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Help w voice over script by Mowohwow • last post Dec 10th
Hey! I’m on mobile so please excuse formatting issues. I’m primarily a stage and screen actor but I’ve been sent over a voice over script that has been formatted a little differently than I’m used to seeing. I’m unsure of how to approach this one. It looks a little like this: Opening: (In italics) Time Money Honey ———— (Unitalicised) The history of blah blah blah What I’d like to know is; am I supposed to read the italicised bit or is that like a stage direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I want to audition for agents! by mraladdinsirwat • last post Dec 10th
Hey! I’m getting frustrated with how hard it is to get into the room with agents- please, god, tell me how! I am fully confident about myself once I’m in the room- but I just! Can’t! Get! Into! The! Room! HOW on GOD did you get your agent? And how can I get mine?! I’m a nyc actor by the way!
Make a voice acting demo? by dartanous • last post Dec 10th
I have gotten interested in voice acting, and one idea I had was to make like a showreel on Soundcloud, for the different kinds of voices I can do. I am not sure this is a good or bad way to do it, but... Then it hit me 'then what?'. I don't think people actively search new users on soundcloud, so I should probably put it up as a showreel somewhere, but... Yeah, I am just entirely dumbfounded on where even to begin. I figured I could check youtube for voice acting auditions, but that was a bit of a bust. Are people on this subreddit checking for voice actors every now and then? And in case it's necessary to add: I don't mean for profit. I am entirely new, and I don't care to do it to make an income, just fun for me to make voices.
People keep saying I should act ? by Locogooner • last post Dec 9th
I work in the media / film industry but everyone before I tell them what I do...asks if I act or work as an actor. I say I’m not. I never thought anything of it until I was on set with two relatively know actresses and they both said I have the actor look and should at least try if I haven’t already. I did want to be an actor as a kid but fell into production. What does it mean if people instantly think you’re an actor lol
I feel inadequate most of the time and feel like I’m just not a good actor/voice actor by justsomethrowawayacc • last post Dec 9th
I’ve been acting for a little over a year now. I first started in Seattle and moved to LA about a month ago. Ever since I started, I’ve noticed that when I receive praise, I’m over the moon and for the rest of the day, I’m in the best mood possible. But when a performance of mine doesn’t get a lot of feedback (or any at all) I feel horrible and instead feel like a failure for the rest of the day. There have been times during class where my teacher will tell me the way I played a piece was the best he’s ever seen it. Given that he has been in the business for most of his life and he’s been very successful (an Emmy as the primary example) I thought, wow, if he thinks I did well then I must have. But then another week it seemed like he would have nothing but criticisms about how I play another monologue, and I’d go home beating myself up over it. Just today, I had a voiceover workshop with a really famous video game voice actor teaching it. It seemed like he had something to say for every other person who went and recorded except me. He even praised one student saying he had no notes to give her because he liked her read so much. For the rest of the time I felt bitter and like I was a fraud. I thought I was at least a decent voice actor and even booked a SAG VO gig, but after the workshop today I could not stop thinking about how bad my reading must have sounded. Even afterwards when the class was wrapping up and he told me I had a great read, I assumed he was just saying that. In one of my acting classes, which is taught by a reputable teacher, I seem to get a great response each time we present the assignment for the week. In the other one, it seems like the teacher doesn’t even pay attention to me. He told my scene partner how she strikes him as a natural, and he only seemed to have criticisms for how I played my part. I was thinking about dropping the class that week, mostly due to scheduling and budget, but the teacher’s assistant told me to renew my payment for the rest of the month because he “thought I did really good” which I translated in my head as him just wanting to make me feel better so I renewed the class. In another class I took the intro for, also taught by a reputable teacher in the area, she said I was too acty. I felt so embarrassed in front of the class when she said that because I thought I probably look like an idiot. She said I have the “marketing” down (I’m an asian guy) but that I have to work on not being so showy. Again, this to me felt like she was saying the only reason I’d ever get to be in a production is because I’m fulfilling some sort of diversity quota and not because I’m a good actor. Sorry for the long, ranty, self-deprecating post. I’m just caught constantly between two extremes of either receiving praise and feeling good about myself as an actor, or not receiving it and feeling like a complete failure. I know this isn’t healthy in this industry especially, so how do I fix this? How do I look at myself more objectively and stop beating myself up so much whenever I receive criticism without praise or when someone else seems to “outshine” me?
