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movie scene remake for purchase by Boston328 • last post Aug 27th
Any actors/actresses out there that could make a fan film for me? Acting out a scene from a movie for purchase? I’d pay for the scene. It’s from Batman and Robin movie. Just a “cover” of the scene. Would only be for me. And doesn’t have to have props or stunts etc lol
Acting tips? by Robert De Leon • last post Aug 26th
Does anyone have tips for beginner actors.
[PAID] Voice Actor Needed for Explainer / Educational Gaming YouTube Channel by SophieTheWritress • last post Aug 26th
Hi! I am currently on the lookout for a voice actor to narrate explainer / educational videos for a YouTube channel discussing various aspects of the gaming industry and its history. These videos would vary between 4 and 12 minutes and, while their frequency would fluctuate, the most that would be requested from you is one voice over per week. We're specifically looking for someone willing to consistently provide voice over work for at least the next few months. Either comment or DM a demo as well as a way to contact you and your rate for this type of work. Looking forward to working with you. Thanks!
I, as primarily a film actor, just had my first table read of my theatrical debut. Fly in the theatrical tips! by boutelmi • last post Aug 26th
I--an inexperienced potato--have a ton of extremely specific questions about my project. (This isn't a casting call) [Asking everyone--actors AND directors.] by Apple_Lavender • last post Aug 26th
**(I already feel like posting this is a horrible idea so I'm probably gonna delete this in like 2 days. But I've been stressing about this for a long time and I'm seriously going way out of my comfort zone just to post this and I feel so frickin nervous i just wanna cry but moving on saiegfbwsarigbaehr)** ​ I'm not an actor. I'm nothing right now in this acting/casting community context, but I have something that I'm working on building the budget for that I want to cast four or five actors for. This is not a casting call, I literally have 0 dollars in the budget bank and I'm not going to pursue contacting anyone or doing anything of that sort until I have the goal amount of money to do so. So mAyBe you might see another post from me in like another year or so lol maybe not. (BUT since I *am* bringing it up, you can let me know if you're interested in updates or something on this post and I'll keep you updated.) ​ Okay so I feel like this is complicated but I guess I'm just overthinking it, all in all it just narrows down to acting and a little bit of singing kinda. Of course I have questions about budget and stuff. ​ 1. Currently, I actually don't want to do any film or video that I know of. I don't know if this is a thing, but would it be weird to hire 4-5 actors to dress up/pose as fictional characters and do like a big photoshoot posing as these original characters? I mean they're not like Mr. Frog or anything they're normal people but just like fictional people. ​ I'm trying to start a band, but specifically it's a band that consists of realistic and believable--but completely fictional members. They're normal humans who wear normal clothes who have normal names and stuff, but they're just fictional. I want to have most of their appearance drawn, but I don't want to give up the chance to show real human faces. It's a rock/pop band and all four members are females 21-24, but in some songs they'll get help from another fictional character who does most orchestral parts like cello and brass. It's not like a kiddy Wiggles thing by any means, it's very much a real and very serious band that I'm extremely passionate about, and I guess you could say that I'm their biggest fan. Production wise, I am going to write and record pretty much ALL instrumental and lyrical parts of every track. But when the time comes I'd hire actors--yes, actors, not singers-- to provide the vocals for the tracks, and the immersion of the experience will lead the listener to believe that the band and its members are responsible for writing and playing all the parts and not me and four actors. I specifically want to be able to hire actors who are more comfortable with acting than singing because it's the sound that the band has. None of the members are professionally vocally trained, they just love making music. But it sounds good enough to pass. That being said, there's going to be the first album, which will have about 11-12 tracks, most likely with the drawn versions of themselves on the cover art. But in the scenario that someone likes what they hear and goes to learn more about the band, I want them to see and connect with real human faces, real human smiles, and real human friends from Scotland and Australia being complete doofs drinking chocolate milk. I consider everyone to be my family, and I want anyone--all 2 people--who listen to this band's music to feel welcomed by the group even though they don't know them. That's why alongside this album, on the side, I also want to spend (possibly a whole day or at least half of one) taking four or five actors and going places and doing a big photoshoot. Showing them in regular places like regular people, being themselves, and conveying every emotion that I want the story of the band to convey. ​ ***details about the band:*** 1. This is pretty irrelevant for a photoshoot, but for speaking voice, two members are Scottish, one is Australian, and one is North American. I'm not really concerned with speaking voices for right now, I'm just thinking about the music and photos, and accent isn't all that prevalent in singing. 