Not sure if this is the best place to ask this... I'm not an actor, but am a creator looking to cast actors for certains roles in the future... I have a character whose mother is biracial and father is white. I see this character being white-passing due to genetics and such. Would it be wrong to cast a white actor to play him? I'm asking this genuinely, I don't want to hurt anyone and especially want to make sure I do the right thing, like, I don't want to just cast someone for the role just because they look right for the part if it means I could hurt people by doing it. I wasn't able to find much online that discussed the casting of white-passing characters, other than Emma Stone in Aloha, which I can understand the issues around, however I wanted to hear more perspectives on this issue outside of the one article I was able to find. If there are better places to ask this question, please let me know! Although I have seen some questions asked here somewhat related to the topic so I thought I'd give it a shot. Thank you!
A lot of people post about self-tapes these days and it's a main topic of conversation whenever actors talk to CDs etc. So much has been said about over-perfectionism and doing takes over and over and over again and I just wanted to share a realization that helps change one's mindset when it comes to doing these. Obviously people have talked about how if you're doing too many takes, it means you're not prepared enough - so clearly, you should **memorize properly**, **analyze the beats** beforehand, and then **do truthfully in the moment**. If you're making huge mistakes, then it's preparation that you're lacking. But once all that is done, you need to understand that if you are at a level where you know what you're doing acting wise - you trained, have good impulses, and know how to break down a script - your tape, whether good, or great, is only gonna book you the job **IF YOU'RE RIGHT FOR THE ROLE.** And by that, not only do I mean, your appearance, dumb stuff like your height or eye color, but also your **ESSENCE.** Are you this person, or is there something about you that helps build the compelling character portrait the writer or director is trying to share? **Everyone wants to believe they can play characters but nobody plays characters until they're an established, in-demand actor.** There are simply too many people to pick from who would fit the bill at an entry level. Once you understand that **it's not about you**, and statistically you are only the best person for the role every once in a while, your tapes will simply be a way to show **what you bring to the role**, your version of it. What you would do if you were offered the part - and that might not be what they want, but that's what you can bring to the table. If you're not yet at a point where you're nailing what feels like a take you'd be willing to send within 3-4 takes, view the self-tapes as an opportunity to **practice and get better**, until you're able to do that. Personally, if you're gonna do it again, I'd say do it through twice, watch the thing, understand what beats you should hit differently and if you're doing everything right from a technical stand point, then do it once or twice more.
I work with and advertise for brands on Tiktok and we are looking for people interested in making content for us! No need for crazy equipment, cell phones are great! ​ Our hope is to gather a short list of creators capable of shooting organic feeling content to be used as tiktok and social media ads. If we enjoy working with you and you are interested, we want to make it an ongoing partnership and whenever a contract comes up, we contact you for first dibs. ​ Get a contract, accept it, shoot some quick content, get paid! ​ If this sounds like something you would be interested in, send me an email and we can connect and work out some details. spencer@pilothouse.co ​ Disclaimer: we may ask for you to shoot a video or two for a fake brand to make sure your quality + vibe are what we are looking for. We will also share over some great ads as inspo as well! ​ Thanks for your time!
Although learning lines and doing the character work is crucial, what are ways to keep yourself spontaneous and open in an audition when a scene? I hear so many stories of actresses that did something that was completely unscripted or risky that made winning scenes or even got them the roles so it’d be interesting to find out ways to prep yet remain open. A perfect example of this is the story of how Margot Robbie won her role in Wolf of Wallstreet: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/how-margot-robbie-won-over-leonardo-dicaprio-after-awkward-audition-moment/news-story/e02a7388a652810fd7a3c9c068323753%3famp
Long story short, I auditioned for a supporting role in a rather large studio film. After sending in a self tape, I was scheduled for a virtual callback with the director, producer, and CD’s. The callback went AMAZING, the director and I just talked normally for a good fifteen minutes beforehand and got along extremely well, and after doing my scenes she told me she had absolutely no notes for me and that watching me act had been the highlight of her entire day, and that she enjoyed watching me act so much she could do it all day, and that actors that could do that were rare. I left feeling I had crushed that callback and that it was out of my hands now. Four days later I get a call from my manager telling me that I’ve been pinned for the role and that me and two other actors had been sent to the studio for approval. This was on monday. I was extremely excited and glad that the audition room had felt as good as I thought it had. It is now thursday night and I’ve heard nothing. I have been “pinned” for things before, most recently a tv series lead and I was contacted about those after about three days to let me know I booked it, so it being that time and not hearing anything has got me worried. I know I’m going to be told whether I booked it or have been released once a decision is made, but I’m worried I’m now just sitting in waiting as a possible backup, or something like that. The project begins shooting on location this month, so I would imagine they are working fairly quickly. Thoughts?
I'm a director (very small time, but still a director). I'm curious what things directors do that annoy you as an actor so I can work on not doing them myself. Does anything commonly peeve you? Here's your chance to vent.
How does an actor stay in the scene in a closeup? when the camera is infront of their face.
Surely anyone would say, It depends upon the character there is a role for everyone but that’s just for “certain role”. Considering there are actors like Al Pacino(5’6) who had played several types of movies from gangster movie to love story, he fits for every role. Height really doesn’t seems like a problem. So what is ideal height or let’s say less than what is unacceptable for leading role
What is the best place to hire an actor online ? Actor has to film the video himself at his own location 100% online gig. Its the role play of a zoom call. We will give the script Max time required is 30 seconds. Which is the best place to find actors for the job ? Any help would be appreciated. Budget $20 \~ $30 for the 30 second video. EDIT : DM via chat if you are interested to see samples.
