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Anyone know any England based talent agencies that accept actors new to the industry? by Aniawd • last post Mar 19th
I’m currently looking for an agent, I have a headshot and a CV, I have monologues that I use as a show real for now, do any UK based actors know any agencies that accept “inexperienced” actors?
Best places to find SAG jobs? by miniblessed • last post Mar 19th
I’m about to become SAG-E and I’m wondering about the best places to find SAG jobs. I’m on Casting Networks, Backstage, and Actors Access. Not currently represented for theatrical but will be pursuing that as well
Do you record self tapes with the front or back camera? by Curious-Inside8453 • last post Mar 19th
When I am the only one in the room I use the front camera (selfie camera) to record, that way I don’t have to run around my tripod and make sure everything is in frame and recording. I know it’s bad for an actor to see him or herself while acting, so how do all of you record your self tapes when there’s no one else around?
Learn to use your natural voice. by controltheweb • last post Mar 19th
We asked pros how many demos they listened to, how many they rejected, and how fast they rejected them. That group told us 95% of demos are rejected in 4 seconds or less due to not attempting natural speech. Pros included owners of agencies and studios, top talent, two Emmy-award winning producers, etc. We found them and got their opinion by producing 78 [training events](https://www.facebook.com/VoiceActingExpo/reviews), recording as many as 350 sessions in a single day at a large conference hotel, renting up to 15 rooms. Each recording session included two pros, a producer and engineer (plus several roving admins) in a room set up as a partially-baffled studio space. In 2018, we started adding 1-2 students per event apprenticing with the engineers. We also surveyed over 1,000 event attendees and asked about their previous training experience. We learned a lot about how the industry trains new folks—and very few of them teach natural speech well. Of course, many not-yet-informed voice actors often pushback on *actually* using acting and natural speech skills. They think it's something you are taught that you can forget later, rather than something you utilize throughout your career. This is normal, as learners of many topics get stuck between stages two and three—failing to reach the final stage—when going through the "[stages of learning and competency](https://taskcompetency.com/)". Another group of mostly full-time working pros with far less career experience told us they usually listened past the first clip, but identified the same problem. (Apparently the more experience teaches you that if a demo starts poorly, it doesn't get better, the faster you give up when it starts poorly.) *We began winding down the events pre-pandemic and ended them in 2020. We now teach* [*remote only*](https://g.page/r/CTU9rofrAeuVEB0/review)*—we've wound down to a minimal presence at our training center.*
What makes a great actor by Primary_Mechanic_998 • last post Mar 19th
Somtimes I'll watch a movie or a show and think these guys/girls are really good actors and I'll search them up to see that they haven't been in much after. So what really serpates good actors from the great actors like leonardo Di'caprio, Viola Davis, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Florence Pugh. Is it just chance and opportunity? Finding a project that really allows you to show off your skills and abilities?
Ref sheet for extra? by BurstingSeas • last post Mar 19th
I was looking on Backstage/Actors Access for ways to get started in acting (I have no prior theater skills) and found an ad for extras for an office environment. However the director at the time wanted a video reel and cover sheet, but how do you make that with no history and for an extra with no lines?
living in jersey city as an actor? by drusillalynch • last post Mar 19th
Hello! I’m a 23F actor and I’m going to New York this week to apartment hunt but I’ve run into many problems with the search. First of all I don’t make 40x the rent at any of the places lol, also I have a small dog which makes it harder to find places. I was thinking about looking around in Jersey City bc I heard the rent can be cheaper in certain places. any advice on this?
UK actors - How many videos do you put on your spotlight profile ? by bustergaming777 • last post Mar 19th
I’ve spoken to a couple of actor friends and have got mixed opinions from each of them on this as some would suggest only have one showreel to not overwhelm anyone and others have suggest a showreel along with multiple clips/ monologues with specific styles (drama, comedy, villain etc.) So I’m wondering, what do you currently have that’s worked for you in past, maybe it’s secured an agent or casting from it.