2. Casting for the photoshoot and for the singing of the tracks are two different castings. Unless you magically live in my area and also happen to have the voice I'm looking for, but that's probably not likely, so they are different castings. I might come back here in the far future when I'm ready to cast for the vocals (If it's allowed, but I think the rules said it's allowed as long as it's specific) 3. The first album has more of a jazz/rock n' roll sound for the most part with some soft acoustic tracks and some exceptionally heavy tracks. One track has no vocals. As albums and tracks come out, the sound changes steadily. 4. It's more than just music actually, I have a whole story in mind surrounding the characters, their pasts, their present, and their futures. Some of their story is told through the music, but not in an overdone way, just in the same way any other band might. ​ ***questions:*** 1. Is it easy to find four or five actresses who would be interested in doing this kind of big photo shoot? meeting in person, probably going around the small city to find different places, and taking around 50-ish **shared** photos, styling hair or wearing wigs, wearing certain outfits, (not perverted) ?? (this would most likely be a one time thing, If something similar were to ever be done again it would more than likely be different actors unless the previous ones just had that much fun), 2. How much should I pay each actor if they did? would it be by the hour? I'm fine with brutal honesty. If it takes more it'll just take me longer to build up and that's fine. 3. Should I pay them extra for wearing specific clothes like jeans and stuff, or having makeup done and going around to different locations? The first two parts are probably just part of going into character, but would the going to different places to take photos be an annoying thing that I should pay them extra for to make up for? 4. Do you have any suggestions or questions for me? 5. What rough budget do you recommend I build before doing this? I'm currently aiming for $1,000-$2,000. Is that too low or too high? 6. All in all, Is this post flawed? I'm really nervous about coming across weird or creepy or something and making people uncomfortable or scaring potential actors away and stuff. Especially being a guy that would be working with four or five women, I'm barely 18 and I have no cruel intentions, but I'm autistic and I have a pretty difficult time at making people feel comfortable. I'm trying my absolute best and if there's anything I could do or say differently to come across more decent or professional then please do tell me! <3 ​ I know asking won't do much, but if you can, please try not to make me hate myself in the comments lol I love youuuu and you're all amazing! I'm super proud of you for how far you've come and how successful you are and all that you do. Keep it up! I look up to you so much! <3 <3 <3
Interesting part-time jobs for actors? by BUSCEMIxCAGE • last post Aug 26th
This has probably been asked a million times, but what are interesting jobs for actors — not related to the food service and retail, cuz damn. What do you guys do for part-time (or maybe full time, which is weird and hard at the same time, given the last-minute audition/s nature of this crazy biz)? How do you manage to ask your dictator-of-a-manager-who-doesn’t-know-a-lick-about-the-entertainment-industry that you HAVE to go to the audition last minute, and explain to your manager that being in that crap job is NOT a career for you. ***That example above is just assuming you work in retail and/or the food service — maybe you have a cooler PT/FT job*** It’s like that episode from Friends where Joey worked at Central Perk, and had to close the coffee shop for an audition. “I’m sorry, that seat’s taken.” Lol.
What does "positive intention" mean to you? by aznednacni • last post Aug 26th
I went to this workshop over the weekend, and the teacher kept commending actors for their "positive intentions" in the scenes. Saying things like "good job playing the positive intentions even in a bad circumstance" (I'm paraphrasing here, but that's the gist). I've been acting for a while, and I've worked with intentions a lot, but I've never heard this term "positive intention." I can certainly guess at what it means, but I'd love to put it on the table to see what it means to other actors, particularly those who've worked with this term before. Or maybe someone knows which acting school/teacher's ideology this was borrowed from, somewhere that I can read more about it. Thanks! Edit: inb4 "why didn't you just ask?" I helped out at the hosting studio, so they let me audit the workshop for free. I was a silent observer in the back.