Let's say you're auditioning for a commercial with another actor and the casting director asks you to enter the scene and already be in middle of conversation or story. Do you have any go-to stories, lines or something that you use when starting off a scene? Like, "and that's why I can't live with cats because my allergies are horrible." Would love to hear examples.
So I’m an aspiring actor and I’m just starting to get out into the acting world! I don’t have an agent as yet but I recently stumbled upon an open casting call. They aren’t looking for anything specific but the thing is my hair is extremely short (boy cut) and dyed blonde but my headshots are with a black Afro wig. I’m not sure if I should film my self tape with the wig or with my dyed short hair, I don’t want to throw the casting director off and possibly miss my chance for such a minuscule thing. Or if I should also just take headshots with my short hair as well and send that one in instead. What should I do?
I am a cinematographer by profession, but making my first official directorial debut on a short dark comedy. I am looking for a few people who might be free oct 9th between 6pm and 10pm for a shoot in los angeles. UNFORTUNATELY, as most shorts go, I am out of pocket on this and dont have funds to pay. So, if you just like taking part of fun projects, and would like credit, please DM me. my reel = [www.zakaree.com](https://www.zakaree.com) ​ instagram.com/dp\_zee ​ the story is fun, and it will have amazing photography
The final episode of our show is here, we'd love it if anyone from this page would be kind enough to check out the series and give us some feedback on the show, both narratively and technically. Hopefully you'll enjoy it. We're looking to network a little more with the wider community, so, if you did feel like dropping us some feedback, either leave a comment or drop a message to Short Tale Sounds. We're really happy with the performances in our show and would love to know what you everyone thinks of it, but also to hopefully showcase our performers to you all. Here is the playlist for the full series: [https://soundcloud.com/shorttalesounds](https://soundcloud.com/shorttalesounds?fbclid=IwAR3da0i8J9gax7iOp5FwvjHTXk13o31Nr7Zx7z23M3YYF9naBvwu_IL3F1c) The Show has featured on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC sounds and is nominated in the Audio Verse Awards 2021. We've loved the process of making the show; the auditions, callbacks and time with the actors was easily the highlight of the whole process. ['The year is 2036. The world stands on the cusp of an unparalleled medical breakthrough. Lead Researcher Robert Lyndon and his team of scientists have finally unearthed sufficient samples of the elusive Crye Chitin. As the team begin their final journey aboard the deep sea vessel PROTEUS, unexpected circumstances will not only threaten the lives of the crew, but potentially billions on the surface above. With power low and the situation critical, Captain Todd McAllister and his crew must battle a race against time to avoid a most gruesome fate.'](https://preview.redd.it/osf3lru06hq71.jpg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e194fbf3551d23573115156ce28632784dcfdce) "PROTEUS is our 4-part audio drama. Episodes will air on a weekly basis on five platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Audible, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts, and YouTube. More information available at Short Tale Sounds. Written by Joshua & Fletcher, PROTEUS is the first production from Short Tale Sounds. Episode titles are as follows: ‘Down and Out’, ‘Forced Farewells’, ‘The Judas Kiss’, concluding with ‘A Captain’s Promise’. In total the series runs at over 70 mins and promises stellar performances, drama, action, suspense and punch to the gut emotion throughout. With PROTEUS we set out to do things a little differently, we wanted an experience which was Inherant to the formula of a typical audio drama, but also one that would incorporate a cinematic sense to its storytelling and sound design.We wanted the story to be a truly transformative experience for the listener; one in which they too have to survive the journey of the PROTEUS. We set about doing this by crafting sound scapes that not only felt real, but also were willing to push that sense of scale and scope. For example when it needed to sound terrifying, we would add in a lot of elements and processing to provide the audience with this incredibly surreal environment with sounds both familiar and foreign to them. This has been aided no end by the incredible performances of our cast, they became the characters and through their every emotion, line inflection, beat of tension, they take the listener on a wild and impactful ride. We couldn't have done it without them."
I feel like as a voice actor you HAVE to be really social and likable to be able to pull from your social experiences to make your performances dynamic. The thing about me is I’m an only child and grew up being bullied and outcasted so my social skills are very lackluster. My looks also get in the way of me being able to develop my social skills, though despite this I want to be able to anyways. The thing is because of my unattractiveness when I try to socialize people either ignore me, or keep the convo really short. It just hurts because voice acting means so much to me. I want to understand people psychologically so deeply and be able to connect with them but things outside of my control make it hard. Have any of you ever experienced this? If so how did you push through it and what would you recommend ?
So a reoccurring thing I’ve noticed many actors will say is to get your foot in the door, get in contact with casting directors. How do you even go about that? I feel like networking is so hard when you don’t have people around you in the industry.
