I've been with my first agent for a few years now, and I've always been told they're a starter agency. They've gotten me work, but the truth is that my agent has way too many clients and has dropped the ball on several things. I've got a foot in the door, having done a few commercials and a supporting film role. I'm ready to move on. I've been applying for different agencies and really only gotten a couple responses. One of those has been a newer agency that's actually based in my market of Atlanta, but so far has mostly represented Broadway actors in New York. I had a Zoom meeting with the owner. She asked me questions about the CDs I have a relationship with and what type of shows I could see myself in. She seemed knowledgeable about the market, and we talked about all the top CDs. She said they're looking to beef up their Atlanta roster and that their focus is Theatrical. A few things kinda give me pause, though: 1. They're a SAG-AFTRA franchised agency, and she told me they don't usually accept non-Union talent. This is Atlanta. Georgia is a "right-to-work" state and primarily deals in commercials and costar roles. The vast majority of actors in this market aren't Union because commercials, the bulk of our work, are almost exclusively non-Union. We're often told, even if you're eligible, hold off until the last possible moment. I am SAG-E after getting a Taft-Hartley for working background on a SAG Industrial last year, and I do like the idea of belonging to a franchised agency and becoming SAG in the long term, but as a working actor in the Southeast with limited credits, I don't plan on joining anytime soon. 2. I looked up the agency on IMDb Pro, and I don't see any other local actors that I recognize, nor do the actors I do see have many recognizable theatrical credits. She said she had about 100 clients, but it appears they're mostly on Broadway. Only 29 showed up on IMDb. She seemed to know who local Casting Directors were when we talked (Atlanta and the Southeast really only have so many), and she said that the agency is actually based in Atlanta, but the focus has been in New York since she used to be a Broadway actor herself. 3. She said they encourage Managers, and if you have questions about your career that's really who you should be talking to. Again, working in the Southeast, this is mainly a commercial and costar market. Most actors that primarily work here wouldn't have managers. I've always heard it said you need something to manage before you hire a manager, and it makes a lot more sense to hold off until you're booking guest star and recurring roles. 4. She offered me a contract pretty much immediately. She said that she didn't have a lot of talent in my age range (I'm mid 30s, but play younger), and she said I have a lot of versatility and she could see me in a number of different worlds, which is flattering, but I also know I have my type. I'm a character actor with some everyman vibes. Even though I still look pretty young I'm a darkhorse candidate for a lot of middle aged roles (in case they decide to cast younger) or the office drone type or I do well in period pieces from the 50s - 80s. When all is said and done I have one theatrical credit from four years ago, a supporting part in a horror film with a B-list actress in the lead that made its way to Netflix. Everything else I've booked, or even had callbacks for, has been Commercials and short films by local independent filmmakers. So, I'm thinking that she doesn't really know the market and she's pretty much looking for any warm body to fill up her roster. I'm not sure that's what I want or where I need to be to take the next step in my career. My immediate goal is to book my first costar, which I could still do with my current agency until someone better and more established offers me something. However, perhaps my doubts are unfounded. What do you guys think?
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I am a sorta successful electrical engineering student and I love what I am doing. But evet since I heard the voice of gollum from lord of the rings, voice acting has become my passion. I think I am good at putting emotion into my voice and making variety of different sounds. The problem is, I have rhotacism which means I can't pronounce the R letter correctly. It is not so bad, I can say 40% of the words with R letter but the rest hard for me to say and doesn't sound right. I can get voice therapy to strenghten my vocal cords that may help with the rhotacism but I don't have enough time to do that due to my harsh engineering career. I am willing to burn all the bridges and get into voice acting if I can be sure that my rhotacism can be cured. Can I have a career even If I can't fix my disorder? TLDR: I can't say R properly, Can I have a career as a voice actor?
