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Headshots, reels, subscriptions, taxes, and which of them are worth paying for.
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Sign in to post- Which subscriptions are actually worth paying for? Currently on three and I cannot tell which ones have ever produced an audition. Hana Sugimoto · 6 days ago 5 replies 147 views
- What is a fair rate for a low budget indie? Feature, three weeks, they are offering a flat fee that works out at about half minimum wage per hour. Marcus Devlin · 9 Aug 2026 6 replies 132 views
- How does anyone do taxes with this many small payments? Nine different payers last year, three of which sent nothing, plus a survival job. I do not know where to start. Ben Trachtenberg · 22 Jul 2026 5 replies 88 views
- Voiceover setup: what is the real minimum? Everyone either says a phone is fine or that you need a treated booth. Both cannot be true. Ellis Barnard · 15 Jul 2026 0 replies 45 views
- Do I need a website? I have the profiles. Is a site on top of that just vanity? Aaron Beckett · 21 Jun 2026 5 replies 242 views
- I added up what I spent on this last year and I feel slightly sick Headshots, class, two subscriptions, submissions, a reel edit, union dues. It came to more than four thousand and I earned about two. Is... Hana Sugimoto · 10 Jun 2026 5 replies 165 views
- Headshots: 300 or 1200, what am I actually getting for the difference? Both photographers have portfolios I like. Owen Pryce · 6 May 2026 5 replies 403 views
- Is a coach worth it before a big audition? Quoted 120 for an hour. Big audition, but 120 is 120. Marcus Devlin · 22 Apr 2026 1 replies 277 views
- Best free or cheap thing you have done for your career? Trying to balance out the spending threads. Rhys Cadogan · 18 Apr 2026 5 replies 445 views
- Survival jobs that actually work around auditions Lost a shift to a callback last week and my manager was not pleased. What do people do? Ade Fashola · 17 Apr 2026 6 replies 150 views
- How do you decide what is worth spending on in a bad year? Everything feels either essential or extravagant depending on the day. Maya Okonkwo · 3 Apr 2026 4 replies 159 views
- Anyone regret a big career purchase? Curious what the expensive lessons were. Isaac Mbeki · 17 Mar 2026 5 replies 437 views
- Residuals: what should I actually expect? First thing I did with residuals attached just aired. Trying to calibrate. Rosa Quintanilla · 4 Mar 2026 4 replies 203 views
- Do I need a separate business bank account? Feels like overkill for what I earn. Marcus Devlin · 8 Feb 2026 4 replies 352 views
- Is a reel editor worth paying for? I can cut, badly. Quoted 400 for a proper one. Hana Sugimoto · 5 Feb 2026 5 replies 542 views
- Paid workshops where casting attends: scam or not? Feels like paying for an audition, which I understood was not allowed. Sofia Marchetti · 8 Jan 2026 2 replies 471 views
- Union dues while not working: how do people manage it? Quiet year and the bill still arrived. Rhys Cadogan · 3 Dec 2025 1 replies 312 views
- What does a reel look like in 2026? Length, structure, whether to have a slate at the front. Advice online is all from about 2015. Selina Odum · 16 Oct 2025 5 replies 412 views