Too long didn't read summary: We enjoy playing D&D together online and publishing it as a podcast (just a hobby, doesn't earn money). We're tired of people trying to join us with a potato instead of a microphone, so we're posting this here because voice actors make the best podcast recording friends. :) Do you want to play D&D? ​ ​ Full post: ​ Would you enjoy joking around with friends on a D&D podcast? ​ Are you a friendly person with a good microphone or willing to get one, who is interested in playing Dungeons and Dragons on a podcast? You’re welcome to play with us. We’re Firebreathing Kittens: a silly, light-hearted D&D podcast. Every game session has a self contained plot with a beginning and an end, and gets released as its own episode. Our members play every other week to every other month, as often as works for their schedule. If we’re laughing together on our show, then we’re doing it right. The main idea behind Firebreathing Kittens is that it’s all about hanging out with friends. If you’ve ever been watching the anime “Fairy Tail” and thought to yourself: “I wish I had friends who supported each other like that”, well, we thought that too, so we made it happen. ​ D&D Experience: No previous Dungeons and Dragons experience is required. We do ask that you please purchase and read the 5th edition Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master’s Guide. These are hardcover books published by Wizards of the Coast. The player’s handbook is about 300 pages long, but it's not written with the intention of being read in page order necessarily. Read the start of each chapter to see if your character uses those rules, rather than reading it in order of page numbers. For example chapter ten on page 200 has how to cast spells, a very basic thing all spell casting classes need to know how to do. If you’re playing a character that doesn’t cast spells, then you can skip that chapter. Use the table of contents and glossary to find the sections your character build needs. There are youtube tutorials on skills, for example Critical Role’s video “Handbooker Helper: Skills” and on how to fill out a character sheet, for example the Jocat’s video “A Crap Guide to D&D \[5th Edition\] - Character Sheet”. If you'd like, you can listen to our episodes as an example of how the game is played. You can find our Firebreathing Kittens episodes on itunes, iheartradio, spotify, podcast addict, etc podcast playing apps, on firebreathingkittenspodcast dot com, or on youtube. Listening to an actual play podcast can be a great way to learn how to play D&D. ​ Standalone Plot Format: Each week's four hour long game session of Firebreathing Kittens has a beginning and an end to its story. Because of this format, the individual adventures stand sturdily on their own. This is an “anthology” format. You don’t have to play every week to level up. Once you start playing, long term, you'll probably want to listen to the other episodes to see what your friends got up to, what the NPCs were doing, and how the overall season long story arc is developing, but jumping in and out of the campaign as your schedule allows is kind of the whole point of our setup. Each member is an adult with their own individual life, and everyone wants to have the freedom to play D&D as often as their current schedule allows, which may change. Players are welcome to play as frequently as every other week, or as infrequently as every other month. There is a big signup calendar at the top of the page we use to organize games. The group organizer posts new open spots weekly. Members comment on the calendar to join an open spot. You pick which weeks you play, and you can see who’s in the game you’re joining. ​ Long Form Story Telling: Some people have commented that they enjoy long form story telling, and are not sure how it would work with an anthology format. Never fear, you can totally do long form story telling with individual episode anthologies. For example, Bones is a TV show where each episode is a standalone mystery, but there's an overarching story in each season. We’re a bit like Bones. (Ah, well, realistically we're probably a bit more like Midsomer Murders 'cause we get a bit wacky. (I killed him for the orchid! \*screams!\*) lol.) An example of a recurring non-player character in Firebreathing Kittens could be Hans Fessenden. He first appeared in Pixie Problem as a son of rich parents working a token job but who dreamed of writing poetry. The adventurers kinda ruined his parents’ business in that adventure. He next appeared in "One Year Later", where he was trying to make it on his own as a poet but ah, his poetry sucked, and he drank a lot. The adventurers had to deal with him as a sloppy drunk. He appeared again in "Sons of Anarcrud" after cleaning up his act because his rich parents had hired the adventurers to find out if the woman he was fathering a child with really was having his kid, or if she was just using him like a cuckoo to get his family’s inheritance money while having someone else's baby. "Pixie Problem", "One Year Later", and "Sons of Anarcrud" all used Hans Fessenden, NPC. So, that’s one way there can be long form story telling even though each individual story stands alone. Recurring characters are pretty common. Examples: Chauncey the butler, Uncle Algenoth, Simmond the Kind, Enzo Aarestrup. It just kinda happens naturally when there’s a character people love and you’re all collectively storytelling together. ​ Our game calendar looks a bit like this: Level....Date.......................Members.....................................Airs ...8....Aug 1/2......DM Liam, Players Olivia, Noah, Emma....Sep1 ...8....Aug 8/9......DM Mason, Players Ben, Jada, Elijah........Sep 8 ...9....Aug15/16 ...DM Emma, Players Tyrone, Lily, Mason...Sep 15 ...9.....Aug 22/23...DM Olivia, Players Liam, Noah, Ava.......Sep 22 ...9.....Aug 29/30...DM Tyrone, Players Open, Open, Open...Sep 30 ​ The week before each game, we make a poll for the three players and the DM. The poll says: * Weds 6:30-10:30 pm ET (ET is New York City time zone) * Thurs 6:30-10:30 pm ET * Fri 6-10 pm ET * Fri 8 pm-midnight ET * Sat 10 am-2 pm ET * Sat noon-4 pm ET * Sat 2-6 pm ET * Sat 4-8 pm ET * Sat 6-10 pm ET * Sat 8 pm-midnight ET * Sun 10 am-2 pm ET * Sun noon-4 pm ET * Sun 2-6 pm ET * Sun 4-8 pm ET * Sun 6-10 pm ET A week before the game, the four people who signed up on the calendar are asked to click yes on every time on the poll that they are available. If you would be available for at least six of those times then it should work out. ​ Playing vs DMing: If you're never interested in DMing ever then this might not be the right group for you, but if you'd be okay with DMing at least once every five months then that would be great. You don’t to have any experience having been a dungeon master in the past; this is a good setup to practice and learn DMing. We like to rotate who DMs so that a diversity of thoughts and ideas and voices are represented. Our DM rotation calendar looks a bit like this: .............January...February....March...April week 1......DM2....DM5 ......DM8......DM11 week 2......DM3....DM6 .....DM9......DM12 week 3.....DM4.....DM7…...DM10....DM13 week 4.....DM1......DM1......DM1.......DM1 Character Level Progression: We like to do one year, one season. The characters start out at level 1 in January and finish December at level 20, having spent approximately three weeks at each level. That means that, going by the air dates of the episodes (which is about a month after we record them), characters are approximately: Month…….....Level January….