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Reddit · 31 Dec 2020
I’ve been wanting to be a voice actor for years now and I finally have the equipment to start my reel. But I don’t have the know how to put together any type of script to make one. How did you guys make yours?
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
So its no secret that some of the best film/tv actors grew up doing theater, and that's how they got their acting training. I just read Jenna Fischers book and she talks about how she always did theatre, and any chance she got she would be looking to perform, whatever facet it might be. It seemed she really had no inte…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
Like many, I want to go to LA to be an actor. Specifically in VO or VO directing, but still, and LA actor. I'm a senoir in highschool and I am pressed for choosing my career. This is so stressing!! Im looking for general advice on how to get to where I wanna go of course, but for brevity, what is the difference bwtween…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
Hey there, I hope this message finds everybody well. I was fortunate enough to have a small supporting role in a Warner Brothers film that's coming out early next year. However, it's now being simultaneously released on both HBO Max and in theaters. I've talked to my local sag office, or at least tried to. They said th…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
IMDB Pro has the Star Meter function that ranks actors based on popularity. The problem is that popularity only refers to how often their page it viewed in IMDB. People tend to use IMDB for the scenario of "who is that guy from this show I'm watching, he looks familiar" which generally means that less popular people wi…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
hi fellow actors- I'm getting drama school auditions and have some schools conducting online 'live' and some self-taped for monologues. What do you think are some key differences in performance with these formats? E.g. would you have your camera set up nipples up even for 'live' auditions, which will definitely limit y…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
As a New York-based actor for the past three years I've more or less met most of the important NY offices. Of course, I've self-taped for LA offices too, but I'm curious from an LA-based actor perspective which offices are considered the major ones. I'd be happy to provide my own opinion to the NY perspective.
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
Hi. I’m an actor in Grade 12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I’m trying to find an acting school which is good and worth my money/time. Money is not an issue. I have heard mixed reviews on this school and wanted to hear your opinions. And maybe some suggestions. My dream school is Juilliard and ik the chances are low and…
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
I am an actor with an agent and by 2023, I will have all my credential to be a primary school teacher. just wondering if anyone had the same expierence or a similar one?
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
Hey guys, I’m a beginning voice actor with no experience in the industry. I want to know what’s the best way to get into it?
Reddit · 30 Dec 2020
i would love your help, please! i’m taking a VO 101 class and my teacher keeps giving me the same note of “i don’t feel like you’re connecting with the imaginary person you’re speaking to”. I’ve tried doing it differently every time, trying to improve, and well, i’m clearly struggling. something’s just not clicking in…
Reddit · 29 Dec 2020
So my agent is great, and I'm incredibly lucky to be with them. They are arguably the best agent in my region (not la/nyc), super selective, they have great relationships with the casting directors, and they answer all my calls and are super friendly. I've been with them about a year and a half, I've gotten maybe 60 au…
Reddit · 29 Dec 2020
You know how huge stars are always sought after. Big name actors like Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick must get offered roles so often they couldn't keep track of how many they've turned down. I was thinking about it, and the first time someone seeks out your agent to offer you a role has to be a big milestone in someone'…
Reddit · 29 Dec 2020
We all have different backgrounds in our growth as actors: we differ in methods, different coaches, different phases, etc. I posted this so I can figure out other ways on how to analyze a script/narrative. Do you judge your character? Is it necessary? Do you also judge the other characters? Who do you ask when you got…
Reddit · 29 Dec 2020
Exactly what the title says. This is my first time submitting something. I haven't even figured out headshots yet, so it's probably a long shot, but you never know if you don't try right? This is the post I'm responding to: Looking to cast 20 - 35 yo fit Asian American actress for short film to shoot in January in Cinc…
Reddit · 29 Dec 2020
Ok so, guys i know there are several questions about tattoos and auditions, in here and all over the internet, but i wanna know from now on, from 2020, from you guys. This is serious, your experience with it. I am 28, i already considere myself too old, but... i say take this question serious because i need to know fro…
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
When I watch different movies starring them, it just seems like they're the same personality. Just slightly altered every movie. Whereas when I watch movies starring Daniel Dey Lewis, he completely tansforms himself into whatever character he's playing. He seems like the only real actor that I've watched so far at leas…
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
Hey r/acting, I’m Tyler. I’m a male in 9th grade and live in North Carolina. I like singing and acting and have a few plays and musicals under my belt. If I wanted to do acting/performing as a career, what should I prepare for and how? Should I focus on getting training for an academic job or train for performing. I lo…
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
I keep seeing these on people's names. How do they get them? I'm not in SAG (yet) so I don't need it myself, I'm just curious if there's some vetting process to where I know these people are actually actors or if it's just some Reddit feature I don't know about where anyone can append stuff before their name.
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
my agency kmr talent posted a disability fest for april but lockdown happend
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
I’m a beginner actress and have never been to any acting classes before. I was looking into Michelle Danner but I want to know what other experiences and classes people have had and taken. Help? Thanks!!!
Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
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Reddit · 28 Dec 2020
I’ve been doing free fan stuff for this past summer and became the announcer at my college. I want to expand my business and I don’t want to sit and wait while my my fiverr and voice bunny get no attention. How can I network to help my business. Where should be the first places I cold call or email? Where can I find re…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
I feel like this is such a stupid "not a big deal" question. I thought it was too, until so many fellow LA actors and casting directors have told me to never film self tapes with a white backdrop. I'm really trying to up my acting game this year, and was wondering if I just should add a grey backdrop to my Amazon cart…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
Hey folks, I get a lot of questions on here about what I have done to be successful after people see my voices profile ( [www.voices.com/actors/elloeff](https://www.voices.com/actors/elloeff) ) I wrote an article for Medium that goes over the things that I find most important to being successful! Hopefully it helps you…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
This is a throwaway because of how much of an asshole I'm going to sound but fuck it, I feel like this needs to be said as I've been feeling this way for a couple of years now and it seems taboo to talk about. I guess this could apply to most fields of work but I think acting, filmmaking; fields in the public eye where…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
I have finished drama school in the UK this year, I’ve got myself a (small) agent, I’ve got great headshots. I participated in every graduate event, did workshops, emailed casting directors, etc but it’s come to nothing. No auditions since finishing my degree. But I can’t even get a job in a bar, or in a shop, anywhere…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
A lot of the time I just can’t help but read the former as the latter. ❤️
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
[Jane Eyre (2011) Clip](https://youtu.be/jtgEjM6cMzo) I’ve been looking back on a couple of favorite films to look for monologues to practice and I rewatched this clip from Jane Eyre (2011). Mia Wasikowska is amazing in this, she is such an underrated actor! I’d love this film and her in it when I first watched it year…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
* Blackweb USB mic * Refurbished 2011(?) HP Elitebook * Audacity recording software I'm a writer before a voice actor, but the publishing world is big and scary, and as a farmer I've spent years inside a tractor cab putting voices to my characters. It's always been just a hobby but some friends have encouraged me to ac…
Reddit · 27 Dec 2020
Hey! I’m Elle and i want to be an actress. Because of the pandemic i can’t take acting classes. Does anyone know how to practice acting from home?
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
I’ve always wanted to act as well as write in film. My dad has always doubted me. I’m graduating high school in six months and then I have to start figuring out what to do next. I wanna go into acting but I keep stressing about failure (though I’m good at hiding it as an actor) My family is decently well off financiall…
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
Hi all. I’m wondering if there’s anyone out there with a Visa Platinum Premium credit card from the Actor’s Federal Credit Union. I’m trying to find out what types of scores you need to get approved. I haven’t been able to find any data points.
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
Are there any actors here that has an experience about this? How do you manage your schedule? Especially if there happens to be a conflict with your schedule for the production and your schedule with your job? Does it affect with getting an agent? or communicating with your manager? I know, many of us don’t get to be c…
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
IMDb: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2680655/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2680655/)
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
Hi, I am an Italian male and live right now in Italy. I am already very commited to that dream and i am ready for it. I am ready to move to usa do anything required. I have talent at immitating and my style of acting is very similar to johnny depp. I am right now 17 and i am from indian ethnicity and my english flawles…
Reddit · 26 Dec 2020
Hello, I'm a stage actor who is looking into voice acting as a new performance path. I have some experience with recording and editing audio, I just want to know where I can look for auditions or even steps before that. Thank you!
Reddit · 25 Dec 2020
Unrepresented Actor here. I have some footage of me acting and I was looking for someone who could edit them professionally so I can send them to some agencies.
Reddit · 25 Dec 2020
I’ve heard of actors sending their agents gifts for the holidays, although in COVID times I assume that isn’t ideal. I just signed to an agency earlier this month and was wondering if I should email them a quick happy holidays email or would that come off as annoying?
Reddit · 25 Dec 2020
I've been applying to a number of acting BFA programs at competitive drama schools, and the process has been absolutely miserable. The reason why? Recording monologues. Most schools require you to record and submit pre-screening monologues, and your pre-screen monologue has to be accepted in order to get a live auditio…
Reddit · 25 Dec 2020
Currently planning for an audiobook version of my first book, and currently looking for voices to fit the characters. The book stands at 255 pages long, and spans 15 chapters, maybe as 15 short episodes in the audiobook version. For the main cast, I would like to hire fresh blood, get new names out there, and allow tho…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
So I’m working on getting my O1 visa right now and since I have never been in LA before, I’d like to know how to approach talent agencies and know if you guys have any recommendations about good agencies that recruit new and especially international actors. I’ve been searching a lot on IMDB PRO for agencies and their i…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
I ask because I came across this post on this sub from a year ago. I’m so confused: Does/Should your agent pay for casting sites? Do agents/agencies usually pay for casting sites? I'm talking Actor's Access, LA Casting, Casting Frontier. I currently pay for my own memberships for each of those. Is this something an age…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
I'm planning to take acting class in los Angeles. I'm not from usa, I'll join the classes after this pandemic or when embassy opens in my country. Can anyone recommend any classes that also conducts showcases for the actors? Please do share your experience of suggestions.
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
Anyone in NYC looking for an actor? I’m a 21 year old male and I literally have no reel or headshots but I’m just looking to get my foot in the door. Take a shot with me! Short film concept shoot anything. Grew up around the movie theatre industry as the family business and ready to take the leap into trying to make an…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
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 a…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
1. working with my cousin on a new reel 2. trying to get more acting gigs 3. making connections and meeting more fellow actors 4. 4. getting my SAG card a good friend of mine once told me to live my dream it doesn't matter how long it takes to reach it you can reach it if you have the passion for it. so i keep self sub…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
Hi everyone, I'm a pretty newbie into the VA world. I decided I want to start a youtube channel focused on documentaries. Like this guy do: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmLTLkCBSN8) Do I need some advice on where to start learning to record quality narration for my scrip…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
I’ve been wondering how the casting process works for an indie film. What is it like? Does an indie director usually invite actors they know to play in their project? I mean, I’m assuming they don’t work with agencies on this, at least not the big ones. Is there any websites like Backstage that are mostly indie roles?…
Reddit · 24 Dec 2020
I just wanted to share that I'm loving The Audition Helper podcast. It interviews Broadway actors and walks through their lives so you can follow how they got from high school to Broadway. It's pretty awesome. I've learned so much about how the acting world works on there. It's really helpful. Check it out, and post a…
