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Anyone have experience in acquiring representation in other markets? by Synapticsushi • last post Sep 28th
I'm an actor based out of Texas and am looking to expand to other markets. Currently, I have an agent in Austin and one in Houston. The one in Austin provides Film/TV/Commercial services, my Houston rep is purely commercial/industrial and with them I will often book jobs without having to audition. I did a shoot a few days ago with someone who has a rep in D.C., which sounded like a similar situation that I have in Houston, and with the current COVID environment (self tape and zoom meetings), it got me thinking about expansion. If y'all have any words of wisdom, they'd be much appreciated!
Should I try to become an actor by Meelad77 • last post Sep 28th
I am 14 right now and I have been so addicted to watching movies and I have been doing days and days of research to try to find a way to get into the movie business and in general I just want to be with the actual movie so I looked into many things like extras,and P.A’s but an actor is what everyone wants to be. But the chances of me becoming successful are low and especially because I’m looking into marvel movies in general and I’m not sure if I should try to become an actor or not and my other planned part of life is to get a PhD in computer science and business to make my own cyber security firm. But it’s cool and all ya know going for computer science but I have been started to feel more passionate about acting and I don’t know what I should focus on and I have nobody to talk to about these things about life so Reddit is the best place I have for talking to people to help me.
Any Voice Actors / On Camera actors in NYC want to link up? by throwawayclownoutfit • last post Sep 28th
I'm starting to get more into VO, signed with a new manager beginning of the pandemic and they've gotten me like 9 VO auditions, which is exciting. I find it to be so much more freeing than on-camera work. realizing that I need to get a pro demo made, I dont think I have enough high quality content for one yet, figured I'd see if anybody wants to get together and work on some stuff or has any kind of vocal booth at home and we can do like a work trade or something to help each other out! 30 m in bushwick here
Looking for a trans voice actor by backinbeesness • last post Sep 27th
A character in my narrative podcast is a trans man, and I’m looking for any transmasculine people of Asian descent to voice act for him. Does anyone know of any groups or subreddits to find transgender actors/voice over artists? Thank you so much!
Looking for potential podcast guest! by boeyyzoeyy • last post Sep 27th
Hello! I’m the manager for my friends podcast, Pigeons Save The World! We are currently look for a professional voice actor that would like to guest on the podcast. We would like to talk about how you got into the business and your experiences. If you are interested, please DM me! Also, below is our website link! Thank you! [Pigeons Save The World ](https://pigeonssavetheworld.com/)
Nudity by haleymjones1997 • last post Sep 27th
Just a question out of curiosity: if a production (especially a TV show since it's episode-by-episode rather than one film that's mapped out from the beginning) requires nudity but it's not told to the actors upfront either before or during the audition process, is the actor who booked the part allowed to change something like full frontal nudity to only implied nudity? I understand that Intimacy Coordinators are much more common now in favor of the actors' safety, but according to Emilia Clarke, she didn't know she was going to be asked to be naked for GOT until she got the part. As someone who is uncomfortable with doing any sort of nudity unless it's only implied, this would be my worst nightmare. TL;DR if you sign onto a project and it's only *then* that you're told you'll have partial/full nude scenes, are you within your right as an actor to refuse this in favor of something you're more comfortable with? It feels wrong that productions would expect actors to be okay with anything and everything.
Can I see my contact information to an actor through cmail in Breakdown Express? by nicoleeeojj • last post Sep 27th
\*seen. sorry for the typo. Hi, I am currently in the process of casting a student project, and two of the actors I would like to book do not have an agent or manager so I have no way of contacting them. I know requesting information from actors is against Breakdown Express's rules, but could I send them a contact number for them to contact me?
I need an acting program.. help by londonstarrr • last post Sep 27th
Okay so the program I WAS going to pay for, was the **Wendy Alane Wright HWC**. I thought it was a great program but just did on research on here (reddit lol) and turns out I'd be wasting $800.. (that's how much her program is as of now). So now I would really like to know some ACTUALLY GOOD programs like hers. One that will take me step by step what I need to do as a new actor who has no freaking clue as to where to start. A program that will tell me good glasses in my area, how to make my resume,ect.. JUST EVERYTHING. Do other people even do programs like that? I need help.. asap. **I live in la btw**.