….…1-2 February…...….2-3 March……..…..3-5 April……....…..5-6 May………........6-7 June………..…..8-9 July…………...9-10 August…..…..11-12 September…..13-14 October……..14-16 November…..16-18 December…...19-20 The week determines the level of the characters playing in that game. You’ll be able to grow and develop your character through a full progression from level 1 to level 20 in one year. One year, one season. At the end in December, each player is welcome to record an epilogue for their character. Neither gold nor items carry over to the next season. You can retire your character fat and wealthy at level 20 in their mansion, retire them with a happy family, a business venture, or whatever epilogue you write. Or you can throw it all away and reset them to level 1. We had a player who wrote a wonderful epilogue for their character where they broke their pact with their patron and lost all warlock levels. You can listen to their story, it’s in the episode called Season 2020 Epilogues, and it was really well written. The player then started the character off at level 1 as a wizard, learning magic the legitimate way through hard work and study rather than being gifted the powers. So, you can either retire or reset your character at the end of a season; it’s your choice. ​ Here are some things you'll need to play D&D with us: * 5th edition player's handbook and dungeon master’s guide * the free program skype * the free program audacity and a willingness in being trained to use it * an external microphone (if you don't yet own one, ask us about some suggestions for good models. The recommended minimum microphone is a Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface, an XLR cable, and a Behringer Ultravoice XM8500, which all together cost a hundred and fifty US dollars from Sweetwater or Amazon). Even better microphones are wonderful and are appreciated. Headset microphones are below our minimum play requirements. * an arm style microphone stand * closed back over the ear headphones that do not noise cancel because noise canceling produces sounds the microphone can detect. ​ Improvisational Comedy (Improv): Here are a few quick under five minute videos on the improv technique called “yes, and”. 1. youtube dot com/watch?v=Qe2a3ppacUk 2. youtube dot com/watch?v=DphjhudlZis 3. youtube dot com/watch?v=NmafmRIeet0 An example of a less than ideal “yes, and”: Person 1: We are going to the zoo. Person 2: Yes, and the mall. Person 3: Yes, and the bank. An example of a good “yes, and”: Person 1: We are going to the zoo. Person 2: Yes, and we see a hippo. Person 3: Yes, and the hippo uses its tail to fling its poop everywhere. The difference between the bad and the good "yes, and" is that in the bad example, it didn’t really matter what Person 1 and Person 2 said. Person 3 didn’t really hear them. In the good “yes, and”, Person 2 and Person 3 were each listening to what came before them, which allowed them to build off of that and create a (somewhat ridiculous, but that’s how it goes sometimes) story, each person making every other person feel heard and validating them. Listening to the person who spoke before you and using what they said makes them feel like they mattered. ​ Accents: We welcome all accents on our podcast. A diversity of voices is actually a really great thing for podcasts because it helps listeners easily hear the difference between who's speaking. Feel confident that we will like your voice. ​ Duration: We see each other as lifelong friends. One of the best parts about playing D&D online is that even if you move geographically, wherever you move to you’ll have some friends who you’re looking forward to seeing again and who are looking forward to hanging out with you :) ​ How to Join: 1. Be at least 18 years old. Listen to a few episodes so we know you understand the format. There is a great diversity in what the stories are like. You'll see. Example episodes that each have a different DM: A Pirate's Life, The Final Replay & Of Wedding Cakes and Giant Spiders (a rare two parter), Missives From A Corpse, How To Construct a Siege, Self Maid Man, Puzzles and Pickpockets, etc. Hopefully there will be a few individuals amongst those groups who you would enjoy playing or DMing with :) In general it’s encouraged that you catch up on the current season that you’ll be joining since that’s the overarching story you’ll be playing in and the new friends who you’ll be playing with. But if that’s too much to listen to then don’t stress about it. Once you listen to a few episodes, you’ll understand the format and the types of variation you’ll encounter from one game to another. We’ll be welcoming new members next week, next month, and next year, so there’s no rush. 2. Send us an email at firebreathingkittenspodcast at gmail dot com asking to join. Tell us about your equipment: what microphone model you own (or asking for microphone model suggestions), and that you own closed back over the ear headphones and an arm style microphone stand. Also, tell us what you thought of your fellow players and DMs in the episodes you listened to. Lastly, let us know if you’ve played and DM’d 5th edition D&D before, and if you’ve got any improv and podcasting experience (no experience is required to join; this is just so that we know what supplemental info to send you to teach you about things). We reply to every new member request, so if you don’t see a response email in three days then we haven’t gotten an email from you. 3. We’ll reply back with the standard support agreement our lawyers ask us to have everyone sign. You know lawyers; they always want the agreements settled first before we play, not after. Take it to a legal witness (most banks have a ‘notary’ or signature witnessing service for members for free) and sign it in front of the witnesses, then scan and send it back to us. ​ Support Agreement: There is a support agreement to sign because some of our members are authors and webcomic artists it made sense to have a system in place where people could express themselves creatively with novels, audiobooks, and webtoons based on the D&D adventures they loved. We have several real books actively for sale on amazon people can buy that were based on our adventures. There's a chance the D&D session you play in could become a t-shirt, book, audiobook, comic, etc. When for example a book is published based upon an episode, the support agreement says that the people who DM’d the episode, played in that episode, wrote the book, designed the book cover, etc are the ones who get a share of the royalties from the book’s sales. Anyone who wasn’t in that episode and didn’t contribute to the book isn’t due any of the book’s royalties. Being in episode 15 doesn’t entitle you to royalties from a book based upon episode 89. This is just a hobby, not a job; we don't earn any money from this it's just better to have a support agreement than to wish later that you'd had a support agreement.
