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We interview Voice Actor/Audiobook Narrator RJ Bayley! by spencecorpuz45 • last post Sep 26th
RJ is an extremely talented narrator/voice actor and we were so excited to interview him. Please check out this interview and support him through the links in the description! Thanks to all the voice actors out there bringing so much joy to all of us who love to listen! ​ [https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ](https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ) ​ https://preview.redd.it/ydafhd0qnzp71.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0568835c7e49563331f1041cb380fa80b17fd1e2
Frances vs Meryl by MathematicianLeft07 • last post Sep 26th
Now that Frances has become the 3rd actress to win 3 oscars (all for lead) along with Meryl (2 lead and 1 supporting) and katherine (4 oscars) who do ya think is the best actress?
Joaquin Phoenix weird or unique by MathematicianLeft07 • last post Sep 26th
What makes Joaquin Phoenix so distinct from other actors working? I just can't explain he seems to be so different in terms of acting..
Being union is making me lose work… by FurmidableCat • last post Sep 26th
Long story short: I now have almost no jobs on union sets but end up losing tons of opportunities on non union sets because I am union. I have been in both of my acting unions for seven years and worked hard to get there. I used to get a good amount of work, but have had almost nothing for a year. The only things I got was union background work, student short films (which the union approves of) and paid non union work (which one of the union tolerates. They confirmed I have the right to do that). Since I am not getting professional work as an actor, I am trying to reinvent myself as a host or a public personality. I get offered a lot of paid opportunities to work on camera as myself, I could say I am pretty popular, but they end up refusing to work with me because I am union. The union confirm that I totally have the right to work non union as myself, and even offered to tell the producers I could do it, but so many productions refuse to hire union performers because they don’t want to pay union rates, that I am not even asking for. I end up not getting work on union sets and losing work on non union sets so I just have nothing. What could I do to fix that?
NYC and LA actor check in- what’s your survival job? by mraladdinsirwat • last post Sep 26th
Hi guys, what do you do to keep the bills paid?
Quebec actor loses Hyundai Canada spokesman gig after not getting vaccinated by azthemansays • last post Sep 26th
Fact Check: How many actor friends do you have that are working full-time as on-camera actors? by June_Etoile • last post Sep 26th
Out of the years in theatre/acting classes/school, Yale, whatever you did - just HOW many actor friends do you have that are working full-time as on-camera/known actors? **This means their ENTIRE salary comes from working as an on-camera (not voiceover) actor.** Out of the 500 I would say I met coming up the ranks - **5** of them are household names by now - 3 of them wrote their own shows/comedy/created their own work to become that (and are now millionaires), the other 2 were just actors and had the right look at the right time. **3** supporting - they work a lot but didn't write their own shows - I'd say they probably bring in 100k a year before taxes.
Quality of self-tape submission on AA looks horrible, help! by cuppypake • last post Sep 26th
Hey all. I've never really had this issue before, but after I upload my self-tape to actors access it looks so bad. It's only 58mb and looks fine before I upload it. Is the bad quality how casting is going to see it? Or will it look like the regular quality before it was uploaded? Thanks!
How to handle pay disputes by Slowdoug • last post Sep 25th
I worked as a background actor on a major HBO show a little over a month ago and haven’t received my payment yet. I contacted the payroll service about this and they said they don’t have any record that I worked that day. I sent them a copy of my employment voucher about a week ago and they haven’t responded to it or any of my attempt to follow up. Nobody picks up the phone when I call because they’re all out of the office due to covid. How should I proceed to make sure I get paid? I’m owed like $500 and I need it dammit
Should I train in martial arts if my greatest interest lies in action movies? by Pearlet2 • last post Sep 25th
I’m in an acting program, and my dream is to star in action movies. I know that many actors just use a stunt double, but I feel like this could be a good skill for me either way. I’m a young woman, and there’s no downside to learning self defense! Does anyone know if there’s actually value in me study martial arts, from an acting standpoint? Just curious. Are there any specific classes or martial art forms you recommend I study? Want to add that my BF is a special weapons and firearm instructor, so I’m already learning that.
Do film makers abide by actor’s work hours? by jelly_jellooooo • last post Sep 25th
I was researching online and saw actors taking about working 12-20+ hours a day, how is this possible? If I choose to work my way up to be union or even be non union would I have to do 12+ hours on a film set?
How many auditions should I send out at a time? (From an actor with no rep) by Ok_Buffalo_4112 • last post Sep 25th
So I have been looking on casting sites to start off, and I found about 5 or so auditions I would like to audition for. Should I send them all out at once, or should I send one, wait for the answer, and send another?
WeAudition Review as an Actor. by TheActorDC • last post Sep 25th
This is just personal info, and your experience might vary. Pros: Super convenient Plethora of readers Cons: Too many newbies giving out advice Not enough listening for what you the actor want. Trouble taking redirection. Not understanding what it means to be a good reader. WeAudition is an amazing platform. With a huge flaw of quality. The fact that you can find a reader on the fly, but also pay the struggling actor is a win win IMO. The biggest flaws I see with it however is the review system. It’s easy to have hundreds of positive reviews and be considered an “MVP” After each session ends, you are forced onto the review page and can’t proceed forward to pay. Unless you fully exit out the page and go back on the site. I think most actors want to be nice. Which create these super inflated, high rated readers that aren’t good. I can bet that most of them don’t understand what it means to be a good reader. I would say 1 out of my 5 sessions on here with mvps have been good. The other 4 was tactfully trying to get the reader on the same page while stressing out about the ticking time/their feelings as actors. . Grappling through, Unsolicited advice, trouble taking a simple redirect, distractingly bad reading, and unsolicited opinion of how they personally relate with the text. WeAudition is very convenient but don’t get swayed by the reviews. Look at their IMDb page and see how experienced these actors are. Most of them have only done indies or school projects. It’s really frustrating to pay someone for a service and they start putting on their acting coach/director hat on, with no knowledge of what they’re talking about. This service would improve if we could keep our reviews anonymous.
