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Help! New to Acting Professionally by Acrobatic_General854 • last post Jan 22nd
Hi! I graduated college in May 2021 with a music degree and jumped into teaching full time to pay bills. I have always wanted to act professionally. Throughout school, I was in plays and musicals from 2nd grade up until COVID shut my show down in March 2020. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the opportunity to train as an actor, or get professional headshots. Is it impossible to jump into auditioning professionally now at 23? I feel so behind other actors my age who went to college for this or have professional credits already. What do I put on a resume when all my credits are from educational theatre and my most recent show was Fall 2019?
Casting Call for X-Men Motion Comics by dhvoiceover • last post Jan 22nd
I'm in need of an actress who can perform with a mexican accent to voice X-23 on my nonprofit youtube channel. My channel is called DHVO Dubs for Peace where multiple actors and musicians collab with me on charity-based projects. I currently have 20K subscribers and hope to continue growing. If interested, please leave a comment or shoot me a message. ​ https://preview.redd.it/wgpgp4rejbd81.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=66f8ba74105c5fcce72d1b98b3275c81a9dda683
Actors Access algorithm? by hjhgjbb • last post Jan 22nd
Is this still true today or not?
Contemplating a career in acting.. maybe it's what I'm good at.. maybe it's not? by No-Escape_5964 • last post Jan 22nd
I'm 26 years old (woman). At this point in life, I have no real hobbies, no talents, no skills. I'm stuck in a soul sucking job that I hate, but pays the bills. While I was watching a show on hulu the other day, I noticed something about my thought process during the rare times I'm watching shows or movies. I'm drawn to the acting itself; "How did they make that scene?" "That scene looks like it was a lot of fun to shoot!" "I wonder how many hours it took to get that exactly right?" So I wondered, maybe I should give it a shot because *why not?* However, I have absolutely no experience in any sort of acting. I didn't even take the drama class at my high school (small town school and the fear of humility from having to possibly kiss someone "gross" kept me from it). I figure best course of action is to secure some background actor roles, but is there a way to test the waters and see if acting is the right path without getting in too deep? I live about 100mi from Hollywood with the ability to commute a few times if I need to. I know I'll never be an A-list actress or even B-list for that matter. If I could just make 40-50k/year, I'd be content. Maybe that's an unrealistic goal? Any advice for an introvert who's peeking out of her hermit shell?
How important is it to have a social media presence? by The_Crows_Cousin • last post Jan 22nd
As an actor with ADHD, even having social media apps downloaded makes me spiral into wasting time and obsessively checking for likes and comments. I deleted the apps and stopped updating my accounts about 7 months ago, which has been so great for me! As I’m preparing to peruse acting in earnest, many people in the community around me talk about how important it is to be a content creator and post regularly. How much stock do casting directors really put in a potential hire’s social media? Do follower numbers really count? Ideally, I wouldn’t be present on social media at all and still have a successful career. Thoughts?
Theatres that provide housing? by HappyLittleSnail • last post Jan 22nd
Hello! I’m looking for recommendations of theatres that pay and provide housing for out of town actors, whether it be summer stock or year long contracts. I’m non union looking for an equity theatre, preferably in the northeast!
Who else would hate to be famous? by Full_Temperature_179 • last post Jan 22nd
One of my good friends is an actress, and the series she was on happened to blow up. She is now pretty famous, and it seems awful. I’m not sure how she feels, but I genuinely hope she’s not unhappy! Hanging out w/ her after she’s blown up made me realize how much I would personally hate to be famous, though… The thought of the possibility (which is 0.00001) terrifies me enough to feel weird about acting. Ofc I’m not gonna stop bc it’s my passion, but I feel weird as many of my peers want this and think it’s the ultimate byproduct of an acting career. I see their point, and I want every opportunity possible as an actress, but being famous would cause me extreme distress. Anyone else relate? Just curious I guess.