I'm 6 hours away in a smaller market but hoping to connect with Atlanta actors and filmmakers and figure this is a good way to network. A few years ago I directed a short film with actors I brought in from Atlanta. Would like to do this again and find a better agent for myself as an actor. Specifically looking for classes about self-taping, acting on camera.
***Me & a team are writing story's to animate and whichever gets more votes wins & gets animated, were looking for Voice actors to fill those roles, join the discord for more information.*** [***https://discord.gg/rZpUAVT9mW***](https://discord.gg/rZpUAVT9mW) ***:) dm mxrsh0.x#0460 once joined and you'll be assigned Voice actor.*** Were also looking for animators, (UNPAID) you will receive pay later in the season but for now UNPAID and entertainment only work.
Just curious if other voice actors share this hobby.
International actors working in Hollywood, please share your experience and process for obtaining your O1 visa. Is there any specific advice you'd like to share? How long does it take? How was the interview, what did they ask for? Did you use a lawyer and how much were you charged? Do I need to have an agent/representative? All that.
the resumes.breakdown express.com link comes up when you search my name on google was wondering how to make that go away
So, an actor needs empathy for the character he plays to access the emotions but on the other hand some actors eventually become the character and the emotions are true. Which method do ya prefer?
Hey everyone, I’m going to get my first headshots done and join actors access. I recently went to a workshop and it was recommended to get three different looks for headshots. These will be my first headshots, so I was wondering if I really should get 3 different looks, or if 1 or 2 is good enough for starting out.
I know to this day that LA remains the greatest location for film & television coaching and networking. With that in mind, I'm looking to move over for 3-6 months from next spring. Does anyone have experience living near a high collection of quality classes to audit and grow their professional network? I know there's acting classes everywhere but considering the size of the city, I'm wondering if there is one area it's recommended to get a place if you're a training/early working actor?
I've put off becoming a professional VA for far too long, I love the art, I've taken acting classes, bla bla you dont need the life story but basically I want to start doing my VA Reel. I've heard that having basic performances like: "old man" or "Crazy man" are really good, as well as showing the range of your voice, but where do we fall on impressions or imitating previously established voices? I know that in the VA business is sacrilege to take an actor's character without asking first but is it allowed to play the character on the reel? Will employers hear that and ACTUALLY consider you? Or look the other way?
hello everyone! just thought I’ll post what I’m feeling right now. I’m a 22 year old, male. living in Scotland. I’ve been doing drama since I was ten years old. I love it. I studied it in high school and went to college for four years to study acting & performance (which was mostly practical) I loved it. I even won an award from my college for being the best classmate in my year. I worked so hard. however when I applied to unis and drama school. I got rejected from all of the practical courses. Even the drama school that I’ve done a few courses with. The only course I got on was a theory-based performance course which I do like but we only get to do a bit of practical stuff in the last semester. We don’t do any plays at uni, which I miss doing. They used to do a musical for the final year but they stopped due to COVID. However. It might start again next year for my final year. I started uni this month but I am enjoying the course despite it being mostly theory. I could have applied to another college who does a BA in Acting but I got rejected from them, a few years ago in a lower-level course. I’ve improved since then but I regret not applying for them. We have no agent showcase at my uni. However, I feel like the reason why that I got rejected from many places is that I have a speech impediment due to my disability of dyspraxia. I sometimes stumble my words. I sometimes tend to say my r’s as w’s. I didn’t realise this till a drama school pointed out to me that I had this. My parents never told me before. They recommend I use a bone prop which I used a lot. They gave me fantastic monologues to use and they gave me good feedback (I did a training course with them) my college also loved them but I still got rejected from most places. My speech has improved a lot since college. I just have problems with my diction sometimes. I’ve been attending a local young theatre group where we get to work with people in the industry (my college got me into it) which I love doing as it’s all practical. It’s given me a few professional credits and stuff for my showreel. I also attend a local musical theatre group in my spare time out of uni. I am not the best singer (I can keep a tune) but I can dance & act. I’ve been told I am a great actor by someone who attended a famous drama school in my area as she described my acting as truthful. My lecturers and classmates said I was good too. I am often typecast as a comedic actor and I can get younger roles as I look about sixteen to eighteen. I’m just having doubts that if I should just throw it away. I have a stable retail weekend job that keeps me going but I feel like many places and jobs will reject me because I have something that I can’t control sometimes. edit; I’ve also did Playwright, Flim & Poetry workshops during lockdown and got told I was good at that too. I’ve also did a few short films with minor parts.
I have taken acting classes before and done fine. I've done audition workshop things and done fine. I've practiced one-on-one with instructors and done fine. Now I'm needing to do a self-tape with my mom as a reader, and I'm no longer fine. I think the problem is that she severely judged me when I first told her I wanted to be an actress, and now I can't bring myself to simply be comfortable talking about it around her, much less act and record a self-tape. I'm very tense, I talk too fast, and I look so fake. I just don't know how to calm myself down internally. Any tips?
I don't know if this is the right sub to ask this question in particular but I wonder, let's say for example that there is a scene where the actors are in a very cold blizzard. Would it be smart on the director to film them in the actual cold? Maybe not like, genuine below freezing weather but, just something cold enough to really get the actors to genuinely feel cold. Would this sell the scene more or take away from the scene if the actors feel too cold to act correctly? Another thing, I thought of this while watching interstellar. In interstellar, they travel to a planet with high gravity. Would it add to the scene if the actors had weighted suits or weights on their backs inside the space suit to really make them feel like they're on a planet with higher gravity, hence making it look more realistic when they're genuinely panting from just walking around and struggling to keep up with the added weight from higher gravity? or would it take away from the scene due to it making the actors harder to genuinely act well? do most producers do that or do they just do CGI? and if so, is it because it makes it harder to act, or because it's just too much money, or both?