IMDB Question! by wjxm • last post Sep 27th
I always see IMDB credit as one of the benefits of jobs but how does it work? Do I make my own actor profile? Do I need an agent to make one for me? If so should I just make one now even before I’ve been on a project?
Feeling extremely low and feel I don't have any options by Specific-Ad4055 • last post Sep 27th
Hi everyone. I'm feeling incredibly low and my mental health is not great. I thought I'd ask on here for advice. ​ I'm a mature actor/musical theatre performer. I'm 32. I basically started late, I trained at a pretty much average school and received a degree in Musical Theatre and acting. There were no agents at my end of year show or anything. Basically I feel we got thrown away and that was that. ​ During my time there wasn't great, I made zero friends and felt really insecure. After I graduated, I managed to get signed by an agent in London after sending out lots of emails to different ones. I created a showreel which cost me a lot of money, travelled a long way to get headshots, met up with my agents and other people in London a lot of times and things seemed to be going well. I didn't get any auditions with them being with them for nearly 2 years. 2 years my mental health suffered and because I had to pay the rent and wasn't receiving any money from musical theatre or acting, I got a full time job because my bills were out of control. My agency after one year had a phone call with me and stated that I wasn't trying hard enough and not joining their workshops in London (I live about 40 mins by train from London), but they were charging us money to do these workshops which I couldn't afford. I told them I would try harder but the next year was so bad finically for me, I ended up getting hours cut and was struggling to pay my bills. One day in a text my agent asked me why I hadn't upgraded my camera, as it wasn't one of the best. I told him I couldn't afford it. ​ So recently after 2 years I decided to leave them, which was just recently. I hadn't had one audition except for an open call for something related to musical theatre. I thnik they were deliberately not putting me forward for stuff because they didn't think I was trying hard enough to give them money. ​ They weren't a highly reputable agency either by the way. So recently I have tried to email lots of agents who are more famous and so far I've heard absolutely nothing. I also tried this before I left them around October last year) and both times have heard nothing and got no emails back. My showreel has view counts and it showed no one had even clicked on my showreel to watch it. ​ I have no idea what to do. I can't afford Spotlight at the moment for it just to sit there and not even get most of the casting calls as I don't have an agent to put me forward for stuff. I would get my Spotlight back if I got signed. But no one is even answering my emails. I feel stuck and honestly don't know what to do. It feels like no one sees me at all even when I'm sending out emails that aren't general and specific to me. I've emailed the same agents like I said last year and this year and still nothing. Since I didn't get any work from my agency I ended up making a short film with one of my filmmaking friends and put that in my showreel to show new work and I feel since I don't have any proper credits it's just so hard. But then I don't even know if anyone even opens my emails as I know my showreel wasn't watched. This is just making my mental health so bad and it's got to the point where I cry every single night and don't know where to turn to. I've even tried to apply to Facebook casting and unpaid work. I sent away 3 self tapes for those and received all no's. I don't know what else I can do. It's really getting me down.
Is it possible to begin acting while in college? by Matrix10011 • last post Sep 27th
Since I was a young kid I always believed it would be awesome to be in a movie or tv show. I love watching sitcoms like brooklyn nine nine or modern family and I just wish I could part of that to the point that I even get kinda sad. I imagine just how cool my childhood couldve been if instead of going to school I spent my time on a tv show like the child actors in the shows I watch. I am 14 a bit too old to be a child actor but thats not the main issue. I live in a small third world country and there isnt anything here. I eventually plan to go to college in the us hopefully. Im just wondering is it possible to get into this while in college? I dont think I will go for a super difficult degree or anything but im not sure if I can squeeze acting in there or even handle it mentally. Im getting way ahead of myself here but for years Ive wanted to be in a tv show and obviously Im gonna need a lot of luck and dedication but have any of you had an experience like this?
