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Reddit · 17 Feb 2023
I think what scares me about digging deep into myself emotionally for my acting is that I might come up empty-handed; meaning I won’t find what is needed or what I need in myself for the truth, if that makes sense. I’m also TERRIFIED of failure: that if I don’t dig deep and find something that is useful then I’ll feel…
Reddit · 17 Feb 2023
I used to know it, but now I've forgotten. Is it Jan - May the slow season? Advertisers cut back on spending starting in January through March and I believe that affects commercials overall. Also, a bit unrelated. But how many of you think commercials are worth pursuing? I sometimes question my interest in it. It's lik…
Reddit · 17 Feb 2023
I'm not just talking about strange non-human voices but accents from different cultures. How do actors learn to do different accents? Is that the same way voice actors will go about learning to do them?
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
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 · 16 Feb 2023
I use instagram to put behind the scenes stuff on short films I'm doing. I'm usually behind the camera these days but I enjoy keeping one foot in acting. One thing I've discovered through talking with people though is for any sort of attention on instagram there really needs to be a steady stream of content. Which make…
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
My college is putting on a play about the holocaust and I am up for the role of a jewish man in a concentration camp. I’m not sure how this sits with me. Can anyone advise?
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
I signed up for The Mandy Network the other day and within the next day or two, someone reached out to my via text message saying they found my number on the site. They told me they are looking for models/actors for an upcoming commercial project. They said they would be sending me a check that covers the costume and f…
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
Hello voice actors of Reddit! I've opened commissions for demo scripts for character, animation and video game reels. I've been trained as a script writer through uni and I've also helped produce several reels. I work with you directly, samples of your voice, what you're wanting to showcase as a voice actor or voiceove…
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
If you're planning to do a demo reel, please (PLEASE), try to start by speaking normally in your most natural voice... don't rush into a frenzy of over-acted cartoon characters with music blaring in the background. You should try to open up your acting range a bit, even if your only goal is to voice anime or Saturday m…
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
So I (19f) am a newer actor, I have some experience but not much. I was recently contacted over Instagram by a man who was casting a tv show. I looked it up, there’s already an IMDb, trailers and things like that and he said they are just finishing up and he was casting a small role just added in. He said the show was…
Reddit · 16 Feb 2023
i take acting classes and I’ve been in casted in school plays. i’ve gotten good feedback after classes and the plays yet I still feel like i’m holding back in class and during performances. every time i get called on, or it’s my turn to perform i get so anxious. i don’t know how to step outside of myself so i can act t…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
Playbill, actor's access, it all seems to be auditions for musicals. Are there just not that many regular plays that hold auditions? Regional / small black box in NYC, anything really. I expected to see a lot more, it's sort of surprising.
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
I am in Meisner classes and so they have people pick out something in the other person and say it back to them. Well, twice I've been told, "You're wearing glasses." Ugh. I hate that. Like, can you please point out ANYTHING other than my visual impairment. Also, everyone I meet suddenly thinks I'm smart because I have…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
Hi, gang. For the most part, I am a fairly social media adverse human. I have a reddit account, a facebook I haven't updated in years and kind of left it there. My agent has recently stressed the importance of having an Instagram for my acting career. She says casting frequently looks to instagram when looking at an ac…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
Usually whenever I read a script/sides and the characters info I usually know the "correct" way to say the lines (at least from my point of view and my take on it.) And a lot of great big actors have said things like "I wanted more takes coz i can deliver the line better" etc. However, the giant acting rule is to go of…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
I'm excited to share that I've been accepted into the CalArts MFA Acting program! While I'm grateful for the opportunity, I'm feeling a bit ambivalent about it because it wasn't my first choice. I applied to 11 MFA programs, (I know it’s a lot… just had to toss my hat in the ring and see what would stick since I’ve nev…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
I’m a college student in NJ and am relatively new to acting (started about a year ago and have done some roles in student productions since then). I’m hoping to sign up for summer acting classes in NYC (or perhaps a conservatory) as its not far from me and I hear it has amazing programs. Plus, my college doesn’t offer…
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
I’m looking for an agent and I was told I would struggle because I’m not Canadian. Any advice on agents that take on smaller actors?
