a kid's agency with a couple famous names, but it proved to be a foot in the door. I booked a supporting part in an independent horror film starring a B movie star (that eventually found its way to Netflix) and a costar on an Investigation Discovery crime show, as well as several call-backs, mainly for commercials. I was averaging 1-3 auditions a week, but after about six months that dropped to one or two a month, and some months without any. It would be a year and a half before I booked a series of animated commercials I did voice over for in the lead role that aired on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. There was a three year period where I didn't book anything but the occasional head shot pull (glorified extra roles), or the rare call-back. It drove me crazy waiting for the next audition, and usually when I got them I felt like they didn't fit me. I was a little later in life graduating from college at age 26, and not landing my agent until age 30. But I kept getting auditions for middle aged guys. However, I kept going, and around 2019 into early 2020, I got several call-backs in a row. Then shutdowns happened and slower everything down... except I continued to get auditions. Not many, but they were coming in. I decided to use my COVID money to get into online classes and stay there regularly (what else was I gonna do?), and eventually pay for some really professional headshots. By late 2020 my auditions were up. Now I was getting three or four auditions per a month as opposed to just one. In 2021 as unemployment was running out I decided I wanted to be on set as much as possible and started doing extra work and student films again. As long as it paid I was there. To my surprise I was actually making enough to scratch together a living. Not only that, I was getting featured in a lot of the shots very prominently. I hadn't done student films in years, but I booked a few leads. In addition to that I booked seven head shot pulls through my agent, and by the end of the year a couple speaking parts in non-Union commercials. Last year I got with a more prominent agency, got FAR more auditions than I've ever had and booked three times, a supporting part in an independent feature, and two costars, including a Tyler Perry show. The auditions I get are now mostly Union costars, 1-3 a week again. Part of the reason is I believe I'm aging into my casting. CDs have wanted me to be middle aged for a while now, and at 37 that's starting to become more appropriate for me. But I've also just been doing this for a long time. The degree in theater and classes have all added up over the years. I've read a billion acting books. And I've auditioned for everyone in town at least once at this point. I feel like it's starting to work out. Inevitably there will be slow periods, but also inevitably I'll continue to book *some* things. I'm still non-Union, but my credits are adding up, and eventually I plan to become a SAG-AFTRA member. With any luck I'll get to the point where I book enough a year to get healthcare and save for retirement. If not, I do really well at the high end restaurant I work at and that pays the bills nicely. What say you, /r/acting? How does your story compare? Am I on the edge of "making it"? Is there such a thing?
Help for "action" words to play a criminal being interogated by Tommygun9999 • last post Jan 9th
Hi. I'm learning technique and about taking on an "action" for my character and exploring that physical and emotional action. My character is a criminal, killer who is being interrogated by police. Can someone give me advice on best actions to explore and embody? Would it be "denying" by using body language to deny what I'm being accused of? Or "hiding"? Would you have a better physical action under this circumstance you can suggest? Or am I in the right direction? Thanks so much, actors!
[Hiring] Voice-Over Artist by No-Copy3569 • last post Jan 9th
We are looking for a Voice Over artist who can replicate Foxys voice. **Job Role: Voice-Over Actor** **Offer: $20 - 40$ per hour (depending on experience)** Skills and Requirements: * Must be 18 years or older. * Must be able to replicate Foxy’s voice (she is the purple fox character). Please see [this short clip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ksZFWZkOeS5OnM6xGxZrRW10aZLNOpN8/view?usp=share_link) as a sample - it should be very quick to judge if they can make a similar voice or not. It does not have to match exactly, but it should be similar. Most people who can voice Foxy can also voice Boxy. But matching Foxy’s voice is the most important. * Experience with the Adobe suite of products is a huge bonus. * Premiere Pro (video editing) * Audition (audio recording) * Photoshop (graphic design, etc) * Drawing/any other skills * Experience or familiarity with V-Tubers or voice acting in a non-traditional setting is a huge bonus. Many voice actors have worked in commercials and film/TV, but this is too formal. People who are familiar with internet culture are a huge bonus. * Having their own content channel is a huge bonus. If they run their own Twitch stream, and have their own YouTube channel based around Voiceover, or similar, that is a major bonus. * Here are 2 examples of Voice Actors who have their own channels: * [https://www.youtube.com/@AipacalypseVA/videos](https://www.youtube.com/@AipacalypseVA/videos) * [https://www.youtube.com/@shishishiena](https://www.youtube.com/@shishishiena) * They both have a clear understanding of internet culture and seem to have other skills, like singing/drawing, etc.