Has anyone taken the [Master Classes at the Actors Lab with Pat Dortch](https://theactorslab.com/charlotte-north-carolina/) in Charlotte? Not finding anything else that's online closer than Atlanta or NYC. Thought I'd take a local class in effort to meet people in my area.
I'm just breaking into being a background actor. I got a really good job and they asked for a recent picture. I'd just taken my head shots a couple weeks earlier; I told them this and sent a copy of my head shot. I know, now, that this was stupid and, yeah, they fired me. I'm wondering whether a) this will hurt my chances of working with that casting company, again and b) is this going to affect anything beyond this casting company? I'm new, I'm nervous, and I'm pretty worried.
I was a actor when I was younger in LA. Mostly booked commercials, print and a few co stars/guest stars. Shortly gave up when I turned 21 after a dry spell with and parents pressuring me to go to school. So I went to school and worked corporate. Did the whole 40-50hrs a week for years and finally got a break with the pandemic. Starting working from home and realized I couod get all my work done within 2-3hrs. In the midst of the pandemic, I finally was able to enjoy life again. My friend recently became an agent at a well known agency and said he saw a bunch of breakdowns that matched me. He would start submitting me for fun and I did a few self tape auditions for funsies. This has been happening for a few weeks with not much action besides good feedback from CD. Until this last audition... It was for a netflix show with a HUGE fan base for a series regular role. Being in the industry, I knew I probably wouldnt even stand a chance. Shows like this normally will not "chance" hiring an actor without extensive credits. On top of that, it asked for a dialect that was outside of what Im comfortable with. In the midst of this, I was also on vacation with my family. I was just about to call my friend to pass on it when something stop me. My inner voice said "dont make excuses, just tape it and send it off" the lighting was atrocious. Dialect was totally off. Also was filmed on a iphone in my hotel bathroom. Im truly surprise my friend even submitted it to casting it was that bad. 2 days later I get a call that I'm pinned for the part and they loved me...this was hands down my worst audition acting wise (IMHO) and self tape quality. They asked me to tape again for showrunners and the network when I came back into town. This time, I hired a dialect coach ($200/hr) and went to a professional taping studio. The final product blew me away. You know how you are your worst critic? I saw my taping and thought, DAMN... you are a serious contender. This was a life changing role. We're talking harry potter/twilight status with outrageous fan base for my character specifically. At this point, i still didnt get my hopes up. I told myself you are FAR from getting it. Weeks go by...No news is good news my agent friend says. Then casting ask for my measurements, skills and ethnic background. Also to ensure I'm free conflict wise for the set filming dates. Everyday, I tell myself not to get my hopes up but at this point I couldnt hold back. And then.....i got a call early Monday morning from my agent friend. In a seldom voice, he let me know that casting had unpinned me from the project due to not being able to match physically with other family characters. Even at the very end, you can not book something and it can be out of your control. All you can do is practice your craft, give your best and forgot about it. This industry is a roller coaster. You can take a 8+ years hiatus and be top 2-3 contender for a mutimillion dollar project over night. Id love to tell you I booked it...but life doesnt always work that way. This experience in itself was so satisfying. It let me know, i can still follow my dreams. And one day... it can happen in a drop of a hat. Just like that! ;) Thank you for reading ❤
I am doing an English project where we have to interview someone in a discourse community. I have chosen acting and would like to interview someone with experience acting. Thank you.
Hi. Currently I’m taking a Meisner acting class every week. What we do is start with a repetition exercise for about 30 minutes and then Improv for 30 minutes. I’m really enjoying the class and feel extremely motivated. I feel bad for my scene partner each class because I feel like a waste of time to them with my very little experience. I’m not that good but still feel really motivated. I would really love to improve and become the best actor I can be. Is there anything I can do at home to help the process? I’m reading Meisner On Acting and I’m trying to watch his classes on YouTube, is there anything else I can do? Thank you!
...like how a human might spell out their name on the phone. How many takes do I need? What do I ask of the performances? How long should they pause between letters? Do I need different recordings for first, second and third letters in a word or... what? Is there a word for this kind of thing that I can google? (e.g. for splicing together short clips to sound somewhat natural, like in satnav) It's for an indie game. Also would like to do both English alphabet and Nato (alfa, bravo, charlie...), possibly with a number of voice actors. Naturalistic is important for both realism (radio comms) and to lessen the player's cognitive load while they focus on more important challenges.
I don't have a lot of experience as an actress but I've been studying for a while and after almost two years I got an agent who supposedly manages a lot of actors who've landed major roles, and some of them I've actually seen in movies and TV series. It's been 8 months since he started managing my (non-existent) career but so far I haven't received any auditions for any role. I know things got super complicated due to Covid and he always tells me that now things are getting back to normal but at the same time I see other colleagues that he manages as well already working and I can't help but compare myself to them – I know I shouldn't, but easier said than done. When I ask if I could do something to improve my chances, he insist that my profile and videos and photos are all adequate and there is nothing wrong with me. I've asked him a few times about auditions over the past few months, and I'm getting kinda embarrassed to ask again. I feel like I'm not even close to getting anything. By the way, the last time I spoke to his assistant I was very upset because one of his justifications for why I'm not getting auditions is my lack of "good energy work/spirit/whatever the fuck he was talking about" so I can attract good things from the universe and then get an audition. Due to my lack of experience it is difficult to get another agent. I feel trapped. And I think these people find it easier to say I'm being anxious just because I'm new to all of this than to admit they're being assholes. Does that makes sense? Should I ask him one more time about auditions? Advice is welcome.