Some of my most recent bookings play the secrecy game TOO much. What I mean is that they don’t even send me call sheets. No sides until I get to my trailer. Just like how the grips or electricians need the call sheet to prep what and how they will plan their day, actors need the same thing! I had this happen for a _commercial_. Like dude, no ones gonna leak a dang commercial!! Cmon now… I can skirt by because my roles are small in the grand scheme of things but it’s so annoying to be treated like some kid who can’t handle responsibility. We’re hired for a job, so give us the tools to do the job. Another booking I got recently sent me the entire script even though I only have 1 line. I appreciated it. Anyone else feel this?
I submitted to a management agency in January because this manager ive been following on twitter for a while said in a post that he just signed an actress with no credits. Saying that credits don't really matter. I have been waiting to submit to this management but when I saw the post I was like, "Why not submit now?" I have some credits (not big credits). I sent in my materials and heard nothing back. I didn't really care because thats common until I saw that they did see my materials. Like damn, I can't even get a simple meeting? At this point I feel like I can't even be picky anymore because of my type. I think it feels worse because management is more personal. Like you don't see worth in me at all? Any advice would be appreciated. I would also like to add, please do not leave just encouraging words. I learned in therapy I don't take well to encouraging words without advice or tools.
I have experience (went to school and all that and booked gigs) and have a mid tier agent in the city. What studios do you go to? I haven’t been in an actual class in a while, but have been doing so privately. I’m currently choosing between ProActors Lab and LB Studio, but I need to know more about them. Any insight on these studios, or even recommendations?
Perennial actor problem, I've been with an agency (NYC) for about nine months and they've gotten me enough auditions to keep me on the hook, til about three months ago. I emailed to see if there was anything I could do on my end to make myself more marketable and they wrote back with my February submission report and said they'd try a different main headshot for me to see if that helped shake things up. They'd submitted me to 68 roles, tons of recognizable things I would have been *thrilled* to read for, mostly costar from what I could tell which is totally what I should be targeting right now anyway. Zero auditions came out of that. This is a really small agency so I have no idea if they're just not getting considered in their submissions, or whether there's something about me or my materials that isn't cutting it. My contract is up in May so I'm trying to decide if it's worth sticking it out with them longer or chasing someone else. I got them through a big mailing last year and no one else really gave me the time of day, so... I'm a white guy late 30s/early 40s, plenty of training and a full resume, just not with recognizable film/TV credits. It's all shorts & webseries & Off-Off theatre & self-produced stuff. Any thoughts? Stay or chase someone else? Or is there a way to even figure out why I'm not getting seen that I haven't considered?
It’s been commercial only for me as of recent. I booked and shot my first co star like two weeks ago and I thought having it on my resume would bring in more theatrical auditions but its been very quiet. Someone comfort me and tell me it’s dead right now lol
Looking for recommendations for Toronto agents that are more likely to take on beginner actors that have proper training, headshots, self tapes but no credits yet? I’ve looked through the ACTRA list but am having a hard time gauging which agents are more “low-tiered” and would actually consider actors without any formal credits yet. I understand it’ll be very challenging seeking representation as a beginner but appreciate any input!
For some reason Actor's Access has been sending me "I'm a good fit for..." recommendations in Louisiana, Atlanta, and Arizona. I'm an Los Angeles actor. I double checked my notifications to see if I accidentally checked something but it says that it's all Los Angeles. So, it got me to thinking: Can I submit to them? There are some great roles too. I'm trying so hard to get my SAG card and there are some amazing opportunities out of state. What's everyone's view point on applying for out of state roles?
Besides casting sites such as Actors Access and Casting Networks if anywhere else. Also, do all agents get access to the same casting calls no matter how small/big the agency?
Use this thread to post your headshots for feedback, get info on your age range/type, find good headshot photographers, ask any questions you may have about headshots. If you are posting a DIY headshot for feedback, and not just a snapshot in order to get feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. Non-professional shots are fine for age/typecasting; please keep in mind that one picture is a difficult way to go about this. Video of you moving and speaking would be ideal, but understandably more difficult to post. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.
Hi, I’m looking for any voice actors to act out a script I’m writing for a podcast. This is not a paid gig, but it’s great to add to your acting resume. If interested please message me.
