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17 auditions in 1327 days. Do I drop my agent? by ssuper8 • last post Jun 4th
Just as the title says, in the last 1327 days since I've signed with my agent, she's gotten me 17 auditions. That works out to 1 audition every 78 days. Of those 17 auditions I've gotten 6. I feel I'm a competent voice actor. I'm baffled as to how I've had so few auditions. However I've never had a voice over agent before and I don't know if this is normal or not. There are a lot of things I could talk about... But the main thing I want is advice. Is this normal? Should I take all my credits and tapes and go to another agent? Should I drop mine? Part of me feels like this is totally unacceptable.
[Paid Job] English Voice Over (Female) - $40 by thesocialchameleon • last post Jun 4th
Good Day, I'm looking for a female english voice actress to do a voice over for a promotional video I'm doing for my business (app development start-up). Nothing long (I hope), about \~40 seconds, looking to pay via PayPal. Ideally I'd like to hear how you'd sound so inboxing a recording or providing a link to your work would be nice. I'll send the video and the script if the voice is a right fit.
Getting brought in for bigger sized roles by CDs? by MarieN1989 • last post Jun 4th
Is this mainly based on headshot matching character idea or do they take skill level into account or other materials such as a demo reel, previous credits, etc., into account? In other words, is it likely for a newer signed actress to get brought in for Series Regular roles without demo reel or even previous credits?
Better to Start in Small City or Bigger Market Cities by chineke14 • last post Jun 4th
Hi this is something I've been weighing in my mind. Brief background: I am an engineering student that did 2 plays my final two semesters in college and immediately fell love. I got an offer with a tech company and currently I have the option to be in Portland or SF Bay area. I have a counter offer in consulting for Atlanta which I think I can switch to another city of my choosing. Outisde of the two plays in college, I don't have anything to my name. But I really wanna start diving in practing acting through plays, student or local film makers and classes. Being such a inexperienced person, is it better to start in a smaller acting city to hopefull get more opportunites or start a bigger market like SF Bay and Atlanta where theres definitely more actors and I suppose projects but also more competition?
Self Tape Contest by takethenight_off • last post Jun 4th
Hey [r/acting](https://www.reddit.com/r/acting/), The concept of 'competitive art' is inherently a bit lame - but since self tapes have become so important recently, I thought it could be fun to throw down. No entry fee or anything. I'm up for judging - if someone else wants to judge with me, I think two could work too. Reddit gold for the winner unless you all have a better idea for a prize. If there isn't too large a response, maybe I can give some feedback to those who want it. Would just be my two cents as a working actor - or suggestions for improving self tape quality. If there's a lot of interest I could crown a separate winner for comedic and dramatic.
I've failed by Navinox97 • last post Jun 4th
I want to share my experience with this sub to lift the weight out of my shoulders and to help myself cope with what my mind understands as a failure. I'm spanish. I come, as a lot of artists, from a very humble background. I have been working survival jobs to support my studies and myself for as long as I can remember, and I've always been determined on studying acting. Acting acting acting. I love the feeling of going to the theatre and not be able to be up there. The stage produces some kind of magnetism reaction on me that just drags me to be on it. And when I'm there, I feel purposeful. I had been on several theatre productions, but I wanted to study to get better at it. So I decided to save up and study study acting in a renowned institution in Spain based on Stanislavsky. Lots of well renowned spanish actors have studied there, and it has an great reputation. The course is divided in three years, and although it is based on Stanislavsky it follows a specific method designed by its founder. My first year went mostly great: I learnt a lot, was super excited from the moment the exercise was being explained. But I had the feeling I wasn't achieving my 100%. I passed on, however, to second grade. It went on mostly great without any big complications but I couldn't shake the sensation something was eerily wrong and there was something I wasn't quite catching. You see, our classes consist of (mostly) individual acting exercises that we then discuss with the rest of the class. The first question from the teacher is directed to the students that have watched the exercise and it goes along the lines of: "What can you guys tell X about her exercise"- We share our thoughts. Then the teacher lets the actor speak before making her statement. When I talked about my colleagues' work, I did not get a single one right. Everything