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Why jeopardize your career? by langgglan • last post Feb 1st
Why would an actor trying to be on the rise put their rep in jeopardy by trying to exploit new people in the industry? Isn’t that self- defeating?
Hey guys, I recently did an interview with Jimmy Kimmel out on the street. I’m afraid it will shed a bad light on me as an actor if it airs on tv. by DontDrift • last post Jan 31st
prior to this I did not know what the interview was about. They started asking me questions about weed and legalization. I told them I don’t have an opinion on that, I’m afraid this will shed a bad light on me as actor. What do you think ?
Looking to coach privately by B1gred95 • last post Jan 31st
Hey! Long story short, I’m looking to get out of my dead end day job and work for myself. I’m a working actor, have worked in film and commercials, my degree is in theatre education and because of that, obviously have a ton of theatre experience. However!!! I have no business degree or have a clue on how to run a business. I’m heavily considering starting my own private coaching/teaching but have no clue where to begin. If you started your own, what advice do you have? Anything specific business wise I need to know about that field? How’d you get started? Sorry, I know that’s broad but anything helps. Thanks in advance!!
Cut from feature/ tv by Right_Candy859 • last post Jan 31st
Are actors ( day player or principal) notified if they are cut from final edit) . Do they get courtesy call or do they just find out when show airs/premieres?
Question about hiring voice actors. by Ayewaddle • last post Jan 31st
Hows it going Reddit. Im looking to hire voice actors for a project im working on. Its gonna be about a five episode scifi radio drama. Its honestly just a personal project for myself cause i've always wanted to do something like this but i've only ever gotten small work in sound design, so im footing the bill and doing it myself. Thats where my question lies, how much should i expect to pay a voice actor for something like this? I know that question depends on how many lines, how many episodes theyre in, lead roles, supporting roles, ect. Im honestly trying to see how much i should expect to spend and how I could write the story around it to make it more affordable for me without cheaping out on the actors or doing the whole "its great exposure!" thing. Im honestly looking to make a good show, I just have to work within my means. Im thinking so far about 5 main characters for 5 episodes, with about 15-20 supporting characters. The main characters possibly about 3-5 mins of dialog per episode with the episodes hoping for about 15 min 20 being max. Thanks ahead of time friends.
Do you really think the actors of Euphoria haven’t taken acting classes? by actresswhowrites • last post Jan 31st
Hunter Schafer, Barbie Ferreira, and Angus Cloud all claim to be completely untrained. They’re all so good though. I mean I know it’s possible of course to just be that naturally good but do you think they may have taken classes or something and just were advised not to advertise it?
Trying to identify an unknown voice actor from a video game... by the-purple-meanie • last post Jan 31st
I know this isn't quite what the usual posts here are supposed to be, but I've been trying to identify a voice actor from a 90's game called Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages for a month now with no luck, so I thought that maybe somebody on a subreddit for voice acting might know, or if there's a better way for me to ask people online about it then let me know. So the game Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages has very good voice acting for a game from 1996, but unfortunately while it does list the voice actors, it does not specify who voices who. I think I've managed to ID most of the major characters' voice actors in the game except for one, a character named Baphomet, and you can find a video of him [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFl5rKWlOS8). Since this game was made in the UK, most if not all of the voice actors are from there so I'm not as familiar with them, however, the names of who it could be are as follows (excluding the one woman listed and the game's creator): Anthony Jackson, Peter Serafinowicz, John Baddeley, Billy J. Mitchell, Brad Lavelle, and Brian Eames. Again, I'm sorry to do this, but I've tried other gaming-related subreddits and I've gotten no answers, but if you at least know somewhere else I could ask and maybe get answers, do tell.
