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Looking to see if this type of acting has a coined title... by treelablonck • last post Jul 17th
I have been conceptualizing/writing for a film that mixes fully staged scenes with characters but also incorporates scenes in which said characters interact with the general public (who are not aware that the character is acting) , somewhat in the vain of what Sacha Baron Cohen does , or Nathan For You, except my film isn't a comedy. I was wondering if there was a term that referred to this approach to storytelling, in which a person is engaging with someone who isn't aware that they are interacting with an actor/character. My apologies for the wordy passage, but let me know!
I think I'm secretly a musical theatre actor by StrobeRogers • last post Jul 17th
Hello all, I've been desperate to be taken seriously as long as I can remember. However, I started voice lessons. Initially, I thought.."well, this would be good enough to be more well rounded." I randomly signed up for a MT audition.. And now I'm excited about it..and feel might even be more fulfilling.. And I think I may be a musical theatre actor. I mean, I love doing dramatic work, but I don't particularly have that look. I still love working on films.. There's just something about MT.. Anyone else ?
Agency Recommendations by JustFoeQuestions • last post Jul 17th
Hello everyone! I am an actor of about 5 years now. I have training, a reel, professional headshots, resume, etc... and now I’m looking to branch out into the bigger east coast markets. Currently I have an agent in Pittsburgh, but now I’m looking to expand myself and was hoping someone may know of good and reputable agencies I could apply to. The areas I’m looking at are; New York- Chicago- Boston- Baltimore/DC- Philadelphia - Buffalo- Thanks I’m advance!!
What's your 5 year plan as an actor? by tryingtobebetter1225 • last post Jul 17th
I'm not asking you to give up every strategy you have but whats a rough draft of a 5 year plan as an actor. So hard to strategize with this career.
SAG rates for a spec commercial by thinkmad8 • last post Jul 17th
Hey all, Apologies if this is the wrong subreddit - I just know some SAG folks are around. If I (director) produce a spec commercial for my reel - and I want to use SAG actors, how do I sort out what their rate is? Or maybe - what defines a commercial? That it's funded by a brand and actually is aired? Cause neither of those would be true in this case. Thanks!
Who do you follow on twitter? by layonthebeech • last post Jul 17th
Trying to branch out my network a bit. Looking for creatives, voice actors, anyone! You can follow me @layonthebeech and i'll be sure to follow you back.
acting with social anxiety- I NEED ADVICE by caroline11797 • last post Jul 17th
I am 14 and have horrible anxiety around other people. It's not just stage fright, I hate when the attention is on me at any time, i hate acting games that are supposed to be fun. The problem is I'm so passionate for acting. I have a few years' experience with theater classes, but i felt like everyone hated me because i was probably boring and never talked. I am thinking of taking an acting class to try to become more confident but I'm scared people will judge me, because I'm so quiet and to be an actor you have to be sort of outgoing. (i'm sorry if this post is depressing but im desperate here))My acting skills are actually decent but I just shrivel up when I act in front of other people, especially people my age. HELP
Voice Auditions - Shooting in the Dark With An Actor's Intuition by contact2loop • last post Jul 17th
Do You Submit Yourself To Lazy Casting Calls? by CaliforniaStoked • last post Jul 17th
I just want to preface this question but saying that I believe that in most cases, that any acting opportunities are great opportunities. Any bit of practice you can get under your belt is essential. ​ On that note tho, do you submit yourself to lazy castings or do you think its just a waste of time for the most part? A few examples that I see pretty frequently on some of the Los Angeles casting websites for Non Union. 1. Open Ethnicity, Male or Female , Ages 18-99. 2. OPEN CALL! - Unpaid student film - 8 pages of dialogue due tomorrow. 3. One word character descriptions. One sentence plot summary. Large age range. At what point do you draw the line and say it isn't worth your time? Do you believe people who don't take every opportunity they get to act, don't want to be an actor as bad as others? Truly would love to hear your thoughts.