Voice acting practice by jreyes4159 • last post Mar 19th
Let me know how I did, I dueted several tiktoks with Chris Greenfield as a past time and potentially as a portfolio. I hate to ask but would appreciate a like and share if you enjoyed it. Looking to maybe work as a voice actor on the side while I pursue a degree.
how do people get auditions for huge shows/TV shows (like Wednesday or stranger things stuff like that) by Cennixxx • last post Mar 19th
Like do these huge companies that produce these films just post auditions on websites or do they just get asked? Do agent's of the actors do the work for them to find auditions? like i know the people that played in wednesday and stranger things had alot of credits to their name before they appeared on the shows, but theres also actors like Felix Kammerer who only had 2 credits to his name before starring in All quiet on the Western front, and that movie is huge now, how do they do it?
Visa question by Embarrassed_Clue_929 • last post Mar 19th
Posting for a friend: this is a very stupid question so I apologise in advance, but is it possible to go to the US on a work visa, work the job you used to apply for the visa, but work on the side as an actor? Ik heaps of people want to make the jump from Aus to the US but the O-1 visa is pretty hard to get. Is it better for Aus actors to just make the jump to the UK or Canada? And if so, what are their visa requirements? Is it legal for me to go on a work visa, work that job then pursue acting on the side and if it picks up, make that transition?
For the peeps wanting to get into BG as a career | The World’s #1 Extra. The most famous actor you’ve never heard of. by Food_Pre-Chewer • last post Mar 19th
Learn to use your natural voice. by controltheweb • last post Mar 19th
*Reposting with most links removed:* We asked pros how many demos they listened to, how many they rejected, and how fast they rejected them. That group told us 95% of demos are rejected in 4 seconds or less due to not attempting natural speech. Pros included owners of agencies and studios, top talent, two Emmy-award winning producers, etc. We found them and got their opinion by producing 78 training events, recording as many as 350 sessions in a single day at a large conference hotel, renting up to 15 rooms. Each recording session included two pros, a producer and engineer (plus several roving admins) in a room set up as a partially-baffled studio space. In 2018, we started adding 1-2 students per event apprenticing with the engineers. Another group of mostly full-time working pros with far less career experience told us they usually listened past the first clip, but identified the same problem. (Apparently the more experience teaches you that if a demo starts poorly, it doesn't get better, the faster you give up when it starts poorly.) We also surveyed over 1,000 event attendees and asked about their previous training experience. We learned a lot about how the industry trains new folks—and very few of them teach natural speech well. Of course, many not-yet-informed voice actors often pushback on *actually* using acting and natural speech skills. They think it's something you are taught that you can forget later, rather than something you utilize throughout your career. This is normal, as learners of many topics get stuck between stages two and three—failing to reach the final stage—when going through the "[stages of learning and competency](https://taskcompetency.com/)". ​ *We began winding down the events pre-pandemic and ended them in 2020.*
Seeking input (youth, basics, education) by Fit-Protection5399 • last post Mar 19th
I run a youth arts coalition at this community center and a local actor/independent filmmaker is going to do a presentation for the group in a few weeks. If it goes well I may ask him to make it a series. I am a music teacher, and my wife also a singer and visual artist. Point is, I want to broaden the scope of this group beyond my/our capabilities of doing so; these kids have next to no knowledge of the art (and nor do I really, other than just being a lover of cinema). So anyway, this gentleman has asked for a list of topics he should cover. Thoughts? It’ll be a 2-3 hr. presentation.