My New Portfolio Website by Siggi_Trust • last post Dec 9th
Hi everyone. Just wanted to throw in here my portfolio website. It's just based on a template but it's up and I will continue to improve it and update it. There will be more clips and stuff. [https://www.siggit.is/](https://www.siggit.is/) I'm an Icelandic actor graduated from the Film School here. I've been sending my site all over Iceland to all the casting agencies and companies and agents. I was also wondering, would it be worth it for me to send a short email to some agencies in the UK? If you could tell me about a good agency for international actors, I'd appreciate it. I don't care if it's a longshot, I just want my info out there to eventually get some international work if possible. Even if it's just in commercials and stuff. I also made a profile on [mandy.com](https://mandy.com) which I'll also continue to improve. Thank you.
how about we do a little NYC actor career meet-up this Wednesday 12/11 at a Starbucks at 7pm? by creatingmyreality123 • last post Dec 9th
this Starbucks at 600 8th Ave. by the Port Authority on 39th & 8th has a 2nd level upstairs that's usually pretty chill and spacious for people to gather. so I'm a 32 year old meisner trained actor who has bounced back and forth between NYC and LA the past few years, finally settling down in NYC to build, and I've been wanting to organize something like this for a while. I have agents, in sag, and also currently interning in development with an indie film producer. I'm looking to basically expand my network, meet more actors, and hopefully talk about career stuff, agents / managers, self-producing stuff, and make new friends. I'm sure we all have some tidbits of knowledge about the business that could help each other get to the next level. I'm also looking for some writing / producing partners, as well as to develop a crew to start shooting stuff, like, for example, a high quality short film as a vehicle to showcase myself and others to submit to festivals. Anybody else around my age interested? comment below or shoot me a PM and we can exchange info prior and hopefully make this worthwhile!
Looking for two voice actors for short film by crackedwideopen • last post Dec 9th
**Synopsis of film:** The short is about a disgraced police officer, JJ, who killed his partner in the field. It shows his attempts to finally get back on top and the turmoil he feels from his alienation from the other officers. **Characters:** **Norm** Norm is still on somewhat friendly with JJ even after all of the unpleasantness and is in charge of processing people to their doom through the station's form of capital punishment. We're looking for an older, kind voice possibly with a little bit of a New England or Boston accent, but nothing too crazy. Not many lines and will be glad to hear from anybody with any versions of the character. **Deputy Derek** Derek was JJ's partner. Now he has the "office" next to JJ. Derek isn't as upset with his partner for killing him as you would expect and tries to help his old partner out in any way he can. We're looking for a nice deep voice. Kind of a slimy cop type delivery and a lot of pent up aggression. Any age range would be good for Derek. ​ If you're interested in auditioning feel free to send me a message on here and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We are working with a small budget and are not able to put a large amount of money into this venture, but I'm sure we will be able to find a good amount that will work for everyone. Thanks for taking a look!
Online database for free (or paid) scripts/screenplays by The_Stallion2095 • last post Dec 8th
Actors of Reddit! I need some help finding some resources to practise my craft on my own. I want to practise my script analysis and have my own catalogue of monologues/scenes to pick from for class. Can't seem to find any good websites for this, anybody have any ideas?
For the actress, is actual age matter? by fafa444 • last post Dec 8th
I hear a lot “age doesn’t matter” to be an actor, but they are mostly talking about for male actor. For the actress, is real age matter? Or it matter only how old they look, not actual age? I’m actually 35 and started acting. I’m ethnic so I look young and ppl usually don’t believe if I’m over 28. (Usually ppl honestly think 25-28 yo). Also if I’m happen to look older, I’m open to have cosmetic procedure to take care of my self. But dose “real age” still going to be problem for me to get role? In 5years I’m going to be 40yo, and I wonder if I happen to get role for younger character, do they consider choosing someone else because of my actual age? (For example if I’m 40, and got role fro 30yo, and my romantic scene partner is 28yo, they think it’s weird and they choose another actor who’s actual age is closer to partner ?) but then if I don’t look 40yo, I can’t even get 40 yo role, like I’m not even able to get 35yo role now cuz my looks doesn’t match to character.