I said was completely different from what my colleagues saw. All of the insecurities, years of trying to open up emotionally on stage, criticism from teachers, failures, came dramatically to a peak when a teacher, on the first evaluation, said "I really have no idea how to help you, there's something you you are very confused about and I have no idea what it is. You can still come into class, and I can try to see what it is to try to help you. But there's nothing that I can do for you right now." I was shocked. I did not know it was bad, but not that bad. I was told several times I could make it into acting. Did this mean I couldn't be an actor? Was I not wired genetically to be on top of a stage? I broke, for a whole week. I couldn't function, my possitive attitude, the feel that I wanted to jump on stage wasn't there. Being afraid and guideless, I decided I had to take some steps to make this better, so I reached to a person well versed in acting who had taught me in the past. We talked for hours, and we decided that she would become my acting coach. After talking to her, everything felt easy on every single class. Just by explaining my situation to her and with simple guidelines about how to face my work, teachers started to notice an improvement on my performances. I got to a point where the teacher who told me she didn't know how to help me, told me I was starting to go in a more correct direction but that there was still something that I wasn't quite understanding, and that she was surprised the feedback I was giving my colleagues was on most cases correct. Even though I've been improving, the rate at which I should have improved over these past 2 years hasn't been enough and I'm probably going to be pushed out of the school, which is a bummer. The semester hasn't finished yet, but I'm frankly quite sure I will not go into third grade. It hurts a lot, it feels like failure. I know failing is part of the process and I must work my way through it, but sometimes, the only thing you really want is someone to tell you "Hey, you can do it. Okay?". After a few conversations with my coach, we have come to the following conclussion: The method that is taught at that school is not for me at the moment. Some teachers have awakened fears on me that I had long buried, which paralize me onstage. I can act, I've been told that by every single teacher. My acting performances are intermittently good, sometimes I use too much air whilst talking, but I'm getting better. But I still can't shake the feeling I have failed. Does someone have any advice?
Getting to a point where I don’t know if I’m doing anything right... by radicaljoy91 • last post Jun 4th
Been auditioning for the past year during covid. Started off with great auditions, consistently 2 or 3 a week. I’ve booked 2 commercials but have only even gotten one callback for a TV show. What am I doing wrong? Now it seems like I’m only getting 1 tv/film audition every 2 weeks and the motivation is dwindling. I used to spent as long as I can prepping and now I just tape my sides beside my camera. Im trying to implement things I see other actors on television doing, be more natural and truthful (what does that even mean??) but now I can’t even tell if my work is any good. I used to be so confident... this sucks.
Confusion between trusting acting methods/techniques. by WeiWangji • last post Jun 4th
So I've been reading acting techniques and some say acting is giving your all in regards to emotion and feelings and so you have to use yourself and your instincts and give it your all.Somewhere else i read that you cannot use your personal feelings that it might go out of control. I personally feel like using my emotions(from my own life) and giving my all to the character is the best,otherwise I might not be able to connect with the reality of the scene. Also it is a famous Actress /Teacher Uta Hagen who said that you cannot use your personal feelings. And I think actors bullshit a lot about their process. So I don't wanna believe her,because her technique has been bugging me and making me so self aware that i cannot be in the moment. What's your opinion? Any suggestions? I really wanna forget what she said. It is making me act artificially.Help!
Becoming an actor for Autistic People by AutisticMC • last post Jun 4th
p.s I’m actually autistic, adhd, schizophrenic, bipolar depression, and asthmatic.
is LA still THE place to become an actor? by Otter_Actual • last post Jun 4th
I moved to LA a year ago to pursue acting. COVID of course put a pause on it, but its coming back around. I keep hearing grumbles saying that I should have moved to Austin or chicago instead because LA isnt THE place to try to become an actor anymore. Now im getting paranoid like I made the wrong choice.
Please help! I do not know who this actor is. by piperoni_ • last post Jun 4th
This actor looks vaguely like Scott from the band Pentatonix. He has very short grayish blond hair and big bulging blue eyes. I think he is an action actor. Sorry if this is vague, I know exactly what he looks like but nothing he is in or what his name is. Thank you!