Hey there :), for a very long time now (my aunt likes to say its been since I was a child) I want to become an actor or do smth acting related. Since I didnt have the easiest childhood I havent had much time for acting or theatre but the dream remained until i started participating in musicals (from 7th grade on) and late in a student movie where I won a casting for one of the main roles. At the same time I was in the final 2 years of school and my mother didnt want me to accept further offerings but to focus on finishing school instead. After school was done I wanted to do smth creative, applied for theatre and design, got accepted but my mother vetoed again and told me to do or at least try smth "with perspective". So I started studying smth entirely different. The dream to learn and do theatre/acting related things remained though and thats why I quit after 1 1/2 years and applied again. This time my mother "supports" me but doesnt want me to waste more time. So she told me about entrance exams for the local acting school which are in 3 weeks. "But wait...thats good news, isnt it?" You may ask...well yeah it should be but somehow isnt In the last 1 1/2 years I slowly build up an anxiety of actually pursuing my dreams without noticing it. I wanted to do little projects like they´re to find on CastingCallClub for example and actually recorded but never send my recordings. Just because I was somehow too afraid and too disappointed. Now I feel like im nowhere in the state (neither mentally nor in terms of preparation) to go to these entrance exams and I dont know what to do. In the course of the last year the questions "do i rlly want to do this? Is this rlly my dream or just a stupid idea? Why havent I done more for it if it is my dream?" came to my mind. The funny thing is that I wanted to apply for entrance exams at the end of the year after I´ve done more preparation. I wanted to study theatre first because I thought it would help get into the mindset and find other creative people but now I believ I just want to stall and eventually give up on it completely Yeah I rlly could use a piece of advice on how to get rid of the anxiety. Hopefully it wasnt too hard to read. Have a nice day :)
Thanks for the advice on my past posts - I am gonna postcard some CDs and I am curious as to what secrets/tips you've used to get instant results? \-Do you wait til after the project comes out or send the week of / try to time it to release as it comes out? \-What companies do you use to print? \-Do you directly target CDs you love / wanna work with or do mass? Thanks so much for any and all feedback - **a few of the movie stars on set took funny backstage pics with me and I know it's so low-brow and cheesy to put those on the postcard but I do feel it kinda does build clout. Thoughts on this?**
This podcast is a great listen for actors - talks a lot about the rejections, triumphs, and struggles of the typical actor. Some of the episodes have great insight about the profession, and great guests. Here's the premise: A NYC actor, Connor Ratliff (UCB NY, "Maisel", many other credits), when he had finished grad school in London back in the day, had landed a small speaking role on Band of Brothers and then lost it and it got back to him that Tom Hanks, who was directing the episode, thought he had "dead eyes." So he decided to make a podcast with the end goal of hopefully one day talking to Hanks about it. On the podcast he speaks to actors about their successes and times they lost jobs along with other aspects of the industry. And they just announced that Tom Hanks himself will be on the season 3 finale episode!
I’m living in Canada right now and I have no experience but I want to. What can I do to achieve my goal from the smallest step possible?
For the first time, someone offered feedback on my audition (that I think went incredibly well) and told me I was too rigid and that I wasn’t listening enough, even when I was improvising. That’s something I keep hearing and that has always kept me from having interesting roles. I have been working on this my whole life (personally and professionally) and feel like I can’t get any further than what I have already achieved. And no, training even more won’t help, too much training actually makes me more rigid, even my teachers confirm that. I swear, don’t recommend more training or I will hit you. It’s not my acting that is rigid. It is me, as a person. The thing is I am autistic. I am rigid. I love to follow strict rules. I can’t be anything else. That’s just part of my own being. I have learned how to appear normal. Everything I do is a performance. I don’t listen to others the same way other people do. It is hard for me to listen to someone even in my real life. This is who I am as a person. It actually works great at other jobs where I am very happy and successful, often more successful than neurotypical people. But I think I just understood that I can never be an actor because of what autism makes me as a person. I can’t change who I am just like you can’t ask someone in a wheelchair to walk for a role. There is no way to fix this. I don’t belong there.