Kindly asking for some opinions and advice on whether to go to drama school or not... by fivesetjawharp • last post Jan 22nd
Hi, I looked through this sub and realized it's not particularly active, but perhaps some of you who are around can help me out a little. I'm just gathering as many opinions on this as I can from both the people I know IRL and perhaps some experienced actors here. I'll try to keep this as short as I can. I come from a family of 2 generations of stage and film actors and artists, I myself am a professional pianist, and i'm at a crossroads. I'm 25 in may, and my passion towards acting has grown more and more over the past year, to the point where I feel like I want to pursue it more than I want to keep pursuing music. I took acting classes for 6 years as a little kid, when I was painfully shy and closed-up, yet now I am drastically different and I feel like I want to give it another shot. As far as I can see, I have two options. 1) try and get into a certain drama school where I have connections. They only accept actors every 2 years (this year being that year), the auditioning process is extremely selective and difficult (approx 5% get in), and lessons and rehersals take place every day, including some saturdays, from 9 in the morning til about half past 6. Plus homework. This is absolutelt NUTS, since without having at least a half time job, I don't know how I would be able to support myself. Yes, this is europe, so it's not uber expensive to study here, but on many days I would probably be eating plain maccaroni. And that is with financial help from my parents, which would be sad. 2) Keep my job as an accompanist and continue with music, and on the side, work on my acting myself, reading books, filming myself and such, then as time goes on, maybe get some personal coaching for a little bit, get my headshots and try to land auditions. I would be considerably better off financially, and I could still continue with music in the beginning, until I find out whether or not I have a chance at an acting career... at which point I will leave music behind if I truly feel like it and completely dedicate myself to acting. In your honest opinion, do you think that option no. 2 could ever work out? Because option 1 is seeming less and less likely. Would a drama school education really be so necessary? Many thanks.
Help, miscast! by cronchd • last post Jan 21st
I am a beginner actor and need to submit a miscast monologue for the first time. I'm male. I need a funny monologue that would make sense for male miscast. HELP PLEASE!
Question about auditions and selftapes? by vaultedceiling • last post Jan 21st
Hi! I am a reletively new actor--have been training for a while and have had a few jobs and done a few in person auditions and quite a few self tapes. Sometimes the scene I've been given to read will have very physical aspects to it. Ex. I am working on a selftape for a scene that includes my character running down an alley and hiding in a bush. Theres no dialogue before that so I figured I would just started out coming out of the alley and 'hiding' (miming) behind the bush. I feel like thats probably what would be expected more or less right? Theres also a part where my character is punched in the face and falls down. Should I mime this too? In general, just looking for some advice on how I should approach very physical elements (getting punched, kissing, running away from someone, etc). How do you approach props? Say character is eating a bowl of cereal? Would you use props in a self tape and just mime in an in person audition? What about something like a gun? I just want to know whats expected of a professional actor you know, so I look like I know what I'm doing. Thanks guys!
How long did you take acting classes before making your demo? by KobeKastle • last post Jan 21st
I want to be a voice actor more than anything and I want to make sure that I’m at the top of my game before even thinking about making a demo. The issue is I look around and I see so many people living my dream getting their demos made and their voices are so developed and they understanding character psychology so deeply. I want to go ahead and get my demo made so I can start doing work on the shows that excite, but I honestly feel like I need more training in acting classes first. I just don’t know how long I should train for, or like what I need to learn to be good enough to make a demo. I know character archetypes are one thing to learn and playing around with my voice to see what characters I could believably play. My voice is naturally on the higher end. I’m tired of stalling. I’m taking an acting class every Wednesday and I’ll be paying for coaches when I get more money. It just irritates me that my dream feels so far out of reach... If you have a demo made how long were you in acting classes? And what did you find most helpful in your training when it came to developing your craft?
anyone go above and beyond for their self-tapes? by MaveInfinite • last post Jan 21st
a friend of mine has at-least 2K invested in his self-tape set it. professional lights, a black backdrop, but mainly a DSLR rig which has to be cost $1.5K. It looks very professionally done, he really studied and has an amazing set-up. So much so that he has a small business where he charges actors to self-tape. Nothing crazy, like $50 but the auditions really stand out and he helps them book. I just bought an iPhone 13 Pro and I know it's not going to look at good as his DSLR rig but I hope it helps stand out. Anyone here do anything similar?
Any tips to stop being nervous/self conscious on stage? by the_dude7777 • last post Jan 21st
Hey all, long time lurker here in the subreddit. Im very new to the acting scene with a few days under my belt. I recently joined this meisner school with a ton of talented people and I absolutely love it. I’ve been rehearsing the repetition exercise/door activity outside of class with classmates every chance I get. For some reason on stage, my confidence just crashes and burns and I’m awkward as hell which makes the exercise harder for myself and the other person. I’ve been telling myself to have a “fuck it, who cares” attitude but it hasn’t really helped. Any tips from all you experienced/confident actors would help out a ton!
Any advice for younger new actors based in Toronto ; by purplerabbit785 • last post Jan 21st
Hey! I'm a magnificent young aspiring actor (17 y/o) and I had a few smaller gigs when I was really young but then kind of fellout of acting. Any advice as to how I can get back into it? Maybe mainly advice on reels and agencies would be helpful, thanks in advance!