If you want a look at in-depth analysis of character study for two person scene work, watch Scenes From a Marriage on HBO. Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac are incredible. Also, shoutout to I May Destroy You- Michaela Coel and all of the actors in this show turn in amazing performances. Please, a little less of the agent questions and more of a call to greatness for this beautiful, intricate craft. Go watch these shows. What’s behind the eyes?
I love acting I really do but I loathe Tikktok and all that bs. What do you guys think?
Now that Frances has become the 3rd actress to win 3 oscars (all for lead) along with Meryl (2 lead and 1 supporting) and katherine (4 oscars) who do ya think is the best actress?
What makes Joaquin Phoenix so distinct from other actors working? I just can't explain he seems to be so different in terms of acting..
Long story short: I now have almost no jobs on union sets but end up losing tons of opportunities on non union sets because I am union. I have been in both of my acting unions for seven years and worked hard to get there. I used to get a good amount of work, but have had almost nothing for a year. The only things I got was union background work, student short films (which the union approves of) and paid non union work (which one of the union tolerates. They confirmed I have the right to do that). Since I am not getting professional work as an actor, I am trying to reinvent myself as a host or a public personality. I get offered a lot of paid opportunities to work on camera as myself, I could say I am pretty popular, but they end up refusing to work with me because I am union. The union confirm that I totally have the right to work non union as myself, and even offered to tell the producers I could do it, but so many productions refuse to hire union performers because they don’t want to pay union rates, that I am not even asking for. I end up not getting work on union sets and losing work on non union sets so I just have nothing. What could I do to fix that?
Hi guys, what do you do to keep the bills paid?
Out of the years in theatre/acting classes/school, Yale, whatever you did - just HOW many actor friends do you have that are working full-time as on-camera/known actors? **This means their ENTIRE salary comes from working as an on-camera (not voiceover) actor.** Out of the 500 I would say I met coming up the ranks - **5** of them are household names by now - 3 of them wrote their own shows/comedy/created their own work to become that (and are now millionaires), the other 2 were just actors and had the right look at the right time. **3** supporting - they work a lot but didn't write their own shows - I'd say they probably bring in 100k a year before taxes.
Hey all. I've never really had this issue before, but after I upload my self-tape to actors access it looks so bad. It's only 58mb and looks fine before I upload it. Is the bad quality how casting is going to see it? Or will it look like the regular quality before it was uploaded? Thanks!
So I had an audition this week. It was 13 pages, three scenes and 9 minutes long. I had two and a half days working on it. And I really wanted to work on it as much as I could, so I (stupidly) started taping it 7 hours before deadline. The deadline was 10AM and I started 3AM after my night shift. The problem is that I didn’t have a reader and had my friend pre record the other persons lines. Yeah, I know bad idea, but last time I did this, it was one of the best auditions I’ve ever done, and this time also having no one who could help me, I really didn’t have any choice. However, since the scenes was long and the pre recorded reader voice didn’t allow me to be free without feeling rushed all the time because “her next line is coming up in 3 seconds”, it all went to hell. The first scene went great though because I had plenty monologues and the reader had only two small lines at the beginning of that scene. After failing the other two scenes miserably, I called my friend 9AM panicking and had him read over phone and after a lot of difficulties, I was finished around 11.30AM. It took me around an hour more to choose, cut the scenes, upload to Vimeo. I obviously didn’t feel good about the tapes because I was dead tired while filming and had had a stressfull and crazy night. I even mentioned in the email that I didn’t feel great about them. Now, I have two managers I signed with a couple of months ago, one of them (“Joe”) is a really big deal. He’s always rly busy but makes sure to watch my tapes and give feedbacks weather he’s the one or the other manager giving me the audition. The other manager (“Matt”) is pretty new, whom Joe kinda took under his wings a year ago. He gives good feedbacks as well. I have had a handful of auditions with them and basically all of them aside from one (that had still turned out okay), I’ve been rly proud of. I sent a text to Matt who was the one who gave me this audition, about being sorry that it came late, he didn’t reply. But after watching the tapes he responded to the email that I did an excellent job. And Joe watched only scene one (I know all of this because I upload them on Vimeo that shows how many views). He loved it (again, the first scene did turn out great) and he complemented on how he always love my work because I’m always so natural and it never feels forced and that he thinks I’m a terrific actor. I was super happy. However, two days later I checked my Vimeo and realize that my slate video hadn’t even had a view. So obviously Matt decided to not submit the selftape, the slate that was required was very specific and he’s always viewed the slates before. And he didn’t even say that he wasn’t gonna submit it. To make it worse, he said “excellent work”. At least just say “Thanks for this.” Instead of that blatant lie. Because now I will never believe whatever he says. So now I don’t know what to think and I’m pretty devastated. And before everybody berates me for being late, I already know that’s not okay. I just feel like I’ve lost the trust between me and Matt!
Who in the world can I ask for this? ​ I was bit of a petulant actor back in 2020 (literally right before the world went to shit) so the only director I've ever worked with doesn't seem very keen on writing one... I have an acting professor who I'm sure would love to, and my boss who, though adjacent to theater and would love to do it, is also not an director. So that makes two - but so many programs need a third. Do I just ask another (non-theater) professor to write a \~character\~ recommendation for me? Talking about what a hard worker I am (or something...?) Really feeling like I shot myself in the foot with my last director and not sure how I can move on from this.