I need ideas!! by idkwhatnametopick5 • last post Mar 19th
Okay so I’m creating this website by scratch and it’s going to be one for beginning and up coming actors. I want to include monologues to get started but don’t know what else to add. Also I’m open to adding monologues that you create just follow the format and pm me: Character name Age Range Genre Background Info “monologue”
What technique seems like it would be best for me based on this list? by Abstract_Corduroy74 • last post Mar 19th
I need a technique. I NEED to BE TRAINED IN A TECHNIQUE. But I don’t know which technique. I NEED technique, but one that can not only help me become a better actor, but one that can address and help me fix my many problems and shortcomings as an actor. What technique(s) will help me based on my list of problems as an actor? •Struggle to really REALLY listen to scene partners •Being too in my head and overthinking everything •Struggle to be able to trust and just let go •Near impossibility being emotionally open and vulnerable •Fear that my imagination isn’t strong or stimulating enough •That I have a blocked instrument and don’t have the proper resources and guidance to help unblock and help me tune my instrument •Fear that I’m not doing it right. I mean technique work, that I’m not trying the right way or not trying enough to know what works and what doesn’t. •Fear of failure and criticism/making mistakes because I’m afraid it means I’m not as good an actor as I should be or I don’t have it together. •Wanting outcomes of a particular scene instead of just letting what happens happen and having faith it will work out. •Lack of faith and trust in myself, the work I’ve done, and my journey ahead. I don’t trust I am where I’m supposed to be right now, I don’t trust that I’ve got what I need right now, and I don’t trust that I’ve done enough work to allow the process and in-the-moment work to play out how I envision it should go. I don’t trust or have faith that I’ll be able to let go and believe that it will be okay. •Feeling like I don’t have time. Time to try, fail, learn, and try again. Time to really delve into the work and take the time to practice technique and work and see what works and how I respond to it. Time to get my foot in the door. ——Because so many other actors (Timothee Chalamet, Sydney Sweeney, Tom Holland, are all doing amazing work and have their shit together at their young ages, and here I am at 22 almost about to graduate college asking stupid questions on a subreddit). •Fear that I can’t really, truly act because I’m so in my head so much and overthink everything about the work and what I should be and what I can’t do and can do and if certain results don’t happen for a scene then I’m a failure and can’t do it right. •Fear that an intellectual/cerebral has no business acting. That I cannot be trained to get out of my intellectual and over-analytical head and do the work with no interference. •Obsession with results of the work (the performance) rather than process, exploring, and doing the work necessary •Anger that I haven’t had the training I feel like I need, nor the resources necessary to get the training I need. •Slowly dwindling love of the process and work itself and instead a growing hunger for the results of the work rather than the work itself. •Not wanting to take the time to find the right place to train, the right teacher to train me, the right classroom to be trained in, etc because I feel like I need to start training NOW •Fear that I don’t have the discipline or the grit to really do the work necessary. •Fear that I’m not enough as an actor, and never will be. That I won’t be able to be the actor I want to be because of all the things I listed above. All of this stuff really frightens me and I need to solve these things through technique. And please don’t say therapy, I’ve already heard that enough. And I’m seeing a therapist, but have yet to really bring this stuff up.
Overthinking actor here in need of advice by Abstract_Corduroy74 • last post Mar 19th
How can I stop overthinking in my acting and my process? How can I trust that the work I’ve done is enough? How can I stop myself from feeling pressure to and putting pressure on myself to nail a scene or performance down? How can I just fucking jump into the unknown? How can I just fucking surrender to the work and be open and live in the fucking moment?
Things actors should know after joining their first agency by Basic_Cucumber3440 • last post Mar 19th
What are some things that actors with their first agency should know like auditions and general knowledge? Thx!
How to get me out of my contract? by Minimum-Bee-5680 • last post Mar 19th
Hello, I’m signed with a good agency here in LA for model & talent 5-6months ago. I have been self submitting on casting networks and actors access. I get to audition/self-tape 3-5 times a week. Only booked one music video in these months being signed with my own submissions. Now, every photographers I meet they say that the agent is not good (there’s a lot of hearsay about my current agent) I feel the same way as well, when I text him he only response to me one word and with mean attitude. He really only handles men based on what I see on his IG. I’m trans and I feel like he doesn’t know what to do with me being the only trans on the roster right now. All the call backs I’ve gotten is all from my submissions. And people that I know in the industry finds it weird that my agent hasn’t sent me somewhere for castings. I have a 2 year exclusive contract with my current agency. I was transferred to my current agent because my old agent (same agency) moved to New York division so I was passed along with this new one 4 months ago. I’m not sure if he’s even submitting me for breakdowns I don’t see. How did you get out of your agency? How would you go about my situation? Thank you!
Can I get some help budgeting actors for a podcast? by Springflowers6969 • last post Mar 19th
So, I’m putting together a podcast. I think I have good rates on pretty much everything apart from actors. The recording studio is very upfront with their pricing, I’ve found an editor and we’ve talked through an a hourly rate, etc. But I can’t for the live of me figure out actors. I’m in NYC so I know we have a good talent pool. It seems like there are Union rates for film and theater, but not so much for VO? When I look it up, I mainly get VO for audio books and I don’t think it’s the same? I’m not looking for anyone super famous. (Obviously!) Just 4 or 5 talented people that I pay fairly. What do you think would be a fair day rate? Is there a standard?