I found an ad for background actors and was just wondering if this is even legit... by Xizez • last post Jul 17th
Supporting SO in Acting Pursuit by _mantha • last post Jul 17th
Hey guys, Maybe this isn't the right place to post this, but I'd like some insight. My SO is an aspiring actor and I'm getting to experience second hand the frustration and hardships that this industry can bring upon someone. As someone who is committed to someone in this industry, how can I be of best support? They never tell me about their auditions or how they went or when they even get them. I get that and it's totally understandable, but I'm here to encourage and support my SO no matter what, not to judge. I'd just like to know how I can be a good spouse in this area of support and encouragement, as I really don't know much about it.
Strange phenomenon while shooting... by creativevariant • last post Jul 17th
So, the other day I was taking part in the 48 hr film festival as an actor. The director, for one reason or another, kept having me jump to different accents during the course of the short film. When I say different accents over the course of shooting, I mean absolutely no continuity whatsoever. We did not re-shoot the scenes we previously did with me speaking in the same accents. Basically, I just think he did not know what to do with my character and so now with the finished film, it's likely I will have different ways of speaking each time it shows me (no, this method did not have anything to do with the story), which is weird, but anyhow, I digress... When we got to the third or fourth accent, there was a point in it that I seemed to have "forgotten" what the new accent sounded like. I just completely blanked. When attempting to say my lines, I kept flubbing them and sounding way off, no matter how many times I restarted. There was an awkward long pause of me really struggling there and it was embarrassing, but everyone reassured me that it was fine and to just keep going. I just blanked on being able to do it at all. To be fair, it is an accent I'm not super duper familiar with using and I kept jumping to different ones over the course of one night with only a couple hours of sleep, so maybe that's it? But has anyone had this frustrating/embarrassing situation happen to them before? It felt like I was being dramatic or something, but I really just couldn't do it for one reason or another. Honestly, it is the first time I had ever attempted to do accents for a film before, so there is also that.
Auditioning for a Scare Actor? by iholdthek3y • last post Jul 17th
Hi /r/acting! So I recently heard about a Scare Actor opportunity for a park in my city. The audition will take around 30 minutes and is a group audition. I'm planning to talk to my drama teacher sometime these following days, as he is currently teaching summer school, about what to except and if I should prepare anything. What does /r/acting think? Is there any advice for me? Thank you!
Do film/movie actors work on weekends too? by yungmista • last post Jul 17th
I’m curious, do they film on weekends too or are those days “relax” days?
Can a UK actor tell me how spotlight works? by Lukiniobro • last post Jul 17th
Any help would be awesome. I have headshots and reel, is this enough to get on it?
To doctor or not to doctor: a painful decision, opinions appreciated by grey__husky • last post Jul 16th
Hey guys. I'm a 20y/o female living near Sydney in Australia. I'm two years into a medical degree, but have taken this year off to travel and explore a bit before the more intense clinical years. And now I'm heartwrenchingly torn as to which path to take - acting/arts or medicine? Brace yourselves for a bit of an existential crisis. All this time and ability to indulge in creativity on my year of leave has led to the hugest yearning to leave medicine and act/write/direct my way through life. I saw Les Mis when I was in London - twice - and I honestly felt that, as well as sobbing for the characters and story and incredible production, I was *grieving that I haven't chosen that life.* The life crammed with music, writers, ideas, scripts, stories... In high school, I spent a week at NIDA doing work experience with the students, and it was the best week of my life. It's the most addictive, euphoric, incredible drug for me, the whole performing and creating thing. There's nothing like it. So why am I studying medicine? Well, first off, I can. Getting in is not easy, and I worked my butt off to get a spot in med school. I'd never really considered med until high school, when my boyfriend at the time and his parents (both doctors) suggested it. It seemed perfect for me - a mix of sciences and humanities - and to be honest, it has suited me really well in lots of ways. I love the intellectual challenges, the problem-solving of diagnosis, and speaking with patients. I even get excited when we examine brains and hearts and things in wet labs. Basically, I'm a huge nerd, and get really passionate about the way the human body works. I'm super privileged to be in medicine, I largely find it interesting, and feel totally entitled/grossly selfish to even CONSIDER leaving for something like acting. I'd probably never be allowed back if I drop out, as it'd cost the university loads of money. If I stay, it's also a pretty much guaranteed job after I graduate. **But.