I want to become the next Bobby from The Panic in Needle Park or the next Bobby from Five Easy Pieces. Method Acting as we knew it half a century ago. I'm nearly 21 years old, I live in Europe and still have not obtained academic education nor initiated m by RakatanRacketeer • last post Jan 9th
Some backgroud: I love authentic arts whether it be books like Dune, music like The Doors, movies as mentiond and games like Silent Hill 2. All my life I thought I'd become a successfull computer science business man like my dad but now I realize that I have very little passion for computers, science or any field that is extremely percise and measured to perfection. In my short life I have gone through great amounts of physical, mental, and even spiritual pain; an interesting outcome is my ability to daydream tragic scenarios whether real, imaginary or probable and sink in them so deep I can start crying. I believe that going to train profesionally in a drama school can teach me how to become an emotional athlete, as Al Pacino said regarding the method. Ideally as a method actor my performance would be praised for the emotions it generates within the audience, and not so much as to whether I ate a raw bison liver or gone through extreme weight change to deliver my performance. When I was a child I had the opportunity to practice dancing, play on 3 instruments and I was a great swimmer. Nowadays one of my favorite activities is having exciting conversations with people whether it be my family, classmates or the women I date; I hate being boring and talking about banal subjects so I always lean into either very meaningful deep dialogue or ludicrous nonsense talking. With all of that being said, I feel that I have some of the standing pillars needed to pursue a career in acting. Maybe not enough to become the next One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's Oscar winner but perhaps enough to play an institutionalized member of society. There are many factors I'm worried about getting into acting though, like: not being breed for it from an early age, modern Hollywood, modern movies and modern audiences to an extent. The fact I don't live in the US is also not ideal for this profession, especially when my ambition here is to play specifically in the American film industry. I am not a perfect NPC looking guy you can stick in every commercial for diapers so hyphothetically speaking if I pursue a career in acting my selling point as an actor would be my ability to act. And I worry of ending up in a saturated job market with more supply than demand which will seal the gates to my dream of doing serious method acting and instead I'd have to do gigs all my life (or just quit acting). I know the moderators said there are no stupid questions but I feel like this is a stupid post so accept my apologies and go watch 9½ *Weeks* if you haven't yet, this great piece of acting should erase this awfully long essay from your memory, hopefully.
The voice behind Pokémon's Ash Ketchum was only 18 when she landed the job: 'My goal was never to be a famous actor' by ayhme • last post Jan 9th
Emotionally supporting my partner in their acting career? by Danfat • last post Jan 9th
My fiancée and I moved to NYC summer of last year for her to continue her career as a stage actress. She was working professionally with local theaters in Phoenix and wanted to try her hand in the New York scene. I always wanted to live in New York for at least a few years and it was easy for me to take my job here so we both were excited to try out life in the Big Apple. We've lived in NYC for a little less than a year now and are still enjoying our lives here. However she is having a hard time booking projects and growing her resume. We both were totally prepared for this - we had no delusions of landing a Broadway role overnight. But I can tell that not having much work is affecting her mood, mostly in the sense that she misses performing onstage and feels like she doesn't get to do what she loves as much here as she did at home. I know this is just how the industry is especially for someone new to the city who is still looking for representation. But I was wondering what I can do as her partner to keep encouraging her and support her emotionally while she finds her footing in the NYC acting scene. Maybe things like old hobbies she can pick up again, new routines she can get into, or other things she can enjoy while she's not performing? She also works part time as a nanny which I think helps her feel like she has something to due during the week. In terms of financial support we are pretty stable. My job allows me to cover most of the rent, utilities, and food. I wouldn't feel comfortable living somewhere we couldn't afford on one salary and I'd rather she invest her money on acting and singing lessons to further her career anyway. I'd love to identify some ways I could keep encouraging her and cheer her on finding opportunities to perform in addition to the financial support. Thanks in advance for any advice!
Going to my first acting class tonight , what to expect? by Jimmyfred44 • last post Jan 9th
Let me preface by saying I have no experience in acting and I don’t really wanna become an actor. But this year I wanted to go outside my comfort zone and do something different and taking acting classes is what I decided on. Now with someone with no background is the first class going to be tough tonight, what should I expect? Thanks and I’m hoping I’m just gonna have fun but I’m a bit nervous as well.