Some Lingering Thoughts on the Handling of the Manatreed Situation by theholyepicpenguin • last post Jan 31st
I will preface this by saying that this post is not intended as a defense of Manatreed, nor a "I believe the accusations against him are true" post. While I will try not to comment on the accusations itself, there are many things that are 'off' about them, some of which have been touched on and some of which haven't been. Additionally, I have *quite a few* opinions about how the community handled this and how we really shouldn't be as surprised as some people are. I apologize for not posting this yesterday when the accusations were perhaps more 'relevant', though I believe that many of the points I'll be touching on aren't necessarily things that will expire in the future depending on how the situation goes. **Source of the info** First of all, KF. This is a website that organizes doxxing and harassment against others to such a degree that it's led to the suicide of more than one person, and a site where alt-right weirdos love to hang around. Though I do not blame people for being uneducated about the source of the accusations/doxxed info, those who are familiar have no reason to delude themselves with the belief that the doxxers were doing this out of a desire to do what's "right" rather than as part of a harassment campaign that's involved people trying to doxx Dream and take him down for well over a year now. There's also the factor that leaktwt is considered a part of the minecraft stan community, one of the reasons being is because they're still considered a 'subtwt', much like 404twt or beetwt in name being identified by the -twt ending. And, yeah, from what I've seen SOME of these people probably are genuinely fans of the CCs, who have somehow convinced themselves that they're fans of the people they try to doxx and harass. However, we need to stop pretending that the vast majority of these people are fans rather than folks from KF who have come onto twitter because they knew that they'd be welcomed as members of the MCYT subtwt community by those who genuinely think they're fighting for what's right or whatever. I've seen the argument that "the timing of these accusations are sus", and like no duh?? It's clear that the people behind the original doxxed info are bad faith actors, the same who have been trying to take down Dream for the past year, so of course they would wait until after people have formed a connection with Manatreed (i mean look at all the simp posts during/after his stream) to post their information. They had no intentions of taking down Manatreed or preventing him from even possibly gaining a community as a streamer before he hit the go live button, even while he had a platform of pretty damn close to half a million people on twitter. Instead, shocking as it is, they may have waited for the time to release their info such that it'd be the most damaging to Manatreed and, wait for it, Dream. Wow, who could've known?? "**Believe all Victims" and how the community handled the situation** Naturally, the vast majority of people who saw the accusations and are in stantwt initially responded by either liking/retweeting these threads or expressing support for them and the fact that the individual whom is supposedly Manatreed out of the mindset that one must "believe all victims", which had time and time again been the centerpiece of controversy in the DSMP community and had led to many believing accusations that have turned out to be falsified before those situations were cleared up. Obviously, this belief/stance has developed over time with various CCs and other public figures online who have been exposed on the internet for doing bad things, and coupled with the inherent nature of humans to do want to do what's "right" and prevent bad people from being platformed, it's no surprise why "believe all victims" is a stance that's held dear by large portions of the community. While I do not intend on giving my own personal opinion of that stance, I will talk about how DSMP fans have (falsely) applied it to the Manatreed situation and used it against him. Members of the community were confronted with several threads accusing Manatreed of being someone implicated in a court case in Florida that revolves around 'Dating Violence (DV)' charges against him. Because of the "believe all victims" mentality, it was immediately believed that even if Manatreed is not the individual, that individual in question WAS an abuser and guilty. The problem with this mentality is that we know NO specifics about this court case, asides from charges relating to abuse. No statements from the victim have been found or shared about the case, and no further information that would implicate the individual exists outside of court documents verifying the existence of this court case. So how can people "believe" a victim whom they have never once heard of or seen any sort of statement from this victim? Because I can already see the "OMG wtf?? you're wrong" criticisms from a mile away, I am not saying that