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Looking for actors for a virtual production of the Diana Son play, "Stop Kiss." by Tonton646 • last post Nov 22nd
Hello, actor friends! My name is Shawn, and I am looking to direct a virtual production of the play, "Stop Kiss," as mentioned in my title. I'm not working for a production company, and this isn't a paid gig. I'm simply looking to do something artistic and fun (but also with a sense of professionalism). Again, this is a volunteer basis, but we are going through a casting process. I'm not a first-time director, so please don't consider this to be just practice. If anyone is interested, please fill out the audition form here: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8DltdhZ4suQWHVVzAoMtAFh6adXXHWAtEo3B\_UbpGWo9gZQ/viewform?usp=sf\_link&fbclid=IwAR0-UXgsRcNAlaxc6Ejr0cRN\_5dYx0K8YWjlG0Is1ZOUWVZvgp7wzJ9cMyQ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8DltdhZ4suQWHVVzAoMtAFh6adXXHWAtEo3B_UbpGWo9gZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link&fbclid=IwAR0-UXgsRcNAlaxc6Ejr0cRN_5dYx0K8YWjlG0Is1ZOUWVZvgp7wzJ9cMyQ) We are casting three women and three men, within a 20-40 age range, approximately. Also, rehearsals would start approximately December 1st, and we would perform within the first week or two of January, 2021. Again, this is a virtual production via Zoom, but this is still going to be a performance. So please only consider auditioning if you intend to act professional and eager to work!
Average by Puppet_Master2501 • last post Nov 22nd
So I read this article that claims that the average voice actor earns over $91,000, and can even make six figures via a career in voice acting. https://bunnystudio.com/blog/library/voice-over/voice-actor-salary-how-much-does-this-job-pay/ This sounds too good to be true. Are there any voice actors here who can speak from experience or give an idea of how much you make per year?
Born with it, or not? This is where I lose all my karma points. by Michel_Simon • last post Nov 22nd
After years of working with actors and coaches I have come to this conclusion, and would love to know if you agree. You must be born with the aptitude to improve an already inherent ability to act. You either have this, or you do not. I have worked with countless ambitious actors who never had this inherent gene to act, let alone the ability to improve. And it becomes so obvious within minutes now, that I simply tell them they should look elsewhere for help, because I'm not their huckleberry. It's become depressing for me, because so many of them are so determined, but will never improve, because they were simply not born with this ability to perform (or nurtured by damaged parents, who raised them to be damaged themselves, but I digress). It's a seed you are born with, and without it, there is nothing to grow. You must know who I'm talking about because every class has one or two, the gal in the class who is absolutely awful, but keeps coming back, keeps wasting her money, and keeps everyone in class empowered, because they know, "at least I'm not as bad as her". Every coach knows it, but hardly any of them will admit it, because they are the best paying customers. The choice, and desire to become an actor is simply not enough. Not even an unsurpassed determination, and countless hours, months, and years can elevate an actor's ability when they have no inherent seed to perform. I believe a good actor can become a great actor. I believe a terrible actor, can never become a good actor. I also believe a great actor, can never improve. She can only adjust to any given role accordingly. So therefore, only an average or good actor should be in class. The worst, should just quit, and the best, should just work. Lol, now destroy my karma if you must! But in your heart, you know I'm right. ;)
As a teen actor, should I get my ear(s) pierced? by SoulWolfX • last post Nov 22nd
Hello, im a male teen actor who can play ages 15 - 19 best, would ear piercings hinder or help my career and would it be better to get one or both?
Looking for information from weathered actors/actresses. by 0nepercentblack • last post Nov 22nd
For those of you that have had some fortunate years in the business, I was wondering what it was like getting that first equity role. I am curious because I understand the struggle and the frustration and the almost unhealthy determination after every failure to book another audition. However, I haven’t landed any paid roles yet. Although, I am also not consistently booking, either. Tell me, what did that feel like after you landed your first equity role? I really want to know about some of the different experiences you’ve had.
Do major companies like Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, etc. have VO opportunities in multiple places or are they only based on in one location? by YearningCosmos • last post Nov 21st
I’ve been thinking about my future as a voice actor lately, and from what I gather places like Texas or LA are the best places to go to pursue it as a career, but I don’t want to move that far away, but at the same time it will probably help me be successful. My question is if most companies are based in only one location when it comes to VO or have multiple options? Basically, if you live in a place that’s less concentrated with opportunities, can you still get major character gigs for video games and animation?