What is the deal with Drop-offs with Casting? Is this ok or not? I want to know the truth about these things because i'm tired of going nowhere by actorthrowaway54321 • last post Aug 26th
i am repped, in sag, have imdb credits, have a decent reel with professional quality scenes from things, I email people CONSTANTLY. i have "better" reps tell me to "get back to them when i have network credits". wonderful. how the fuck do I get these network credits. how do I get these co-stars. i am TIRED of paying for expensive classes. these people are all making way more money than I am and i'm miserable sacrificing to put money in their pockets and it's not right. is it seen as desperate to do physical drop offs to casting directors & their offices? Valorie Hubbard and the performers couple on here say DO IT. is it seen as desperate to do physical drop offs to agents & managers? am i really supposed to keep paying these acting teachers thousands of dollars so that MAYBE one day, they pull me aside and go, "you know let me refer you to this CD or manager I know, you're work is just so fabulous I think maybe now you're worthy of a referral". and now these casting director workshops are even MORE expensive.... like what the fuck? how can you say you care about actors when you are charging $250 for a 3 week course? for like 9 hours? reading 3 times in front of them? it is absolute fucking exploitation of actors and i'm fucking sick it of. if you care about actors you should not be PREDATORY. you should charge a reasonable rate, or maybe go out of your way to give people with plenty of experience 1 line roles on your project, because i'm pretty sure they can handle 1 LINE!!!!! i just dont understand how anybody is supposed to break into this. i'm not getting paid. i barely get auditions. i'm tired of doing student films. i'm tired of switching around my schedule to work for free on crappy projects i either don't get the footage back from, or i can't use it because it's crappy. i'm tired of working with amateurs. i'm tired of paying people that already have way more money than me. what the fuck are you supposed to do? "keep grinding!". like what does that even mean?! somebody, give me the time of day and help me out here. i'm not asking you to refer me to your great rep, or give me anything, i just want advice on how to make even the tiniest bit of measurable progress, because i feel so paralyzed, so insane doing this. just "keep acting". HOW?! if there are no opportunities to act, how are you supposed to make progress? filming shit on my iphone is not going to get me where I need to be at this point and everything else costs thousands upon thousands of dollars that I don't have because i work shitty flexible survival job to be available for acting! and decent full time jobs that pay decent wages are NOT flexible for the once in a blue moon tv audition i get. they are just not. and they are hard as fuck to get these days. sincerely, frustrated as fuck actor STILL trying to break in. (and please dont give me shit about my attitude, i'm clearly being very sarcastic and exaggerating and venting in a safe space here. i handle myself professionally, and i'm not giving this "energy" to people in the real world. but i'll be honest i have literally no idea what to say to people at this point, because nothing about any of this makes any sense to me anymore)
at what point are you supposed to realize it's just not in the cards to have an acting career? by actorthrowaway54321 • last post Aug 26th
everything about this is insane to me. agents with over 100 clients. nobody cares about developing you. you have to PAY to meet casting directors. everybody wants the heavy lifting to be done before they rep you. how you get somebody that "believes" in you seems ridiculous, because even finding any opportunities to ACT and then have somebody see you, and give a fuck, seems impossible. actors sacrifice their entire lives to work 3 days a year.... it's all so warped to me. if you email so many people, and nobody wants anything to do with you, at what point do you have to realize that it's just not in the cards for you? how many years of 0 progress until you're a delusional lunatic? this a serious question. it's 1 thing to get auditions and not be picked because of casting reasons. it's another thing to not even GET auditions, and not even get responses to emails despite your best efforts for YEARS. i dont want to be the crazy guy that nobody wants anything to do with. i either want to be able to participate or do something else with my life and retain an inch of dignity
Advice for novice actors by fransjw • last post Aug 26th
Hello there! I am 16 years old and I want to pursue a career as an actor, but I don't know if it is kind of difficult to start or even how. I did theatre from my early 10 years old and I fell in love with acting; but how real it is to be an actor and make a living of it? only the best ones make it or it is a combination of luck, contacts and money?
TORONTO (GTA) ACTORS by meaqanchristine • last post Aug 26th
How did you guys start your careers? I did a lot of acting in high school (4 years drama class, plus lunch time theatre, plus musicals). Do you think that is enough to start looking for agents? Just looking for a bit of guidance. Thanks!
How do you make your voice sound younger? by blondenow • last post Aug 25th
I'm a director, working with a 26 year-old actor on a short. She's playing a 16 year-old, and while she looks the part, her voice is a bit low and raspy. We've been talking about doing some voice work for the role, but neither of us have any experience with it, really. Is there a recommended method to getting a younger-sounding voice? I suppose I'm just hoping to get her sounding a bit higher and less raspy. Are there any videos on the subject you recommend? Thanks!