Reddit · 15 Feb 2023
Signed with a commercial agent about a year ago, and they had me create a paid profile on casting frontier, in addition to already having profiles on Casting Networks and Actors Access. The thing is, I’ve only had one audition on Casting Frontier these last 12 months, but I’m still paying $20/month. It’s just a waste.…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
Actors, camera workers, producers, artists, editors and musicians are needed. Submissions close in easter and the filming date will be this summer, around August in the location London, England. The project is for now unpaid but if it does well at festivals etc this may change. [https://cstng.cc/projects/the-chameleon-…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
I am by no means a voice actor but I do love anime! So I went ahead and fan dubbed couple of scenes from anime. I was cracking myself up while editing them, so I just had to share. Hope you guys get a chuckle or two out them! https://vimeo.com/781654965 https://vimeo.com/771028426 https://vimeo.com/798724186 Lastly I d…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
I know we all love to book, but is there really such thing as a booking ratio? The amount of jobs you book depends on so many factors, and it can highly vary from year to year. And an experienced actor is (mostly) going to book more consistently than a newer actor, so in those situations is it even comparable? Curious…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
I heard a casting director suggest actors have an IMDB Pro account even if they haven't been in anything big but couldn't understand why that would be beneficial to have or what it even offers. (i've only heard actors say they've used it to look up other actors agents.) At $150/ year I'm still on the fence (my film/tv…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
I'm not trying to offend beginners, but this is not conducive to me improving as an actor, by watching bad acting by people who are completely new to this. I'm based in NYC. I don't even care if it's over Zoom at this point, but I want to be in a class where there are actors at my level and preferably BETTER than me, s…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
My sister and I are starting acting classes soon and one of the weekly classes is Improv, I absolutely hate improv. Always have. But I also understand that it IMMENSELY helps actors. Any suggestions on how I can turn my mindset around? Or work on enjoying it? Do I just have to bear through it?
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
I‘m right at the beginning of my acting career and just started submitting to student films (and I am taking regular classes) thus I have no connections whatsoever to casters. Do you think it could be beneficial to do an internship at a casting/production company (it’s a production company that like has their own casti…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
Do any actors use any good IMDb star meter services to lower their star meter that actually work? Legit ones only no scams. Thanks
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
Hello r/acting! I recently decided to submit to an MFA program local to my area - first round submissions require a self-tape of two contrasting monologues that are cumulatively around 2 minutes in length (some wiggle room here). Importantly, the only stated requirement is that they be contrasting in some way. The bad…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
Hi all, I’m a student and as the title suggests I’m writing a dissertation on the film industry and inclusivity. I’ve looked at classic Hollywood and now I’m looking at the modern Acting industry and would love to hear from people in the industry themselves by collecting primary research. It’s informal just asking you…
Reddit · 14 Feb 2023
Hi! Please let me know what you think!