** It is soul-sucking. The extreme hours, confronting content, the notoriously-terrible mental health of junior doctors, the exhaustion, the brutal competition for fellowships... And, for me to get a non-competitive spot (eg. as a GP) I'd have to prepare to return to med (study until January), study/work another three years (rest of my degree) plus two years (minimum, working in a hospital under contract) plus a year's GP training (minimum), so a GP life is **MINIMUM 6.5 YEARS AWAY.** Then, I'd have a secure qualification, and could work a few days a week and do other things, like acting, on the side, as a 27y/o. I've no idea how I'd find time to write novels/scripts, go to auditions, or take acting classes in the time getting to that point, though - too many exams and shifts. The reality is that, realistically, the creative in me, would have to be pretty dormant for the majority of my twenties, especially since, as an intense person, I burn out easily and can't spread myself too thin. And that's saddening. Now... I could use the next several months ignoring my looming med degree, and prepare for NIDA auditions in December (reading plays, preparing monologues, acting and voice training etc). God, the idea thrills me. While I'm confident that I'm a competent performer, they only take 24 out of approx 2000, so it's unlikely I'd even get a callback. My parents are afraid that if I do audition and get in, then I'll be throwing away medicine as a career and only have a flimsy acting degree to live from. They're kind of right. And on top of that, half a degree's worth of HECS debt. But why not audition, 'just to see'? And if I want it so badly, why not just drop out now and commit to the broke actor lifestyle? What happens when I don't get in, when I don't book enough gigs to pay rent, when I'm working just as hard as I would be in medicine, except I hate my survival job and regret not becoming a doctor instead? What does that lifestyle, writing and acting, even look like, and how can I explain it to adults who think I'm being naive? What if they're right, and I am naive? It's all so confusing. It's painfully apparent that my folks don't even want me to audition this year on the **very slight** chance it'll ruin my career - they think I have a shot, bless them - cos they're seriously worried for my financial safety. I feel knife-in-chest gutted to be neglecting the acting/theatre/writing world for seven years, even if I do *try* and stay involved by going to local productions, etc. Being on the sidelines just isn't the same. On the other hand, if I could arguably wait seven years, I'd be equipped with a well-paying survivor job that gives me an MD at the end of my name, and allows me to work only few days a week. But I'd have been out of touch with the creative world for a long time then, much older (esp. for a female in this industry), and probably won't have the same drive/energy I do now. Plus I'm devastated to consider packing up my creative self into storage boxes for that long. **TL;DR**: I'm two years into a med degree but a gap year has made me yearn to leave to follow the arts and stage, should I invest another 6-7 years into being a GP for security, or give up med now and go all in? Thanks guys - just so incredibly lost right now, and would love some perspective. Cheers.
To audition, or not to audition? And what exactly does “published” mean regarding monologues? by Domiren • last post Jul 16th
Dumb questions probably, but a professional theatre is holding general auditions for the upcoming season. They pay their actors and mention “Equity” in their disclaimers. I really don’t think my acting chops are on this level, but auditions are good practice (in my opinion). Should I audition even though I’m not sure I’m up to par with the talent level they’re looking for? They also want contrasting monologues from published works only. That means not TV or movie monologues, right? Like, I should be looking at plays only? Or if I have a book (terrible examples: Oliver Twist, Dracula, Percy Jackson series) can I take a block of text and use that? I do have on my shelf “20 Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre” as well as two other collections of short plays, and some other scripts that were free to keep from the library. Can I use any of those? Is this the right sub or is there a theatre one I don’t know about? Edit: I found the theatre sub and crossposted.