Acting If You Wear Glasses by brg10472003 • last post Aug 25th
Hello Reddit, what I'm about to write may come as strange, but for me is a frustration. I want to be an actor, and I also wear glasses. Well what's wrong with that? I thinkk there are not many main roles (or not necessary main) that require people who wear glasses, I don't know how to formulate this so it doesn't sound strange, also, it's more difficult to shoot when the actor has glasses, because of the glare on the lenses. Also, the next thing I have to say only applies to people with strabismus, I think, which I also have. It wouldn't be a problem for me to wear glasses if my eyes were normally alligned, because I could just take them off and act like someone who has perfect vision while shooting, but that won't work taking in that one of my eyes is not perfectly alligned, maybe there are some work arounds for this too like lenses or something, but from what I've heard so far there isn't. So, do you think I can make it into the industry if I'm only playing guys who wear glasses or stuff like that? It's really strange to ask this because it sounds weird, but I'm kinda concerned. Thanks for reading this, best of luck! EDIT: "So, do you think I can make it into the industry?" This came out weird, I'm meaning making it as an actor in general, not Hollywood or stuff like that. That would be great too, but I'm speaking in general.
looking to get feedback on my materials from some LA based working actors by actorthrowaway54321 • last post Aug 25th
i just got new look-specific headshots, put together a new reel, and I'm being more targeted in my approach to industry. I've gotten auditions for major things previously, but few and far between. im sag and repped. I'm trying to get that first network co-star, as better reps have said to reach out once I get them under my belt. I would love any private feedback / advice from people a couple rungs above me. I can just shoot you my links privately or I can buy you one of those expensive coffees and waste your time in person. thanks guys
how do i become a background actor with no acting experience? i’ve tried central casting but the waiting list for an appointment is literally years... by Seth9595 • last post Aug 25th
i’m skilled on atvs and motor cycles if that helps me get a job in the field
Talent Link/Actors Access Question ! by teapeaz • last post Aug 24th
Hey! Who here has uses talent link? I have been using it and getting responses, but the initial request to contact from actors access usually just says “contact this person” with no further information other than an email address etc. Do you typically contact with headshot and resume even if they don’t ask for it? How do you typically word the email when reaching out to them? Trying to be as efficient with my email as possible, without being presumptive. I already had one agency respond that they were just inviting me to an open call, and didn’t need my materials etc. Also — most agencies have been responding to me asking for a meeting right away, but the one I am most interested in hasn’t gotten back to me! Oy!
Pros and Cons of being an Actor? by qiis • last post Aug 24th
What is your favourite thing about being an actor and the things that come with it? And what do you not like about acting/being an actor?
how did you get your first co-star? tips and strategies for a frustrated, repped & union actor trying to move forward by actorthrowaway54321 • last post Aug 24th
my reel is good. professional quality scenes and good acting. i have low level agents in multiple markets. i'm in sag. i have multiple imdb credits. i've done shorts, student films, theater, comedy / improv shows. i've gotten some tv / film auditions for series regulars, and a couple co-stars, and got pinned 1 time for a co-star, but this is all over the course of a few years. my frequency of auditions is horrible, like 10 a year (for tv/film), a couple a week if I spend all my time submitting for low / un-paid student projects, but i'm fed up with that. there is no benefit for me for doing those types of projects anymore. there is no reason why i shouldn't be getting more auditions for co-stars, i'm perfectly capable of booking 1 line if I could just get in the door for one. something is wrong here and I don't know how to move forward. i know once i DO get a co-star credit, the floodgates will open. but as of now I'm still standing on the outside looking in, and it's really horrible. higher up agents / managers say "get back to me when you have a couple co-stars". cool. what can I do here? what did you do to get your first one? i know comparing is not good, but something has to give here. would any working professionals maybe be kind enough to check out my materials / AA profile and perhaps offer some suggestions? i would really appreciate it
Actors Wanted! by bearbents • last post Aug 24th
Hi everyone. I’m an aspiring filmmaker. I write scripts (so far only short films), & i’m searching for actors who are interested in being on camera! I live in Virginia & am looking for anyone who is willing to meet in or around the area. I particularly live about 40 minutes from Washington, D.C. & Maryland, same distance for Richmond in the opposite direction. I’m willing to travel to meet up with anyone who is interested. I have multiple scripts I’m looking to make. One being a Sci-Fi, others being Dramas. If you are interested in knowing more, feel free to ask or direct message me! Or contact me here: carolinedistefano@aol.com @/bearbents on instagram @/carolinestfu on twitter