24 Hour Plays by TellTaleTimeLord • last post Dec 8th
I'm not sure that this is necessarily the place for this, but I just need somewhere to let out my excitement, so i figured you guys might enjoy my story. So yesterday/today i took part in my University's project called the 24 hour plays as an actor. Basically, we met from 8-9pm last night, then the playwrights wrote short plays from 9pm-6am, then the producers reviewed the plays from roughly 6-7am, then the directors and playwrights discussed the pieces from 7-8am, and then 8am is when me and the rest of the actors showed up. Basically we had from 8am-8pm to memorize, stage, and perform the play (in front of what turned out to be a sold out audience). Earlier in the morning, one of the actors hadn't shown up, and i volunteered to take their role (under the condition, obviously, that i fit the part, as i didnt know the play/role). As it turned out, the role was easily gender swapable (it was written as a daughter, and im male, so it was merely a matter of changing words, although the actor that it was written for was a lot smaller than me, i ended up being taller than my scene mates playing a roughly 7 year old kid). I ended up permanently being placed in that role rather than being a stand in. Come 'tech rehearsal' i flubbed lines in one of the scenes (to the point i completely blanked and stood on stage in silence), and it had me worried about the performance. I talked to the director (another student, the playwrights were also students) about it, and they werent mad, but i spent the gap in between tech and the performance checking the script periodically and refreshing my lines. The performance ended up (at least for me) going perfectly in both my scenes. Obviously this was just a staging for fun and for us students to get the experience, and most the plays were minimalistic, and the audience was told, as well as understood, that this was purely an experience piece and was not meant to be a perfect final piece (although all of the mini shows did perform as intended, and everything went well, aside from one stand in). After the performance, i got a personal compliment from an audience member, and this had never really happened to me before (in my high schoo we did whats called a 'zoo line' where the cast speaks to the audience in the lobby, but thats a bit different), but this person was nearby and i made a comment and told them i hoped they enjoyed the show, and they said "i did, and you were very good" and i replied "thank you, sir" and they said "i mean it, very good" and i again said thank you, as i wasnt sure what else to say. A couple minutes later im sitting in one of the seats in the theater and one of the faculty producers came up to me and said "i just received a compliment from an audience member about you. They loved your scenes, both of them. Very well done" and we shook hands. Im writing this because, even though ive performed multiple times, something like this has never happened to me before, and I just wanted a place to share, as i dont really have a place to share it. P.S. If you read this far, thank you. And I highly recommend if you ever get the chance to be involved in a project like this, take it. It was such a great experience.
Walk me through your day. by Reallytryinganyway • last post Dec 8th
Dear working and aspiring actors, those with professional, academic training and those without. Kindly run through your day for me. From the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep, what is it that you do, what runs through your mind consistantly and constantly? Do you have any rituals?
Too old for teen classes yet too young for adult classes by stile03 • last post Dec 7th
Hello everybody, I’m a 17 year old beginner actor from Sydney, Australia and I’ve found a problem. After doing my first acting class the term ended and we start again in January however, The max age for these classes is 16 and I have just turned 17 so I won’t be able to do them. So I looked around for a teen class that’s max is 18 but have had no luck. Yet when I asked around apparently the adults in the adult classes are like 30-50 and I would be out of place. So I can’t do the teen classes in my state and I can’t do the adult ones due to being too immature and inexperienced, so what can I do? Should I just enroll into an adult class and deal with the backlash or maybe just try for an agent and go for auditions without acting experiences? Cause then again I legit have 1 class of experience so I’m probably not prepared for an audition. Thanks in advance!
Is it a good idea for an American to go to drama school in the UK? by DaffodilMoment • last post Dec 7th
I am an 18 year old girl in California who has been acting professionally for the past 3 or so years in musical theater shows, but I want to try acting seriously as a career in films. I admire UK actors and really enjoy the tv shows and films they work on, and I think I would like to audition for projects over there (Peaky Blinders, PBS Masterpiece series', etc.). I think it would be good to get some acting education under my belt first, and if I want to do work in the UK then should I go to a school there? I've heard it's difficult for Americans to get into schools there, is this true?
New Voice Actor by Benjoe-YT • last post Dec 7th
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDTLWArWDQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPDTLWArWDQ)
Looking to hire a voice actor who can impersonate Ron Perlman for an animated project! by AntBandit • last post Dec 7th
Looking to cast a talented impressionist for a short animated Teen Titans fan film as Slade (originally voiced by Ron Perlman). I'm looking for someone to replicate his voice/performance as closely as possible (see reference [here](https://youtu.be/KaM8V7rxTK0) ). This is a personal animation project I've been working on and off on for a couple years now. I'm willing to pay fairly for the work! Comment or DM if you're interested or know of anyone I could reach out to.
Saw this post, What do you think of POC actors in mainstream acting or lack thereof? by Y2yuri • last post Dec 7th
Is there a lucrative market for older actors? by KATerrific-er • last post Dec 7th
I'm beginning to plan my post retirement life and am wondering if doing commercials or extras work would be a fun & exciting way to earn some extra cash. I'm currently doing community theater so I have some "official" acting experience.