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
**Does college acting classes look good on resume, agent and actor decision process?** I'm planning on taking (Acting 1) class in my CC. I know it won't hurt to take some and it will help me become better actor but I'm also curious what the industry think about this sort of training. Or it's much better to have an inde…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
I auditioned for Yale school of drama and made it to the interview process. I wanted to know if anyone has gotten any invitations for final callbacks or even heard a time frame in which they would be sent? I emailed to see if they could give a time frame but no reply. Sincerely, A very nervous and anxious actor :)
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
I mean seriously I honestly don’t know. I try to find some flexible jobs and usually look at the typical ones for an actor such as being a waiter but that and jobs like that pay so low I don’t know how I’d ever afford and apartment or a house or even a car. I mean I did the math before for the average amount of money a…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Like what gives? I have pretty decent headshots from what people tell me, I don't think I'm ugly, I'm ethnically ambiguous which may or may not be what's hurting me, and I have like five past jobs under my belt including one that was out in theaters I was in the background for. I haven't gotten ONE call back. You'd thi…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
I feel like LA has 100x as many audition opportunities for screen work than NYC. Obviously it is gate kept by reputable agencies but still. Right now I'm trapped in co-star hell in NYC. I hate my reps, they don't give me personal attention and their reach only goes so far. I've auditioned for about 75% of the major CD…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Many of my peers are stuck auditioning for teen roles despite being in their mid to late 20s, some in their 30s. I know that looking young really helps you in this career, but many of these roles have them acting alongside actual teen actors sometimes they have to play a couple and it is uncomfortable. If you relate, h…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
To start, I'm not a voice actor in general, aside from maybe impressions, and DnD voices. I had in a mind a particular voice for a DnD character of mine, but find it tricky to actually put into practice. The voice I had in mind is a specific Goblin voice from World of Warcraft. This voice (timestamped): https://youtu.b…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
I’m studying the Method with the Lee Strasberg institute and I find myself struggling with sense memory. My senses work for a split second the entire exercise, and that is if I’m not imagining it or trying to recall how certain things feel, sound, or work. I aim to really start practicing with the technique for the res…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Hi guys, lets say I’m SAG but I work a modeling gig booked through my modeling agency. I don’t know until I show up on set that it’s video content, online-only. I’m not credited by name anywhere so theoretically, I would need to be recognized by a SAG rep and they would have to confirm its me to get me in trouble with…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Hi... if you're on [V.com](https://V.com), what is your revisions policy? And when you share that, can you also tell me how long you've been a voice actor? Thanks!
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
For some brief context: I am 29, did theatre in high school, took acting courses in university for my arts requirement, and did some improv after university for about a year (which was like six years ago now, lol). I have never been in a television or film production. Lately I have been missing acting and wanting to ge…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Hey all! I see posts on here a lot from very green actors with no credits/experience trying to get agents. This post is sort of the opposite of that. I'm wondering (in your opinion) at what point in an actors career should they start submitting to theatrical agents? A little about me: I'm in LA. I've been seriously act…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Long story short, male (29)naturally baritone since I was little I always had a love for performing voices. Still to this day I get people at my work or online in a game saying I got a an amazing voice. All I ever wanted was to voice characters (more so the villains, or characters between the dark and light) I had many…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
You guys have to get a load of this. Background- I'm a working actor who joined CN maybe 10 years ago. I think I may have started with a basic account, but must've quickly upgraded to paid. Now I have had a paid account with unlimited photo and videos, but with the price hike and bad quality of jobs, I was thinking up…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
This video will be 30 minute or less (honestly probably like 10 seconds.) The "script" goes Atreus(yelling and a bit annoyed): Noramlize being a furry Kratos (angered tone): Noramlize being fucking normal, boy. It's a joke my friends and I made during a playthough. I think it will be funny for a quick edit. $5 per acto…
Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
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Reddit · 13 Feb 2023
Trust me, the things he does is evil. But how can I avoid him as much as possible, when we are both actors in the same big city?
Reddit · 12 Feb 2023
There's many union productions I go for, but I'm always wondering if I can choose not to be in the union and still get those roles. I'd like to remain non union, or eligible, for as long as I can. I know some SAG-eligible members who still have done union stuff, but wonder how easy it is. And especially for Canada's AC…
Reddit · 12 Feb 2023
I'm curious what people here think about the recent NYU thesis castings taking place. I saw a breakdown on AA for a role. I submitted and then received an offer to submit a self-tape audition. However, there was one problem; the sides were at least four pages long with more than ten very lengthy mini-monologues. That's…
Reddit · 12 Feb 2023
Hi everyone. I'm an aspiring voice actor but a complete amateur. To practice, I have been narrating over manga panels and I have uploaded them on profile. The most common feedback I get is that I need to work on making my voice sound more distinctive because sometimes I'll read lines for more than one character and it…