How do first time actors land major roles? by Liyandri • last post Sep 25th
A singer I follow landed a main role in a Netflix Original. They've never been in any movies or TV shows so I'm wondering how that is? I've been told I'm a good actor and I've always wanted to audition for big roles but I never thought I'd land them because I have no background in acting. I can't really take time off to play in short indie films because I'm so occupied with studies that I'd only potentially take a semester off for a big role. All advice appreciated :)
Actress friend just signed with publicist, but she doesn’t have an agent/manager yet. Is this normal? What does a publicist really do at this stage? by Full_Temperature_179 • last post Sep 25th
My friend is super talented, but I have this view of publicists as being for high profile celebrities. They may serve more purpose than I realize. Why get a publicist in the early stages of your acting career? What can a publicist really do?
Any actors / filmmakers in NYC want to link up and collaborate? by 0000010203 • last post Sep 25th
whats up guys. i'm primarily an actor (trained, repped, mainly auditioning at the co-star / guest star level, sometimes get the occasional recurring or series regular tape) and I just started getting into self-producing, made my first decent short last year, planning on making my 2nd one next month. Wanted to post on here and see if any other local filmmakers in NYC want to link up and potentially collaborate on something. With classes and everything still being on Zoom i'm just super itchy to meet new people since thats pretty tough to do digitally. Longterm, I'd love to develop a big group of people to help each other out on our personal projects in various capacities (i'm not above holding a boom one day for your shoot, for example). I'm 33 and based in Park Slope, but open to all ages & walks of life so long as you've done a thing or two before. The plan in my head is to make a couple more shorts, making them as close to perfect as possible, each one better than the last, submit them to festivals, and then eventually write a feature and shoot a proof of concept to solicit financing. Pretty straightforward process that I've seen people use to break through so I figured as I do that I'll finally book a few co-stars and it will help legitimize me more in the industry. hit me up if you're interested!
How to not be your own worst critic? by hoehoehoe96 • last post Sep 25th
Sorry, this is quite long but I want to write everything that’s on my mind. Short about me, I’m not a completely new actor. Have had large roles in movies/series. But I’ve always had the same problems coming to my confidence as an actor. For instance, I had a selftape the other day. And the thing is that I signed with a new agency three months ago and this is my 5th selftape with them. I really, really wanted to do a great job, so they can see that I’m good even if I don’t book the roles. And honestly I shouldn’t even be worried because they signed me after watching my reel but my brain doesn’t work like that. I came home after work and started filming the scenes. After my first take on scene 1, something told me to use that take because it was good, but my brain was like “bs. It’s not nearly good enough”. I did maybe another 10 takes before “giving up”, having to move on because I had wasted like 2 hours at this point. Same problem with the other two scenes. I sent the selftape in, EMBARRASSED by my terrible acting, telling myself how bad of an actor I am. When I woke, my two agents had replied saying how much they loved the selftape, and one of them said that it amazes him how natural and good I am in every selftape I’ve sent in. I was like “What! I thought that you regretted signing me” lol. I was in a chock. Happy as fuck, but chocked nonetheless. Now after a couple of days when I’ve had some distance from it, I was looking through my album on the phone and saw the “failed” first takes of scene one. And that first scene my gut told me was good enough but my brain said no, is arguably the best take. I just don’t know why I couldn’t see that? I then watched the next takes and each and one of them was good enough and realized that I had wasted two hours selftaping a scene that was ready after 5 minutes. And this is a recurring problem I’ve always had. Why? Why am I like this? Why am I so blind and how can I stop being like this?
Pretty much new and need advice. by KuroInui1213 • last post Sep 25th
Hey so I'm a 23 year old going on 24 year old female who recently graduated college and decided instead of pursuing on to doing grad school (because thinking about it makes me depressed and anxious) I decided to go onto voice acting (in anime and video games mostly) as a hobby to see if I like it. Reason being was because ever since I was a little I was never really to be able to express myself and I would roleplay with friends (and not in the nsfw way) but we would like read things as if we where the characters or just make up out own thing and thats what gave me happiness and joy. But I was so afraid of the criticism I'd get if I decided to major in theatere without real experience in high school so I did science, since I was good at it. After I graduated I have a complete mental breakdown in trying to get into pharmacy school and realized I'd hate to continue working in the pharmacy (since I'm currently a tech). So now I'm trying to find myself and be me so I can be happy with myself. So now I decided to become a voice actor. I already am set to do a webinar with Such a Voice as an intro to this whole thing. Is there anything else I should be doing meanwhile? Am I too old to be trying this out? What are the next steps for me to do? Or should I just quit all together? I just need help in figuring what to do in all of this.
Suggestions to Improve my Voice by David44357 • last post Sep 25th
I am an attorney (not a voice actor). I am doing these video walkthroughs on legal processes and am trying to make my voice . . . tolerable. I spent several full days trying to improve my voice with EQ and other settings on the Blue Sherpa Vo!ce software that came with my Yeti X mic, but only made it worse. [Here](https://davidkingnc-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/dking_ethicalwiki_com/EbMG7m1XvPxPppMYVNE2YfYB1rqBC4OqHMyGotrx1Hyfhw?e=1CScWC) is a voice sample. I'm wondering what I should do to improve my speaking voice. For example, should I pay someone to find better EQ settings? Is there some other way (besides EQ) to digitally improve my voice? Should I just hire a voiceover guy and not put my talking head in the video?