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Influence by Brianna Thomas • last post Aug 29th
Remember, when you decide to stand in front of the Camera, you pick up a responsibility to the eyes/hearts of the world. Your influence will make or break a spirit.
how long the scenes in a demo reel should be? by actingstarterpack • last post Aug 29th
Can we talk about this? How long does each scene have to be in a demo reel? I'm planning on doing a few to make a temporary demo reel. I don't get a consistent answer. I've heard anywhere from 10-30 seconds. The problem is there is no demonstration of range. I'm so confused. You cannot learn anything about someone's skill in 30 seconds. The script is too short and you can easily deliver 10 lines. I might as well just film myself talking to a friend on the phone and say "it's part of a scene study". Then I hear that 1-2 minutes is too long. I don't get what the point of a demo reel is if it doesn't demonstrate your range or ability to sit in a scene. I feel a long scene show that the actor isn't afraid to take on a big role. I love 3-5 page scripts. I find they are more developed and interesting. I'm really confused. What I'd like to accomplish is a showcase of my abilities as an actor. I'd like to use this to submit to agents to switch to a new one. Also how many scenes?
Are all actors eligible psychopath? by JackIsNotInTheBox • last post Aug 29th
If you watched the movie "What Keeps You Alive", you'll know what I mean. Can't actors do that pretty well in real life? Faking emotions and manipulating other people's feelings.
Branding Survey! by LunaYves • last post Aug 29th
Hey guys! I need your help with a branding survey. I'm an actress and I want to find out how you would cast me. If you could click the link below and fill the survey out I would really appreciate it! Thank you! [https://goo.gl/forms/cZNMiQngnv7IkyCj2](https://goo.gl/forms/cZNMiQngnv7IkyCj2)
Looking For Background Actors In Washington State For YouTube Skit(s) by Coooooooooookies • last post Aug 29th
Short Version: Need two men and possibly one woman for background actors in a short skit. So I run https://www.DefianceCoffee.com and I am looking to make my first skit for YouTube. This skit will be sarcastic and comical and later be promoted in advertising so this video has the potential to get millions of views since we will be using this video for paid promotion. The skit is unpaid so that may mean that it is mostly for new actors but that is fine too. Here a rough outline of the video, it is not for everyone and could offend some people. Be warned :) This is not a script and it is not formatted as a script, just an outline. Outline *Start sitting in front of a table wearing a pinstripe suit with lines of “coke”, cash, and a pistol on the table. Also, have a cup of coffee with pour over on table. Have a women sitting next to me in a black dress * "Did you know that 92% of coffee that comes out of south America comes from the drug cartels?" *Snorts A Line Of Coke* "And that is not good! You see, the drug cartels are a bunch of really bad people. Let me show you." *Grabs gun and puts in in belt grabs my women and walks off with her under my arm* * On farm with a mobster talking to a farmer in the background in a threatening manner* "You see, what the cartels do is they threaten farmers and force them to not only sell their coffee for a price so low that it is basically theft. If the farmer stands up for himself and says no, they will abduct the farmer’s family." *Put bag over one of the famers head* * Now in a dark and dirty abandoned looking building with individual tied to a table back down * "They will then torture them until the farmer gives in and sells coffee for under market value at prices that will put the farmer into such severe poverty that the farmer will not even be able to support his or her family." * Some kind of torture and the individual being tortured is enjoying it a bit too much and the farmer is saying things like “Oh yes daddy, harder please. I have a strange look on my face when he starts saying things like this. * * Dumping body bag into water at the docks in Tacoma * "If the individual does not give in even after all of this, we just… I mean they just kill them off and replace the farmer with an active cartel member." * Being Arrested by Tacoma P.D. * "And even if they get caught and thrown in jail, they just get right back out because they pay the police salaries." * Walking back and sitting back to the original set * "And when you buy coffee from the other guys, you support this horrible cycle. What can you do about it? Drink Defiance Coffee. We aren’t the drug cartel. I promise and you can trust me *wink and smile* * Goes to DefianceCoffee.com slide with voice over saying “Buy Defiance Coffee at DefianceCoffee.com, “we aren’t the drug cartel.”” *
Help pick a monologue by Reptilianhumanhybrid • last post Aug 29th
Hello actors there’s auditions for Frankenstein by Mark Shelley and I need to bring a one minute monologue. I’m going for Frankenstein’s monster. Sorry if I have no info I’m still new to this game. Any tips would be gr8! Thank you.