I’m a newbie actor who’s just getting started! I’ve been doing whatever open call or auditions that I can get my hands on, and I recently got my first callback ever! Today the CD reached out to me again days after I submitted my callback tapes to ask for my IMDb page. I don’t have one because I don’t have any credits yet, but I do have professional headshots and a self-made monologue reel. Should I send those to them in my response, or should I ask them if they want to see them first? I feel like it would be more efficient to just send them, but I also don’t want to be a nuisance haha.
I think he’s a great actor and very like-able as well. What are your thoughts?
This is mostly directed to actors with agents, auditioning regularly, and *(very fortunately)* booking professional gigs. I’m thinking of getting back into a class, as I’ve seen only been doing one on one coaching with my acting coach. Would doing a class and some one on one coaching be overkill *(it would be overkill for my bank account)* but would it be overkill, in terms of I don’t know, learning/knowledge?
i want to get into acting, I’ve been doing some extra jobs- should I now get an agent?
Hi folks, I am a theatre actor in the DC area and would like to branch into tv/film. The theatre scene here is very casting driven so agents and managers have never really been a necessity but I know I must get one for the tv/film business. I have easy access to NYC so that’ll probably be my best bet. I thought about joining the AGR 2% program to get some assistance and guidance but the price is INSANE and I know Jen Rudolph and her business have gotten some shady reviews… I also know a bit about One on One. Any reviews/personal testimonies on those would be super helpful. Thank you kindly!
Hello fellow actors! I currently live in LA but I will be moving to the PNW in 2 months. (Advice saying don't move is not helpful bc the move is already set and non-negotiable.) I am also looking for new representation. My current plan is to submit to agencies as living in LA (bc I currently do) and update them when I move, assuming I get new representation. Does this seem like a decent plan? Here are my questions: \-For those in LA, are you getting a lot of in-person auditions? I'm hoping I can still audition and be connected even in the PNW since so many things have gone virtual. \-Should I disclose from the beginning that I am moving? \-Should I disclose at all after I move? I had an actor friend who was like, why tell them at all? But that seems like an easy way to get caught in a lie. Thank you in advance!
I'm an Australian actor who signed with my current agent 12 months ago. She runs a smaller agency with a big book filled with stand-ins, picture doubles, extras and commercial actors, no real big successful working character actors. I signed with her with only a few credits and a headshot to my name, since then I booked with her some extra work on an Amazon show as well as a guest-starring part on a big network show episode which we filmed in December, for which I am very grateful for. But the auditions have stopped since, it's been 6 months. In this 6 months I have picked up heaps of student films, independent webseries and made shorts with friends to piece together a showreel, which I completed in January and feel is super solid. Also have gotten new headshots in this period and I always keep my agent updated with the work I am putting in. There has been little response to this work from my agent and the auditions simply aren't there. I want to be sending tapes off every chance I can and can't help but think that with an agent with a better reputation within the industry, more auditions would come my way, certainly more than one in 6 months. I have all but decided to drop her and shop around for a new agent with proved success using the materials I have gathered in the past 6 months but wanted to see if there was any advice anyone had on here :). I am in love with cinema and want to make good films with great people, just trying to maximize my chances for this dream!
Hey everyone! I'm an actor in his mid-20s in Los Angeles. I've been pursuing acting for the past few years. The problem, if you can call it that, is I never have any time to watch movies or television. I'm busy 24/7 with acting classes/rehearsals, reading scripts, breaking down characters, self-submitting, memorizing scenes for class/auditions and self-taping. Not to mention eating, working out and working my day job. I have no romantic or social life to speak of. I also never have any time to watch movies or TV. I'm astounded that some of my actor friends watch 2-3 hours of television daily to keep themselves aware of what's out there nowadays. I did got to the movies last week because my sister was in town but before that I can't remember the last time I went to the theaters (yes - mostly due to COVID) or even watched something alone at home. Do you believe a person can be a well-rounded actor if they're not exposing themselves with great acting performances regularly? Thanks!