Is it normal for the emotions you felt within the scene to affect you for awhile afterwards? by Movie-Connoisseur • last post Jan 9th
Hi. Whenever I do a highly emotional scene, I also deal with the emotions I had within the scene for some time afterwards. For example I had a scene where I presented major depressive disorder and I was feeling it for a good 30 minutes. And I’m experiencing the same with my current scene which I portray a panic attack. Yes the emotion goes away if I “tap out” but it lingers as if it just really happened. I’m a meisner trained actor (over a year) now working uta hagen into my craft, developing my transferences and substitutions. Now that my acting has started feeling way more “real”, I deal with this stuff. Is this normal? Safe?
What are the best on-camera audition classes / teachers in NYC? by astronaut4235 • last post Jan 8th
I found a great new technique teacher and now I need to find a highly reputable advanced on-camera audition class populated by working actors, not newbies. The only ones I'm really familiar with are Freeman Studio (but what teachers are good for on-camera?), MN Acting Studio (again what teachers are the best), and Bob Krakower (who is impossible to get into the new student intro workshop, so pretty much irrelevant). What other reputable on-camera audition classes exist in the city? Preferably in person. Thank you.
New Voice over actress need tips! I recorded myself doing a “Spotify Ad” I need constructive criticism by Queenoflambily • last post Jan 8th
Hey all! I’m actually pretty new to doing voice over work! I think I have a pretty good, upbeat voice for commercials and whatnot but I do think I need training still. I used to be a singer when I was younger so I’m familiar with the vocal warmups that we have to do to warm up our voice and keep it healthy. I wanted to get some tips on auditions and what should I do when I’m first starting out? I’m gonna attach the “demo ad” that I made on my phone below and you guys tell me what’s some things I should work on? Also, I don’t have professional equipment yet.
In-person vs online acting classes by Plessie21 • last post Jan 8th
I'm 22M, and I am considering taking acting lessons. I have a small amount of acting experience from doing a few school plays in elementary, being in a friend's short film, and taking drama class in high school. I really enjoy acting, and I want to start pursuing it. I currently work a full time hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days work from home) 8-4 job, so I'm on available on evenings and weekends. I also live in a Canadian city that doesn't have much in the acting industry in terms of acting classes and auditions. There are a few acting schools around, but I don't know much about them. I've seen people suggest online acting schools, taught by people with extensive experience in the industry from casting directors to notable actors. However, in person, I would better be able to work on my posture, and movements. This would my first time taking acting class.
I wanna know if my plans for trying to make acting as my professional career at a later point in my life is good or not? And also if I will be able to satsify my end goal(written in Text below) in it? by BoomShakalaka2004 • last post Jan 8th
I \[18 M\] am doing my Majors/B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering alongside Minors in Computer Science Enigneering. Before I say anything, I just want to make it clear I have never acted before(not since primary school at least where I used to do theatrical acting). I am hella introverted, got alot of social anxiety, I'd probably faint if I am sent onto a stage for a public speech having a gathering of 100+ people. Well as of now I don't wish to pursue acting as a professional career but more like a hobby. It's just, it seems to be alot of fun from the looks of it, that's what I think. Of course there's going to be alot of tiring work to do and whatnot, but what career doesn't have any tiring work in it? I am just really bored and unhappy with what I am doing right now. It's just constant studying and exams and nothing else at all, I don't even have time to get off from my assignments and maybe do something else for fun and I don't think I'd be able to work as an Engineer in an Automotive Industry for my whole life, not happily at least. I just don't think I have actually found something that I like to do with my heart. So I thought probably trying out my side hobby would be good for myself. Why acting only as a side hobby? Well because I think it could help me escape the boring routine in my life and mostly because I have more interest in Acting rather than anything else to take on as a hobby. **Q1.** At the moment, my goal is just to try to be as good as I can in Academics so that I can qualify the pre requisites needed to pursue my Masters in a University in Germany. I am also a member of a Team that's related to Autmotive Engineering so I don't really have time right now to join an Acting Club in my college. Maybe if I start acting classes while I am pursuing my Masters somewhere in Germany at the age of 22-23, would that be a good start? **Q2.** I also want to make it clear, I don't really care for fame or money that I earn in acting, at the end I just want to be able to reach a point where I am acting maybe as a guest star alongside professional actors who worked in famous TV Shows(like Stranger Things, Mr.Robot, Wednesday). So, realistically speaking, what are the chances that I might be able to reach that level before the age of 30 *considering that I will have acting not as a professional career but as a hobby?* Maybe at a later time in my life, I might consider acting as a professional career but that's too far ahead to even think about right now. Well, if you've read this till the end, thankyou for taking out your time and I hope you can give me some advice to tackle this situation I am in. I am really sorry if you can't understand my passage and I am sounding contradictory but I am just extremely confused with myself and I am finding it very hard to even compose a single meaningful sentence properly...