Director trash talks actor's apartment during audition, not knowing his mic wasn't muted by azthemansays • last post Nov 21st
Funny Stories From A Hollywood Actor - Late Evening Show by dissolvemedia • last post Nov 21st
Looking for a Mario voice impersonator for TTS/VC by possibilistic • last post Nov 21st
I'm looking for someone with a good Charles Martinet voice impression. I work in the field of voice synthesis (tts, lyrics) and voice conversion (Mission Impossible-style transformation of a person's voice). I want to build a clone of Mario's voice. I want to find an impersonator that can mimic Mario's voice convincingly. I need 30 - 45 minutes of scripted dialogue to train models on. I'm not sure what the going rate is, but I have a pretty good budget and I'm open to suggestion. I'm not a cheepskate and I'll pay well. I'd be interested in releasing the results into the public domain for other researchers to work with. It would bring me joy to hear Mario's voice used in research publications instead of the VCTK/LJS corpus. Researchers would love it. One of my websites is https://vo.codes. It's exceptionally low fidelity and canned, but I've got models that do a much better job that I hope to deploy early next year. (I know your comments will be about the quality of the voice - believe me, I'm acutely aware of the model characteristics. I started with a low dimensional model pipeline and sparsified it so it runs cheaply on CPU. Hosting the website costs me a lot as is, and it'd be more expensive with Tacotron+HiFiGan-style networks.) If you don't do Mario but have another cartoon, anime, video game, or celebrity voice you do well, I'm interested in hearing what you can do. This field is pretty crazy and it's just getting started. We're going to be able to transform our voices and faces soon, which will lead to an incredible set of authorship tools. I firmly believe the coming tools will enable individuals to make anime or movies all on their own with low budgets. (I'm trying to build them.) This isn't going to cannibalize the voice acting field at all. If anything, this should expand it. TTS emotion isn't easily controllable (torchmoji emotion embeddings help, but you can't control cadence / prosody). We'll be making more content than ever before. Actors will always be in the creative seat. I'm happy to discuss, but wanted to assure you this stuff isn't a risk or threat to your industry. (I'm an actor myself, and I'm stoked that we're about to remove the barriers to entry.) Please let me know if I should submit this on other websites.
Question regarding actors playing multiple roles. by Mars-ALT • last post Nov 21st
Sorry if this is a really stupid question, I know absolutely nothing about the craft and didn’t know where to ask but... If an actor/actress plays multiple roles in a job, for instance, Nina Dobrev playing 2 separate characters in the Vampire Diaries. Do they have to be paid extra, is it solely based on lines/screen time? Or is there no standard in regards to these kind of situations? Thanks!
First Time Writing by JoshDytonVo • last post Nov 21st
Hey all, I'm Josh Dyton. I'm a voice actor and have just got around to writing a short episodic story (Part 1 and part 2 at the moment ) I voiced all characters and did all of the editing myself. I'll leave both of the links here to both parts. I'd love to get some feedback on these and to know if you enjoyed them. [https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/976741](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/976741) (Part 1) [https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/981701](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/981701) (Part 2) ​ Thanks.
Is it better for a self tape to be good or timely? by devy_stated • last post Nov 21st
Okay so this always bugs me. Whenever I get a self-tape audition (which is a lot now because of covid), I always feel the need to submit for it AS SOON as I get the script. I always have this anxiety that they’re gonna find the person right away and not even look at anyone else, or that it looks bad if I wait too long. I’m in this predicament right now. It’s an audition for a decently well-paying indie. The instructions say to submit my self tape by Wednesday (the 25th). I received the sides yesterday (the 21st) around 3:00, and planned on shooting and sending the self tape today. However, the other person in the scene in non-binary, so I asked my non-binary friend to read with me over zoom. They aren’t able to read with me until tomorrow morning (the 23rd). It’s the weekend, so I’m not sure if they’re even reviewing anything until everyone has submitted next week. I really think that the quality of the scene will be a lot better with my friend who is actually non-binary and who I’ve worked with on similar projects with similar themes. The alternative is reading with my twin sister who I’m quarantined with, or my mom, who aren’t actors. Is it okay to wait 2 days to send the self tape so it’s the best it can be? Or should I sacrifice the quality for getting it in ASAP? I should also note that normally I might send a message along the lines of “Thank you so much for your consideration, I’ll get the tape in ASAP”, so they know it’s coming. But the director in his message said to not message him about anything other than technical questions on uploading, because they’ve received a lot of submissions. I’ve had similar situations where I’ll get emailed for a self tape when I’m at the beginning of an 8 hour work shift at my day job, and won’t be able to submit until the middle of the night or the next day. It always makes me nervous when I can’t just drop everything to send it right away, even if there’s a later deadline.
