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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?
Need of guidance by Medium-Ad4262 • last post Sep 25th
I'm 17, and I've decided i want to be a voice actor. But I don't know the best way of approaching this goal. Does anyone have any advice?
I'm about to give up on my dream. by Ihavesomequestions58 • last post Sep 25th
VENT: In a world of people who judge others on money and looks. Being a male actor who is 5'5'', decided to live still live with his parents at 26, and has a sub par job. It feels like life is going by me. My friend just got a 90k job offer. And my other friend is advancing quickly in his career. Life is hell. I do have an undergrad degree and experience for at least an intermediate level job. But I've decided to pursue acting which is my true passion. I know two CD never had a legit audition and feel like I'm a sitting duck. Life has been a real struggle. Who would want to date a guy like me is another thing. I've already got the short end of the stick physically and financially. As a man in society I'm the bottom of the barrel. Clearly my confidence is at an all time low right now. I've never felt so unsure of myself in my whole life. I'm so annoyed. I don't want fame. I don't want to be a millionaire. I just want a decent living, my own place, and to enjoy myself. Instead all acting has brought me has been the opposite. I'm a loser living in his parents home. I need help acting community. Have any of you felt like this? Please any advice would be nice.
Manager Meeting by akwinters11 • last post Sep 25th
Hi! This is kind of a weird, every situation varies question, but I was wondering people’s experience after meeting with an agent/manager. So I met with a manager from a management company and the meeting went really well and he asked me to send it self tapes which I did and he later replied with just “Thanks, it was great talking to you too”, but didn’t follow up with either a yes or no. I might be overthinking this due to my actor anxiety ridden brain but is that a dismissal or have people received similar messages and then later been offered representation? I mean this industry is all about waiting like this and I’m pretty sure I’m just asking for ease of mind/closure (which we all are constantly am I right or am I right), but just wondering for other people’s post meeting/self tape experiences. Thank you guys <3
Being a lead actor by SilvesterZoldyck • last post Sep 25th
Hey guys, I recently watched an interview with Bryan Cranston who talked about taking on the role of the lead character in Malcolm in the Middle. Lead actor in that case didn't mean protagonist, but rather the ensemble lead, the one who keeps the group together and takes responsibility. My question: Is this a common practice in American TV to have the star of the show enforcing the set atmosphere? It makes sense, because he will always be present instead of writers or directors, but usually, it's more the director who calls orders or keeps up group morale (at least here in Europe lol). Can you tell me more about your experiences with this? Looking forward to your thoughts!
Disappointment by Either-Reporter6992 • last post Sep 25th
Today I went to an audition We were alone in the audition room with 4 men who only said that we are really pretty (me and my female friend). They told us to dance and they tried to sell their own courses when we told them about the (free) ones we are about to attend. They told us that they would make us shine and they suggested to go for a beer, coffee (at their cafeteria) and they didn’t even let us audition. We didn’t even got the opportunity to act!!!!!!No chance to show whether we got the skills or not! I feel disappointed. I rarely go to auditions (once a year) since I’m shy and although I have participated in seminars I have not finished drama school (I’m pora pora
Questions about acting. by EntertainerNo082798 • last post Sep 25th
Hi. I’m Lilith. I’m a trans non-binary person on the autism spectrum and I’m unsure on what I want to do with my life professionally. I’ve always wanted to be a designer and storyboard artist for animation studios like DreamWorks Animation or Pixar, but however unfortunately, I have been discouraged from drawing and illustration. I currently work as a part-time usher at a Regal Cinemas. I’m only good at writing and sometimes voice acting, but I’ve always had passions to tell my story and to get them across in any way possible. I’ve never tried stage/screen acting but I am curious to try it. I never took acting classes nor had any acting experiences but still want to try to see if it’ll be a hobby-turned-professional job. Which leads me to a few questions about this industry. 1. How does one person get started in the acting business? 2. Has any actor/actress ever gotten their first role without any training nor experience? 3. Is any formal training and education needed like college, school, etc. for the performing arts or is it just preferred and suggested?