it is wrong to believe the victim. However, it certainly IS wrong and intrusive to pretend like you're knowledgeable about a case that you know nothing about outside of the name of the defendant and the charges against him. Assuming specifics about things like this isn't "believing the victim" or even helping them in any way, but it is harmful and can help encourage further harassment against people and sharing information that may not be true or may be misleading. There's a reason why "innocent until proven guilty" is a thing, at least in the United States. It's incredibly ironic to see the same people who would most likely agree with the statement "ACAB" or other criticisms of the American justice system (let's not pretend that dsmptwt is some paragon of neutrality free from political biases) also want to trust the court system to such a degree that those who end up in the court system with charges against them should be immediately ruled guilty and imprisoned. **Dream's Response** Of course, as dsmptwt likes to do, they immediately went from falsely accusing Manatreed of IRL crimes on the belief that a doxx from a bad actor website is true to getting pissy at Dream for defending someone who he's called his friend. This controversy involved getting upset that Dream referred to people as "gullible" to the fact that Dream was softblocking and/or unfollowing people. First of all, if you genuinely believe that Manatreed is a real life criminal and horrible person and you focused on getting upset at Dream for unfollowing people on twitter dot com, you're a weirdo. Please get off the internet and rethink your life and maybe come up with a set of morals while you're at it. Or maybe develop some critical thinking skills and not instantly trust info from just-as-bad-as-4chan to weaponize it against people. Like, I swear I could literally say Dream lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC and take a photo of Joe Biden's chin and say that's proof that Dream lives there and half of dsmptwt would believe it because "it has an address and information that some shady website said was true, so it must be true!" Second of all, I'll be less concise with this point because it's already been debated to death by the subreddit, but Dream literally has the right to unfollow anyone he wants, whether it's because they're believing an accusation that he doesn't believe or because they made him uncomfortable or whatnot. No stan account deserves a follow, and just like literally anyone else Dream has the right to curate his internet experience however he wants. If this involves removing people from his TL or locking them out of his private space that they don't OWE access to, then so what? It was incredibly disappointing to see a lot of the same folks who were probably advocating for Dream to unfollow all stans back during the June 9 thing or cheering Snifferish on when they unfollowed all stans back when that happened on their account to cry about Dream as if stans are owed anything. And, no your honor, unfollowing people on twitter doesn't imply that Dream's guilty of knowing that Manatreed is anything or that Dream is a horrible bad person or literally anything else. Claims like those are ridiculous and serve to detract from what's actually happening.
How do I act more masculine as a naturally feminine man ? by Rihannabad • last post Jan 30th
I’m a theatre major and I love acting , but I don’t want to limit my roles by only being gay, but I find it hard to act straight because it’s so forced .. Any other actors have tips for me ? I also get very nervous when I’m so visibly film, and then getting up to act and trying to completely change to masculine !
Switching Voices/Accents by ivoryfawn • last post Jan 30th
Hello! I'm not too sure if this is the best subreddit to ask my question, but I was thought it'd be worth a shot to try. (if there's another one subreddit that's better suited for my question, please let me know!) I'm curious about how people can temporarily deepen their voices. Specifically, altering between one's normal speaking voice to a deeper one.. for this question, the subject is Danny Phantom Exe. I've always thought it was fascinating and just curious how it works. :-o I've tried googling and researching, but most of the stuff I found is for permanently making one's voice deeper (which isn't the case with Danny, his normal speaking voice is pretty high), or it has warmups (also didn't see Danny do in his videos). And is deep voices only achievable by guys? Most girls would prefer to have a softer or a higher voice, and I get it. But physically, I'm curious if there's any female voice actors/voiceover artists capable of doing a deep voice. Thank you for taking the time to read, and thanks in advance for replies! :)
Monologue Mondays by MaybeActualEarl • last post Jan 30th
Hey all, haven't been around in a while! A few other actor friends were talking about monologues recently and I remember that a few years back, Monologue Mondays used to be a thing on this sub - what happened with it?
