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What should I focus my acting towards while starting out ? by bustergaming777 • last post Mar 21st
So I do both comedy and drama, would it be wise to focus on one of those or can an actor starting out be able to showcase both ? I mean in the way of building a specific brand towards on how people view me as an actor.
Looking for opinions on LA acting classes by KyberCrystal1138 • last post Mar 21st
Hi all. I’m curious as to what classes LA actors have felt are worth it these days. I prefer to have class in-person, but I’m not opposed to virtual if the class content is worth the time. Thank you!
Changed my major to be theatre with a minor in media production so that I can be a voice actor!!! by Redandimdead • last post Mar 21st
Im not sure if these posts are allowed but I’m genuinely so excited to be following my passion!! I don’t need any advice or anything (against this subs rules I think?) but I didn’t know who else to share this with :)
I need some advice – would that reflect badly on me? by snoo-8762776 • last post Mar 21st
I had an agent for 2 years, but things weren't going well, despite having some interesting auditions, I can literally count on one hand how many I had during the 2 years I was with them – but maybe it's also fair to consider the lockdown time. Still, very little visibility. He is a nice person but wasn't working for me as an agent. Six months ago, I left that agency and signed with a new agent who, despite the initial conversation being good and interesting, I see that I'm not getting the visibility I expected – and I'm not saying this with arrogance, but as a disappointment really. With her, I had an audition in the first week for a small project and then never had any more auditions for audiovisual projects, which is my focus and we talked about it. I had a few auditions for commercials, and last week she sent me a project which is a photoshoot for these girls that are graduating. I don't think I'm "too good for this" by no means, is just that my agent sending me a student project shocked me a bit because I expected her to be representing my profile for other projects. Like, this is why you get an agent, right? Now, a new agency that seems interesting has shown interest in my material and sent me an email to schedule a meeting because they are interested in representing me. This agency is small but better known, and I'm just starting out, so of course, I'll be represented at the beginning by a smaller agency. My acting teacher is also represented by them, so I asked him about his experience. An actress I know from a short film I participated in is also represented by them, so I asked her as well. The agency itself is better known in the market, as far as I can tell, compared to the one I am with currently. At least, that's my impression – I'm new to the market though. But I wonder if it would reflect badly on me if I change agencies now after 6 months with my new agent. I don't have enough experience to know if this is a very short time to end this or not. When I asked her about auditions and opportunities, she just said "it's too early, we need to wait," which frustrated me a bit because I'm tired of these vague responses. What would you do in my place? Should I consider the fact that 6 months is too soon to change agents, or should I give it a try?
Looking for LGBTQ+, Asian/Asian-American Voice Actor & Metal Musician by KatyaStec • last post Mar 21st
We are open to an exclusive role for a LGBTQ+ Asian/Asian-American Voice Actor & Metal Musician. All info is here: https://twitter.com/AllAgesofGeek/status/1637891213989650458?t=BfwmWW16bpYGSCE87ZKdQw&s=19
annoying agent experience by benhard- • last post Mar 21st
I got an agent after getting a role in a Hulu docu series about creatives in NYC - I got this role 5 months into moving to nyc off backstage if you can believe it. Long story short, it was weird. I'm a young actor with this one main credit (in every episode) and i turned it into getting an agent. Not much work has come from it bc the amount of times i'm shown acting is <1 min. but a lot of time spent on my budding bisexuality which i was severely under compensated for. Anyways I have this agent, and she has good clients, hasn't signed a contract with me but has me in her roster, told me she realizes i need more development, wont drop me bc she believes "i have something special" and I just am in constant limbo with her. I don't really know what to do. any advice
Heroin Withdrawals - Physical Symptoms by ac7adrian • last post Mar 21st
Hiya, fellow thespians! I am playing a heroin addict locked in an apartment by his father and sister. The family is trying to get him clean so they are slowly decreasing the supply of heroin and they are making him wait for it longer and longer. I’ve worked out the stuff that goes on inside of him, got all the emotional work behind me now and have done huge progress on the technicalities of preparing the injection, the body’s reaction to it, how it begins to work and what happenes when it fully kicks in. This is all going in the right direction. What I’m kind of stuck with so far are the physical side effect of withdrawals which I really need to nail down too. Anything that you’d recommend I look into? Anything that I can do to myself physically (besides going through withdrawals) to enhance the performance? I’ve watched pretty much every heroin or drug-themed movie out there, looked at documentaries, short raw clips… but acting out the withdrawals is difficult as hell, probably the most difficult thing that I’ve done as an actor so far. Any help will be much appreciated!