School? by cgibbs899477 • last post Aug 29th
So, I’ve been in a few projects, both theater and film, and I enjoy acting, especially on a stage. I want to be the best I can be, and I love even just thinking about learning how to better myself as an actor, but I don’t have any real acting classes or training opportunities near me. I’m 26 years old. Should I consider applying to a theater program or should I just make a move closer to areas that offer acting opportunities? Does it matter?
Opinions on performing one of Aaron's monologues in Titus Andronicus (a part for a black actor) as a white man? by Brazen_Stupidity • last post Aug 29th
Good evening r/acting. I am trying to get 5 good, contrasting, Shakespearean monologues of 2 mins or less in length, as a personal project and to help with future auditions. Aaron's monologues are fantastic for an evil, brutish audition piece, which contrasts wonderfully with some of my other pieces, and many of them can fit inside 2 minutes. The only thing giving me some pause is that Aaron is very much meant to be a black character. Obviously, if I just was learning the monologues for myself, that wouldn't matter, but I would like monologues to use in the future, and was wondering if performing one of these would be frowned upon by a casting panel? A more mundane question, but I couldn't find an answer - how old is Aaron exactly meant to be? I know he's a young man - I have a 16 - 25 playing range, would that work? Thank you all.
Likeopene - An app that recommends new things you might like based on the things you already like. by elheber • last post Aug 29th
When you first join, you're prompted to enter all the things you like (songs, movies, artists, brands, foods, people, books, hobbies, products, bands, actors, websites, apps, games, *whatever*). The app then broadly finds other users with similar lists and returns items on their lists that aren't on yours. You can then easily "like/dislike/ignore" those suggestions to further refine your tastes. Ideally, there would be no categories to sort through. You just type in something you like. The app would need to be smart enough to recognize that "Red Hot Chili Peppers" on one list would be the same as "RHCP" on someone else's. Or find enough similarity in "Dutch apple pie" on one's list and "apple pie" on another's to establish *some* correlation. Or perhaps those functions can be crowdsourced by prompting/asking a few users if two items are the same item (or if they're only related). I wouldn't normally give an idea a name, but I just really liked that name.
What can I do to practice by myself? by GameSeven • last post Aug 29th
I'm taking the first steps to hopefully launching an acting career but I a very little idea of what to be doing first. I'm living in Vancouver, but I don't have a reel/headshot/resume yet. I'm taking an intro acting class in October and am saving for a headshot as well as planning to perhaps film a demo reel of myself delivering some monologues. What can I be doing in the down time? What do actors do when they're not acting? Should I be reading plays? Learning monologues? What do all of you do to practice or grow when you aren't actively working on something?
in the audition waiting room by tekaitek • last post Aug 29th
idk if it'll be the same for you but I was at an audition yesterday (first time at this casting office) and someone next to me who was reading for another role was an Emmy nominee! and it was just really nice seeing that even they were right here next to me, anxious and stressed and hoping to see a dog so they'll be less stressed
White girl cast as Maria in West Side Story by coolflowerG • last post Aug 29th
Today my university posted the cast list for their upcoming production of West Side Story and a white girl was cast as Maria, even though three Latinx girls auditioned. One was cast as Anita, one cast as Maria’s understudy, and the third is in the ensemble. The entire school is in an uproar and normally I would be too but I’m conflicted because none of the Latinx girls have the soprano range the part requires and the white girl who was cast would sing the part the best, hands down. Should that matter though? I’m interested in what you guys think about this. Do you feel the university was wrong to cast her? What do you think the girl that was cast should do? Because of her major requirements she had to audition for the show and accept any roles she is cast as.