College Major Help by haley_actress • last post Jan 30th
Which would be better to major in? Acting for Camera: Associates First Semester: * On-camera acting technique * Acting l Techniques * Film & TV History l: Survey * Improvisation l: Foundations * Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist l * Voice, Production and Speech l: Foundations * English Composition * Screenwriting l: Technique Second Semester: * Acting ll: Contemporary Scene Study * On-Camera Acting ll: Scene Study * Film & TV History ll: Styles * Improvisation ll: Techniques * Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist ll * Voice, Production and Speech ll: Techniques * Introduction to Oral Communication * Screenwriting ll: Development Third Semester: * Introduction to Filmmaking & Production * Improvisation for the Camera * Introduction to Auditioning for Film & TV * Career Preparation * Applied Logic and Critical Thinking * Screenwriting lll: Original Works * On Camera Acting lll * Stage Combat l: Unarmed Fourth Semester: * Industry Preparation * Reel for the Actor * Short Film Project: Original Works * Multimedia Performance * Advanced Stage Combat: Combat for the Camera OR Acting: Associate of Occupational Studies Semester one: * Acting l: Beginning Scene Study * Acting l: Techniques * Iconic Theatre: 19th through Mid-20th Century * Improvisation l: Foundations * Alexander Technique * Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist l * Stage Combat l: Unarmed * First-Semester Seminars * Voice, Production, and Speech l: Foundations * English Composition Semester two: * Acting ll: Contemporary Scene Study * Acting ll: Period Scene Study * Iconic Theatre: Ancient Greece to Romanticism * Improvisation ll: Techniques * Dance and Movement for the Performing Artist ll * Acting for the Camera l * Stage Combat ll: Rapier and Dagger * Voice, Production, and Speech ll: Techniques * Introduction to Oral Communication Semester three: * Acting Styles * Acting lll: Advanced Scene Study * Career Preparation * Acting for the Camera ll * Voice, Production, and Speech lll: Advanced Techniques * Applied Logic and Critical Thinking Elective 1: * Improvisation: Introduction to Long Form Or * Ensemble Singing for the Actor ✅ Elective 2: * Film Studies: The Art of the Motion Picture Or * Stage Combat lll: Broadsword ✅ Semester four: * Acting Production Showcase * Acting Scene Showcase * Industry Workshop * Mock Audition * Film Projects * Finding Your Voice: Digital Tools for the Performing Artist
Ethnically ambiguous look- a blessing or a curse? by Full_Temperature_179 • last post Jan 30th
I’m a middle eastern, Asian, and Caucasian mix. People can never guess my primary ethnicity, and I don’t look like one particular ethnic group. I’ve had people guess that I’m Hispanic before, but also Italian, Native American, and all sorts of ethnicities that are not my own. I can’t pass as white even though I’m 1/2 white, but I also don’t look like a particular ethnic group. I am an agency signed model and my old agents would encourage me to do things to look “more white” (everything from straightening hair to lightening skin). They would say I’m not “ethnic enough” but also not “white enough”, and I need to fit in somewhere. Now that I’m getting into acting, I notice characters who match my type are, for example, the daughter of a white man. I might be a similar type, but I definitely don’t appear as though I could be that man’s daughter. I also see the reverse happen where I definitely appear more Caucasian than the character (to the extent that I would not be casted)… I am really happy that there is more diversity, but I rarely see people like me on TV. It kind of bums me out, and makes me question if I have a place in the industry. I guess I look more middle eastern than anything else, but I rarely see middle eastern people on TV or in films tbh. So, that also sucks haha. I’ve heard people say it’s good to be ethnically ambiguous, but I’m questioning if that’s actually true. Anyone else in the same boat? What has your experience been as an actor?
Advice for not getting taken advantage of as a newbie by langgglan • last post Jan 30th
I recently had a really bad experience where an actor was trying to coerce me into sending nudes so that he could submit me to an agent he knows. He gave some BS explanation that he got fired from a job because of his recommendation for a girl with an inappropriate tattoo a that he didn’t know about. So he wanted to “vet” my body type. He also made a point of making me agree to “deleting everything from our chats” ( I didn’t…) Supposedly he has a small role in something coming to Netflix soon. Is this something normal to deal with in the industry? I try to be open to knew opportunities, but how do I avoid creeps?