How often are you booking jobs? by wjxm • last post Mar 21st
I know that it’s been dry out there for many actors recently but it has been what feels like forever since I have worked. When I started my initial full time acting run in 2021 I booked a small part in 2 indie features and a couple more small things and ever since then I haven’t had any work. It’s been a little over a year since I got my last job and I have gotten about 2 call backs in that time frame. Wondering if there’s something more that I could be doing? Any advice helps!
What can I do? by Dargoron • last post Mar 21st
Since I don’t know anyone else I could ask, I’ll do it here. I didn’t manage to get a single job since december 2022 so for 15 month. I actually don’t know if this a normal timeframe or ridiculous but I rather think the second one. I applied for surely over 200 jobs from commercials to movies and also student productions. I have two agencies one in the UK and one in Austria, they send me jobs although rarely but when they do it is usually big stuff (Netflix etc.). I do my casting tapes but almost never get an answer what I know of is fairly common. I keep my profiles up to date, new headshots etc. just my showreel is a lil outdated. So I ask honestly - what the hell can I do? People always tell me to - network - but I live in Vienna there are no “actor” event and I don’t know anybody from the industry. Or that I should update my showreel but if I don’t get any jobs (shorts included) how can I do that? Just fyi - i’m a 33 year old male I’m very close to just give up and delete/deactivate my profiles, so any help would be appreciated.
Can you make a web series 'union' after the first episode has gone out? by should_ • last post Mar 21st
My first episode has non-union actors has principals. For the next episode I have some SAG-AFTRA actors in mind for co-starring roles. Is it possible to make my production SAG-AFTRA at this stage in the game, or is to too late and I'd need to make it a whole new series? This first episode was released within film festivals and played virtually at at least one film festival; it isn't publicly streaming or on TV.
Professional voice actor for games, animation, anime, commercials etc. AMA by brentmukai • last post Mar 21st
Hi, I’m Brent Mukai! I’ve done a few of these in the past, and love helping the community. For credibility purposes feel free to look up my IMDb. I’m here to answer your voice acting questions, I’ve worked in most of the genres at this point, but the four in the title are my primary specialties. I’m going to take questions until this Friday, compile a list of them and answer them in a video. Since I don’t want to break any rules I will let everyone know where to find this video on Sunday (I don’t want to break the self promotion rules) So ask away, I look forward to seeing what you want to know!
Starting late... by baptistefth • last post Mar 21st
... without any experiences or diplomas. To make it short, I am 26, french and I am a software engineer, I want to move to the US to pursue this career in a few years (NY or SF). My main motivation to move to the US is to "try" to be an actor, if I work as a software engineer there, can I auditions for part in play, short films, etc ?
Any ideas for a cheaper alternative for coaching for self tapes? by anonymousplatypus32 • last post Mar 21st
I realize the best use of my time is spending as much times as possible preparing my auditions, not so much group classes anymore, but private coaching for each audition.. like I can do it a couple times a month tops, but I really want to find a way to work with a group of actors more regularly specificly working on each others auditions. i'd love to be working with a coach around the clock for my sporadic tapes but thats just not feasible. how do you tackle this?
