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Reddit by LancasterDodd777 Mar 11th

Directing my first short with professional actors and need some tips!

I’m about to shoot my first short film with professional actors (have made shorts before but with students and friends etc), and the thing I’m most worried about is not knowing how to get a good performance out of them. I’ve read Judith Weston’s book...
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Reddit by Ramoach Mar 11th

My progress so far without formal acting training.

TLDR: Got cast in several things now with no qualifications as an actor. It can be done if you work your booty off! Hey there, For a little over a year now I have aspired to follow up on my old dream of being a professional actor. I studied creative writing...
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Reddit by watkins1989 Mar 11th

I’ve started an acting advice podcast to help people out. Please check it out if you have time!

Hey all! I’ve started an acting/ theatre industry help podcast called Making It, or What I Wish I Knew, mostly based on the posts I see on this sub all the time. I want to create content that gives real world advice from working actors, directors, stage...
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Reddit by voice-actor-guy Mar 10th

Somebody else's unprofessionalism has cost me my job and my reputation. What should I do?

Made a new account for anonymity. TLDR at the bottom.  Hi all. I'm a voice actor primarily situated in Dallas. I would like to think I'm a pretty nice guy, as many people would agree, and my biggest flaw is easily my anxiety. I have many friends in...
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Reddit by Jekselpeone Mar 10th

17ish-27ish Female Voice Actor for Comission Requested!

I am running a super detailed dnd campaign, and I am going to have my party stumble upon a hollow tape. I am looking for a soft and kind female voice to be the voice of my character. I am 100% open to commissioning this work, we can negotiate price together...
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Reddit by tobiasfunkeVIII Mar 10th

everything about this pursuit is chaos and insanity. i don't know how anybody actually makes this into a career

i've been chasing this for years, and i'm just dumbfounded by all of it. everybody is just a selfish psycho, honestly. out for themselves. its all fake. it's all puffery and bullshit and capitalizing off other people's success and screwing them over. talent...
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Reddit by beingpotential Mar 10th

Dealing with Tricksters and Intentional Blockers in Improv games/scenes.

Hi there, I was wondering peoples opinions on improv actors within scenes that go out of their way to intentionally make someone look bad, to set up them up or to screw up or fail. Knowing Actors and Acting is sometimes a cut throat business. What do you do...
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Reddit by poppyness Mar 10th

Call sheet time frame?

Question: what's a good/respectful/ideal time frame to expect a call sheet for a low budget project? Actor here... I was asked to be in a short, just a days shoot a while back. I heard nothing & emailed a week ago to confirm my wardrobe requirements, travel...
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Reddit by thebumm Mar 10th

[Question] Post/site with combined subscription to acting and audition websites

A few years back I saved a post on here discussing sites like Backstage and Actors Access. A few comments had linked a website that has a multi-subscription service fore (iirc) three main services for casting calls and auditions. For the life of me I can't...
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Reddit by lomanthang Mar 10th

Hope it's not a stupid Question!

My short background: Been Meisner level students for about 6-7 months now. I really love this, every day and hour i spend at my day job feels like a wasted opportunity to get better in this thing. I feel i could have invested more time in getting better at...
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Reddit by mylifesuxks Mar 10th

Is there ever a perfect time? + tips on extra work

Hey guys, Firstly I just wanted to say I’m really excited to finally be a part of this community where people share the same passion as me! Im 18 and in university. Ive always wanted to start acting because I feel like I’m very unique in what I have to offer...
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Reddit by aw-un Mar 9th

Actors access emergency help!

Hi! So I seem to be in a bit of a pickle. I have an audition for a streaming episodic (first recurring!). I taped my self-tapes and followed the instructions given in my original C-Mail (two takes of two scenes, one take of another). I submitted it to my...
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Reddit by actor-websites Mar 9th

Interactive Voice-Over Reel - what do you think?

Hi fam! Tomasz from WFA here. We recently started switching over to helping voice-actors but I know way more about screen actors than voice artists, so I'd love your opinion on this tool I've developed...
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Reddit by Kaviness Mar 9th

What is your survival job and shift schedule?

Looking into survival jobs for myself and wondering what other actors have done and what schedules for their jobs ended up working best for them (working days, nights, weekends, etc.)
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Reddit by WonderNotEnvy Mar 8th

Performers that take on characters that do horrible things, yet audiences still are able to empathise with them

I recently listened to [Kristen Bell's episode of Off Camera](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Film--TV-News/Off-Camera-with-Sam-Jones-p1121725/?topicId=121113228) and in it she mentioned her niche: the ability to play characters that no matter how horrible they...
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Reddit by bob79519 Mar 8th

Looking for voice actors

I need a voice actor to say these two paragraphs: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnk3j76mS5vh3-TNVggKEHeqFJP\_ow77LGtZ6QLdfzE/edit](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnk3j76mS5vh3-TNVggKEHeqFJP_ow77LGtZ6QLdfzE/edit)
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Reddit by itsoya Mar 8th

Marketing Strategy help

I want to start off by saying I love this subreddit. I have been posting questions a lot lately and I have always gotten feedback and answers that have leveled me up as a voice actor. Thank you. My question: What are you all marketing strategy and is it...
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Reddit by humorendorphins Mar 8th

Actor/Filmaker AMA

Hello, Doing a Podcast where we answer questions called Surviving Hollywood. We are not experts by any means, but we are just working actors in LA and in this episode we will be taking the community's questions. Does anyone have any questions about 'surviving...
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Reddit by thisisnotarealperson Mar 8th

Am I naive for thinking members of CSA shouldn't cast non-SAG-AFTRA projects?

I'm looking at Actor's Access for NYC today and there's not a single union post, but I see that at least two of the CDs are members of CSA.
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Reddit by Alonajey Mar 8th

Anyone studied at "Lifebook Acting Academy" in Studio City (Los Angeles) ?

Hi, does anybody studied at Lifebook academy at "Two Roads Theater" ? [https://www.facebook.com/LifebookActing/](https://www.facebook.com/LifebookActing/) Slightly weird they promote their classes on Surkus/Groupon etc etc. All their FB/yelp reviews are...
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