questions about the day-to-day reality of working in voice acting/voiceover by chevre27 • last post Jan 29th
Hi voice actors and voiceover artists! I am at some kind of life crossroads and am trying to lock down a career that I feel passionate about and can commit to long term. I have always been interested in voice acting, but I have no idea if what I assume the job itself is like is actually accurate. So if any of you could give your thoughts on your day-to-day work-wise, that would be amazing! Specifically, I’m wondering: \-How did you get involved with voice acting/voiceover? \-Do you feel you are paid fairly? \-Do you often have work you are required to finish at home/outside of work hours? Do you often work overtime? \-Do you find your work particularly challenging? \-What do you spend most of your work time doing? \-Do you feel fulfilled at work? Would you recommend others follow you down your path? \-Is most of your work done independently, or with other colleagues? \-Are you under a lot of scrutiny from higher-ups, or do they mostly step back and let you do your work? \-How much vacation time do you get? \-How are the benefits? \-Do you often feel stressed about work? and any other details that might be useful for me! I will be working in the US and/or Canada if that is relevant. Thanks so much!
Hey guys, I’m a starting up actor…. by JayyMartin • last post Jan 29th
So I’d say I’m fairly new to this, I’ve done background work already, and have done a couple auditions, but have never actually been booked for anything. I’m kinda fairly low on income so even my headshots aren’t all that great. Any advice I can get on how to keep advancing? Possibly get an agent or something?
Pros & Cons of Film/TV vs. Theatre Careers by goolosh7 • last post Jan 29th
I’ve already got a list of my own but I’d like to hear your opinions. I’ve been in the professional theatre world longer but among other things in the film realm (better pay, more opportunities for jobs, etc.) I’ve also noticed that as an introverted person (but an extroverted actor) my personality seems to be more accepted in general among the film realm. Whereas in the theatre world it’s almost like part of getting hired is being a loud/extroverted/takes up the room personality type (and if you’re not you’re more easily excluded.) Any thoughts? I have love for both fields but am interested in your thoughts too because I don’t think it’s something actors talk about enough.
I am a full time student in NYC, but my dream is to be an actor. Should I try to take advantage of being in NYC, and put myself out there? by abrokenacorn • last post Jan 29th
I am a 20 year old male. I go to school in NYC, but I don’t live here year round. I am a full time student, not studying acting or anything related. But it’s my dream to be an actor. Is it feasible to try and pursue anything while I am living here? Or would it not be possible while also being a full time student? I have virtually no experience, aside from a couple of basic acting classes and some student theater in high school. I know it sounds kind of crazy, but it also kind of seems crazy to be living in NYC, essentially on my parents dime (that won’t last after I graduate), and doing nothing to pursue my dream. If it does sound crazy to try and be an actor right now while also a full time non-acting student, please tell me, because I genuinely do not know. And if it’s not crazy, do you have any suggestions? Where do I start?
Youtuber (me) Needs Performing Advice from Actors (you) by ChicoTallahassee • last post Jan 29th
I'm a very small youtuber with 80 subscribers and 100 videos. I'm trying to increase my views by doing everything I can find on SEO, thumbnails, color grading and so on. My editing isn't worse than the next man who has over 10k views. I mean, some youtubers don't edit at all and get over a million views. I add even sound from the YouTube Audio Library. Meanwhile I get only below 100 views on most of my videos. Last I was asking around what could be wrong, and most people said my presentation on camera wasn't as good as it should be. Either I look to negative, talk to fast, use wrong language or don't express myself enough. My first thought was to ask people in YouTube subreddits or the likes. Then I figured why not ask the professionals when it comes to performing. What do you suggest I do to increase my performance skills? How do I appear better on camera? How do I get my expressions more clear? Some general tips? Most of my future videos will be in the categories vlogs, challenges, comedy and entertainment. I hope this is the right subreddit for these kinds of questions. I've always been interested in acting, but my location is not really giving me much possibilities in this field, so YouTube came as a solution to that. I like YouTube. It could be a possibility to get recognition and gain some skill.
Is this a scam? by idapanda • last post Jan 29th
Hey all, I was browsing craigslist for PA work, and I found this posting. I applied for this acting position on a whim, and they replied asking me to come into the studio tomorrow for a pre-screening/possible reading. https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tfr/d/new-york-casting-movie-actors/7433849465.html Is this a scam? Should i go in tomorrow, or is there too many red flags?