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Reddit by Foreveroptimist88 Mar 24th

Alternatives to Central Casting

A casting director I spoke with recently mentioned that Central is not the only way to get work as a background actor in LA. Is anyone familiar with other agencies or CDs that you can register with to get BG work? Thanks!

Reddit by Impossible_Wave_2970 Mar 24th

Demo Reel Debacle

So we all know that having a reel is essential to booking substantial jobs. It seems like you need one to even submit a self tape. Let’s have a reel discussion. Has anyone successfully made their own reel? Just filmed scenes/monologues yourself? Has anyone...

Reddit by Thankyounext07 Mar 23rd

As a background performer, how do I venture out into bigger “background” type roles? Do I need an agent?

I apologize if I am using the incorrect term here. By “bigger background role” I mean someone who is not in a giant mosh pit or crowd of people. For example someone who directly interacts with a principal actor... and may have a small speaking role. For...

Reddit by Pkemi05 Mar 23rd

Is there anything more I should be doing to develop my acting career

Im a 15 year old girl and I’m an aspiring actress. Due to Covid I can’t join a stage school or anything but I’m working from home. Right now I’m practicing my emotions,developing my skills,looking for online castings(I’ve already auditioned for one) and just...

Reddit by Iceycat1234 Mar 23rd

Am I a fraud

Am I a fraud Hi so I had an audition back in January went real received a callback, callback went great as I’m being moved up in a small window of actors for a lead roll in a feature film. The problem I’m struggling with is 1. I’m nonunion, 2. My acting...

Reddit by trisarajanetops Mar 23rd

What Surprised You Most When You First Started Working?

I’m trying to put together a list of things that can be unexpected or shocking once you start working. If you don’t have experience but want to contribute a question you have about how something is done, that is also helpful!! I’m putting some examples below...

Reddit by TheWalkinFrood Mar 23rd

The Actor and the Target

I found this book while browsing on my kindle and it's amazing. It makes so more sense on an intuitive level than anything I've read or been taught up to this point. Has anyone else read it or found it helpful?

Reddit by appsbylynic Mar 23rd

I created a free Android app to help actors make stronger choices for their verbs / intentions!

**NOTE: Link to download the app from the Google Play Store is in the comments!** If you're an actor you are probably familiar with the idea of *verbs and intentions*, in other words **how you are going to get what you want** from your scene partner(s). This...

Reddit by ryan337250 Mar 23rd

I just started voice acting and an author wants me to voice act a commercial for his new book. What should I do to make sure it will turn out great?

I recently have gotten into voice acting and one of the professors at my university knows a childrens book author who needed a voice actor for a commercial on one of his new childrens books he is releasing, and my professor told him about me, and he is...

Reddit by ActionOn4 Mar 23rd

Read Jenna Fischer's book - it'll answer your questions!

I think I've seen it mentioned in the comments here before, but I just want to reemphasize that **Jenna Fischer's book "The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide"** is absolute must-read material. I'd venture to guess it answers 95% of the questions I see posted in...

Reddit by Socialsleuth99 Mar 23rd

That project someone posted about a week or two ago where actors were cast by popular vote (and you had to pay to vote) was just issued a Do Not Work Notice by SAG

Reddit by NeoYossarian Mar 23rd

Interview with Fallout 4's Captain Kells, Tim Russ

Tim Russ sat down and discussed Fallout 4 and other topics on the podcast Movie Reviews from an Alternate Earth...

Reddit by ButterfliesAreCute Mar 22nd

The career seems to keep calling my interest!

Acting has actually been my childhood dream since I was a teenager. I'm 30 now and still have not started my career yet. I'm actually not deterred by that because there are people who started professionally acting in their 30s, 40s, shit even their 50s I...

Reddit by areyan07 Mar 22nd

A QUESTION ALL TEENAGERS HAVE

Hi, I am 17 and I live in india. I will be pursuing my further studies in the US and I have decided to do my major in theater. A lot of people told me to do else and keep a BACKUP but if I really love the craft, I don't see a reason as to why I should do...

Reddit by Parzi8l Mar 22nd

New voice actor looking for help on starting off?

So I’ve been looking into getting into voice acting and I have a kinda good mic, I have a hyper x quad cast but I’m looking into getting into voice acting such as gigs and just practicing getting my voice better so any help would be nice!

Reddit by penguin_reddit Mar 22nd

question

I just got new headshots and the photographer sent them to me as both “Hi-Res edits” and “Web-Res edits”. Does it matter which ones I send to my agents/which ones to put on casting sites, print out, etc. ? Which ones do I use for what ? I already put the web...

Reddit by Extinction-Events Mar 22nd

Acting Pitfalls, Pet Peeves & Cringe

We’ve all seen the videos. Terrible, over dramatic acting. Or under dramatic acting. It’s fun and painful in equal measures to watch a disaster in motion; but what are some of the things that *make* those disasters? What, in your opinion, identifies a bad...

Reddit by Iam_Human_YouToo Mar 22nd

Paid Female Voice Actors for Web Horror/Anime Series Bananarama

Reddit by honeymoon9 Mar 22nd

I don’t know whether I should go back to my acting workshop

I originally attended a local theatre group when I was 14, I did a play with them in our towns theatre but when I was 15 the group got shut down and the only theatre in town was shut down. A year later I started attending a workshop for film and television in...

Reddit by Iam_Human_YouToo Mar 22nd

Paid Female Voice Actors for Web Horror/Anime Series Bananarama