L.A. based actors, how often and how long are you driving to gigs, auditions, and such when you have them? by FoxyGrandpa17 • last post Aug 28th
Mostly just curious since I'm not there not but plan on moving soon
Auditioning for Dorothy by Jello_Squid • last post Aug 28th
I have the opportunity to audition for Dorothy in a nonmusical version of the Wizard of Oz, and I'm looking for some advice or words of wisdom. I really don't want to be carbon copy of Judy Garland's Dorothy, as I know I need to stand out somehow and make it my own, so I've been going through some of Dorothy's monologues from the film and actively trying to not match Garland's style. This has really forced me to rethink the character, and I feel like I've managed to build up my own Dorothy, which is very exciting! I can't wait to audition, but this will be the first time I've acted in about three years. I switched to backstage and set design when I was 15, so I never stopped being around theatre during that time, but I have been *desperate* to start acting again. I know a lot more about acting now from researching and learning about how other actors go about building characters, but I'm still a little apprehensive. Any words of advice will be very much appreciated.
Audition question by TSDTRT3i • last post Aug 28th
Should you use props? Let's day a bottle or a pencil that is in the scene
If you don't have a reel, I don't even look at you. by Rdwomack2 • last post Aug 28th
Small piece of advice, for whatever it counts coming from a nobody director. I just posted casting calls yesterday for a project. It’s the lead role in a mystery. In the first hour I had 200 submissions, and a little more than 16 hours later I have 450, and that’s just on one website. Easily half of the submissions don’t have a reel, or clips, or ANYTHING. It’s particularly annoying when I see a resume that has a dozen films listed, but they don’t have a single second of footage uploaded. Like I said, take my opinion with a grain of salt, CDs might see things different…but how am I supposed to offer you the chance to audition, if I don’t even know what you look like on camera? How do I gauge your acting ability if you don’t have a reel or clips? How can I even begin to weed through all the submissions if I was relying on headshots alone? Y’all. Do yourself a favor. If you’re going out for a dramatic role, show us SOMETHING! I have a pretty good imagination, but I can’t discern your talent on camera from a headshot. Edit: Reel, clips, anything on camera. Hell a monologue you recorded in your apartment is better than nothing.
Should I volunteer my time to be a BG for a local director? by actingstarterpack • last post Aug 28th
I was offered to do BG for a short film that does pay. Should I do this in hopes of networking or not bother? I do get a share of the film if it ever gets sold or wins an award. This is a special contract given to low budget films by my union. I've done these before. I don't get to talk to the main cast. I'm mostly networked with other BG actors who so happen to be aspiring principal actors. I don't see this as helpful for my acting career. I doubt they would keep me in mind for future projects, it's more like by the contract rules, they need actors who with union membership to fulfill the contract requirements. The contract requires a number of BG with union status
Getting back to to the swing of things, but feeling kind of lost by Tony_Tonie_Tone • last post Aug 28th
What’s up Reddit family!! I’m an actor and writer in NY. I took a nice amount of time off from performing to tend to family as well as myself. I’m so blessed to have a great family that supported me through my hard times, and gave me the confidence again to be who I am, and never let society dictate what I can do with my life. With that being said I would like some advice on where to even start get my name and face out there for auditions. I have a backstage account as well as actors access...is there anything else out there I should be looking check out?? (Theatre companies, agent festival, conservatory programs)? I would love to get everyone’s advice. Hope everyone is doing great BTW. I know how this business can’t take you off of your rocker at times.
Lost a role cause I didn't have a SAG waiver before by daveV311 • last post Aug 28th
Hey I got a casting call last Wednesday for a role that would have giving me a sag waiver for non-union member and today i was asked if i had ever been giving one and i said "no" they hung up on me. I called back and asked about it and they gave me the "oh.. i just got an email and they wont need you any more". Should i have lied and said "yes i do have a SAG waiver" or is it normal for them to lie and drop you from a project? Just a little info I am a background actor in New York
Fastest Successful A-List Actor by VixtiL • last post Aug 27th
Trying to find a list of actors who have gone from no acting experience to an A-List actor in the shortest time period. Either there is no results or I'm just "Googling" the wrong question.