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  1. Reddit by ActorMomma Feb 4th

    Creating Your Own Footage?

    I’ve booked several commercials but only three costars and zero film. The funny thing is, it’s a catch 22: you need a reel to be seen for theatrical and you need theatrical credits for a reel. I’ve heard of actors writing and filming their own materials, but...

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  2. Reddit by The_Queen_of_Saigon Feb 4th

    Losing a Job due to Covid, anyone else?

    So the title says it all. I got booked for a project and it was background role and NU, but the payment would have covered my rent and most of my basic expenses for the month. I tested positive for Covid (fully vaxxed and boosted) a week and a half before the...

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  4. Reddit by gbxahoido Feb 4th

    Some silly questions

    I'm curious about how voice actor work in certain cutscenes, I've been playing Genshin Impact and also watching many anime series, there's something that bother me is there's some cutscenes where the character only said 1 line such as "Look" or "It's...

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  7. Reddit by Maiasnothere Feb 4th

    Where to find self-tape partners?

    Hi all, I'm currently trying to get my showreel done and I unfortunately don't know any actors who live by me, or really online. I have taken acting classes but many of the people in those classes did not keep in touch after the classes ended. Does anyone...

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  8. Reddit by Individual_Move6031 Feb 4th

    How do actors get big agents?

    Just wondering how actors starting off are able to secure such large agents. Just looking at IMDb, I see actors with no real credits signed with some of the top top agents/managers. Like, how does someone with no real credits Become signed with one of the top...

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  10. Reddit by Material_Sense_2957 Feb 4th

    I GOT SIGNED TO CAA

    posting this here because this seems like the kind of space that would appreciate/celebrate this good news (admittedly when I told folks in person about this, they either didn't seem to care or didn't know how big of a deal was) but it feels very surreal to...

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  11. Reddit by Single-Character-434 Feb 4th

    For an actors dialogue...TOO many words per line ?

    **What is the maximum amount of words per single line of an actors dialogue?** **AND how many lines are too much ?** *To my understanding there can be anywhere from 1 to 7* ***words*** *per line...(maybe 1 or 2 more)* *also, 1 - 4* ***lines*** *of words...

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  12. Reddit by imsoMcFly Feb 4th

    CD Workshops in Los Angeles?

    What’s up everyone? I just moved to LA from NYC and over there we had One on One and to a lesser extent Actors Connection. I don’t think these are shoe ins by any means but if I have some CDs/Agents in mind I wanna meet it could be worth the Face time. Are...

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  15. Reddit by Daniel-is-a-Bastard Feb 3rd

    I got rejected from acting school, what now?

    So, I (18) just want to be an actor, a musical one would have my preference, but I got rejected from acting school, they didn't even tell me why. And "the next best thing" just doesn't feel right, I was thinking visual art, but acting keeps being all I want...

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  16. Reddit by rosencranzand Feb 3rd

    Convention Agents?

    So I can't find much info on google so I thought I'd try here. You know how known and relatively well known Animation and VG VO actors go to conventions to sign things, do panels? Does any body have any info on: 1) What is the lowest level that a "Convention...

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  18. Reddit by CmdrRosettaStone Feb 3rd

    Critiquing Showreels live and Everything Film Acting

    Hey everybody, my name is [Scott Cleverdon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0166526) together with my wife [Assumpta Serna](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785264) we have taught film acting for the last 20 years. We've also done the job, Assumpta more than most...

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  20. Reddit by Anywhere______ Feb 3rd

    Tips on getting signed by an agency (networking)

    Agencies like UTA, ICM, Innovative, and CAA and more seem to be referral only or email. And I feel that sending an email won’t be effective at all since I imagine these agencies get a million emails a day from strangers everyday. I know that referrals come...

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