Workshops/intensive on resume by Icy-Iron-947 • last post Jan 21st
s it okay to put intensives/workshops you attend on your resume. Actors comedy studio is holding an audition intensive on the twenty sixth online and I am attending. I was wondering if I could put this on my resume?
I want to look into voice acting, here's my situation. by Pertkhan36630 • last post Jan 20th
I asked this question in another acting subreddit, but I'd also like to see what you all have to say if that's alright. So, let me get into it. I've been studying the creative field for most of my life. I've been writing for 12 years, and in high school I pursued Art, Design, and Visual Communication for 2 years (went to a separate institution during my normal school day for it.) The only thing I haven't tried or studied before is voice acting, but I really want to try it. All my normal studies involve studying fictional worlds and characters. I aim to understand those characters like they're real people so I may properly portray them in my work and studies. Recently, I've had a thought, "What if I take that deep understanding, and translate it into voice instead?". I really want to try this, and explore this other area of creative work I haven't touched before. I even plan to go back to college to study it for real. But the thing is, I'm really nervous, and I'm not sure if I should take a shot. I tend to freeze up and get embarrassed when trying to act around other people. So, in your opinion, what makes a voice actor good? And with what I told you, does it sound like a field I'm worthy to look into? What qualities do voice actors have that make them perfect for this kind of creative job? All that stuff. Thanks for reading, and any responses. I'll be sure to answer everyone's comments, and give further insight on my creatives experiences if needed.
Calm Sleep Creator Program for Voice Actors by rising_phoenix01 • last post Jan 20th
Hi there! The Calm Sleep has launched a Creator Program to find top quality Voice Talent for narrating the sleep stories. You can find more information and perks in this document The pay starts from $40 per story and goes up to $100, depending on how well it performed. An amazing opportunity! Do apply! Good luck!
Got a self tape audition for a re release of a role I already self taped for a month ago by simplehello0 • last post Jan 20th
TLDR: I don’t know if I should put in effort to try again when they obviously didn’t like the first tape. Don’t really have a dire need to do this role, would like to, but I could be putting my mind an effort into better things So I’m guessing I didn’t make the first round of choices, but I’m guessing no one got picked at all, hence a re release of the role. It’s strange because I got this through my manager last December and now I got this self tape today through my agent.(same sides, same character) Would there be a reason they would want me to audition again? Did they just forget about the old tape then? Of course I will try something new, probably do a whole 180 from my original self tape, which my manager and I thought was pretty good But I’m just having a hard time grasping why they would want me to audition again, if I didn’t make it in the first round. Why again? Did they just forget? It’s not a callback either, so it’s strange Sorry for all the ranting, I just want to know a fellow actors opinion
Questions about finally starting to go on auditions by spookyhalloweeen • last post Jan 20th
Hi! I’ve been in acting classes since I was 17 (24f now) and I’ve been dragging my feet on actually trying to audition for things out of fear, but I finally want to go head on with it. I need to get some hedshots (spelling it wrong because this forum keeps deleting it saying I’m asking for t y pecasting opinions lol) but I have a question about hair. Recently I got my hair cut (I had hair down almost to my belly button, no layers) and I cut it to mid chest length with shaggy layers (nothing too dramatic, my hairs really thick) and got curtain bangs that go to the middle of my face. At the moment I really like this hair style and think it suits me well. But the hair stylist I went to is expensive and I’m not sure how often I’ll get it trimmed, and my hair grows really fast. How much does length matter when taking he*dshots? If my hair grows past where it’s at when the photos are taken, will they care that it’s longer? Should I wait to get the photos done until it’s grown out a bit so it’s in the middle of how short I’d cut it and how long it would get? Just want to make sure I’m not wasting money on photos that I can’t use. Second question, I’m starting back at college in February after taking a couple years off. Right now I only have 1 class 2 days a week for an hour each. I’m planning on getting a part time job within the next couple months as well. I’ve been applying to things on actors access (mainly student films to get a reel together and experience) but I’m worried about the things I see that are shooting when I’ll be in school. Also not sure about how to go around work (I’ll probably be working retail). Is there a way to do both? I know people obviously have jobs who are actors but how do you guys get shooting days off on short notice?
do promo codes work for casting networks? by nicholasbloom • last post Jan 20th
ive been trying to find some but when i put one in it doesn't work i still use la casting and actors access though