Hello actors of Reddit, i’m an active based in LA I’m a member of actors equity and I’ve been working professionally for the past 13 years across the country in theater (musicals mostly. Some Shakespeare). I’m desperately looking for film and TV representation but because I don’t have a large résumé or a real is quite difficult to be seen as most places don’t “build“ anymore. Then I stumbled upon “agent blasters”. Looks interesting if not a *liiiiiiittle* sus. I’m just wondering if anybody in this community has ever used it or have friends who have used it and what your/their experiences have been. Is it worth it? Did you get reps out of it? Or did you just waste 90$? Thank you!
So I my agent just sent me an audition for a great show, *guest star role*. Obviously it requires vaccination, but for personal reasons I don't, and will hopefully never get vaccinated. Has anybody else missed opportunities because of this?
I’m looking to create a group chat for actors in NYC & LA. That way we can help each other with self-tape auditions & give encouragement as well! Anyone want to join? If you message me your instagram, or phone number I’ll add you in:) Friendly actors only.
i didn’t get casted in my schools spring play now i’m looking for motivational stories lol
Hi there! I am sure this has been asked elsewhere and my apologies in advance if this is redundant. I just hope I can get the answers that I really need so that I can finally give myself a shot. I'm going through a bit of a difficult time in my life (ok, it is a very tough time for me) and it is time to live for me and pursue things that I want to do for once. To literally give myself a voice. It would be a dream to become a voice actor. I've watched a few videos online about voice acting and I'm definitely interested in it despite not having voice acted before. I have a variety of vocal ranges and think I could do different styles of voices. My voice is higher pitched and I was told I could do anime voices well, or maybe I could get into voice dubbing. How could someone with no experience like myself get into voice acting? How could I make myself stand out and give myself a chance at becoming noticed? Do you have any other pointers? Things to avoid? I am serious about turning this into my full time profession if I could. I should also note that right now, I don't have much money to spend on equipment (but I do know this is super important) so eventually I will invest. Right now, I don't think I can though. Is that going to be a huge issue for me?
I was thinking of becoming a voice actor specifically video games and I just wonder if I have the right voice for that. Here's my voice in an American Accent, reading a line from Life is Strange: https://voca.ro/11pZ8wWd049c
I have an event on April 21st 2022 and I am looking for two male actors to dress up as a Mountie downtown Toronto for further details please contact me
Throwaway account. I am an actor/singer in my mid to late 20’s living in the Chicago area. I have an acting degree, am currently non-equity, and do not have an agent at the moment. I performed in some store front theatre when I got out of college, but I haven’t yet worked with some of the more well-known equity theatres in Chicago like Goodman, Steppenwolf, or the bigger musical theatres like Drury Lane or Paramount. I have auditioned for these, and have gotten callbacks and positive feedback, but havent gotten cast. In March 2020, I was slated for an acting internship with a prestigious equity regional theatre. The opportunity would have made me EMC, and would have potentially helped with being looked at more seriously by these larger union theatres. Unfortunately, this fell through due to covid, and shortly after this, my survival gig that was keeping me afloat also dried up. I was so focused on trying to make ends meet and get out of debt, I became depressed, and discouraged. I moved out of my apartment, and went back home to the nearby suburbs, where I’m originally from. Since then, my career trajectory has felt very unclear. I have been depressed and discouraged from the lockdowns, theaters going dark or shutting down, as well as my own perceived failure and haven’t performed since. I no longer feel like this bright eyed and bushy tailed person with their whole life ahead of them like I did in my early 20’s. On top of that, I am dealing with the sudden and unexpected death of my significant other who passed early last month on his motorcycle. I did recently get an offer from one of my friends to be her roommate in NY in September, but I have no idea how I would succeed. My goal is to be a working, union actor, but I’m not even union, and have no representation. I fear that I would just be struggling to make ends meet and not even have time for auditions. Between all this discouragement, my mental health, loss, and grief, I don’t know how to move forward in my career. Need advice! Tl;dr: i’m not where I envisioned I would be as an actor at this point in life, and need advice.