Anyone getting their Health Insurance through NAVA? by controltheweb • last post Jan 8th
How to Stop Acting - Am I Missing Something?? by taztastic4 • last post Jan 8th
I recently finished reading 'How to Stop Acting' by Harold Guskin. I was originally recommended it because I was told it would help me get out of my head with my acting... But I am LOST. "Taking it off the page" seems to be a pretty straightforward exercise/technique with specific instructions that he gives, but other than that, I found that Harold Guskin seemed (at least to me) to contradict himself more than a few times. He mentions several times not to "memorize" the lines, but then he goes on to say that you basically must know them so well that they're engrained in you. And wouldn't repeating them as many times as he's asking you to lead to memorization? He also goes on about how you shouldn't make concrete decisions about the character, shouldn't over-research, and should try the lines in all different ways to see what fits, but then goes on to give examples of how he worked with professional actors and they made decisions and mapped out what characteristics and type of person that character is? I know that every technique can't be applicable to every actor, but it's bothering me that I read this whole book, which seemed to make a lot of good points, but now I'm more confused than inspired...
2023 - are you stepping it up? by DanielBrea-pga • last post Jan 8th
This post will hit you like a brick to the face. But it's ok. There's good news at the end. 2023 is around the corner and everyone is thinking about getting their plan together for the new year. All the acting gurus are hyping you up for "pilot season", telling you to \- get your headshots ready \- your reel ready \- and your outreach strategy laid out for the next "actor's run of the bulls" as I call it. (Thousands of actors mass submitting to a handful of mediocre roles they have almost no chance of booking..a necessary evil perhaps, but ouch. What a harsh reality.) Your new year's goals are probably: \- Get my brand together \- Get my assets together \- Get a better (or any) agent \- Audition more \- Network more. Guess what, that's what everybody is doing. Those are the basics of "the business of acting". That was new in 2013...It's 2023 now. You gotta step it up. Every single coach, guru and program is regurgitating the same fluff out there... But how many successful people do you know (in any industry) that got to the top by doing the same as everyone else? See, the gatekeepers in this industry want you to keep auditioning and sending in self-tapes so they have options. Makes their life easier. Hell, it makes my life easier. I can't even blame them for it. You're a commodity to them. Replaceable, disposable, just one of a million. They don't appreciate your position, talents and unique abilities. Why? They don't have to. There's enough actors out there. Don't get me started on casting directors (some of the most confused and pretentious people in Hollywood). They sit in their little home offices and expect you to nail a self-tape audition in 3 hours without any time to prepare, ask questions or get feedback. Then they get frustrated and complain when they get 500 submissions and have to watch a bunch of tapes that don't perfectly portray the character that even they have no clue who it is, until some random tape jumps out at them and they say "oh, that might make sense for this...let's see what the director thinks about that..." A puppet (Casting Director) looking for puppets (dependent actors) for a puppet master (director) who's controlled by a bigger puppet master (producer) who's controlled by the ultimate puppet masters (Studio or Financiers). Great - everyone's playing craps with your time. And you? You're there working your posterior of for these "safe-gamblers" who cast a wide net, but expect you to be perfectly branded and hope something good comes back quickly. Then they have an assistant spend 2 minutes looking and clicking through submissions and eventually pass on a short list of relatively safe bets to the director. (they always take the safest, most vanilla approach / bet so they don't lose their jobs. That's why nobody takes chances on new talent or directions) Oh and agents... gotta love them. They will solve all your problems right? Well, they are supposed to. But they don't. That's just the bottom line. 90% of agents have no value to you other than taking 10% of the money you make from gigs you book yourself. (I'm not saying all agents are bad...just almost all of them). Agents want you to already be making money before they even consider taking you on... Developing talent is dead. Nobody does it anymore. The only ones who do it are either brand new agents with no real connections because they are building up their own career, or massively successful agents, but only because they discover some diamond in the rough, randomly. The serendipitous decision to develop an artist out of seeing dollar signs comes from them. Not from someone asking them for help. Like how Charlize Theron was discovered in a bank while she was screaming at the teller...it's true...look it up. She was a failed dancer and a failed actor until then. It had nothing to do with her auditioning. So what does all this mean? It means that the people who's job it is to find and develop new talent don't want to and are not doing their jobs. How did we get to this point? We let them! They say, actors, you want the gig? This is what we require. Don't want it? Fine, don't do it! And actors do it... Thanks mr. second assistant to the casting director of the Utah division of a tiny cable show... You must feel really good up there on your high horse, dangling one-line co-star roles in front of talented artists as if they are lead roles on Marvel films. Oh and SAG-AFTRA, the union that's supposed to protect you, they don't do anything about this either. Well, they don't do much for you at all actually. Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy inside too? So who really are your allies as an actor? If Agents are useless, Casting directors pretentious and inaccessible, and the union that's supposed to support you, doesn't really... Are you not tired of this ridiculous approach to a career ? The only ally you have is yourself. Sad, but true. Let's be real for a second. Let's stop pretending like nepotism isn't a thing in Hollywood. I'm guilty of it myself as a producer. Secret (that you may have noticed by now)... The good roles are not put up on actors access. The good roles are offered to actors that the filmmakers know or want directly, often before casting even starts. Larry David knew Julia Louis-Dreyfuss from their work at SNL together and he called her in for Seinfeld directly. We all know Johnny Depp made some calls for Amber Heard to be put in Aquaman. Adam Sandler loves working almost exclusively with his buddies. We can keep going all day here. Even I personally always think of who may be a good fit for my lead roles while developing a project. And almost all my friends who produce films call me and ask if I know a good "This, that or the other" actor. We don't really want to hire casting directors or post breakdowns if we don't have to and often hold off until we've exhausted all our options. No wonder 98%of actors don't earn a living with acting alone, even though there are more projects being produced than ever before in history. It's just the same handful of plugged-in actors being circulated amongst friends. And it's very hard to enter the circulation, even if you're relatively established. You're known as what you're known for. It's on you to break the mold. You should be getting much bigger pieces of that pie. But the solutions the gurus have for you out there are "Audition more!", "Get new headshots!", "Get an Agent"..."Network!" And while all that is - duh - obvious and the bare basics that you and every actor under the sun are and should be doing, it doesn't give you any real control over your future or your life and it does not create consistency or job security at all. But there's a lot that you CAN do about this. It's just not stuff that Hollywood insiders are helping you do because it would give you too much power. Well, they can go eat a stinky fish. Take the power. They've had it long enough. Warning, it's not for timid introverts who cringe if they need to step into public. This stuff is for the fewest of the few, actual apex predators out there. It's for adventurous, intuitive and inventive actors who are tired of living by other peoples rules and regulations. For explorers who want to do the work to set themselves free. To discover themselves and their full potential on their own terms. People who are not looking for tips, tricks and hacks, but to become true masters of the industry like Matt Damon, Eva Longoria, Tyler Perry, Kerry Washington and Sly Stallone. People who want to be on set a lot, playing roles they want to play, lead roles, important roles. Fulfilling roles and expanding careers beyond just acting alone. For you, there's a solution. It's called producing your own films. Make this the year that you take your power back. Daniel
I got casted as Roxie Hart in my high schools production of Chicago but I’ve never even had my first kiss by ReflectionSoft6148 • last post Jan 7th
I got casted as Roxie Hart in my high school’s production of Chicago. Roxie Hart is one of the most notorious femme fatales in musical theatre history. She’s sultry, seductive, and a master manipulator. My director is a huge believer in how real life experiences effect your acting ability. Yet, I have never even had my first kiss. I act very confident and I’m also 18 so a lot of people probably assume otherwise about me. I’m very embarrassed about how inexperienced I am. I was able to get through auditions because I’m a talented singer and dancer. Although I know I am bound to have to talk about sex in some capacity at rehearsals and have to kiss and be intimate with the Fred Casely actor. I also am just fearful of “acting like a virgin”…whatever that means. I haven’t even figured out if I am attracted to men at all so I don’t want to look visibly uncomfortable when the actors touch me or vice versa. Roxie is literally my dream role and I want to give her everything i can. I can put on a pretty good sultry persona when i’m displaying Roxie’s narcissistic behavior, but the second I have to touch a man I SWEAR TO GOD. so here are my questions: How do I act like I have had sex before when I haven’t? First kiss is a stage kiss? (really like how do i navigate that) How can I become more comfortable when touching and flirting with my male cast mates during scenes? Also just general advice about playing Roxie and preparing for the role