Will this be proper qualification? by GuiltyAd8415 • last post Mar 21st
It’s always been my dream to pursue acting, but the truth is as a teen I never really believed in myself enough and never saw it happening. But now I say enough of the self-doubt, I can make this happen. The problem is the only thing I have under my belt is GCSE Drama, and I know that doesn’t really count for shit. I’ve been doing some looking around and I definitely cannot afford proper drama school, at least not yet. I did however find the City Academy in London and I’m really considering starting the Screen acting lessons there. They do look very professional and will teach me a lot about the industry and skills as an actor. As far as I can tell though, these don’t leave me with any sort of official qualifications. My question is this: how will agencies and casting directors see these lessons qualification-wise? What will they mean on my resume? I’ll leave a link to the website for people to check out, I’m wanting to take the screen acting introduction class all the way to level 3, and also the showreels. [City Academy](https://www.city-academy.com/screen-acting) Any thoughts/ help will be greatly appreciated, thank you. Also I should add that I am from the UK (if you couldn’t tell already) and hoping to be successful enough to one day move to the US.
i feel like auditions are going away - what else can we do to further our careers? by correctstatement2022 • last post Mar 21st
does anyone else have this sentiment? it just seems like the volume has gone so, so down across the board speaking with my actor friends. even if you're with someone who has connections, getting seen theatrically has become fewer and further between. that being said, we have to learn how to play the game. what got us here won't get us there. so how can we do to change the mindset from waiting for our agents to email us to instead productively and proactively using that time to move up?
What in AYCH is this crap??? How do I revert to the standard Print format??? by cugrad16 • last post Mar 21st
Filmed a role a guest role on a major tv show but… I was a masked the entire time, do I use it in a showreel ? by bustergaming777 • last post Mar 20th
So I’m a UK actor and filmed a role in a major British drama and was playing the role of a masked robber, I had a lot of dialogue but never took the mask off, would it be good to use for footage in my showreel based on the production it’s come from ?
Problems with setting personal boundaries as actors in this industry? by chickenandwaffurs • last post Mar 20th
Just feeling a bit frustrated and needing to vent a bit. I’m about a year and a half into acting and I’m finding it a bit jarring how much actors are pressured to sacrifice their entire lives for this career. I booked out several months ago and it was the first time I ever booked out in over a year. I reminded my agent and turned down an industrial audition that would potentially overlap (I have also NEVER turned auditions down unless I had other acting gigs that conflicted and I consistently book industrial/commercial work). My agent told me to submit anyway and that they would make it clear that I had a conflict on one of the days. I end up booking it and they need me the day I am booked out. My agent then gets passive aggressively upset that I can’t do it. The pay was also not a lot— had it been something groundbreaking that would grow my career substantially, I would have swallowed the sunk costs (personally and financially). Don’t get me wrong, I am very grateful for how hard agents work, but I can’t help but feel frustrated since I communicated everything upfront and thought I did everything I needed to do. I love acting but is this what it takes to be in this industry?
Actors access submissions by Ready_Strawberry_205 • last post Mar 20th
I know actors access is not a scam and that it is for inexperienced actors trying to start out especially without representation. However, can there be a scam post? I just saw a commercial post on breakdowns that is over seas* and it pays 12k for a huge phone company… is this real? Also, as someone without representation how else can i get jobs? Thanks!
Looking for future projects stateside by Shaun Anthony Robinson • last post Mar 20th
In the coming months, I will be making the move to the Usa under the O1 visa-sponsored program as an actor & filmmaker. I already have 2 films I have been cast in, filming dates TBA, and I'm looking for a community of creatives I can mix in with and hopefully start creating with or maybe even join your creative pod. I will be many based in Las Vegas but will be making the drive and trips to Calli frequently. I thought the best way to put my foot forward would be to try and lay some extra groundwork before arriving and get to know some of the amazingly talented people that will be soon around. Here is my IMDb link and website with all my demo reels and stills media and such https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6999519/?ref_=rvi_nm IMDB PRO : https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm6999519/?rf=cons_nm_hdr&ref_=cons_nm_hdr Website : www.shaunanthonyrobinson.com My New Film: "If you are an actor or film industry person this film is for you" www.suvivingsunset.com Thank you professional regards Shaun Anthony Robinson