Characters and Voice Actors - Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous by Jurda12345 • last post Sep 26th
What does it really take to make it in Hollywood as an actress? by Poopoopeepee05 • last post Sep 26th
Is it just luck?
rate my gf's setup by zuldaaaa • last post Sep 26th
as you can see here, my gf decided to mount the mic on the mic arm by thrusting the tripod into the shock mount holder and then bending it downwards towards her face and i'd like you to rate the absolute eyebleedy sight before you on a scale of 0-1, 0 being the lowest and 1 being pretty low (she's not actually a voice actor or serious about this setup she just sent this as a joke to me because she knows i act and would get very disappointed over this) https://preview.redd.it/pfr4mme2kfp51.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2bcd3b9d920b120e4ad0857b837329ef3c764d8
How the heck do sitcom actors learn their lines in time?!?! by RealHousevibes • last post Sep 26th
I understand for single cam - you have the night before, you have time in your trailer, you have the time while they're setting up lighting, to learn just 1 or 2 scenes a day. I can even understand the Friends or Cheers casts, because at least you can rely on splitting 20 minutes of screen time with 5 other people. But people like Debra Messing and Eric McCormick, or Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce where they are in practically every scene and are on screen talking for the entire 22 minutes - how the heck did they keep up with their lines? And the lines change throughout the week, and then they shoot the entire episode in one day (with generally long takes). Any insight on how people like this manage their lines? I just don't know if I could learn 22 pages of dialogue (sometimes complex, like in Frasier's case) in 5 days. Plus, on top of learning these lines..... they're GOOD. Like the acting is always great. On soap operas, they have to shoot the same amount of stuff... but they suck (because they're spending the entire scene trying to remember their next line). So why doesn't this carry over onto sitcoms?
SAG-AFTRA actors by Michel_Simon • last post Sep 25th
Union folks, are you noticing a decrease in your booking ratio over the last two months, now that episodic is back in swing? Really asking the major market folks here. I confirmed with a couple CD's and one rep that most of the offices are taking in upwards of 25% more self-tapes than pre-covid due to not having to spend so much time auditioning folks in person. Literally telling us, we now have a significantly tougher battle ahead theatrically, until we're back in-person. And yes, I've seen a drop myself, and it's concerning. Not alarmed yet, just curious what the rest of this season will look like considering we're battling a 25% increase in auditions for every role. Keep up the good fight people!
Do you need to go Drama School to succeed as an actor?! by Smilingtribute • last post Sep 25th
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looking for actress 25-40 in NYC with interesting look for cool, psycho-thriller short film. **must be available October 8 + 9** by throwawayclownoutfit • last post Sep 25th
no budget passion project shooting with friends. small crew. awesome high end location, experienced DP. this is my 2nd short and I plan on submitting to reputable festivals. at the very least, will be a couple high quality clips for your reel. shoot location will be in east Flatbush & at the beach somewhere in Brooklyn (TBD). if you're interested, please PM with a link to your actors access / reel. hoping to find a person to collaborate with on future projects going forward as well if we click!
Fledgling voice actor looking for advice by bloodraven11 • last post Sep 25th
Hello, I'm an aspiring voice actor looking to dabble into the field. It's always fascinated me and last night I attempted to put a demo reel together. I think it could be better but I don't think it was the worst. I'm actually mainly in the VFX industry as a semi-successful freelancer. But I always enjoyed learning and watching people voice act. So I'm just curious what are some resources I could use to find my first gig as a voice actor? I want to stay clear of any bad sites and would rather use sites current voice actors are using. ​ [https://vimeo.com/461687594](https://vimeo.com/461687594) <-- Voice reel, be gentle....
Hi.. I just had a question about stage names? If I work on a project, and I get credited, but it's not my real name... does that screw anything up for the future? by PEEF_IS_A_PENIS_FART • last post Sep 25th
I don't know if stage names are something you have to register somewhere, or have legally changed, or... anything. I see plenty of actors who call themselves by a thing that isn't their birth name, in credits, and so forth. I'm just wondering if I'm going to run into issues when I ask to be credited in a way that isn't my name. I've only done a couple projects so far, nothing big. But if I make it... if I do well.. I don't want to run into any problems. Does anyone have any insights for me regarding this? Thank you.