The original source material matters; especially skin color. by CursedWMigraines • last post Jul 16th
This might get lengthy but stick with me. Ex: Metropolis(1927) - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/) It features a female robot. Of course they did not exist then. It was played by a female in a costume resembling a mechanical humanoid. Any story having 'things' which do not exist then have to be created/altered as close as they can to be portrayed. Similar method used for CP-30 and R2D2. In recent years with the SJWs and PC bullsh\*\* this has gotten problematic. Many actors say they should be able to play anyone without criticism. I want any who read this to REALLY think. Should MLK, Rosa Parks, and Kunta Kinte be played by white people? Asians? Redheads? NO. Pretty sure some biopic on Obama having a Scottish-Asian midget, with a gimp leg, blind in one eye, a heavy lisp, and a baby arm wouldn't go so well. American cinema is the biggest but not the only one. The Brits have theirs and BBC. Asian countries have theirs where most if not all the cast are Asian. Bollywood = All Indian from India. The 'don't care as long as the acting is good' argument is irrelevant. Acting and whether it is good or bad is subjective. No actor is universally good to everyone or every role. Hypothesis: How would you feel if your favorite character(s) were changed? Male to female or female to male? Black to white? White to black? Asian to black,etc? Everything you love about them gone forever. "Black" Ariel. A hyrbrid human/fish creature yes but when humans don't get enough Vitamin D, they get very pale and suffer other effects. IF....a big IF..... a black mermaid/merman could exist he/she would not be black. They would be a mushy grey/ashen color. Anderson, the author of the original set this tale in the areas of Denmark and Norway. It wasn't her real name either and it's easily found how it originally played out. In fact, all those tales were changed somewhat b/c you couldn't portray the originals then or now. They wouldn't be fairy tales. In fact, the original she has no name and many things that are shown are quite horrifying making a movie version a HORROR movie. Sure, there are fewer times when in mostly comics a character is changed and it works. Nick Furry is white during a time and black in another but still who he is, is more important than which one is 'correct'. This allowed ANY white or black actor to play him and Jackson's choice was a good one. Let's take this "Well, real dinosaurs weren't in Jurassic Park so they should be made with real....." Seriously? That's the retarded conclusion so many are coming up with? It makes NO sense. When a 'thing' doesn't exist in movies and tv you create them. CGI. Practical effects. SFX makeup, etc. Skin color does not give any special abilities or extra-ordinary knowledge. Sexuality doesn't either. The problems with the LGB+ in regards to acting: Most hold their sexuality as the most important thing they have. The only thing. You'll find out most people who are LGB+......are b/c they flaunt it. EVERYWHERE. If that's all a person has, it's quite pathetic. Personal merit tells a lot more about a person than who's bits and bobs they like to suck and fondle. Most LGB+ prefer to dress, behave, and cut their hair into many stereotypes that portray that. It's not representation if we can tell that about them before they even speak or do anything. Casting these LGB+ people into acting roles who have little to NO experience isn't going to make the movie or series any better; unless those people have good, proven, legit acting experience. The biggest city close to me has a nightlife that in one area is LGB friendly. Out of all I've met, personally, and out in public I can count on one hand with fingers left over the # who are LGB......and you can't tell. You know what's going to keep them from getting roles? Living in and dressing as those LGB+ stereotypes. In fact, dressing for a part, somewhat or going in 'grey man/grey woman' does not put one in an audition into a specific role or idea by the one judging the person. I can guarantee many, regardless of their orientation or sex have lost roles b/c of this. This new Bond thing.....is complete trash. 00 is given to those with a license to kill and 7 is James Bond's designation. He has never been portrayed as a woman, Asian, Black, etc. Since people's real identities can be traced, then the person given it is 'erased' and given this. When he retires, another British, white man, replaces him. What happens when an old enemy or an offspring of one comes looking? Redheads are being erased from Hollywood. Idiots praise whenever a white character is 'blackwashed' but have a white actor play a black one? Mental midgets lose their sanity and throw -phobic onto anything as their ONLY way of arguing. Diversity is good but overall......it isn't. Competition is a good thing and if all can't make it or are included then it makes people work harder.
For those who travel/know people who travel for Acting, what is the process of finding temporary housing? by jrlowe24 • last post Jul 16th
For anyone that has gone through the process of relocating temporarily for a show, film, movie or anything related, how did you get set up with housing? Did they help place you into short term rental units or were you on your own for finding your own short term leases? Also how does your flexibility as an actor/actress (film times could be much longer or shorter than anticipated) affect your lease agreements? (many places charge exorbitant fees for canceling or adding extra months). Any insight would be very much appreciated!