(23F) I feel like so many of you have so much background in the arts, whether it be a professional schooling, starting young, etc,. I took a free class with Margie Haber and it felt like everyone on it had some kind of experience and I have 2 background roles in a play in elementary school and middle school. Like background to the point where I was a gobstopper in a Willy Wonka play. Is there anyone else just getting into this with relatively no background and feel like there’s not a way to make some sort of career out of it? Does anyone have any examples of famous actors that had very little background when first starting as an adult? I feel so discouraged to even begin trying. Edit: Grammar
Beware! This teacher is a narcissist. She claims to be an acting coach, but she knows nothing about the craft. She is a hack. If you disagree with her she will publicly shame you. She says that her technique is the only truth and only the good actors stay in her class and the shitty ones leave. Sounds like what a cult leader would say to keep their students hooked. She mainly teaches young people cause they are easy to manipulate. They are all brainwashed and they defend her from any attack. Open your eyes folks.
I mainly use Actors Access and Casting Networks to submit to roles and I just came across All Casting. Wondering if any of you guys use and if you get a lot of auditions/gigs out of it. Thanks!!
Hi folks! A couple months ago, as a rising actor, I started a petition to get an audition for my dream role as Static in Michael B. Jordan's upcoming superhero film. I was met with flack but fought on. Because I did, I not only made [the evening news ](https://longisland.news12.com/suffolk-county-engineer-hopes-to-audition-for-superhero-role)but I also booked a lead role in an upcoming *Power Rangers* film! In this industry, there's many things people say we "should" follow but some of the best changes to industry were brought by those who shook things up! If you're on the fence of taking a risk for your dream, just go after it and not let anyone stop you from going after it! Sign and Share my Petition so we can show what happens when we dream and put action towards those dreams: [change.org/ShotAtShock](https://change.org/ShotAtShock)
Looking for Voice Actress for tomboyish character, will need to interview through discord. Looking to make multiple videos in the future with same character and therefore VA, if interested please direct message. Payment though PayPal, $30USD but definitely negotiable.
I love entertainment and want to be in it so much. The escapism of it all just excites me and being in films and movies that invokes the emotions and laughs of the audience is some of my biggest dreams imaginable. It's come to the point where I literally spend a majority of my time constantly thinking about it and I hope to get an acting degree someday and achieve it. I hope all of you guys live successful lives as actors/actresses and pass on your talents to the next generations up ahead of us to come.
What does it mean and should I have it checked? Edit: forgot to mention I'm talking about casting/actor workbook
Hey! This question is directed towards anybody who is familiar with William Esper's books. He talks about finding the Essence of your character e.g perfectionist and also inner emotional lines e.g A depressed man. I am having trouble figuring out what is different about these two things? Could someone maybe explain it to me in simpler terms or in a way that I will understand and the different uses these 2 things have? He said sometimes you can create a character just by identifying their 'inner emotional line' but I don't see how this is different to the 'essence of the character'. Is the only purpose of the essence to give yourself a starting point of where to work from and allow for simplicity to avoid unnecessary information that is detrimental to the actor? And could someone please explain how I would integrate the use of inner emotional lines into my work. Will I always need them or is it simply a tool for when the scene feels a bit 'bitty'. Finally I would be super interested to connect with anybody else super interested in Meisner / Truthful acting etc as would be great to have some conversations about it all as it gives me such a buzz, I love it. I believe acting is an incredibly powerful art that has the potential to make great change and would love to chat to like minded people. Thanks in advance.
So I’m not really interested in pursing acting as a career or anything (yet… who knows what’ll happen) nor was I ever very interested in drama at school, but I do love movies and appreciate a good actor. I was looking for some knife skill classes online and saw a an acting class that was 9 sessions, 3 hours long, and at the end you perform in a play. I have no prior acting experience. I’m kind of self conscious and don’t have much confidence and feel like this could potentially help me get out of my shell a bit, as well as meeting new people. Plus I reckon it would be good fun. Do you reckon this is a good idea? It’s $585 AUD (about $420 USD) 24 years old btw.