Hi I've been complimented many times in life for having a good imagination and lots of creativity. On the subject of method acting, I think I have unintentionally/subconsciously done this my entire life. I have Asperger Syndrome. Diagnosed recently. One of the interesting topics with my psychiatrist was that of acting. That I always felt like I was playing a role in life. Mimicking people. From an early age I realized I had to act like others to avoid trouble. Something which in Psychology is called masking. I didn't just "act normal". I adapted and mimicked positive traits in others in terms of both body language and speech to be successful and liked. --- Here's 3 brief examples of things I have done. - I successfully sat down near some bikers at a pub once. And when one of them struck a conversation. I acted. I spent most of that evening socializing with them and they seemed to like me a lot. I observed with keen ears and eyes what they were like, what they liked and disliked, etc. The social dynamic of the group. They didn't like me because I was myself. But because I mirrored and copied what I had in order to "be" one of them. Acting. - At a new job I watched and learn who everyone was individually. And their roles in the group. So that I had a micro and macro view of the social dynamic. I then slowly started socializing and talking more and more to people. To gain information about made them tick, who they were, and for them to have a naturally positive disposition to me. It was a slow and subtle process. But I managed to adapt a personality that made me everyone's favorite guy on work. But it was just an act. Acting. - For a more general example. I have been able - through my entire life - to assume the viewpoint of others. And play the best role I can to blend in with the people I'm with. Acting to be who I need to be for maximum positive outcome. I've never been myself in life. I don't even know who I am, or what I really like/dislike. Why? Because my **entire life** has been an act within acts. I can charm a woman, I can get a mugger to back down, I can get an angry guy to calm down. I always intuitively knew exactly what body language and speech I needed to adapt whether with a single person or a group. --- Creativity, imagination, social engineering, manipulation. Call it what you'd like but... isn't what I've done my entire life method acting? I have quiet literally always acted as who I need to act as in any certain situation. I'm not talking about how normal people alter their behavior. I'm talking about **LIVING** and **BEING** the person I had to act as. If I've had roughly a 95% success on average with this in life. Increasing as I grew older and better at it. Wouldn't that indicate that I'm really, really good at it? If there are two social groups who absolutely hate each other, I can utterly effortlessly get to know them - act like them - be them - to get liked and accepted by them. --- So what I'm wondering is. Do you think this, without acting lessons, is enough to warrant a genuine attempt at becoming an actor? I'm photogenic so that also helps I guess. It's just that... my entire personality is a hollow vessel with the merged personality of hundreds of people I have adapted to. I'm like a hivemind of behavior and I can instantly and intuitively act as whoever I want. Wouldn't this also make my perfect profession a movie actor? I'd love some thoughts on this if anyone has the time. I don't take insults or criticism personally, and even when I do I have very thick skin. As someone on the autism spectrum I view myself and the world with cold logic, detached, objectively, without ego. Behavior for me is a mathematical formula, not something natural.
RJ is an extremely talented narrator/voice actor and we were so excited to interview him. Please check out this interview and support him through the links in the description! Thanks to all the voice actors out there bringing so much joy to all of us who love to listen! ​ [https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ](https://youtu.be/gWIqGrZ58GQ) ​ https://preview.redd.it/ydafhd0qnzp71.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0568835c7e49563331f1041cb380fa80b17fd1e2
A singer I follow landed a main role in a Netflix Original. They've never been in any movies or TV shows so I'm wondering how that is? I've been told I'm a good actor and I've always wanted to audition for big roles but I never thought I'd land them because I have no background in acting. I can't really take time off to play in short indie films because I'm so occupied with studies that I'd only potentially take a semester off for a big role. All advice appreciated :)
Sorry, this is quite long but I want to write everything that’s on my mind. Short about me, I’m not a completely new actor. Have had large roles in movies/series. But I’ve always had the same problems coming to my confidence as an actor. For instance, I had a selftape the other day. And the thing is that I signed with a new agency three months ago and this is my 5th selftape with them. I really, really wanted to do a great job, so they can see that I’m good even if I don’t book the roles. And honestly I shouldn’t even be worried because they signed me after watching my reel but my brain doesn’t work like that. I came home after work and started filming the scenes. After my first take on scene 1, something told me to use that take because it was good, but my brain was like “bs. It’s not nearly good enough”. I did maybe another 10 takes before “giving up”, having to move on because I had wasted like 2 hours at this point. Same problem with the other two scenes. I sent the selftape in, EMBARRASSED by my terrible acting, telling myself how bad of an actor I am. When I woke, my two agents had replied saying how much they loved the selftape, and one of them said that it amazes him how natural and good I am in every selftape I’ve sent in. I was like “What! I thought that you regretted signing me” lol. I was in a chock. Happy as fuck, but chocked nonetheless. Now after a couple of days when I’ve had some distance from it, I was looking through my album on the phone and saw the “failed” first takes of scene one. And that first scene my gut told me was good enough but my brain said no, is arguably the best take. I just don’t know why I couldn’t see that? I then watched the next takes and each and one of them was good enough and realized that I had wasted two hours selftaping a scene that was ready after 5 minutes. And this is a recurring problem I’ve always had. Why? Why am I like this? Why am I so blind and how can I stop being like this?
I am an attorney (not a voice actor). I am doing these video walkthroughs on legal processes and am trying to make my voice . . . tolerable. I spent several full days trying to improve my voice with EQ and other settings on the Blue Sherpa Vo!ce software that came with my Yeti X mic, but only made it worse. [Here](https://davidkingnc-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/dking_ethicalwiki_com/EbMG7m1XvPxPppMYVNE2YfYB1rqBC4OqHMyGotrx1Hyfhw?e=1CScWC) is a voice sample. I'm wondering what I should do to improve my speaking voice. For example, should I pay someone to find better EQ settings? Is there some other way (besides EQ) to digitally improve my voice? Should I just hire a voiceover guy and not put my talking head in the video?
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