Feeling like a fraud by PineappleLubricant • last post Jun 4th
I posted a few days ago about how I had my first commercial audition in over a year and absolutely blew it. I’ve never been angrier about a performance. A day passed with no word and me still feeling like crap, and then I received an email. Now the email wasn’t a confirmation of booking. It was my agent letting me know *I’d been put on Right-Of-First,* with a list of all the other actors who were also on ROF. My name was on the absolute bottom of the list. I responded that I was available, and boom - within half and hour, part booked. *This should be exciting, right?* And yet, I can’t shake this vibe... I *know* My audition was horrible. There’s no mistaking it. Did I just get this part because I responded first? Am I actually any good at acting? Or did I stumble into this job by mistake? I haven’t had an audition in over a year and haven’t played a real character in even longer. My whole career as an actor so far has been training videos and small, local commercials. I feel like a fake. Like I don’t deserve this job, and somehow, here I am. And now I have to go and do this job *knowing I bombed the audition and was bottom of the list for right-of-first.* I feel like an absolute fraud. Just needed to post this to get it out there. I have no wrap up here. I just feel like shit.
We are not hired for our skills... But how do we deal with that? by FurmidableCat • last post Jun 4th
After dedicating ten years of my life to acting and trying to get better, I understood that my success was not based on my skills. Too often, it is based on having the right look, having a lot of followers, being a real police officer/nurse/exotic dancer (even though they are not actors), living together (due to covid), being someone’s friend/partner/kid, being an amateur (so they know they can take advantage of you), being at the right place at the right time, etc. I have seen so many people become successful even though they were very average in the classes I took with them (some of them just froze and couldn’t perform) or were unprofessional (showed up late, didn’t know their lines, couldn’t take a direction, etc.) I understood that no matter how hard I work on my skills and my tools (casting pictures, resume, demo) I will 99% of the time not get the job even though (maybe) I could have been the best one. How do I deal with that? Is there any way I can actually give myself the chance to get more roles?
Anybody with experience in gun shooting and violent scenes... by jitsuzon-shugi • last post Jun 3rd
How do you get over a fear of a potential real bullet instead of a blank bullet? Everytime I watch a scene with realistic killings, I always draw back to Brandon Lee and everyone who has had the same demise I would be terrified of if I was an actor. So any thoughts on scenes with those? Is it even possible to get a real bullet this day in age? Would appreciate thoughts.
how do you deal with constantly needing a reader for self-tapes? by throwwwawayyyyyyyy15 • last post Jun 3rd
its just like... im running out of people to ask since most of my friends work 9-5, my actor friends don't even get the kind of auditions that I get so they resent me, my family is disinterested, WeAudition readers want to charge you for 15 minutes... like wtf. I'm greatly appreciative to be getting so many auditions but Jesus how do you people deal with this? I literally get stressed out now every time I get a tape because of having to find a reader. if anybody is taping for tv / film on a consistent basis and wants to help each other out shoot me a PM. I'll gladly read for you too!
Is there an r/truefilm style subreddit for acting? by kidshitstuff • last post Jun 3rd
I know acting isn't something that is commonly discussed and debated in the same manner as other art forms, at least not so much in the public eye, but ive been blown away by the content in r/truefilm, specifically a fantastic essay written about acting on there. I was wondering if there was a similar, borderline academic subreddit for actors to discuss and debate acting techniques, styles, history, and performances, as well as pose relevant questions about new contemporary developments in the world of acting. Something with minimum character requirements and what not. Is there?
Can someone help me start out by ElitusYeetus • last post Jun 3rd
Hello I’m a High School student who loves acting and has wanted to be a voice actor but I have no idea where to start, how to get auditions for roles and all sorts, so can someone please give me a run down of what I need to know to start getting my name out there? Thank you in advance
Agents vs Managers in Los Angeles by Darthpwner • last post Jun 3rd
Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm looking into signing with a manager but am wondering the distinctions between a talent agent and a manger. Looking on IMDb Pro, a lot of actors/actresses have both, so just wanted to get some insights on each.
Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Feedback by AutoModerator • last post Jun 3rd
Use this thread to post your headshots for feedback, get info on your age range/type, find good headshot photographers, ask any questions you may have about headshots. If you are posting a DIY headshot for feedback, and not just a snapshot in order to get feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. Non-professional shots are fine for age/typecasting; please keep in mind that one picture is a difficult way to go about this. Video of you moving and speaking would be ideal, but understandably more difficult to post. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.