Hey guys, like most of us I’ve always wanted to be an actor for as I can remember. I was wondering if there’s anyone out there who has any insight on how much (new face) leads in a West End show make weekly? For example roles like Epoinine in Les Mis, Christine in Phantom, The four seasons in Jersey boys etc.. that sort of role. Now I’m grown up and at the beginning of building my career I’ve become curious about the financial aspect of living in a big city, food and transport to theatres etc.
Hi all! I usually don't do much theater acting, but I got cast in a staged reading for a really awesome original play. We'll meet before the actual reading for a rehearsal, but it's fairly a short amount of time and I'm not sure what I should have prepared for it. Are actors mostly off-book for the staged reading? Do you have any tips for a first timer like me? TIA!
I'm having trouble finding information online, but are non-union background actors eligible to get a meal penalty if they worked over 6 hours without a meal break? New York state law says that employers are required to give a 30 minute uninterrupted meal break, but I'm not sure if it specifies what happens when it is broken. I assume, the meal penalty won't be as much as a union background actor, but it seems like there should be some compensation for breaking it. This is not the first time a production did not compensate for a missed meal break.
I want to start doing audition stats every month if I can to show how much work goes into auditions and show my progress and show the reality that you will NOT book everything you audition for. I will start by saying that I am non-union and not repped so when I say 'Star, Co-star, Supporting' i'm talking about short films, student films etc. I'll try to lay out as much info as possible. Total Auditions: 30 Self Tapes: 27 Zoom Meetings/Auditions: 2 Agency Audition: 1 Student Films: 7 Short Films: 5 Commercial: 6 Feature Film: 1 Industrial: 1 Reality TV: 1 Hosting: 1 Photoshoot: 1 Pilot: 2 Internet Project: 2 PSA: 1 Theatre: 1 Star: 4 Co-Star: 3 Supporting: 14 Principal: 8 Casting Networks: 11 Actors Access: 13 All Casting: 2 Aura Casting: 1 Instagram: 2 Direct Website: 1 Open Call: 11 Requested: 19 Callbacks: 3 Booked: 1 (the photoshoot) Declined Auditions: 2 (not in total auditions count) The most auditions I did in one day was 5, both of the Zoom auditions and 3 self tapes and it was on a Monday. And the most auditions I did in 1 week was 12. I didn't write what was non-union or union projects because I didnt start tracking that until the last few auditions this month. I'll start tracking that in March. I keep track of all of this by using an Audition Tracker. I got a free template from this actor/youtuber named Kurt Yue under his [Audition Tracker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS4xKgsO29I) video (I highly recommended getting it!) I'm really proud of myself because I never did this many auditions in 1 month...ever! Being organized is key! I have a whiteboard as well to write down auditions as soon as they come (might share a pic of it one day) and knowing when to declined auditions is also important. Yes I want to do as many auditions as possible but I also don't want to send in crappy tapes if I know I wasn't going to have time to get the material down. Thank you u/Wutini for giving me the inspo to do this. Now it's time to take on March!
Howdy fellow actors/artists! So I know that it’s frowned upon to use any sort or BG work on your acting resume for the sole purpose of it revealing one’s inexperience. However, I recently started a regular, fairly involved background gig on a high-budget/popular series that has me in full prosthetics (I’m spending 3-4 hours in the makeup chair daily) and quite heavily featured in scenes with the three main principals (there’s only a small handful of BG on this set so we’re getting a lot of camera time). Even so, I still don’t have a single line, and my role is still technically referred to as background despite the pay bump I’m getting. I’ve been really trying to get into creature work as of late, and a specialized role like this could make for a perfect jumpstart to head in that direction. But is it even worth including on my resume considering I was booked as BG? And if so, how should it be listed? Anyone else encounter this, or have thoughts on the matter?
And what type of actors do they attract? Anyone here who did the program?
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