"Run" producers caught actors faking disability for their auditions when looking for someone who actually used a wheelchair. by TheRadHatter9 • last post Nov 21st
Seeking actors for recorded table read by Flash Russo • last post Nov 20th
How does "making selects" and reserving dates work in casting? by bruceleexdarwin • last post Nov 20th
I've "made the selects" a few times now and each time I'm asked to confirm availability. Does this mean I have to reserve the dates for this job and not take other auditions that shoot on those same dates? If that is the case, one is potentially missing out on work since selects are never guarantees, as with my case. Also what does it mean to be a select? Are these just the actors that the casting director has decided to send to her clients?
College Audition Monolouges by AndreBeClownin • last post Nov 20th
When choosing a monologue for college auditions, is there anything wrong with cropping a dialogue scene into a monologue? I filmed two monologues ( I found them on daily actor) to submit for UofM but then when I went back to read the plays, they weren’t actually monologues. I know NYU says they won’t accept this, but I didn’t know if that applied to everywhere. It would also be good to know for future auditions.
Worried about my monologues for Drama School by RecommendationNo1339 • last post Nov 20th
So I have 3 monologues that I've prepared, one is contemporary and 2 are classic (only RADA requires 2 classical monologues while central requires a devised piece) (I also have a song but that's only for RADA and Bristol). I'm an 18 year old male and it is too late to change anything as my tapes must be recorded within this week. I'm worried that they're a little short. My contemporary monologue (I've timed myself) is 2 minutes long, my classical is about 1 minute and 10 seconds, and my alternative is about 58 seconds. Is the timing okay or have I fucked myself by not making them longer? I'm also very worried about how good of an actor I really am - before this I was confident in my ability but as I dissect the pieces with my acting coach I'm quickly losing confidence in myself and my ability to subtly convey emotion, I feel like I'm over acting every word. For one of my classical monologues, I'm portraying Petruchio ("No, not a whit... Dian be sportful!") and I just can't seem to nail his character. I can't pinpoint it - I don't know if it's my accent or the fact I'm rushing things - the monologue, from every YouTube video I've watched - seems like it's very reliant on the back and forth physicality between Kate and Petruchio, but I've made it work as best I can with just Petruchio talking to her and trying to annoy her and seduce her. P.S. I'm quite happy with my choice for my contemporary - it resonates with me and I'm heavily able to relate to it but it's just in the fine tuning process. It requires me to build up anger and I end up exploding at the end but I'm trying to keep my energy consistent and not over act. I guess what I'm trying to ask is if anyone's gone through this process before, and if you could share advice that would be great. Also, if I do get through to the recall stage will I be able to change my classical monologues or will they expect the same from me? My choices are: Guildhall RADA Bristol Royal Welsh Central LAMDA Birmingham Conservatoire ​
Aspiring Actress in Toronto (GTA) Help and Tips? by PsychologicalAd90 • last post Nov 20th
I’ve always been curious about acting and wanted to see if it’s for me. I am leaning towards more TV and film rather than Theatre. Here is a series of questions I have that some of you may be able to help me with (also I know some of the questions are not where I am right now in this career but I would still like to know for the future): Would anyone know any classes that are really good for beginners (that know nothing) and that teach the fundamentals? Where in the city could i get head shots from? Where should look to find student/short films? How long after taking classes and honing my skills should wait to start looking for an agent? Going of that question how long should I wait to apply to join the union ACTRA? Is it harder to land roles in Toronto rather than a different city (LA, NYC, Vancouver)? As a Canadian do you recommend getting an American Manager and where would you look to find one? Last question, Do you have any tip or suggestions for someone just starting out? Thank you so much and I really hope to hear from some of you :)